Apollo 15 Heads Toward Moon for Geology Driven Mission
Apollo 15 lifts from Cape Kennedy and speeds toward the moon with commander David Scott and astronauts James Irwin Alfred Worden. Docking succeeds, lunar module ride planned near steep Apennine mountains and a deep canyon. Moon buggy to map, return to Endeavour, splashdown planned near Hawaii.
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Walter Kapryan
Nixon
Camp David
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Falcon
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Apennine Mountains
Neil A. Armstrong
Edward E. Aldrin
Endeavor
Filibuster over Lockheed aid to continue in Senate
Opponents claim enough votes to defeat a government loan bill aiding Lockheed and force more debates. Supporters vow to push for a vote on a plan to set up a three member board authorizing up to 2 billion in guarantees to prevent Lockheed bankruptcy and back the L1011 TriStar project.
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UPI
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Nixon
Lockheed
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Congress
House
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Dill
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
4100 Troops Withdrawn From Vietnam in Week
U.S. military command reports 4100 American servicemen pulled from Vietnam last week, lowering total to 229,200. B52 bombers hit North Vietnamese targets near Fire Base Fuller as South Vietnamese forces uncover a large Communist ammo cache. A DH6 helicopter was shot down in Kratie Province, killing two crewmen and wounding one.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Kratie Province
Cambodia
Space shuttle sites still in California contention
Governor Reagan says Vandenberg and Edwards Air Force Base remain in the running for launch and retrieval sites. Assemblyman MacGillivry hails Reagan’s stance as crucial for California. The Santa Maria County Fair set a new attendance and receipts record with 68,422 visitors and $53,033.15 in paid admissions. Weather forecasts call for low overcast then inland sun with highs in the 60s to 80s and morning tides around 4.5 feet.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Ronald Reagan
San Diego
California
Edwards Air Force
Washington
Reagan
City employee salaries rise sharply in new budget plan
Lompoc's 1971 72 preliminary budget shows salaries and wages up over 187000 from the prior year. A January 1 raise plus a February raise push total increases to 187000 with another six month raise.
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Lompoc
Ray McCuen
Gene Wahlers
Wahlers
Soviet advisers detained in Sudan during coup turmoil
In Khartoum the Sudanese air force and parts of the army placed Soviet military advisers in protective custody to stop their aid to coup plotters against President Jaafar Numeiry. After a countercoup ousted the plotters, radio reports said executions in the army rose to ten and arrests expanded including Communist leader Abdel Khaled Mahjoub.
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Sudan
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Jaafar Numeiry
Numeiry
Omdurmam Radio
Asali Shafei Ahmad Al-Sheikh
The
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Radio Omdurman
Communist Party
Abdel Khaled Mahjoub
Railroad strike forces shift from rail to truck shipments
The two day old Southern Pacific Railroad strike pushes Johns Manville Products to ship by truck to customers nationwide. Gresco Co. and Badger Seed Co. also face shipment adjustments as Port of New Orleans is used for trans shipments. Washington talks on ending the rail walkout continue with government prepared legislation.
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Clarence Carlson
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Lompoc
Carlson
Gresco Co
Southern Pacific
Laurel Avenue
Lompoc Truck Co
Stockton
Badger Seed Co
el Monte
Washington
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