Apollo 13 Nears Moon With Three-Man Crew On Target
Apollo 13 and crew James Lovell Fred Haise and John Swigert made steady progress toward lunar orbit as Mission Control prepared for a Wednesday night descent into Fra Mauro highlands. Swigert later missed a tax filing, noted during a brief engine test broadcast.
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Moon
Fra Mauro Highlands
Lovell and
Haise
Earth
Lunar
Swigert
Thomas K. Mattingly
Mission Control
Apollo 13 to Test Gravity Point In Space
Apollo 13 will orbit the moon and attempt to photograph the Moulton Point where gravity may balance. Command ship pilot Jack Swigert will image a gravity well and zodiacal light while testing radar to analyze lunar material and monitor changes in lunar gravity on approach to Fra Mauro.
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Lunar
James Lovell
Fred Haise
Fra Mauro
Lunar Highlands
Jack Swigert
Moon
Earth
Swigert
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Viet Nam Red Raids
North Vietnamese forces killed two Americans and 25 South Vietnamese in attacks across the Central Highlands and northern South Vietnam as the X Campaign entered its 13th day. Four U.S. helicopters were shot down, with two more Americans killed and seven wounded.
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Svay Rieng
Pras
Kompong Trabek
Radio
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Inirmed
Dak Seang
Florida Governor Cedes Control of Manatee Schools
Gov. Claude Kirk ends his weeklong defiance of a federal court and hands authority back to Manatee County officials. Court-ordered desegregation and busing for 17 000 students move ahead with Justice Department involvement to modify Krentzman’s plan. Kirk vows to obey constitutional mandates and reinstates the school superintendent and board to prepare for Tuesday’s implementation.
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Bradenton
Fla
Claude Kirk
Manatee County
Kirk
Manatee
Gulf Coast
Tampa
U.S. Justice Department
Washington
Justice Department
Department
U.S. Dist
Ben Krentzman
Department of Justice
District Court
U.S. 5Th Circuit
Florida
Lems
Jack Davidson
Krentzman
Rhodes orders Lake Erie closed to Ohio fisheries
Ohio Governor Rhodes halted commercial fishing in Lake Erie citing dangerous mercury levels. He blamed Detroit and Canadian industry for dumping mercury into the St Clair River and Lake Erie for years. Sport fishing may continue with cautions until investigations finish.
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Rhodes
Lake Erie
Ohio
Columbus
Michigan
William Milliken
Lake St. Clair
St. Cair River
Ontario
Washington, D.C
Toronto
Great Lakes
Fishermen Rah in Fury Over Rhodes Lake Erie Ban
Northeastern Ohio fishermen and distributors react to Gov. Rhodes block on commercial fishing in Lake Erie. Meigs Grow says the ban will put his Conneaut fishery out of business, while Ray Full and Sanford Kulber call it disastrous for local fishing. Fred Wittal calls the industry dead, arguing no proven mercury danger yet.
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Cleveland, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Lake Erie
Ohio
Meigs J. Grow
Kishman Fish Co
Vermilion
Sanford Kulber
The
State Fish Co
Cleveland
Kulber
Fred J. Wittal
Brook Park
Rhodes
Wittal
Apollo 13 Schedule Third and Fourth Day Timings
AP reports the third and fourth days of Apollo 13 voyage with times EST for meals corrections hatch checks and lunar maneuvers. It notes Haise Lovell Swigert in lunar module and command module activities along with sleep periods rocket firings and lunar photography as the mission orbits the moon.
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Haise
Lovell
Moon
Lunar
Middletown Area Weather Forecast and Recent Conditions
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy cooler conditions with a chance of showers and some thunder showers tonight. Lows will be in the mid 40s to the lower 50s. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with little temperature change and highs in the 60s. Yesterday peaked at 72 with a morning low of 50 and only .07 inch of rain fell this morning.
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Middletown
Trucker tug boat workers strike Toledo docks
About 20 Toledo area tug boat operators from the Inland Boatmen Union walked out after year long talks collapsed. They blocked lake front entrances and coal and ore docks, threatening delays for grain ships on the Maumee River and some foreign shipping. The strike ends a contract that expired April 1, 1969, with the Sea Farers International Union affiliation noted.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Inland Boatman’s Union
Maumee River
Seafarer’s
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Lorain
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Command Module
Apollo
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Heloise
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