Trio's Lives Hinge On Oxygen Power For Apollo 13
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert fight to return to Earth after a tank rupture crippled the command ship. Ground teams conserve oxygen and power, transfer life support from the LM to the Aquarius, and plan a moon flyby return with 80 hours to splashdown.
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James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Moon
Earth
Aquarius
Lunar
Odyssey
Swigert
Haise
Lovell
13 Hit By First Crisis In Space
SPACE CENTER Houston AP reports a major space scare on the Apollo program with James Lovell John Swigert and Fred Haise over 200000 miles from Earth awaiting homeward launch. Historical notes recount past US orbital events and Apollo 1 fire fatalities.
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Space Center
Houston
James A. Lovell Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
Earth
America
Virgil I. Grissom
Mercury
Liberty Bell
Grissom
Molly Brown
John H. Glenn Jr
Misson
Glenn
Atlantic Ocean
M. Scott Carpenter
Ocean
Neil Armstrong
David Scott
Cape Kennedy
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Apollo 13 recovery ship Iwo Jima ready for splashdown
Aboard the carrier Iwo Jima the commander said the ship is ready to recover Apollo 13 astronauts James Lovell Fred Haise and John Swigert as splashdown shifted to the Pacific at 1 pm EST. The ship stayed within 200 miles of Pago Pago awaiting coordinates after departing Pearl Harbor April 4.
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Iwo Jima
Pacific
Space
James L. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Atlantic
Christmas Island
Pearl Harbor
Leland E. Kirkemo
Pago Pago
North Vietnamese attack on Cambodian border post sparks cross border fighting
North Vietnamese troops attacked a South Vietnamese border post on Highway One from inside Cambodia triggering an all night clash with retaliatory air and artillery strikes into Cambodia. South Vietnamese reports say 90 North Vietnamese were killed. six South Vietnamese died with 12 wounded. Viet Cong and NVA forces were said to operate in Takeo Province and the Seven Mountains area near the Mekong Delta with additional skirmishes near Svay Rieng.
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Saigon
Cambodia
South Vietnam
John Vinocur
Takeo
Seven Mountains
Mekong Delta
Highway One
Svay Rieng
Strikes ebb as air controllers return to work
A 20 day air traffic controller strike shows progress with 250 controllers back in New York and few absences in Boston and Cleveland. Butte teachers end a four day strike after contract changes. Wildcat trucking strikes hit Chicago Los Angeles St Louis Detroit Buffalo and Cherryville with wage disputes and a Teamsters referendum pending. Newspaper workers continued a strike in Boston and New York while wage parity talks proceed.
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New York
Boston
Cleveland
Washington, D.C
U.S
Butte
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
Teamsters Union
Chicago
Detroit
N.Y
Cherryville
New York Newspaper Guild
Polluters Face Legal Action Over Lake Erie Poisoning
Ohio officials threaten suits against Dow Chemical and Wyandotte Chemical over mercury contamination in Lake Erie. Gov Rhodes kept a 60 day commercial fishing ban in place, with potential extension if federal aid delays investigation. Detrex Chemical Co. of Ashtabula also ordered to stop discharges.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Michigan
Detrex Chemical Co
Ashtabula
Emmett W. Arnold
Atty
Paul W. Brown
Dow Chemical Co
Sarnia
Ont
Canada
Wyandotte Chemical Co
Detroit
Mich
Lake St. Clair
Dow
Brown
Detroit River
Wyandotte
U.S.D.A
John M. Stackhouse
Russians Look For Sub N-Sub Lost Off Spanish Coast
Washington AP reports a Soviet nuclear attack submarine, possibly with up to 88 crewmen, is missing in Atlantic waters about 400 miles northwest of the Spanish coast. The 3,500 ton hunter killer sub was seen in distress, then vanished with two oil slicks. Soviet surface ships tried to tow the sub but failed as US P3 Orions surveyed the area. The Pentagon says the Soviet vessels remained nearby and search efforts continued.
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Washington
Atlantic
Spanish
Rines
Azores
Pentagon
Middletown Area Weather: Clearing Tonight Cooler Lows
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for partial clearing and cooler tonight. Low from the upper 30s to the lower 40s. Partly cloudy and warm Wednesday. Highs from the mid 60s to the lower 70s. Yesterday's high was 73 with this morning's low at 44. Only 19 inch of rain fell yesterday.
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Middletown
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