Manned Apollo launches eyed for 1968
The article outlines 1968 as the year of the first manned Apollo flight and the second and third Apollo missions. It names crews led by Walter Schirra Donn Eisele Walter Cunningham James McDivitt David Scott Russell Schweickart Frank Borman Michael Collins William Anders and notes the goal of a possible manned moon landing by late 1969.
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Might
Navy
Walter M. Schirra
Maj
Donn Elsei
Walter Cunningham
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Wasp
Borman
Lavell
Russell
Rusty) Schweickart
Joseph Kerwin
America
U.S
Apollo
Schirra
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Moon
Eisele
Cunningham
James McDivitt
David Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
McDivitt
Scott
Earth
Air
Natural Gas Reserves Rise to Record High as Oil Drops
The American Petroleum Institute and American Gas Association reported a 1967 drop in crude oil reserves for the nation while natural gas reserves rose to a record 292.9 trillion cubic feet. Frank Ikard called the oil decline a warning, citing reduced drilling. Proved crude oil reserves stood at about 31.377 billion barrels, down 75 million from the prior year.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
American Gas Association
Gas Association
Frank L.ikard
Petroleum Jate
Tkard
Easter Animals Labeled Unsafe For Young Children
Denver AP report warns that baby chicks and ducks sold as Easter pets pose health risks. Dr. Martin Baum of the Colorado Department of Public Health cites a highly contagious gastrointestinal disease spread when children handle or place these animals in their mouths. Twelve states have enacted prohibitions on sales.
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Denver
Martin
Baum
Colorado Department of Public Health
Selma
Orawa
Memorial Rites In Vietnam Honor King At Da Nang
In a Da Nang Marine chapel a memorial service for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. drew 76 Marines, black and white, as Chaplain Capt. Ralph W. Below urged nonviolence and warned violence mocks King’s life. Flags flew at half staff and Saigon embassy observed a somber day.
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Lewis M. Simons
DA Nang
Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
America
Ralph W. Below
South Harpswell
Maine
Navy
King
da ‘Nang
United States
South Vietnam
South Korea
Care Tone
China Beach
U.S
Saigon
U.S. Armed Forces
Rome to mass produce quality souvenirs from contest
Rome officials urge higher artistic quality in keepsakes. The Rome Chamber of Commerce launches a contest for souvenir designs with artistic merit, promising mass production of the winning objects.
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Rome
Experts predict surge in higher degrees by 1975
Dr W H Heicher of the Combined Insurance Co of America says American universities will grant more doctorates and masters in 1966–75 than in the prior 50 years. He notes high youth enrollment now at 68 percent for ages 15–19 and forecasts sharp rises in high school and college enrollments by 1975.
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New York
Upt
W.H. Heicher
Combined Insurance Company of America
United States
Heicher
France
West Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Chita Rivera Joins Shirley MacLaine in Sweet Charity
Chita Rivera will join Shirley MacLaine in Universal's Sweet Charity. The casting marks Rivera's return to a major musical role and expands the film's star power.
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Hollywood
Chita Rivera
Shirley MacLaine
Universal
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U. W. Blake Record Center
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