Senator says West Texas doomed for Space Shuttle site
Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico says Cape Kennedy will be the space shuttle site. He notes NASA plans to use disposable boosters early, and favors Kennedy over White Sands and other areas in New Mexico and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPS
West Texas
New Mexico
Space Shuttle Central
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Cape Kennedy
Texas
Anderson
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Architect Named Coordinator for Texas Society of Architects
Local architect Howard W. Schmidt was chosen as coordinator for the TSA environmental education campaign Texas Handle With Care. Tom Bullcik TSA President announced Schmidt will recruit local associates and mobilize citizens to participate in environmental protection activities. He urged area firms to join and noted an audio visual presentation is available for civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Schmidt
Texas Society of Architects
Texas
Tom Bullcik
TSA
Schimdt
Schmidt
Architect Group
Two Dead in Tourist Area Fire Disaster
A Wednesday event in a tourist area killed two people and left over £100 homeless while causing millions in damage, AP Wirephoto reports.
SEC Finds Clean Bill for Lockheed Despite Concealed Problems
The SEC released findings showing Lockheed Aircraft Corp had no illegal insider trading by 16 executives who sold about 1.4 million dollars in stock from 1965 to 1968. The probe cites concealment of growing problems and cost overruns on the C5A program, amid broader industry practices.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
SEC
William J. Casey
Senate Banking Committee
Casey
Secretary of Defense
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Soviet Cosmonauts Use Salyut Observatory On Star Study
Three crew members Georgi Dobrovolskyy Vladi slav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev on day 13 of orbital flight tested the Salyut observatory dubbed Ovion Tass reported. They locked onto a star tracked it and performed spectrographic studies as part of ongoing experiments to check the observatory’s capacity after long space stays and to obtain spectral data of stars in inaccessible short wave radiation. The mission nears a new endurance record and follows lessons from Soyuz 9 with stricter daily exercises and new load-suit routines to combat muscle and bone loss.
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Moscow
UPS
Georgi Dobrovolskyy
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsay
Salyut Space Station
Tass
Salyut Complex
Nedelya
Izvestia
Dobrovolsky
Volkov
Patsayev
Salyut
Stop Gap Action Provides City State Welfare Funds
Senate backed a stop gap measure to fund summer free meals for poor children through Section 32 funds, allowing Nixon admin flexibility. Cities like Los Angeles New York Chicago and Atlanta faced major shortages while House Senate actions must reconcile with another bill.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Nixon
House-Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Richard Lyng
Los Angeles
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
HSU to Break Ground for Cowboy Band Hall
Hardin-Simmons University president emeritus Dr. Rupert N Richardson to give keynote at groundbreaking ceremonies today at 12 30 p m for the Cowboy Band Hall to rise at Cedar and Bogel Streets northeast of Caldwell Hall. Cowboy Band concert at 2 15 p m and band foundation directors meet at noon in Moody Center. The 10000 square foot hall will include rehearsal rooms studios lounge library and reception area with cost expected over 200000.
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Abilene
Rupert N. Richardson
Hardin - Simmons University
Cowboy Band Hall
Cedar and Bogel Sts
Caldwell Hall
HSU School of Music
Cowboy Band
Cowboy Band Foundation
Moody Center
HSU
Trial Set In Garden City Slaying
Whitner Gene Ballard and Orville Davis face murder charges for the December killing of 63-year-old Steve Currie at his Currie ranch 10 miles east of Garden City during a holdup on Texas 158. A Friday hearing in 118th District Court denied a change of venue and set the trial for Monday.
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Garden City
Whitner
Gene Ballard
Orville Davis
Glascock
118Th District Court
Steve Currie
Currie Ranch
Here
Texas
United States Ends Free Plane Aid to Thailand
Bangkok reports the end of a twenty year program with the United States delivering 16 Bronco OV10 aircraft to Thailand. The Thai government paid over $10 million and plans to use the planes for antiguerrilla operations in northern and northeastern Thailand and along the southern border with Malaysia.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Local Birth Announcements From St. Marys Hospital
Multiple families report births at St. Marys Plains Hospital with newborns ranging from 5 pounds 11 ounces to 7 pounds 6 ounces. Fathers include a Tech student, a screen pathology professor, a Southwestern Bell installer, soldiers, and workers at Amaco Oil and Zales Jewelers.
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Larry Vernon Jarnagin
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Tech
The
Jarnagin Dirt and Paving Co
Ehmad Yairi
Texas
Stephen Earl Schlabach
37Th
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
George
Donald Peterson
Rt. 2
Lubbock
Reese Air Force Base
Ysidro J. Gutierrez
Ave. R
Tom E. Stallings
22Nd St
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Es Mnager
Zales Jewelers
Sangelo
James Smith
44Th St
Methodist Hospital
George Rotan
Anton
Nonsliak
Amaco Oil Co
Beef prices rise in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports beef prices have more than doubled in 18 months. The current rate reaches 1.05 dollars per pound for fillet.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Bacon denounces government as enemy in Capitol bombing case
Leslie Bacon says the U S government is her enemy and claims she was arrested as a material witness to protect FBI chief Hoover. She faces New York charges for an attempted bank bombing and contempt of court in Washington D C. She urges overground mass movement over underground activity.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Leslie Bacon
U.S
FBI
New York
Manhattan
Miss Bacon
Washington, D.C
J. Edgar Hoover
Weathermen
Atherton
Calif
Pastor To Attend Music Sessions
The Rev. Larry Douglas associate pastor of the Second Baptist Church will travel to Mon treat North Carolina for the 1971 Montreat Church Music Conference from Thursday through June 30. Mrs. Douglas will accompany him. Conference personalities will include Erik Routley from England.
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Larry Douglas
Second Baptist Church
Montreat
N.C
Douglas
Erik Routley
England
Runaway Pilot Surrenders After Air Threats Near Roscommon
John Mowat of Port Huron piloted a Cessna 172 with his 2 year old son Keoni aboard delaying a death by action dive for four hours. A Coast Guard helicopter and plane located the aircraft west of Alpena and Roscommon authorities took Mowat into custody. The pair were flown back to Port Huron after landing.
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Roscommon, Mich
UPI
John Mowat
Port Huron
Michigan
St. Clair County
Norman Merhurg
Mowat
U.S. Coast Guard
Alpena
Roscommon
Coast Guard
Keoni
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Mexico
Proxmire and Son
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Thomas Holloway
Office of Management and Budget
Agriculture
H-Su
Vestal Staats
S104
1St St
Henry Stafford Construction
Hoover
Capitol
Vietnam
Cambodia
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Radio Pab
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