Nixon seeks study on space program cuts and post Apollo plans
President Nixon asked advisers for reports on possible cost reductions in the space program and on redirecting space efforts after Apollo. He also ordered an efficiency review of water pollution control activities and proposed a cross agency committee to guide the post Apollo space program.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
America
Washington
United States
Bayside
Florida
Henry A. Kissinger
Lee DuBridge
White House
First Cincinnati pediatric heart transplant underway
Surgeons at Children’s Hospital Cincinnati begin a pioneering operation transferring the heart of 7-year-old William Becker to 6-year-old Christine Corhin. The donor child died minutes before surgery. 13 local surgeons perform the transplant, the first in Cincinnati.
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Ft. Riley
Kan
Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital
William M. Becker
William Becker
Loveland
Christine Corhin
Wallace Corhin
Highpoint
Christine
Robert Southwick
Southwick
Beckers
William
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
Children’s
Military budget trimmed as lawmakers seek cuts
Senator Mansfield says Congress will scrutinize the 81.5 billion defense budget for substantial savings while Senator Javits stresses a real shift away from treating military spending as a sacred cow. A bipartisan group pushes for quick ratification of the nuclear treaty and talks with the Soviets, aiming to curb unnecessary research and development.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Mansfield
Javits
House
F. Bradford Morst
R-Mass
Nixon
Senate
Melvin R. Laird
China
Russia
Sea Well Plugged and Oil Halted Near Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara California Union Oil capped a well stray oil flow after 12 days with a cement plug. About 8 000 barrels of drilling mud were pumped into the well to halt the spill and 900 sacks of cement were used to cap the shaft. Mud continued to be pumped to seal and allow instruments to check the plug and more cement may be added.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Fritz Springman
Union Oil Co
Cleanup crews to combat Santa Barbara oil spill disaster
Federal and local agencies deploy up to 1,500 workers on beaches by next week to halt a massive oil spill six miles offshore after a ruptured well dumped 21 000 gallons daily, creating a 90 square mile slick and killing hundreds of birds.
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Santa Barbara Channel
Kenneth Biglane
Paul de Falco Jr
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
de Falco
Shaw Trial Witness Leads Parade to Possible Kennedy Plot Apartment
In New Orleans the Shaw conspiracy trial moved into the French Quarter as witness Charles I. Spiesel guided the court through two apartment buildings near Shaw's home in search of the Kennedy killing party location. Defense lawyer Dymond called the tour vital to the case.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
French Quarter
Shaw
Kennedy
F. Irvin Dymond
New York
Charles I. Spiesel
Spiesel
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Oswald
Warren Commission
Jone
Ferrie
Dymond
Apollo 9 crew warns spacecraft wall is very flimsy
Space Center Houston AP report quotes Apollo 9 commander James McDivitt saying the spacecraft carrying astronauts to the moon has walls that are very, very flimsy and could be pierced by a dropped screwdriver before launch. He notes the craft becomes rigid once pressurized in space. The remarks came at a final news conference preceding the February 2 Earth orbit launch by McDivitt Russell Schweickart and David Scott.
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Russell L. Schweickart
Air Force
David R. Scott
Earth
Miss Terri Shields Crowned Ohio Junior Miss 1969
Miss Terri Shields, 17, of Kettering, won the Ohio Junior Miss title after two nights of competition at Middletown High School. First runnerup was Miss Judy Jones of Preble County.
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Terri Shields
Kettering
Ohio
Middletown High School
Judy Jones
Preble County
Communist bloc fishing fleet grows off Virginia coast
A Coast Guard spokesman said 60 Communist bloc trawlers were off Virginia's Eastern Shore with at least 20 violating the 12 mile U S fishing zone. The cutter Point Arena and HC 130 aircraft monitored the area as Lt J Howard Copeland noted the 12 mile limit is reserved for U S vessels or treaty nations and that the Coast Guard enforces U S fishing rights.
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Portsmouth
5Th Coast Guard District
Virginia
U.S
Coast Guard
Cutter Point Arena
Copeland
Waterwheel and hydraulic near end in Middletown
A Middletown waterwheel still powers the mains but is nearing its last spins as the hydraulic canal fades from use. The note appears in a mass of page references and sections about Okinawa, The First Lady, and various columns.
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Middletown
Okinawa
Japan
Norman Peale
Thomas Collins
Walley
Os Vacilla Cantass
Ucds Bat
Tek Eines
Apten
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Grafenwoehr
Biscayne Bay
Western
Europe
William P. Rogers
Interior Department
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Red
S. Dayton
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