Director of Space Center First Despondent Then Thrilled Over Skylab
Johnson Space Center director Dr Christopher Kraft Jr describes Skylab as a $2.6 billion station that faced loss after a shield tore loose during launch on May 14. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz repaired it, enabling 28 days in orbit and a dramatic shift from bad to good in the mission.
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Lawton Constitution
Space Center
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Kraft
Johnson Space Center
Johnson Center
Marshall Center
Kennedy Center
Conrad
Rusty Schweickart
Marshall
Ed Gibson
Rusty
Kerwin
Skylab
NASA
Weitz
Pete Conrad
Nixon's Better Communities Bill Faces House Mayors Clash
Disagreements in Congress and among urban leaders threaten passage of the Better Communities Act, a key Nixon administration proposal to replace seven HUD programs with automatic grants for cities over 50 000. Critics demand national housing goals and federal reviews, while the administration pushes local flexibility.
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Nixon
San Francisco
Congress
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Hyde
Fect
Resolutions Committee of the
Mayor’s Conference
House
Senate
George Gross
World Deaths: Kozaki Remon Palmer Chasen Strutz and more
AP reports a string of deaths including Rev. Michio Kozaki 84 in Tokyo Panamas consul general Col Alejandro Remon 60 in Yonkers and Charles Forrest Palmer 80 first federal public housing organizer in Atlanta Dave Chasen 74 Las Angeles entertainer and Chief Justice Alvin Strutz 70 of North Dakota who served on the state Supreme Court since 1959 and became chief in 1971.
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Tokyo
Michio Kozaki
World Christian Council
United Church of Christ In
Japan
Yonkers
N.Y
Alejandro Remon
Panama
New York City
Foreign Councils Association
United Nations
Atlanta, Ga
Charles Forrest Palmer
Bismarck
N.D
Alvin Strutz
North Dakota Supreme Court
Market quotes show hay prices and corn demand dip
Scrambled market notes indicate hay bids at 45.00 to 50.00 per ton for prairie hay and 40.00 per ton for alfalfa hay. Corn prices around 2.53 to 3.00 per unit are mentioned amid overall market weakness.
Speed Reading Course To Begin At Lawton
The Institute of Speed Reading, Inc. offers a 24 hour summer course in speed reading at Lawton Y.M.C.A. with weekly classes and a free orientation series on June 20, 21, 23, and the final meeting on June 25. The program promises tripled reading speed and better comprehension, plus study, test, concentration, and retention skills.
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Lawton
Institute of Speed Reading, Inc
Lawton Y.M.C.A
5Th and Gore
Pd. Adv
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Space
Col
Dave Chasen
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Judge Alvin Strutz
Ferdinand Zegal
Sheridanners
N. Sheridan
Comanche County
Paul Kruger
Jack Lindstrom
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National Guard
Armory
Prudential
W. Harold
Servel Gas
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