Apollo 15 Aims to Probe Moon’s History and Volcanic Clues
Apollo 15, led by Worden, Scott, and Irwin, carries mapping cameras and a lunar rover to study Hadley Rille Apennines and other features. The mission includes a year-long orbiter satellite to map density variations, magnetism, solar wind interaction, and possible volcanic activity.
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Irwin
Apennines
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Solar System
Apollo
Worden
Apollo 15 Moon Mission Begins Amid Big Watcher Hype
Apollo 15 lifts off as Scott Irwin and Worden prepare for rover exploration and a six day lunar mission. Ground crews resolved a second stage sensor issue while spectators flock to Spaceport for launches and televised milestones across Earth time.
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Irwin
Worden
Spaceport
Endeavour
Highway Patrol
County Sheriff’s Department
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Earth
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Senator Seeks Jet Deliveries to Israel Amid Soviet Arms
Sen. Henry M. Jackson urged the United States to resume delivering jet fighters to Israel to counter Soviet arms shipments to Arab nations. He said the Middle East military balance has been imperiled and noted Assistant Secretary Joseph Sisco’s upcoming Israel trip as an opportunity to announce resumption of plane deliveries.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Israel
Middle East
Soviet Union
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joseph Sisco
Singer Zay Powell remembered by families and friends
The obituary sketches Zay Powell the cowboy singer known for serenades by a cook fire in Dickens City. It notes his death, his wife Pearl Gunn McWhorter of Lubbock, son Hudson Powell in Arlington Virginia with the Defense Department, and a grandson who recalls his father’s legend as a singer.
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Plainview
Zay Powell
Buck Cramer
Powell
Morris Neff
John “Scanlous
John” Selman
M. Day
Ernest Witt
Ire Roy
Buddy Thompson
Pat Greer
Walter Greer
Bob Caraway
John Day
Pearl McWhorter
Lubbock
Sewanee
Zay
Lena
Madam Brady
Bert McWhorter
Pearl Gunn
Dickens
Old Dickens City
Hudson “Hud
McWhorter
Artington
Defense Department
Portrait of a Bank President and Local Cowboy Emeritus
The reminiscence recalls a Crosbyton banker who also served as a civic leader and cowboy. Hudson Powell recalls tutored by oldtime cowboys who called his father a singer who could steer cattle and blend into their circle.
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Hudson Powell
Spur-Dickens
Feller
Apollo 15 Food Menu Includes Steak in Space
Apollo 15 crew David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden will dine on beef steak mushroom soup and hamburgers with new fruit sticks for helmet meals. NASA food specialist Rita Rapp says the meals aim for taste and health, noting steak is cooked with natural juices and spoons remain the crew keeps as mementoes.
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Apollo
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America
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Irwin
Rita Rapp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Miss Rapp
Fourth Heart Lung Heart Transplant by Barnard at Pretoria
The fourth heart lung transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard at the hospital in Pretoria followed a long planning period. The donor’s wife said she was not asked for permission to use her husband’s body and would not have granted it. The recipient, critically ill for years, underwent exhaustive tests and faced a crucial two week post graft window with infection risk, but recovery odds were cautiously optimistic.
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Schuur Hospital
Gunga
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Herbert
Barard
Beirut
Madame Abla
Abla
Georgina
Miss Universe Crowned After Coffee and Cue Card Hint
Lebanese model Georgina Rizk won Miss Universe in Miami Beach after a Beirut fortune teller read Turkish coffee sediments and a peek at the emcee's cue card. Australia’s Tony Raynard was first runner up, with Pirro Laitila Finland second and others following.
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Georgina Rizk
Miami Beach
Beirut
Abla
Rick
Smother
Tony Raynard
Pirro Laitila
Finland
Beba Franco
Puerto Rico
Elaine Parreira Guimaraes
Brasil
Cherri Creque
Virgin Islands
Talks Continue as Rail Strike Looms Across Major Lines
Reports say a settlement is imminent after widespread stoppages by about 120,000 rail workers on four lines including Union Pacific and Southern Railway. The actions halted freight during harvest season, with coal and longshore labor disputes adding to tensions.
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Union Pacific
Southern
U.S
Western
Norfolk & Western
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Santa Fe
UTU
Washington
Natrona County seeks dogs for missing boy search
Sheriff Estes says only dog teams will join today while Colorado Search and Rescue assists. Ken Jackman, search coordinator, states the team will run their own effort as fog delays Sunday work. A boy vanished last Sunday during a picnic and had earlier been seen. volunteers left food near the sighting and cookies were taken as hope remains.
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Natrona County
Bill Estes
Colorado Search and Rescue
Ken Jackman
Kevin
Pani
Chance Of Rain In Area With Hot 90s And 100s
A weather report notes hot conditions with highs near 100 in Wichita Falls and Alice and 93 in other areas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible from the Panhandle to the Northeast, with a band of strong activity across the region. Local lows range to the mid 40s in some western towns. The text then shifts to an unrelated note about Tanzania’s 1964 formation.
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Texas
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Alice
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