Lunar visitors drive moon buggy at Hadley base
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin stepped onto the lunar surface at Hadley base and became the first to drive on the moon. Their $8 million rover faced steering loss but proved responsive as they navigated craters toward St George Crater.
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Houston
David Scott
James Irwin
Hadley Base
Scott
Irwin
Mission Control
St. George Crater
Earth
Hadley
Medicine Hat Stampede closes with tight bareback and saddle bronc action
On the final day of the 25th Medicine Hat Stampede, Malcolm Jones tops bareback after a 71 ride on Coaldust in the second go. Lynn Jensen leads after the first go with 77 while Ted Vayro and Doc Lund chase, as the field tightens with Jones and Jensen tied at 131. Larry Jordan shines in saddle bronc aboard Hard Twist with 74, facing a field led by Schulte and Holman as finalists emerge. Overflow roping sees Bob Ragsdale clock 11.1 for first go money, while Terry Reiter posts 10.4 in the second go of roping.
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Malcolm Jones
Coaldust
Lynn Jensen
Ted Vayro
Doc Lund
Jones
Vayro
Jensen
Lund
Pat Page
Medicine Hat
Larry Jordan
Roy
Montana
Jack Schulte
Schulte
John Holman
Kaycee
Wyoming
Vernon
Kenny McLean
Dronc
Rocky Rockabar
My Buddy
Bob Ragsdale
Gonochula
California
Conrad Walburger
del Bonita
Jim Gladstone
Cardston
A Johnson
Bruce Hunt
Fith
Emil Ghomestick
Scandia
Terry Reiter
Eagle
Idaho
Foggy weather delays PMs trip to Atlantic tour
Prime Minister Trudeau amid fog delays on the first leg of a 10 day Atlantic tour. He skipped the opening ceremony at Yarmouth Nova Scotia to hear grievances from lobster fishermen over federal policy, delaying planned events along the south shore.
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Lunenburg
N.S
Trudeau
Atlantic
Yarmouth
Draft extension bill nears passage amid war deadline dispute
The Senate and House backed a two year extension of the U S military draft while dropping a nine month war deadline. The measure urges Nixon to set a date to withdraw forces from Indochina in exchange for prisoner releases. Supporters expect a Senate vote next week despite threats of a filibuster by antiwar senators. The article also notes Trudeau’s Halifax stopover due to fog and a Nova Scotia lobster fishing dispute affecting local fishermen.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Nixon
Indochina
U.S
John C. Stennis
Dem. Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Stennis
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Alan Cranston
Dem. Calif
Japan opposition demands halt to military flights on routes
Japanese police announced the 162 aboard an All Nippon Airways 727 perished after a collision with a jet fighter near Sapporo. Opposition parties demand an immediate stop to military flights over commercial routes while searchers comb rugged terrain for wreckage and bodies. authorities question the fighter crew and pilots involved.
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Tokyo
All Nippon Airways
Japan
Pau
France
San Francisco
Ichikawa
Tamotsu Kuma
Japan Self-defence Air Force
Matsuhina
Kuma
Sapporo
Saburo Kasai
All Nippon
Rail strikes sever routes to market in US
A U S labor strike by the United Transportation Union disrupts freight rail lines. The Nixon administration monitors economic impact as routes to markets shrink across the country. Ottawa reports Canada birth rate steady versus last year per Dominion Bureau of Statistics. In Poland, the 380 ton Danish freighter Christa sank after a fog collision with Greek freighter Nordheide off Rozewie, PAP says.
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Washington
United Transportation Union
United States
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Warsaw
Christa
Baltic
Rozewie
Nordheide
PAP
Deadline Looms Over Steel Negotiations Strike Threat
Washington AP reports labor negotiators faced a midnight deadline that could trigger the first U S steel industry strike in a dozen years. Vice President Molony of the United Steelworkers Union called offers “less than stingy” while warning a 30 percent wage increase could worsen inflation. Nine major steel firms and the union, watched by the Nixon administration, prepared for possible shutdowns as blast furnaces were banked. Labor leaders to decide at a 2 p m meeting whether to accept the offer or authorize a strike.
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Washington
United States
Joseph P. Molony
United Steelworkers Union
Molony
Nixon
Basic Steel Industry
Stampede crowds may top record at Medicine Hat show
Medicine Hat's 25th Annual Exhibition and Stampede nears last year's four day attendance of 45,994 as grounds tally 36,165 with Saturday未 tallied. Record 48,174 set in 1968. Breakdown shows Wednesday 7,552 Thursday 11,616 Friday 16,967. Rodeo and pony chariot events Friday drew 3,868. exhibition areas over 13,000. In field show Thursday drew 5,546 fans.
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Medicine Hat
Humphrey warns EEC policy harms farmers and exports
U S Senator Hubert Humphrey blasted the EEC common agricultural policy as wasteful and disruptive. He said high levies and subsidies raise world food costs by billions, harming U S and Canadian exports and benefiting large farmers at the expense of smallholders. He urged reform before Europe’s expansion alters U S attitudes.
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London
U.S
Hubert Humphrey
Canada
United States
Minnesota
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
Trade Policy Research Centre
EEC
U.S. Congress
Britain
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Court House
Pan American World Airways
Yoshimi Ichikawa
VNEWS
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