Mariner 6 7 reach Mars and Nixon Asian peace push
Mariner 6 and 7 completed near encounters with Mars providing atmospheric data and cloud observations as mission teams report promising readings despite instrument glitches. President Nixon called for a generation of uninterrupted peace during a visit to New Delhi and urged Asian self solved problems without outside bloc interference.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
New Delhi
Nixon
India
Asia
Bangkok
Indira Gandhi
Red China
Pakistan
Moscow
United States
Noguchi Reinstated as Los Angeles County Coroner
Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi is reinstated as Los Angeles County coroner after the Civil Service Commission overruled county supervisors who had removed him last March 18. The pathologist, born in Japan, held a $31 000 yearly post before being ousted amid psychiatric care concerns.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas T. Noguchi
Civil Service Commission
Firemen battle shell‑strewn trailer blaze in Lompoc
Firefighters faced exploding shotgun shells as they fought a trailer fire at 701 E Pine Ave in Lompoc. Mrs. Harry G Ledford and her two children Sherry 4 and a three week old baby were found safe at the trailer park manager’s office. The 60 by 10 foot trailer was destroyed with all possessions lost. Cause undetermined. Fourteen firefighters under Chief John Baker responded after 6 p.m. No injuries occurred. Sherry is deaf and partially mute. The mother rushed back in but all remained within the living quarters.
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Lompoc
Pine Ave
Harry G. Ledford
Sherry
Ledford
John Baker
Man Without Heart Sentenced to Life in China Transfer
Robert Kuhns, 21, described as a man without a heart, was taken to China to begin a life term after being sentenced for the rifle slaying of Karl N Haws, a Santa Barbara bishop and businessman. The jury chose life imprisonment over the gas chamber.
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China
Robert Leroy Kohns
Santa Barbara
Chino
Kuhns
John T Rickard
Karl N Haws
Rickard
Haws
Bishop
Riviera
Kennedy rules out 1972 presidential bid
Sen Edward M Kennedy of Massachusetts declared he would not run for president in 1972. He appeared in Washington returning to the Senate for the first time since the automobile accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. About 200 reporters and onlookers watched as he spoke and exited in a blue convertible with friend Claude Hooton.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Senate
Kennedy
Claude Hooton
Harvard
Mary Jo Kopechne
Martha’s Vineyard
Sasquatch sighting reported near Hoquiam by deputy sheriff
Grays Harbor County Sheriff orders watch for a Sasquatch described as about 8 feet tall and 300 pounds with hairy body and hairless face. A deputy encountered a lumbering figure on a wooded road, drew a pistol, and it vanished into the brush.
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Hoquiam
Wash
UPI
Grays Harbor
A.M
Pat) Gallagher
Northwest
Himalayas
Here
Gallagher
Floyd Lund
Moon Dust Tests Resume as Scientists Probe Germ Risk
Space researchers race to confirm if lunar soil harbors germs that could threaten Earth life. WHO President Dr Randall calls the studies at Apollo 11's lab paramount. Astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin again pass routine blood tests after two weeks in lunar exposure.
Pope pledges church aid in Africa fight against misery
The Pope arrives in Uganda as the first pope to set foot on African soil and pledges the Catholic Church will aid Africa against misery backwardness and injustice. He lands at Entebbe after a 3 145 mile Rome to Kampala flight and attends ceremonies including a memorial dedication to Uganda martyrs. The mission also aims to address the Nigerian civil war with prayers and a worldwide telecast.
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Kampala
Uganda
UPI
Paul VI
Africa
East African Airways
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Rome
Milton Obote
Peter
Christ
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Calif
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Red Planet
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Mariner Project
Leighton
Mariner
World Peace’ Congress
Mike Feinsilber Washington
John J. Williams
R-Del
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Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Long
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Spiro T. Agnew
Thailand
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
House
Boggs
Democratic Party
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Space 69
Dan Duffy
Noguchi
Union Oil Company
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Pope
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