Skylab 3 Astronauts Ready for Spacewalk After Suit Check
Two Skylab 3 astronauts prepared to exit the orbiting station for a 60 hour spacewalk after Mission Control OK'd the EVA. Mildew in suit linings faded overnight as Gerald Carr inside monitored the four globe circuits and confirmed suits were acceptable for the planned exterior activity.
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Space Center, Houston
Mission Control
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Globe
Gerald P. Carr
Hank Hartsfield
Hank
Georgia Kidnapers Free Two Women In Amateurish Plot
In Jonesboro Georgia authorities say two women abducted in a failed plot to win release for a man charged with bank robbery were released unharmed after about 30 hours. Police chief Howard Smith said the captors released the women without negotiations and that investigators have good leads but no firm suspects. The chief described the kidnapping as amateurish and noted the women would likely return to Jonesboro soon.
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Jonesboro, Ga
Howard Smith
Clayton County
Georgia
Clayton County Siies
Smith
Jonesboro
Jackie Nelson
Daugher Debbie
E. M. Nelson
First United Methodist Church
Nelson
Atlanta
Daniel P. Warren
Thanksgiving feasts span nation with home grown meals
Across the United States families gathered for Thanksgiving with traditional turkey dinners. In Minnesota Lucille Miller cooked for 35 to 40 using mostly home grown foods from a 180 acre farm. In New York City residents at Hen ry Street Settlement held a free meal for neighbors and youngsters. Miller noted the value of a family gathering and spoke of planning a large meal from produce and jams made at home.
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Waseca
Minn
Lucille Miller
New York City
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Henry Street Settlement Center
Miller Garden
American executive slain in Argentina ambush
John Albert Swint, 56, head of Transax a Ford subsidiary, was killed in an ambush near Cordoba as his bodyguards died with him. Police blamed ERP Marxist group. Swint, of Georgia, had arrived in February 1972 to run the plant with 2500 workers.
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Cordoba
Argentina
John Albert Swint
Transax
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Swint
People’s Revolutionary Army
The
ERP
Georgia
United States
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Families Of Slain Kennedy Brothers Visit Graves
Kennedy family members visited the graves of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery just before opening time. Sen. Kennedy stood apart as relatives knelt in prayer placing flowers and small bouquets at dawn. Evelyn Lincoln and Jacqueline Onassis sent flowers and a silver rose marked the occasion.
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Kennedy Brothers
Washington
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Sen. Kennedy
President Kennedy
Robert
Jacqueline Onassis
Dallas
Evelyn Lincoln
Pres
Fine Football Weather For Oklahoma Nebraska Game
The forecast calls for good football weather in Norman with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures should range from the mid 50s to near 60, winds at 10 to 15 mph from the south. Southwest Oklahoma will stay chilly tonight and Friday with highs in the mid 60s and lows around 30s.
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Norman
Oklahoma
Thanksgiving Reflections Amid Scarcity Yet Abundant Blessings
A reader lists gratitude for weather harvests pecans and waterways that flourished despite shortages and inflation. They praise fall migration of Sandhill Cranes, lush leaves, and ready resources from wood to fuel while noting local helpers and small acts of generosity shaping a hopeful year.
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Emerald Isle
Cold Shivery Winter Seen
Washington reports a looming cold winter with fuel shortages. An Interior Department study urges halving private driving and cutting jet travel, electricity, and heating by 15 to 25 percent. New England may see 5 percent voltage cuts 4 am to 8 am daily starting Monday per Gov. Meskill.
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Washington
Interior Department
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
New England
Connecticut
Thomas J. Meskill
Meskill
Israelis and Egyptians meet to finalize truce pact
Israeli and Egyptian generals met in a desert storm to finalize troop withdrawals along the Suez front. Red Major General Aharon Yariv flew to Cairo to resume talks with Egyptian Lt. Gen. Mohamed Gamasy under Kissinger mediated terms. The talks aim at paving the way for full scale Middle East peace negotiations amid stalled front line revisions.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Aharon Yariv
Israel
Cairo
Cairo-Suez
Mohamed Gamasy
Egypt
Middle East
Yariv
Gamasy
Kissinger Warns Arabs Oil Embargo Threatens Peace Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger told reporters that a long Arab oil boycott could derail Middle East peace negotiations and trigger potential U S economic countermeasures. He emphasized the United States would not yield to pressure while aiming to narrow differences and push toward regional peace. Details of possible countermeasures were not provided.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
U.S
Kissinger
United States
Nixon
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Maj. Young
Carr
Associated Press
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Paul
U.N
Ensio Siilasvuo
Army Radio Network
Red Cross
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