Apollo 17 lands safely in South Pacific
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Jack Schmitt landed aboard the USS Ticonderoga 400 miles southeast of Samoa after a 13 minute parachute descent speedily returning to Earth. The mission ended with promises of future deep space exploration and scientific findings including orange soil samples from Shorty crater.
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South Pacific
Uss Ticonderoga
UPI
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Jack Schmitt
Samoa
Ticonderoga
Houston
Earth
Schmitt
Moon
Apollo Lunar Geology
Shorty
United States
Indians Protest Oceanfront Project At County Hearing
Descendants of the Chumash Indians and supporters disrupted a county EQAA session over Topodynamics Inc plans for 114 condominiums on Montecito beach. The hearing was continued amid clashes over a proposed seawall and disputed environmental data, with state lands concerns and archaeologic significance cited.
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Dick Praul
Montecito
Santa Ynez
Environmental Quality Advisory Agency
EQAA
Curtis Tunnell
Nbc-Tv
Topodynamics, Inc
State Lands Commission
Hammond Estate
Bonnymede
World condemns Nixon bombing move in Vietnam crisis
North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry and Viet Cong in Paris denounced the resumed full-scale bombing as undermining peace talks. Soviet and Chinese diplomats warned of a temporary slowdown in rapprochement with the United States, while Brezhnev's visit may be delayed. US claims say talks remain suspended but not formally ended. Reports note the night of heavy raids, with several aircraft losses and substantial damage.
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United Press International
Communist World
Nixon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Paris
London
UPI
K.C. Thaler
Soviet Union
China
United States
Vietnam
Kleber Avenue
Piotr Abrassimov
France
Viet Cong
Haiphong
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Duc Tho
Truman's kidney function improves after critical phase
Truman's kidney output rose in the last 24 hours and he remains semiconscious with stable vitals. Doctors noted awareness of surrounding movement and adequate nutrition though protein remains limited. At 88, he showed a second straight restful night as kidney function nears a safer level.
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Kansas City
UPI
Harry S Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Truman
Lamar asks county for centennial funding in 1974 celebration
The city of Lamar formally requested the county to consider a $20 000 appropriation to back the centennial year in 1974. The Board of Supervisors referred the request to the administrative officer to raise the issue at next spring's budget time.
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Lamar
Board of Supervisors
Four-Car Pileup on Highway 1 Near Lompoc Injures Two
A four car crash on Highway 1 a quarter mile north of Lompoc Casmalia Road injured Airman Jimmie Adcock of Vandenberg AFB and Hattie Lloyd Hall of Burton Mesa as a Hall vehicle struck Miles and Bruce after Miles tried to pass a truck. Both victims were treated and kept for observation at Vandenberg AFB Hospital.
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Highway 1
Lompoc- Casmalia Road
Jimmie Adcock
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Hattie Lloyd Hall
Burton Mesa Boulevard
California Highway Patrol
Kenneth Allen Miles
William T. Bruce
Oakmont
Miles
Hall
Bruce
Adcock
CHP
William E. Boone
Porte
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
U S raids heavy as Hanoi warns of intense bombing day
U S air and naval forces press raid on North Vietnam with B52s and fighter bombers in the Hanoi Haiphong area. Civilian casualties rise. eight air crew missing, seven rescued. Hanoi reports shot down F4 Phantoms and captures of some pilots amid continued bombardment. Police officer hurt chasing shoplifter after collision with a fire hydrant.
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Radio Hanoi
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
United States
Hanoi- Haiphong
Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Radio
Haiphong
U.S
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Cernan
Mars
Channel 4
Los Angeles
Topodynamics
Dale Hanst
Indian Agency
Quebajai Chumash Indian Association
Tri-Counties
Washington
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Peking
Moscow
Lompoc
N. Viets
Foreign Ministry
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