Rail Strike Expands Across Railroads Hit By Walkout
The steel union threat cripples shipments from grain to coal from coast to coast as unions strike key lines, hitting Southern California, Chicago, St. Louis, Houston and Pittsburgh area facilities. Governors from 25 states warn the disruption danger, while President Nixon urges solving it through bargaining and resists a Congressional settlement. USW cites offers as far below earlier gains, as strike plans extend to eight more lines.
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California
Chicago
St. Louis
Houston
Pittsburgh
Ronald L. Ziegler
Congress
UTU
James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Jacob K. Javits
R.N.Y
Santa Fe
Bessemer & Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
USW
Joseph P. Molony
Aluminum
Tin and Copper
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Telephone
Bell System
Apollo 15 Lands On Moon In Precise Touchdown
Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin landed in Hadley Rille region within the target zone after Falcon descended through the Apennine Mountains. Worden in orbit over Endeavour reported a clear view as mission control confirmed the touchdown and Nixon sent congratulations.
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Scott
Falcon
Worden
Endeavour
Mission Control
Nixon
Irwin
Santa Fe strike widens as workers walk out in Texas
In Lubbock Plainview and Slaton, clerks, carmen, yardmasters, engineers, signalmen and other UTU crafts join a selective work rules strike against Santa Fe. Burlington Northern reports no impact while the two railroads may face shifting freight as up to 2,000 Santa Fe workers stay out on western lines.
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Lubbock
Carmen
A. L. Paschall of
Slaton
United Transportation Union
Buchanan
Santa Fe
Plainview
UTA
Burlington
Burlington Northern Inc
Southern California
National Railroad
Amarillo
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Fort Worth
Nixon Renames Air Force One
President Nixon renamed the Boeing 707 carrying him on trips from Air Force One to The Spirit of 76 during a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base. The nose of the jet bore the new legend as Nixon prepared to depart for Ohio and Iowa. Aides called the change a symbol and a grassroots commemoration.
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Washington
Air Force One
Nixon
Ing
Andrews Air Force Base
Ohio
Iowa
Friend
United States
Gonzalez Uses House Floor In Sharp-Wilson Corruption Probe
Washington AP Rep Henry B Gonzalez Democrat Texas alleges that deals crafted by Will Wilson during his advisory work for banker Frank Sharp led to criminal conversion of corporate assets. It marks Gonzalez's 24th House speech detailing Sharp's rise and fall and Wilson's association with him.
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Washington (Ap
Henry B. Gonzalez
D-Tex
Will Wilson
Frank Sharp
House
Sharp
Houston
Wilson
Sharpstown scandal hearings detail bank loans and figures
Witnesses trace Sharp controlled bank transfers and loans to National Bankers Life and First Financial Life Insurance, linking Dallas Bank and Trust Co to Nashwood Corp and a $320,000 loan. Allegations center on guarantees and politically connected lending, with calls for department heads to step aside.
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Democratic
Elmer C. Baum
National Bankers Life
Sharpstown Bank
State Banking Board
Green
NBL
Rock Bottom
Gonzalez
Wilson
Justice Department
Sharp
Dallas Bank and Trust Co
Nashwood Corp
Gonzalden
First Financial Life Insurance Co
Cften
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Air crash at Pau Azein base kills 37 aboard Nord 2501
A Nord 2501 transport crashed and exploded at Pau Azein Air Base in Pau, France, killing all 37 on board during a training mission. The ANA jetliner carried 155 passengers and seven crew, most aboard a tour group of relatives of Japanese WWII servicemen. one American, flight engineer Donn M. Carpenter, 31, from Miami, died. Pilot Saburo Kawanishi radioed emergency before the crash. Witness Matsuka Kato described the plane breaking apart in the mountains after a loud explosion and smoke.
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Pau-Azein
Pau
France
Donn M. Carpenter
Miami
Fla
Osaka
Japan
Ruth
Florida
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Saburo Kawanishi
All Nippon
Kawanishi
Matsuka Kato
Shizukuishi
Morioka
Apollo 15 scientists seek lunar crust clues at Imbrium basin
The astronauts study the lunar crust and regolith to uncover early Earth processes. They plan core sampling with a nuclear powered station to probe crust formation, regolith layers, and solar history, while considering how lunar formation mirrors Earth's early environment.
Apollo 15 Schedule Chronicle Of Lunar Mission Pace
The report traces Apollo 15 activities including Worden and Irwin aboard the command module and lunar surface tasks by Scott and Beattie. It covers sleep rest periods, first down to the lunar surface, deploying Rover 1 for a four mile edge voyage near Hadley Rille, placing five instruments near Falcon, and transmitting data for a year while Beaton monitors a camera and the crew wraps the day with rest aboard the Endeavour.
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Mission Control
Houston
Donald K. Slayton
Edgar Mitchell
Richard F. Gordon
Charles Fullerton
Alfred S. Worden
Davad R. Soot
Dames
Paleon
Worden
Lam
Beatt
Twin
Rover
Falcon
Inein
Endeavour
Moon
Moon Telecast Aims to Please Taxpayers Mostly
The first of three lunar excursions will cost $8 million for a moon buggy mission. From 250000 miles away the crew will beam back most activities during a three day stay on the moon. Public relations are emphasized as the three major American networks relay footage of panoramas and close shots from Hadley Delta and the Rille while scientists take Polaroids. The landing site lies near Apennine Front with St George Crater in view and liftoff will be captured by a $115000 portable camera on a $1.3 million system tracking the Falcon for about 30 seconds.
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Scott
Irwin
Apennines
Hadley Rilie
Schmitt
Earth
Fendell
Hadley Delta
Apennine Front
Hadley Rille
Apennine
St. George Crater
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Lunar
St. George
Joseph Allen
Allen
Apennine Mountains
Sims
Beesek
Ark
Lorton Scott
David R. Scott
Tracy
Douglas
Manned Spacecraft Center
Salon
FDIC
City Bank and Trust of Dallas
City Bank
Exchange Bank of Dallas
R. Scot
James
Lyn Helton
Denver
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