Fate Of Troubled Skylab Project Being Pondered
NASA weighed options as Skylab temperatures soared with readings near 150 degrees inside the station. A sun shield, 12 by 40 feet, could require an in-space spacewalk by Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin or Paul Weitz to deploy. If training delays push launch, May 25 becomes possible for Skylab 1.
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Fila
Skylab Space Station
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
NASA
SEC Chief Regretfully Quits Post
Washington AP Chairman G. Bradford Cook resigns as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission citing unfortunate circumstances. The 36 year old appointee faced criticism over handling a Vesco cash donation to Nixon 1972 campaign and testified behind closed doors on the matter. His departure shocks Wall Street and politics surrounding reform of the securities markets.
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Robert L. Vesco
Senate
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Wall Street
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Maurice Stans
Vesco
Wall Street Broker Faces Illegal Campaign Contribution Charges
John L. Loeb of Loeb Rhoades & Co 70 was charged in U S District Court with making 48000 in illegal direct campaign contributions to Senator Hubert Humphrey’s presidential primary effort The case stems from 15 transfers by eight firm employees who wrote checks from their accounts after Loeb moved funds to theirs The FBI and GAO investigated the matter Loeb said there was no intent to evade the law and that he reimbursed the contributors and sought public disclosure
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Wall Street
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S. District Court
John L. Loeb
Loeb Rhoades
U.S
Whitney North Seymour
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Atty
John N. Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Committee For
Robert L. Vesco
GOP
Humphrey
Gold Prices Slump as Dollar Recovers Across Markets
In London and Zurich gold fell by about $4 to $5 an ounce amid a broader dollar rally. Prices closed at $110.50 in both cities, with London and Zurich afternoon bids at $106.50 and $105.50 respectively. The dollar strengthened in Europe and Asia, damping demand for gold.
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Oklahoma Legislature Nearing Adjournment
The Oklahoma Legislature nears adjournment as House and Senate pass the 91.5 million higher education bill and the 165.5 million common school bill. Leaders predict sine die Thursday. a 50 thousand dollar increase in the higher education bill funds two deaf schools in Chickasha and Oklahoma City.
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Senate
Jim Hamilton
Dpoteau
Bill Willis
D-Tahlequah
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School For the Deaf
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Nixon approves wiretaps on NSC and Pentagon aides
The White House acknowledged President Nixon personally approved wiretapping of more than a dozen NSC and Pentagon aides beginning in 1969. A spokesman said it was a national security matter and that the attorney general, in coordination with the FBI director, authorized each case.
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White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Pentagon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richardson's Confirmation Threatened by Prosecutor Authority
A Senate Judiciary Committee member warned Elliott L. Richardson's bid for attorney general could fail unless he grants full independence to the Watergate prosecutor. Senator Quentin L. Burdick urged rethinking tight control over the prosecutor's actions. Richardson planned to interview three prospective Watergate prosecutors during recess.
Troops Fire On Tourists At Victoria Falls Killing Two
Zambian troops opened fire on a party of four tourists near the Victoria Falls pumping station injuring a U S man and two Canadian women with at least one Canadian killed and the other missing. Bodies believed in the deep gorge complicating recovery.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Victoria Falls
United States
U. S
Lusaka
John Caruthers
Troy
Ohio
Zambezi
Zambia
Fourth Gorge
Nixon asks Congress to create nonpartisan election reform commission
President Nixon urges a 17 member nonpartisan Commission on Election Reform to probe campaign practices and consider a constitutional amendment limiting presidents to one six year term while extending House tenure. Commission to report by December 1 with broad scope across federal elections.
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Nixon
Congress
Nonpartisan Commission On Election Reform
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House
Senate
Slightly Cooler Readings Predicted in Lawton Area
Fair to partly cloudy conditions bring cooler temperatures to Lawton and southwest Oklahoma tonight and Thursday. Expect a high in the lower 80s today, then a low around 50s with northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Thursday highs in the mid 70s. Tuesday's high was 75 and the low 52.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
South Viet Nam forces press offensive near coast
Saigon reports limited government casualties as Lt. Col Le Trung Hien describes a security defense mission in Binh Dinh Province after a dawn clash with Communist units. The operation followed by clashes along the coast, with higher Communist deaths and weapons captured. A bomb near Tam Ky killed and wounded civilians. A former anti Thieu deputy Ngo Ba Thanh linked prisoners is mentioned.
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le Trung Hien
Binh Dinh
Hien
Nguyen van Thieu
Tam Ky
da Nang
Ngo Ba Thanh
Vietnam
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Chuck” Lewis
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