Apollo 17 Moon Walk Ends With Six Hours Of Exploration
Cernan and Schmitt spent six hours fifty five minutes on Taurus Littrow after landing Challenger near the lunar surface. They deployed a science station, tested the lunar rover, collected rock cores, and planted the U S flag before returning to the spacecraft exhausted.
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Schmitt
Space
Mission Control
Earth
Taurus-Littrow
Mission Control Center
Jack
Moon
Challenger
Pathet Lao Proposes Peace Plan at Laos Talks
The Pathet Lao presented a draft peace agreement at the Laos peace talks in Vientiane outlining a cease fire, a national unity government with royal family members, a neutrality zone for Vientiane, and a 90 day withdrawal of foreign troops. It calls for a 30 day political council, prisoner exchanges, and weapons controls.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
National Union
Nouphat Chounlamany
Soth Pehrasi
Apollo 17 Schedule Deadlines for Lunar Surface Extravehicles
Apollo 17 mission planners outline the second lunar surface exploration by Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt with Harrison Evans continuing orbit aboard America. The sequence includes rest periods, depressurizations of the Challenger, television coverage, and a final planned liftoff for a Thursday rendezvous.
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Challenger
Evans
America
Schmitt
Cernan
Truman in stable but semiconscious state at hospital
Doctors said President Truman’s heart rhythm remained stable as arteriosclerotic changes affect organs. He was off the critical list, receiving oxygen via mask and nutrition through a nasal tube while remaining semiconscious but arousable and lucid at times.
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Truman
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Wallace Graham
Research Hospital
Graham
Nixon seeks swift shaping of wage price controls
Washington sources report Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz will lead private talks with government business and labor officials to decide the future form of wage price controls. The administration aims to conclude discussions in three to four weeks.
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Washington
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Nations fail to vote on antiterrorism treaty plan
United States and allied nations including Britain and Canada proposed a treaty to punish or extradite terrorists who involve third countries. Despite initial support, most Arab nations and several Communist states blocked action at the United Nations, with Cuba voting with the Western bloc but signaling reluctance to back the measure. The debate followed deadly attacks in Israel and at the Munich Games.
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Britain
Italy
Japan
Belgium
Luxembourg
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Lod
Israel
Kurt Waldheim
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China
Soviet Union
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Zambia
World Organization
International Law Commission
Cuba
Athletic events postponed at Eisenhower High School
Two Eisenhower High School athletic events were postponed due to bad weather. The Ada basketball game is rescheduled for 7 45 p m December 22 at Ada and the Ada wrestling match moved to 7 30 p m February 3 at Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower High School
Ada
Eisenhower
Thieu Proposes Ceasefire Steps and POW Release
In Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu urged a ceasefire extension and a large scale POW release on day one of Christmas truce. He called for withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops and demobilization by the South Vietnamese army as Hanoi is expected to reject the plan. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegations condemned Thieu and accused him of warlike aims.
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Parrot’s Beak
Cambodia
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South Vietnam
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Paris
Vietnam
Nixon Delays Congressmen Raise in Pay
President Nixon delays the 1974 pay raise for congressmen and top federal officials, signaling a longer freeze. Udall and Burdick support the move to veto or delay the increase amid wage price controls and election campaigns. Nixon intends a pay commission report by June 30 with a March 1974 presidential decision.
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Nixon
Washington
House Subcommittee
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
House
Congress
Udall
Quentin N. Burdick
D-N.d
Senate Compensation Subcommittee
Special Commission
Senate
Refugees and Residents Aid Haitians Landing at Beach
Refugees and local residents gathered on the beach with food coffee and blankets for Haitians after a vessel carrying several men arrived. An elderly woman was hospitalized with fever while officials from U S Immigration questioned the group in Miami.
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U.S. Customs and Immigrations Offices
Bruno
Miami
Immigrations
Bimini
Cuba
Safety Issue Delays Interchange Sign Work in Lawton
The Lawton interchange at U.S. 62 277 281 faces postponement as seven sign bases may require modification and costs are deemed small. A $125 800 lighting project is tied to the same work and funds from the TOPICS program cover half the cost. The interchange has seen nine deaths since 1964 and a Christmas Eve crash led to the safety campaign.
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Paul
Duncan
S.E.K. Contractor Inc
Cushing
State Highway Commission
Lawton
U.S. 62
U.S. 277
U.S. 281
North
Weather Crisis Closes Oklahoma Airlines Airports Amid Ice
Frontier Airlines operations shut down across Oklahoma and nearby states with only two major flights continuing. Lawton Airport hampered by icy runways as a winter storm paralyzed the state. Schools, colleges, and businesses closed. Tinker AFB and FAA center paused until noon. Temperatures forecast to rise briefly before another hard freeze tonight.
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Frontier Airlines
Oklahoma
Lawton Municipal
Rockies
Panhandle
Tinker Air Force Base
Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Center
Oklahoma City
Harp Seals Grow to Six Feet and 400 Pounds
Harp seals reach about six feet in length and weigh around 400 pounds, highlighting their substantial size among pinnipeds.
Jurors Selected In Murder Trial Here
Twelve prospective jurors chosen in the District Court murder trial of Fort Sill men Sgt Billy J Cherry and William R Hinds. Five attorneys spent eight hours selecting a ten man two woman panel. The trial paused when jurors ran short. Judge Ra burn recessed to obtain more jurors. Jackson was beaten August 4 and died two hours later at Reynolds Army Hospital. The jury will be sequestered in a local hotel for at least two days.
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Fort Sill
J. Winston Raburn
Fred Clapp
Federal
Comanche County
Billy J. Cherry
William R. Hinds
J.C. Albert Jackson
Jackson
Reynolds Army Hospital
Law school freshman enrollment falls nearly three percent
Chicago report from the American Bar Association notes a nearly three percent drop in total freshman enrollment across U S law schools this year.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
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