Moonshot crowds loom for Cocoa Beach Apollo 17 launch
Police Brace for over half a million moonshot spectators arriving by campers cars and yachts to view Apollo 17. Civil defense Red Cross Salvation Army and volunteers join a master crowd control plan as Coast Guard boats guard Banana River and five county roads face heavy traffic. Helicopter ambulances stand by for emergencies.
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Fila
U.S. Highway 1
Len Brady
Florida Highway Patrol
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Salvation Army
U.S. Coast Guard
Charles Point
Banana River
Brevard County
Coast Guard
Herb Johnson
Apollo 17 final prep for night launch at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt sleep late to adjust to an afternoon wakeup before a 9 53 p m EST liftoff for America's first night lunar mission. Rodents aboard will be sacrificed for radiation studies while the crew trains for Taurus Littrow exploration.
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Fla
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison M. Schmitt
Florida
Evans
Cernan
Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow
Earth
California
Kissinger Tho Talks Cancelled Then Reassembled In Paris
In Paris the Kissinger Tho negotiations were canceled this morning with officials saying they would meet again Wednesday. Rumors swirled of a secret rendezvous between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho as Washington pressed for progress toward a Paris peace accord. Tho also met with Xuan Thuy and Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh, reflecting continued bargaining among the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
U.S
Kissinger
Tho
Washington
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
Moon mice plan to orbit the moon on Apollo 17
Five pocket mice will be sealed in aluminum canisters for the Apollo 17 mission tonight. The mice will travel to the moon, circle it aboard the command ship, and return to Earth.
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California
Moon
Earth
Lake Flood Threat Passes in Port Clinton
Lake Erie waters receded after high winds drove floodwater into low areas in Port Clinton and Ottawa County. A previous Nov. 14 storm caused about 22 million dollars in damage as northeasterly winds piled water along the shoreline. officials say danger is past with falling winds and water.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Ottawa County
Lake Erie
Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies
National Weather Service
Plains And West Plagued By Snow Storms And Icy Roads
Heavy snow and wind gusts up to 60 mph swept the west central plains closing mountain passes in Arizona and Colorado. Freezing drizzle raised dangers from Missouri to New England with one Missouri death blamed on icy roads as temperatures fell to the teens.
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Plains
Arizona
Colorado
Missouri
Iowa
Lower
Great Lakes
New England
Weather Update East Tonight Into Thursday
Cloudy skies and higher temperatures for the east with a chance of drizzle. Tomorrow temperatures drop and rain becomes snow flurries with overnight lows in the mid 40s, then near 30s by Wednesday morning. Extended outlook shows lows in 20s to 30s with snow possible Thursday and Friday.
Peterson to Head New U S Economic Policy Council
Secretary of Commerce Peter G Peterson will leave his post in January to lead a new government council directing all U S international economic policy. The panel, to be akin to a national security council, is still being shaped but will be announced by the White House as part of reorganizing policy handling.
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Washington
Peter G. Peterson
U.S
Council
National Security Council
White House
Peterson
Vietnamese Fire Base Near Kontum Repulses Attack
South Vietnamese troops repelled a North Vietnamese assault on a fire base near Kontum as reports indicated Ngo Trang base may be overrun with 65 enemy dead and 16 weapons captured. Four government troops died and 15 were wounded amid ongoing attacks and B52 strikes in central highlands and near Dong Hoi.
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Saigon
Kontum
Central Highlands
Ngo Trang
U.S
Revenue Sharing Checks Seen Leaving Treasury in Week
Federal revenue sharing checks go out this week with Treasury cautioning cities and states they may receive less than expected. Deputy Treasury Secretary Charles E. Walker says the calculation will be updated early next year, affecting about 39,000 jurisdictions. Initial payments total about 2.7 billion dollars from a 30 billion program over five years. Ed Fox notes focus on reducing property taxes as funds are used to expand and improve courts and other services.
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Charles E. Walker
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Sault
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