First orbital lab established by Russ
Three Soviet cosmonauts docked Soyuz 11 with the Salyut station to form the first orbital space laboratory. Patsayev Volkov and Dobrovolsky boarded the unmanned station, beginning manned scientific work in space as authorities describe a new era in cosmonautics.
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UPI
Orbital Space Laboratory
Salyut
Tass
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Boris Ruschenbach
Roundtable
Dobrovolsky
Volkov
Patsayev
Soyuz
Nixon weighs easing trade with Red China this week
President Nixon returns to Washington from Camp David for a busy week centered on a decision on relaxing trade restrictions with mainland China. A key element is whether diesel locomotives and heavy earth moving gear will be allowed, a point still debated by officials.
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UPI
Camp David
Nixon
White House
China
Washington Post
Post
Hanoi
Aspen Lodge
Maryland Mountains
New York Striking Workers Ground City Traffic
Thousands of municipal workers crippled traffic by stalling city trucks and opening drawbridges on major arteries. Union spokesman Bernard Stephens warned the strike would escalate as three locals and a Teamsters local protest the rejected pension plan while Mayor Lindsay seeks an injunction and police coordinate towing and evacuations.
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UPI
Arlem
Bernard Stephens
District 37
American Federation of State
Teamsters
Albany
John V. Lindsay
City Corporation
J. Lee Rankin
State Supreme Court
New York City
Patrick V. Murphy
School Board to Set Budget Meeting
The school board plans a special meeting to discuss the district’s preliminary budget expected to top $11 million. Trustees may appoint a member to the Classified School Personnel Commission renew the district’s participation in the Federal Title project and recognize student achievement.
Air West DC9 and Navy Phantom collide over Mt Bliss
A Air West DC9 collided with a Navy Phantom F-4B at 12 000 feet over Mt Bliss in Angeles National Forest. Fifty people died including two infants and a Marine first lieutenant survived. Rescue was delayed by fog and rugged terrain and a search for more survivors continued at dawn. Flight 706 was en route from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. the Navy jet returned from a routine training mission.
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UPS
Mt. Bliss
Angeles National Forest
Keriff
Air West
Armesees
County Fire Division
Dean Russell
Los Angeles
Federal Aviation Administration
Los Angeles International Airport
Salt Lake City
el Toro Marine Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Christopher E. Schiess
Salem
Ore
Santa Teresita Hospital
Duarte
Larry Karch
el Toro
Allegheny propjet crashes at New Haven airport
A Allegheny Airlines Convair 508 with 29 aboard struck overhead wires during final approach in heavy mist at Tweed-New Haven Airport and crashed into five waterside cottages. At least 20 people are feared dead as witnesses recall the plane flying low before the impact.
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New Haven, Conn
UPI
Allegheny Airlines
Tweed-New Haven
Philip Frederico
Colony Beach Club
Court narrows one man one vote rule in two key rulings
The Supreme Court issued two decisions limiting the one man one vote doctrine. It reversed an Indianapolis at large representation ruling and upheld more flexible voting districting. The court also spared a more lenient standard for private libel cases and surfaced a Connecticut air crash scene with ongoing FAA probe.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Indiana
Marion County
Indianapolis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Rsan
General Hunziker and wife die in plane crash near Sespe
Maj. Gen. Richard O. Hunziker and his wife Margaret were found dead in a light plane wreckage in the Sespe wilderness north of Los Angeles. Hunziker, 54, formerly vice commander at Vandenberg and later inspector general at Norton AFB, disappeared after leaving Calexico en route to Santa Maria. Survived by two sons, services pending.
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Margaret
Sespe Hot Springs
Los Angeles
Unziker
1St Stratad
Vandenberg
Norton Afb
San Bernardino
Calexico
Calexico, On Theexican
Santa Maria
Carpinteria
Russell Lawrence
John Richard
Closed Senate session debates Laos action amid wartime stakes
The Senate held a rare closed session to review U.S. Laos involvement cited as costly and potentially exceeding prior limits. Senator Symington defended the Nixon administration, while Senator Kennedy called it an unauthorized presidential war. A State Department letter warned of Communist gains near South Vietnam if Laos remains in dispute. Weather outlook notes cloud cover with minor temperature changes and tide data included.
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UPI
Senate
Laos
Nixon
America
Stuart Symington
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
State Department
Kennedy
South Vietnam
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