Apollo 14 Docking Gear Troubles Faint Scratches
Apollo 14 crew used a flashlight and radio guidance to trace a docking mechanism fault lingering after a prior attempt. Shepard Roosa and Mitchell found scratches on the docking probe cone causing a lock failure, then reported the system works. Mission Control planned overnight checks and possible alternate orbit plan if needed.
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Roosa
Shepard
Mitchell
Lunar
Sigurd Sjoberg
Mission Control
Barrel of Attacks Kills 8 and Wounds 25 in Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces hit six U.S. positions in central and northern South Vietnam with mortars rockets and ground assaults. Seven Americans were killed and seven wounded near Chu Lai while other sites including Da Nang Cam Ranh Bay Tuy Hoa and Pleiku saw casualties and damage. The period also marked extended bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail and continued troop withdrawals reducing U.S. strength to under 284,000 by May 1.
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Namese
U.S
South Vietnam
Chu Lai
U.S. Americal Division
da Nang
Cam Ranh Bay
Tuy Hoa Air Base
Pleiku City
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Me Trail
Cambodia
Vietnam
Nixon
Lth Armored Cavalry Regiment
Saigon
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
US. Command
Fire Destroys William Street Methodist Church in Delaware
A weekend blaze destroyed the 1888 William Street Methodist Church in Delaware Ohio with losses near 500000 no injuries reported. Rev Richard Teller mourned the landmark saving the rear education building and announced the service would be held at Willis Junior High School. The church founded 153 years ago linked to Ohio Wesleyan University and notable members included Norman Vincent Peale and Ralph Sockman.
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Delaware, Ohio
Richard Teller
Teller
Delaware
William Street Methodist Church
Willis Junior High School
Ohio Wesleyan University
Norman Vincent Peale
Arthur Fimming
Herbert Welch
Ralph Sockman
Snowmobile Trip Ends In Death For Banker
Galusha a 51 year old president of the 9th Federal Reserve District Bank of Minneapolis died during a weekend snowmobile tour in a Yellowstone National Park area storm. Sixteen members survived including Jim Marshall and Paul Dickson of the Minnesota Vikings as winds reached extreme chill levels and machines failed one by one. Jim Klobuchar reported on the trip for the Minneapolis Star.
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Galusha
Federal Reserve District Bank of
Minneapolis
Jim Marshall
Paul Dickson
Minnesota Vikings
James L. Eichler
Red Lodge
Jim Klobuchar
The
Minneapolis Star
Weather outlook calls for cool night and mild tomorrow
Clear to partly cloudy conditions persist with little temperature change. Tonight’s low near 5 below to 5 above zero and tomorrow’s high in the teens. Yesterday's high was 14 and this morning's low 2.
Apollo 14 Astronauts Describe Lunar Lander Colors
AP reported Edgar D. Mitchell spoke for over six hours while describing the lunar lander and surrounding view as the command ship neared docking. He referenced fellow astronaut Stuart A. Roosa and noted the earth receding from the window as activity intensified.
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Mitchell
Mission Control
Stuart
Parking space proposal to boost on time work reports
A suggestion proposes 95 parking spaces per 100 employees to improve punctuality and attendance.
Protest Against Police Riots Leave Los Angeles Dead and Injured
In East Los Angeles a weekend protest against the police escalated into violence with a death and more than two dozen injured. Police fired shotguns as 1,500 demonstrators rioted damaging 70 businesses and prompting a dawn curfew.
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Los Angeles
Address Book Halts Bullet in Kansas City Shooting
Police report a hard cover address book in Joseph Boener’s shirt pocket stopped a .22 caliber bullet aimed at his chest. The page with his daughter Barbara’s photo and a Bible verse held the bullet after it penetrated the cover and several pages. Boener said a woman in a car called for help and a man in the back seat fired after he refused to give money.
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Kansas City
Joseph Boener
Boener
Barbara
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Delaware Church
Dr. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Yellowstone National Park
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Seeveese
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