Skylab Crew Plans Space Walk To Free Jammed Solar Panel
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz resumed experiments after eight days in orbit and faced a possible space walk to free a jammed solar panel. Mission may extend beyond 28 days if power is increased and medical checks at Houston and Huntsville support the plan.
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San Francisco
Mexico City
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Rocco A. Petrone
Marshall Center
Petrone
Kerwin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Industrialist Harvey S. Firestone Dies
Harvey S. Firestone Jr. dies at 75 in Akron after a cancer diagnosis. A Princeton graduate, he joined Firestone Tire and Rubber in 1919, led as president from 1941 to 1958, expanded plants abroad, and served as Firestone Foundation chief executive since 1948 guiding religious charitable scientific and educational efforts with assets over 30 million.
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Akron, Ohio
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone
Akron
Princeton University
England
Argentina
Switzerland
South Africa
Firestone Foundation
U S and Belgian Vessels Collide Off New York Harbor
In New York Harbor near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge a US container ship and a Belgian tanker collided and caught fire. At least six died including the American captain William Patterson, more than 20 injured, four missing, with 68 survivors and a firefront sending flames into the sky as authorities battled the blaze.
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New York
New York Harbor
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Brooklyn
Staten Island
William Patterson
Clifton
N.J
Sea Witch
Esso Brussels
David Bracy
Bar Harbor
Maine
Bracy
Michael O’connor
West Orange
Esso
Brussels
Edwin Sheppard
Sheppard
Marathon Skyjack Ends As 2 Escape
Two masked hijackers who roamed 15 000 miles across Latin America escaped with 50 000 dollars after forcing Captain Hugo Molina to land in Buenos Aires. The trio fled from Resistencia in a police pickup into the Chaco region. the flight had started earlier in Colombia and included stops in Panama Aruba Ecuador Peru Paraguay and back to Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Latin America
Hugo Molina
Molina
Resistencia
Here
Chaco
Asuncion
Paraguay
Air Force
Panama
Aruba
Ecuador
Peru
35 Primitive Camp Sites Closed At Hocking Hills
Hocking Hills State Park suspends 35 primitive camping sites due to heavy use and deterioration. Repairs including restrooms and site overhaul planned with rehabilitation of grass. group camping by reservation only may resume next spring under controlled conditions.
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Hocking Hills
Hocking Hills State Park
Jack Miller
Division of Parks
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Miller
Wes Arbaugh
Albaugh
Sheriff leads quiet campus reopening at Antioch College
Green County Sheriff Russell Bradley and 25 deputies entered the Antioch College campus in Yellow Springs Ohio to reopen buildings closed by militant students six weeks earlier. The move occurred without violence as over 200 students formed a moving picket line.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Green County
Russell Bradley
Three Men Recaptured After Prison Escape at Moundsville
State police and sheriff's deputies caught three men Friday who had escaped earlier in the day from the West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Moundsville
Concertmaster Sigmund Effron Steps Down After 38 Years
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra announces concertmaster Sigmund Effron will retire after 38 years with the ensemble. He has served since 194? and helped shape the orchestra’s string section.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Sigmund Effron
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jaycees Paint City Pool in Annual Work Evening
A nine member Logan Jaycees crew painted the interior of the city swimming pool Friday evening under city recreation director Harry Westfall. About 75 gallons of blue paint were used, and the job finished by 10 p.m. Westfall praised the volunteers for donating their time and noted the effort reduces costs. Participants included Ed Oswalt Dave Roberts Dick Hilton Garen Eggleston Larry Wells John Wells Clark Reed Tom Kelsey and Ron Lampman.
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Harry Westfall
Westfall
Jaycees
Ed Oswalt
Dave Roberts
Dick Hilton
Garen Eggleston
Larry Wells
John Wells
Clark Reed
Tom Kelsey
Ron Lampman
Probers Study Wheat Price Rigging Scandal Moves to Justice Dept
An Agriculture Department inquiry into alleged grain futures price rigging for Russia export subsidies has been sent to the Justice Department for possible criminal fraud prosecution. The probe examined possible manipulation on the Kansas City market last July and August, with subsidies rising as wheat prices closed higher. The investigation followed a Kansas City Board of Trade inquiry that found no wrongdoing, and the subsidies ended up far higher than initial estimates.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Russia
Justice Department
Justice
Department
Commodity Exchange Authority
CEA
Kansas City
Alexander Swantz
Kansas City Board of Trade
Fishing War Expands as Nations Claim Offshore Waters
At the UN, nations debate expanding fishing zones beyond three miles as Brazil Argentina and others enact 200 mile claims. Canada plans to include Grand Banks in exclusive rights. Iceland disputes World Court jurisdiction while talks in Geneva New York and Santiago push for new maritime conventions to govern seas.
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Brazil
Argentina
Guinea
Africa
Gabon
Chile
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Peru
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Ghana
Morocco
Jack Davis
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
United States
Iceland
Britain
Geneva
New York
Santiago
Sunline Crisis Line Launches At Sunrise House
Sunline, a crisis intervention telephone system sponsored by the Hocking County Drug Abuse Council through Sunrise House, has started with high usage. The line 385-6556 is open daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and trained volunteers will man phones after 30 hours of training.
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Sunline
Hocking County Drug Abuse Council
Sunrise House
Shell Johnson
Drug Council
Johnson
W. Hunter St
Credit Union Suspended in Ohio
Columbus Ohio AP report says Ohio Commerce Director Dennis Shaul suspended Community Businessmen Credit Union Inc Cleveland by the division of securities for reasons not disclosed in the excerpt.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Commerce
Dennis Shaul
Community Businessmen Credit Union, Inc
Cleveland
Division of Securities
Officials Claim Summit Success
President Nixon and Georges Pompidou left Iceland claiming the Reykjavik talks were a total success. Kissinger Rogers and Ziegler backed the upbeat view while noting aims to set up joint negotiations and a deputy foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Iceland
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Kissinger
Reykjavik
Dis
Ronald L. Ziegler
France
United States
Fairfield Auto Theft Ring Busted, Five Arrested
Fairfield County deputies say they broke a major auto theft ring with five men arrested and secret indictments for nine. The Hines family operated a used auto parts business and 31 stolen vehicles were found at their wrecking yard. The scheme involved swapping serial numbers and creating clear titles for stolen cars.
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Fairfield County
Fairfield Sheriff's Department
Wilbur Hines
Michael Hines
Clear Creek Rd
Hineses
Thomas Bray
Stoutsville
Glen Howell
Lancaster
Charles Mullett III
Hopewell Church Rd
Hines Wrecking Yard
Fairfield
Dan Berry
Berry
U S Adviser Slain In Iran By Terrorist
Teheran AP reports Lt. Col. Lewis Hawkins 42 of Plymouth Ind was ambushed on a Tehran street as he walked to be picked up by his driver. A terrorist fired two or three shots to the head and fled on a motorcycle with a second assailant. Hawkins served in Iran since last July.
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Tehran
U.S
Lewis Hawkins
Plymouth
Ind
Iran
Hawkins
Greek Junta Declares Republic After Abolishing Monarchy
Athens reports show little public reaction as the regime proclaims a republic led by Premier George Papadopoulos who names himself president. The government signals elections in 1974 and moves to erase royal symbols while praising the revolution and accusing exiled King Constantine of collusion with reactionaries.
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Athens
Radio and Televison
George Papadopoulos
Junta
Padadopoulos
Constantine
State Seeks Bids On Park Projects
The Ohio Department of Highways seeks bids for road and facility improvements in Hocking, Vinton, and Meigs counties. Bids open at 10 a.m. June 26. Projects include aggregate application and bituminous surface treatment at Hocking Hills, Lake Logan, Lake Hope, and Forked Run state parks.
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Ohio Department of Highways
Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
Hocking Hills State Park
Lake Logan
Lake Hope
Forkedstun
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Harvey S. Firestone
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