Apollo 15 astronauts prepare for return from moon
Worden Scott and Irwin complete three days of lunar exploration in the Apennine region. They capture photos of Aristarchus and Cobra Head, collect samples, and test a camera at Hadley Base while awaiting a successful trans earth injection. Ground control reports a temporary loss of lunar television signal during a solar eclipse attempt.
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Endeavour
Scott
Invin
Aristarchus Plateau
Cobra Head
Aristarchus
Worden
Old Base
Tranquility Base
Lunar
Hadley Base
Moon
Irwin
Nixon hints at wage price controls as tool to curb inflation
President Nixon suggested he might use executive power to push voluntary wage and price guidelines and to ensure settlements are responsible. He defended continuing strong policies, noted a down unemployment trend, and urged Congress to scrutinize wage price control history and possible measures while keeping U.S. industry competitive.
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Nixon
Congress
White House
Connally
U.S
James D. Hodgson
United States
Rainfall report notes shelter crowd on South Plains
Shelter at Robstown used for flood victims as Red Cross expected about 200 people overnight. Rain eased, but thundershowers linger in South Central Texas while Northwest Texas faces a new storm system. Temperatures range from near 60 to upper 80s with dry periods and humidity fluctuations.
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Robstown
Red Cross
National Weather Service
Lubbock Regional
South Plains
Golden Triangle
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Orange
Harris
Fayette Counties
Houston
Schulenburg
Flatonia
South Centra Texas
Nueces River
Asherton
Fowlerton
el Paso
U.S. Denies Stockholm Report On POW Release Plan
U.S. officials reject a Stockholm report claiming a plan to free American prisoners of war with SAS charter flights. The State Department calls it an unfortunate misunderstanding and says no flights were arranged. Hanoi’s POW list includes 339 names and U.S. talks focus on release before any Vietnam settlement. Relatives seek more data, with mixed, cautious responses.
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Ewspaper
Foreign Office
U.S
State Department
Europe
SAS
Vientiane
New York
Stockholm
Hanoi
Paris
Vietnam
United States
Ito
John Frederick
Tretmont
White House
Wrong-number threat targets Dallas desegregation order
An anonymous caller threatened to bomb a federal judge in Dallas after a desegregation order for the Dallas public schools. The line misdialed, striking Mrs. W. M. Taylor and correcting to the wrong judge. Police found no bomb.
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Dallas
U.S
Woman Injured When Car Pins Her Against Store Wall
Leslie Ann Lawson, 23, of 1020.1 E. 29th St. suffered minor injuries when her auto surged forward while starting it, pinning her between the car and a department store wall in the 1100 block of Broadway Street. Police say she was treated and released at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital.
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Leslie Ann Lawson
29Th St
Broadway Street
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Harlingen Crew Reunites Aboard B17 for 31st Mission
In Germany on January 6, 1945 the crew flew 30 missions together. At a CAF reunion in Harlingen Texas they climbed into a B17 painted with I Be Seeing You insignia. The ME109 and P51 mock dog fight paused as families waited on the runway.
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Germany
Vincent Villagio
Brooklyn
N.Y
Insigna
Villagio
CAF
Martin
CAF Flying Museum
Matamoros
Mexico
Judges Eye New Law Axes Exemptions From Jury Pool
Judges discussed a revised jury selection bill that gutted broad exemptions for professionals and other groups. The panel warned extra hardships arise as jurors face $4 daily pay and potential exclusion rules, with changes to strike rules and jury pool management.
Bank group executive faces SEC case over influence peddling claims
In Houston a broad civil suit features claims that Frank W Sharp helped secure passage of banking bills by arranging loans for high state officials to buy National Bankers Life Insurance stock and selling it at inflated values. Witness James F. Sims testified. Sharp did not appear as expected.
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Houston
Frank W Sharp
SEC
Sharp
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Federal
James FE. Sims
U.S
Anthony J. P. Fortis
O Grand Jury
Dallas
John V. Singleton Jr
Singleton
Crimunal
Miles
Tos
Nixon calls China talks open to find peaceful common ground
President Nixon says two China talks will tackle hard and easy problems and aim to identify irreconcilable differences for peaceful settlement. U N debates see Red China invited and Nationalist China expelled. Formosa remains the sole Chinese representative despite Security Council veto risk.
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Nixon
United States
Vietnam
United Nations
China
U.S
Formosa
Peking
Security Council
Council
U.N
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Geophysical Observatory
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Hous Jlunar
Ion Space Center
Radata
Earth
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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Merrill
Cal Tech
Gordon Swann
Swann
Reds
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Robert Farrow
Ohio
Natbonal Levvel
Southeast Asia
Washington
Chin
Marion Perisho
Quincey, IL
Navy
Cmdr
Gordon Perisho
Confederate Air Force Flying Museum
Harlingen
China Lake
Calif
Martin Goodman
Los Angeles
Judges Eye New Law
Ana
J. Wright
137Th District Court
Pat Moore
72Nd District Court
Wiliam C. Shaver
140Th District Court
Wright
Shaver
Dunn
Lubbock
Widges
Bank Group
Cairo
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