Moon and planets guide for August astronomy report
Indiana University astronomy notes Mars fades from earth as Mariner probes continue. Jupiter Saturn and Venus appear at various times with Perseids meteor shower peaking after midnight August 11-12 no moon interference. Moon passes near Mars August 21. Vega Arcturus Antares Deneb Altair follow later in evening sky.
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Mariner 1
Mariner 7
Earth
Antares
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Vega
Arcturus
Deneb
Cygnus
Altair
Aquila
Perseus
James Gibson
Linton
Linton Supply Company
Main
P. N. Hirsch
Citizen Office
City Hall
Glidden
Iowa
Arizona
Utah
New Jersey
Greene County 4-H Fair Ends With Livestock Auction
The Greene County 4-H Fair concluded Thursday night with the livestock auction as the final event. Exhibits were released, and grounds cleaned up Friday morning. Rotary Club members served a hot dog lunch to 4-Hers, with 720 hot dogs, 600 soft drinks, and 36 dozen buns consumed.
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Greene County
Linton Rotary Club
Rotary Committee
George Morgan
Wayne Corbin
J. Howard Lynn
Rex Winters
4-H
Tax Reform Plan Being Completed
Washington UPI reports the House Ways and Means Committee finished a broad tax overhaul with a 10 percent income tax surcharge for six months. The package raises about 7 billion in foregone revenue but includes relief for low and middle income taxpayers and ends with future Senate hurdles and a planned Oct 31 delivery from the Finance Committee.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
U.S
Nixon
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Ways and Means
Governor to Meet With SCLC Officials in Indianapolis
Governor Whitcomb will meet with a dozen welfare advocates led by Rev. Andrew Brown of the Indianapolis SCLC affiliate. The group seeks to “break the welfare cycle” and discuss welfare needs in a Statehouse office talk during working hours. Brown, Hardin Hodapp and Girton are among several clergy and welfare organization leaders on the delegation.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Whitcomb
Andrew Brown
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Brown
March
Statehouse
Boniface Hardin
Leroy Hodapp
Melvin Girton
Mariner 6 reveals cratered Mars near equator
Pasadena reports first near encounter pictures from Mariner 6 show a flat grey Mars surface dotted with old eroded craters and newer sharp wells. A 30 mile wide crater dominates an 18th image while canals seen from Earth are notably absent as Mariner 7 prepares for a similar pass despite early hiccups.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Mariner 6
Moon
Red Planet
Robert B. Leighton
California Institute of Technology
Mariner Control
Earth
Nixon Holds Talks With Pakistan Leader In Lahore
President Nixon met with General Yahya Khan in Lahore to repair deteriorating US Pakistan relations since Eisenhower era. They discussed a broad Asian cooperation program while Pakistan pressed for lifting the arms embargo and 100 Patton tanks.
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Lahore
Pakistan
UPD
Nixon
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
United States
Eisenhower
Yahya
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Asia
India
U.S. and Reds clash along DMZ in rescue mission
American infantry engaged North Vietnamese forces in two DMZ clashes while attempting to rescue crewmen of a U S hospital helicopter shot down by Communist fire. Air strikes and artillery hit bunkers and camps as the lull in ground action continues with no evident new offensive.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Vietnams
South Vietnam
Con Thien
M Iz
Viitary
5Th Mechanized Infantry
Freedom For Prisoners Delayed By ICC Flight Cancel
An ICC flight to move three American prisoners from Hanoi to freedom was canceled after the ICC lacked Hanoi permission. Diplomats had expected release in Vientiane Friday, but technical issues and lack of government approval postponed the plan likely past Tuesday’s ICC flight.
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Saigon
ICC
Vientiane
Hanoi
Law Enforcement Seminar Held in Linton City Hall
Greene County law officers gathered in the City Council room at Linton City Hall for a seminar on new Indiana General Assembly criminal law changes and recent Supreme Court decisions. William Hendren Rex Poe and Seddie Powell led discussions on arrest search seizure and rights of the accused and officers.
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Greene County
Linton City Hall
Sherif
William Hendren
Rex Poe
Seddie Powell
Indiana General Assembly
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Showers Possible During Weekend in Indiana Weather
United Press International reports August began with similar conditions to July in Indiana. Showers and thundershowers were downgraded from likely to possible today. Rain probabilities range from 10 to 30 percent for today tonight and Saturday with a five day outlook calling for about two thirds of an inch total, rain likely Sunday into next week.
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United Press International
Indiana
Two Join Astronauts In Quarantine
Houston reports two more men quarantined with Apollo II astronauts after a pressure glove broke while handling moon rocks. Ronald Buffum and George Williams were exposed to lunar matter as blood samples were drawn and their health monitored.
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W. W. Kemmerer
Wilmont Hess
Pope Vows to Press Peace Effort in Nigeria Crisis
In Kampala Pope Paul VI told Uganda's Parliament and African leaders that he will continue his push to end the Nigeria and Biafra conflict. He lamented past failures, denounced colonialism, and urged respect for national and ethnic self determination amid a mass in Kampala and the ordination of 12 African bishops.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Paul VI
Nigeria
Biafra
Costume Ball Set At Lyons Centennial Event
An old fashion style show and costume ball for Lyons Centennial celebration will be held Saturday Aug 16 at the L and M school. The show starts 8 p.m. with bonnet judging, then a round and square dance at 9 p.m. Admission is $1. Public invited. Sponsored by the Lyons Jr. Mrs. Club.
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L and M
Lyons
Lyons Jr. Mrs . Club
Linton Man In One Car Crash Near Jasonville
A Linton resident Daniel Bowersock 24 drove a 1968 auto toward Sullivan when he lost control on Highway 48 two miles north of Jasonville at 5 am. The car left the road struck a cedar tree after climbing an embankment. damage estimated at 300 dollars. No injuries or tickets were issued.
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Linton
Clay County
Ltar
Darrell Meihls
Jasonville
Daniel Bowersock
Sullivan
Shakamak
Ted Kennedy Back On Job
In Washington Edward M Kennedy stood reading dispatches outside the Senate chamber as 50 reporters waited. Senate leader Mike Mansfield greeted him and guided him back to the floor where Kennedy would again brief reporters on the surtax discussion after the latest Kennedy tragedy.
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Ted Kennedy
Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Mansfield
Hijacked Trans World jet to Cuba from Indianapolis
Forty or more Hoosiers were aboard the Trans World Airlines Boeing 727 hijacked after takeoff from St Louis en route to Los Angeles. Frederick Hadley and Ed Lily & Co. executives were among 123 passengers held at gunpoint by Lester Perry who steered toward Havana as pilot Deboah Sullivan reported the threat.
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Miami
API
Trans World Airlines
Indianapolis
Cuba
Frederick Hadley
Board of Indiana Vocation!) Technical College
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ed Lily & Co
St. Louis
Lester
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Scranton
Deborah Sullivan
J. L. Wilmot
Havana
Tulsa
Okla
Lume
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