Worden Spacewalk Highlights Apollo 15 Milestone Mission
Worden completed his 20 minute outside EVA during Apollo 15 orbit, retrieving over a mile of film from mapping and panoramic cameras. He reflected that he should have stayed out longer, as ground controllers watched the lunar views and prepared for a lunar eclipse broadcast, while Irwin assisted from Endeavour.
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Worden
Merrill
Shurry
Ground Spacecraft Center
Kat G. Henize
Hawaii
Irwin
Scott
Air Force
Major
Ermand
Ter
Alison
Gerald P. Griffin
Jiffin
Earth Orbit
Endeavour
Furie
Jim
Earth
Kck
Flood Alerts In Corpus Christi As Deluge Swamps City
The eastern two thirds of Texas faced heavy rainfall with major flooding in Corpus Christi. Leopard Street remained under four feet of water as residents sought shelter at the Memorial Coliseum. Robstown and Tobstown areas also faced rising waters threatening thousands of homes.
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Corpus Christi
Abilene
Leopard Street
Wilbur Brunselmeyer
Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum
Sam Main
Thomason Realty Co
Robstown
Tobstown
Solomon Ortiz
Bluebonnet Addition
Highway Department
South Plains
Lubbock Regional Airort
1972 Draft Lottery Details and Outcomes
The 1972 draft lottery assigned 366 priorities for leap year birth dates with Feb 29 at priority 305. Draftees serve two years as Congress extends the draft for two more years amid calls for a volunteer army. The process used computer and paddle-wheel drums with regular rescrambles and saw high priority dates including Jan 25 and Dec 15.
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House
Senate
Curtis Tarr
Vietnam
Congress
Battle Deaths Continue as 14 Americans Reported
AP reports 14 American battlefield deaths for the week in Saigon with six killed in combat and the tally continuing at a high level. The U.S. Command provided the breakdown as casualties remained elevated amid ongoing operations.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S. Command
Wholesale prices rise in July as metals lift index
UK wholesale price index climbs 9 percent to 114.6 percent of the 1967 average in July with a 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted increase. The metals and wood surge pushes the industrial commodities index up 0.5 percent, while six-month inflation hits 4.9 percent the worst since late 1956.
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Ziegler
Nixon
Space Dash Timetable for Apollo 15 Mission
Houston space center release outlines times for Apollo 15 activities. The plan lists wake times, a 30 minute telecast, course corrections, rest periods, module separations, entry into Earth's atmosphere and a Pacific Ocean splashdown near Hawaii with times subject to change.
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Space Center
Houston
Pacific Ocean
Oahu
Hawaii
Scientists Probe Mars From High Flying Convair Flight
The Convair 990 jet, loaded with telescopes and cameras, ascends above Earth's atmosphere from Hickam to study Mars. The mission aims to record Mars atmosphere, surface temperature, and water content as the planet comes within 35 million miles of Earth next Thursday.
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Mars
Earth
Hickam
Head-On Collision Claimed Life During Passing Attempt
A head-on crash on an unfinished two-lane highway occurred when a driver attempted to pass a truck. Local funeral arrangements for Mrs. Dewhurst are being handled by Adkins Protective Funeral Home.
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Dewhurst
Adkins Protective Funeral Home
Disappearances Highlight Shelter Dog Destruction Rules
Odessa police chief Tomlin explains three to six day hold before destruction for unlicensed and licensed dogs, with Tuesday as kill day. Other cities mix observation pens and rabies procedures, padlocked fences and tighter night watch aim to curb thefts and disappearances from shelters.
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Tomlin
Odessa
Abilene
Midland
Amarillo
Angelo
Madland
Lubbock
Jones
Animal Shelter
WTC Officials Eye Enrollment at Western Texas College
Dr. Duane Hood reports 1220 students pre-registered for fall at Western Texas College. The count helps plan class schedules and ensure enough freshman and sophomore courses are offered. Interest also shown in vocational programs.
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Yder
West Texas
Western Texas College
Duane Hood
Government objects to discounted student air fares
Transportation Department officials urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to investigate transatlantic youth fare discounts. They argued that discounts for ages 12 to 26 are discriminatory and violate federal law, noting the elderly deserve similar pricing and calling for hearings before any change in U S carrier pricing.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Europe
John W. Barnum Sands
Barnum
Department
Jurlines
Harnan
Senate approves spending ceiling amid election reform clash
Senate backed a campaign spending ceiling of 20 cents per eligible voter, veto fears cited by Nixon, while House hearings proceed on its version. If adopted, candidates could spend 13.9 million nationally for all ads and 8.3 million on radio TV, with past campaigns showing 15.6 million spent on media in 1968.
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John Pastore
D-R.i
Pastore
Nixon
White House
House
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
Nixon-Agnew
Humphrey-Muskie
American Independent Party
George C. Wallace
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Mission Control
Manned Spacecraft Center
WTC
Sunfair
Election Reform Action
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