Apollo 14 improves craft after Apollo 13 fix
NASA officials say Apollo 14 will launch with a safer spacecraft after modifications following the Apollo 13 oxygen tank explosion. Astronauts Stuart Roosa Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell describe thorough inspections of high pressure tanks and wiring and confidence in safer operations for the moon mission delayed four months.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Stuart A. Roosa
Roosa
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Shepard
Earth
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
North American Rockwell Corp
Beech Aircraft Corp
Beech
Boulder
Colo
Moon
Tech Debaters Take Second at Abilene Tournament
The Texas Tech debate team of Don Cage and Carrol Haggard finished second in the 38th Abilene Christian College Debate Tournament amid 55 squads from 125 schools and five states. UT won the senior division. Cage earned best speaker and Tom Rebstock placed third. The second Tech pair 5 1 in prelims, while a third Tech duo also competed.
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Texas Tech
Don Cage
Carrol Haggard
University of Texas
Tech
Cage
Tom Rebstock
Rebstock
Richard Brown
Haggard
Brown
Patty Holyfield
Patsy Fowler
Vernon McGuire
Military family notes from Lubbock and surrounding areas
Over World lists Navy and Army personnel with Texas ties. Hank A. Beaty graduates basic training in Orlando after Monterey High School, while Lt James A. Stinson serves aboard USS La Salle in the Caribbean. Other service members include Seaman Leonard G. Bryan in Orlando and Edward C. Rahm en route to Ft. Rucker for advanced training, plus Seaman Walter W. Evans aboard USS Halsey and USS Chipila activity in the Western Pacific. Johnny L. Leatherwood earns Army Spec 4 in Vietnam, with family ties noted in Plainview. Lt Benge R. Daniel Jr. interviews at Baylor Dental for a Dallas assignment. he is stationed at Duluth AFB with wife Jackie Dietrich studying in Minnesota.
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Wavy
Hank A. Beaty
L. A. Beaty
Lubbock
Naval Training Center
Orlando
Fila
Monterey High School
Navy
James A. Stinson
Susan W. Warshaw
55Th St
la Salle
Comander Amphibious Squadron Eight
Norfolk
Edward C. Rahm
Charles C. Rahm
34Th St
Army
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Walter W. Evans
Francis J. Evans
58Th St
Halsey
Sea of Japan
Chipila
Pacific
Johnny L. Leatherwood
Daisy Dudley
Plainview
1St Signal Brigade
Vietnam
Plainview High School
Dee Leatherwood
Petersburg
Brenda
Benge R. Daniel, Jr
Dallas
Baylor University School of Dentistry
Daniel
Duluth Air Force Base
Jackie Dietrich
University of Minnesota
Benge R. Daniel
Search For Lost F111 Curtailed In Fort Worth
Air Force Col William Trice said the search for a missing F111 fighter plane has been sharply curtailed after 20 aircraft scoured the area with no results. Searches will resume only on specific leads. the plane disappeared January 8 during an acceptance flight prior to Air Force purchase from General Dynamics Fort Worth setting.
Huge Saigon fire devastates waterfront market area
A two hour blaze in Saigon’s waterfront market destroyed about 500 dwellings and stalls injuring at least six. Fire crews fought shifting winds and gas explosions with US Army helicopters dropping water on the flames near Cholon. Officials said the crowded Tet area is densely populated and the cause is unclear with no terrorism suspected.
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United Press International
Saigon
UPI
U.S. Army
Cholon
Britons Oppose Sale Of Arms To South Africa
London AP reports a Gallup poll in the Sunday Telegraph finds 31 percent of Britons with a definite opinion approve arms sales to South Africa while 50 percent oppose and 19 percent are undecided. The poll, taken before the Singapore Commonwealth summit, shows little change since November. Prime Minister Edward Heath maintains Britain may sell defensive arms despite opposition from African leaders.
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London
South Africa
Gallup
Sunday Telegraph
Britain
Singapore
Edward Heath
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