Skylab 3 launch success sets stage for long mission
Three rookie astronauts Gerald P. Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue rode a Saturn 1B into a 95 mile high orbit signaling the final Apollo era spaceflight before 1975. They reported a smooth ride as they begin a planned five orbit rendezvous with Skylab and a potential three month stay.
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Cape Canaveral
UPI
America
Space Station
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Houston
Carr
Apollo
County park commissioners to be paid and park closure plan
County Park Commission members will receive a $35 monthly attendance payment for meetings. The commission also recommends closing 17 overnight camp sites at Nojoqui Falls County Park until facilities are upgraded, shifting those sites to day use due to high picnic demand.
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County Park Commission
Frank J. Frost
Commission
Nojoqui Falls
Solvang
Park Department
Israel seeks POWs in Syria as Cairo peace plan surfaces
Israel steps up efforts to recover POWs in Syria while proposing a three part plan to pull armies back from the Suez Canal. A UN administered buffer zone would flank the canal as part of a broader move toward a Geneva peace conference.
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United Press International
Israel
Syria
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N
Geneva
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Golda Meir
International Red Cross
Suez
Cairo-Suez
UPI
Joseph W. Grigg
Aharon Yariv
Mohammed Gemassy
Stratford apartments fire kills 24 in Los Angeles
A massive blaze at the 45 year old Stratford apartments in Los Angeles killed 24 residents and injured 49 as many died in beds or leaped from upper floors. Firemen recovered 22 bodies at the scene with two more dead on arrival. The fire began in the lobby and rushed upward via an open stairway described as a gigantic chimney by Deputy Commander D J Brunetti.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Lompoc Eyes Daylight Saving to Cut Energy Use
City officials estimate permanent daylight saving time could cut Lompoc electricity use by about 3 percent annually. Norm Asbridge of Vandenberg AFB provided figures, with projected oil savings around 4000 barrels yearly and 311 hours less lighting per home.
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Lompoc
Sol Lefkowitz
Norm Asbridge
Weather Branch
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Lefkowitz
Asbridge
James Flegge
League of California Cities
San Francisco
Congress
Albridge
Pacific Gas and Electric
College Bus Petition Delayed By Trustee Illness
Hancock College may delay a decision on a student bus service petition until December as the board meeting is canceled due to one trustee’s illness and another being out of state. President Walter Conrad explores administrative remedies and possible bus rescheduling for relief.
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Hancock College
Board of Trustees
Walter Conrad
Conrad
Lompoc
Nuclear awards and ECCS details in Diablo Canyon briefing
PG&E nuclear information specialist Miles Sheldon discusses safety spending at Diablo Canyon near Avila Beach. He defends the Emergency Core Cooling System against critics while outlining how ECCS would respond to a loss of coolant, including borated water flooding, reactor scram, and manual trip options. Weather follows with rain chances and tidal data through Monday.
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Steve LA Rue
Miles Sheldon
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Diablo Canyon
Avila Beach
Sheldon
Pg&e
Diablo
ECCS
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Board of Supervisors
Hans H. Rasmussen
Santa Barbara
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Nojoqui
Manning
Tucker
Kabrillo
Cabrillo
Huyck Stadium
D. J. Brunetti
By Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc High
Cabrillo High
Glen Newcomb
Cal Poly
Norm McCloud
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