Apollo 12 astronauts head home after moon mission
Apollo 12 crew Pete Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean sail Yankee Clipper toward Earth on eighth day of the 350 million mission preparing for a Pacific splashdown in two days The crew slept in after a long lunar stay and recounted their 32 hours on the moon and 1.5 miles of hiking before reentry while ground crews warned against thunderstorm launches in bad weather.
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Conrad
Mission Control
Earth
Ed Gibson
Lunar
Navy
Bean
Gordon
Nixon may nominate another conservative like Haynsworth
The Senate rejected Haynsworth 55 to 45 amid Democratic and Republican splits. President Nixon signaled he will pick a new Supreme Court nominee early January, likely a southern conservative who shares his originalist philosophy.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Nixon
Haynsworth
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Michigan
Mike Mansfield
Mont
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Abe Fortas
Aiken
John C. Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Congress
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
U.S. troops hit by new ambush in Vietnam war zone
U.S. command reports a 15 minute guerrilla attack in the Que Son valley south of Da Nang killing five Americal Division soldiers and wounding seven. The fight ends with six guerrilla corpses found and a large North Vietnamese arms cache uncovered nearby.
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da Nang
Que Son
U.S. Americal Division
U.S
Lompoc Planning Commission Plans Three Public Hearings
The Lompoc Planning Commission will meet Monday to hear requests to establish a head start school for 30 children at Peace Lutheran Church 1000 W Ocean Ave. for an antique auto repair shop at 120 W Walnut Ave. and to consider a Jehovah Witness Church at 705 N Fourth. The agenda includes street openings across the Southern Pacific tracks Laurel Ave between First and Seventh streets a park fees and dedication progress report and a residential occupancy permit program update.
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Lompoc Planning Commission
Terry Jones
Community Action Commission
Peace Lutheran Church
Ocean Ave
John W. Hellmuth
Walnut Ave
Neal Whitaker
Jehors Witness
Southern Pacific Railroad
Laurel Avenue
First
Seventh Streets
Texas jail escapees captured after deadly spree
A condemned killer and two fellow fugitives who freed themselves from Galveston County Jail, killed an escapee, wounded a deputy, and seized hostages were captured three miles west of Flatonia. The trio surrendered as helicopters combed the area and hundreds hunted them. The hostages were unharmed.
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Flatonia
Tex
UPI
Texas
E. L. Oliver
Department of Public Safety
Houston
Galveston County
Sugar Land
Bob Williamson
Joseph William McMahon
Williamson
Richmond
J. B. Kline
Kline
McMahon
Galveston
Carl Bruce Harris
William
Butch’’ Ainesworth
Ronny Roper
Jacqueline Irene Alexander
Thomas
Texas City
Robert Nichols
Dickson
Joe M. Taylor
la Grange
Walter Chernoski
Colorado County
Columbus
Temporary relief in Santa Barbara offshore drilling standoff
Conservationists block a Sun Oil offshore rig during a fish in protest six miles offshore. The platform tipped and sank while unloading as court action loomed for a possible halt to erection in the Santa Barbara channel. The Supreme Court agreed to rule on the request to halt construction.
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Santa Barbara
UPI
Santa Barbara Channel
Sun Oil Co
Philadephia
Sun
U.S. Supreme Court
Santa Barbara County
American Civil Liberties Union
William O. Douglas
Two Space AFB Residents In Separate Local Crashes
Philip Ray Siebenthaler 29 of Van Lake Canyon Trailer Park at Vandenberg AFB lost control of his car on North H Street striking a parked car. Siebenthaler is in Vandenberg Hospital ICU with head and internal injuries awaiting surgery. A parked car owner Anne Brewer faces major damage to her vehicle. In a second crash Edward Ellison 21 of Vandenberg AFB lost control and rammed Chuck's Nursery injuring no one. CHP officers Harpe and Davey escaped unhurt as their patrol car was struck by debris.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Schulenburg
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Williamson
Philip Ray Siebenthaler
van Lake Canyon
Space
Vandenberg Air Force Base
North H Street
Siebenthaler
Vandenberg Air Force Base Hospital
Anne Brewer
Walnut Ave
Leibenthaler
Lompoc
Edward D. Ellison
Chuck
Ocean Ave
Ellison
California
CHP
Charles M. Harper
Virgil Davey
Two GIs Charged in Massacre Case
The Army charged Lt. William L. Calley with the premeditated murder of about 100 Vietnamese civilians and S. Sgt. David Mitchell with intent to murder. The probe expanded to 24 other men, 15 of them civilians, with nine current servicemen and 15 ex-GIs being questioned as more witnesses are interviewed.
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David Mitchell
Calley
Ft. Hood
Tex
St. Francisville
Quong Nai
Saigon
U.S
Army
Robert E. Jordan III
Criminal Investigations Division
Jordan
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Jim Wells
Jim Seaman
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