Apollo 15 astronauts reunite with families after moon voyage
Astronauts David R. Scott James B. Irwin and Alfred M Worden returned to Ellington Air Force Base and embraced their families after a month apart. They begin debriefings and technical sessions to recount the 12 day mission including 67 hours on the lunar surface at Hadley Base.
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Scott
Irwin
Moon
Okinawa
Air Force
Hawaii
Ellington Air Force Base
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures
Increasing clouds tonight with lows in the upper 60s. Tomorrow is warm with a chance of showers and highs in the upper 80s. Yesterday reached 86 and this morning 62.
J.Y.B. Missing in Modern Fellows Quip
A humorous quip contrasts common degrees B A M A M D or Ph D with the absence of a J Y B highlighting a playful jab at credentials in the era. The line suggests a call for a humorous or fictional credential.
Agnew Defends Global Trip Coverage As Fair
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew criticized some press coverage of his worldwide tour as biased and exaggerated in cost. He told The Monitor that reporters sought “color events” but such dramatization would hinder diplomacy and noted his personal staff was among the smallest on record.
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Boston
Spiro T. Agnew
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Rabat
Agnew
Washington
Godfrey Sperling Jr
The
State Department
Humphrey
Johnson
Nixon
Ohio Bell seeks 38 percent rate hike in all service areas
Ohio Bell requests PUCO approval to raise intrastate rates across 470 cities, boosting monthly basic home service from 5.50 to 7.60 in Middletown and regular business from 13.05 to 18.00. The plan, tied to inflation and expansion costs, would add about 165 million dollars a year in income and include new charges for installations and directory exclusions.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Middletown
Ohio Bell
Ohio
C. K. Esler
Esler
India and Soviet Sign 20 Year Peace Pact
New Delhi reports India and the Soviet Union signed a 20 year treaty of peace friendship and cooperation. The pact commits neither side to automatic military aid but requires mutual consultation to deter third party aggression and preserve regional stability amid India Pakistan tensions.
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Russia
India
New Delhi
Soviet Union
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Asia
Andrej A. Gromyko
Singh
East
China
United States
America
Central Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Peking
U.S
State Department
White House
Faulty Equipment Deal With Marines Sparks Corruption Probe
A congressional report faults hundreds of failed Vietnam era electric generators sold to the US government amid a "tangled web" of contractor influence in the Marine Corps. The generators undercut combat capability and may have caused casualties, with the Justice Department asked to consider prosecutions.
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Washington
Vietnam
Marine Corps
House Armed Services Investigating
Justice Department
Consolidated Diesel Electric Co
Old Greenwich
Danang
One-Legged Vet Brings Health Care To Indians
John Gobert, a 29 year old Blackfoot veteran who lost a leg in Vietnam, built a medical outreach among the isolated Havasupai in Supai Arizona. He trained Indian health workers, coordinated helicopter evacuations, and inspired a Public Health Service program while earning the Disabled American Veterans Outstanding Disabled Veteran award.
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Detroit
John Gobert
Supai
Grand Canyon
Gobert
Browning
Mont
Navy
Vietnam
Naval
U.S. Indian Health Service
Arizona
U.S. Public Health Service
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Charles S. McCammon
Phoenix Area
Indian Health Service
Army Expands Antidrug Tests for Vietnam Leaves
The U S Army says it will broaden its urinalysis program to test about 4000 soldiers each month leaving Vietnam on 14 day US leaves and, later, seven day leaves to Bangkok Formosa Hong Kong Sydney or Honolulu. Confirmed heroin users will be barred from leave and sent to treatment. barbiturate and amphetamine users will be detoxified on return.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Army
Bangkok
Formosa
Hong Kong
Sydney
Honolulu
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Worden
Lurton
Ellington Afb
Tex
Spiro
Ann Landers
Teeters
Cormeen Ee Heloise
House of the
Theater
Consolidated
Daniel Elmore
Daniel Ross
Elmore
Ross
Pentagon
Jennings McLain
McLain
Marine Procurement Division
Hava Supais
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