Skylab launch opens NASA space endurance era
Cape Kennedy witnesses Skylab 1 liftoff as Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz begin a record 28 day orbital stay aboard a massive eight room lab. Spectators estimated in the thousands watch the Saturn 5 rocket soar, with weather briefly clouding the view.
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Cape Kennedy
Earth
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Atlantic
Skylab
NASA
Tampa Bay
Florida
Cape
Coastal Weather Outlook With Tides Inland Warmth
Low overcast and patchy coastal fog spread inland during nights and mornings with mostly fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures steady with highs near 60 to 70s inland and 60 along the coast, tonight around 50. Winds west to northwest 10 to 20 mph. Tides: high of 3.7 ft at 10 28 a.m. and 5.8 ft at 9 35 p.m. low tides minus 0.5 ft at 4 09 a.m. and 1.6 ft at 3 23 p.m.
Judge orders release of Dean papers to prosecutors and Senate
Judge John J. Sirica ruled that both federal prosecutors and the Senate Watergate committee may view the Dean papers kept in a bank safety box. He instructed court records to be provided as certified copies, declaring “Everybody wins” after a 25 minute hearing. Dean attended the session under strain and described the documents as top secret sourced from FBI and other agencies.
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Dean
FBI
White House
Nixon
Charles N. Shaffer
Man Holds People on Tank Threatening to Blow Up Fuel Storage
A man named William Abernathy seized two people and climbed a 50 foot jet fuel tank near Portland airport threatening to explode 1.3 to 1.6 million gallons of fuel. He fired at planes and bystanders but officers did not shoot for fear of triggering a fuel blast. One held man, Steve Dalling, was released unharmed after delivering Abernathy’s demand for his former wife and children.
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UPI
G. Bradford Cook
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate
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Nixon
Stans
SEC
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Cook
William Proxmire
Senate Appropriations
Vesco
Proxmire
Portland, Ore
William Howard Abernathy
Portland
Abernathy
Lockheed Air Terminal Services
ICCS to probe Viet Cong charge of U S bombing in South Vietnam
ICCS agrees to investigate Viet Cong charges of U S bombing in South Vietnam only if air corridors are widened to a five mile wide safety path. Indonesian envoy says investigation hinges on corridor guarantees, as dispute over width delays prisoner releases.
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ICCS
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South Vietnam
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H.R. Dharsono
Tracy Wood
Dharsono
Nguyen Anh Tuyet
Provisional Revolutionary Government
PRG
le Trung Hien
Hien
Vi Thanh
Mekong Delta
Gold price soars to record high on European markets
Gold surged past the $100 ounce barrier on European free markets with a Paris price of 106.70 and a London fix at 102.25 as traders blamed Watergate linked dollar weakness and fear of a monetary crisis. U.S. tourists joined the rush while New York stocks fell.
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