Mailer slams NASA image of Apollo astronauts as saints
Norman Mailer criticizes NASA for portraying astronauts as priests rather than tough, relatable figures. He says Apollo 11 was made boring by PR and praises Raiders QB George Blanda as the real hero for his relatability and grace under pressure.
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San Francisco
Norman Mailer
Bolivia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mailer
NASA
Joe Namath
Oakland Raiders
George Blanda
Ohio education merger plan faces opposition at hearings
Regents member Millett predicts strong pushback to a proposal to place all public education in Ohio under a single state board. The Commission on Vocational and Technical Education plans an interim report by mid February and is weighing options including a unified state board, a separate vocational board, and better coordination with existing boards.
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Columbus, Ohio
John D. Millett
Ohio
Millett
Commission On Vocational and Technical Education
Com
Mission
State Board of Vocational and Technical Education
Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio Board of Education
Regents
Board of Education
L. Collier
Lunar Landing Trainer Crashes at Space Center Houston
The LLTV crash caused by an electrical power failure leaves only one rocket powered trainer. Pilot Stuart Present ejected safely as the craft burned on Ellington AFB runway. Alan Shepard had used the trainer earlier. NASA investigates the incident.
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Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Alan B. Shepard Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Stuart M. Present
Ellington Air Force Base
Present
Shepard
Moon
Cape Kennedy
Fla
LLTV
Neil Armstrong
Joseph S. Algranti
Armstrong
Algranti
Apollo 14 Launch Set for Sunday From Cape Kennedy
Apollo 14 ready for lift off at 3 23 p m EST Sunday with astronauts Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa aboard a Saturn 5. The mission aims for a 2 01 a m EST Thursday lunar orbit and a Friday landing at Fra Mauro to deploy a nuclear station and conduct geology field work near Antares in the Ocean of Storms.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
America
Lunar
Shepard
Mitchell
Antares
Fra Mauro
Earth
Cone
Gilligan names members for Ohio penal task force
Gov. John J. Gilligan appointed a citizens task force to probe Ohio penal system conditions including wages hours and prisoner treatment. The body will meet Tuesday amid an ongoing strike by Ohio Penitentiary guards and includes members from the Ohio Council on Crime and Delinquency the Ohio State Bar Association and city and state officials.
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Columbus, Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Citizens’ Task Force
Gilligan
Robert Cassidy
Ohio Council On Crime and Delinquency
University of Cincinnati
Harold Lindberg
Ohio Council of Churches
The
Penitentiary
Simon Dinitz
Ohio State University
Ed Orlett
Dayton
Ohio Jaycees
Row
Winifred A. Dunton
Everett Bradford Jr
Ohio Penitentiary
Martha Wheeler
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Gloria Battisti
Cyclone Felice Devastates Mozambique Flood Zone
Rescue workers through mud and floodwaters say Cyclone Felice may have killed 500 to 1000 people in Zambezi Region Portuguese Mozambique. The area of 1.5 million population lies under up to 20 feet of water with communications cut and relief by air, boat, and helicopter. Portuguese air force planes assist in urgent aid to survivors.
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Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Felice
Zambezi
Rutgers Students Survive Mountain Ordeal After Wrong Trail
Four Rutgers University Outdoor Club members from New Jersey got lost on a 6288 foot peak in 38 below temperatures and 90 mph winds after taking the wrong trail Tuesday. They were found Friday near the summit by a Mountain Veteran search team, saying they aimed to call off the search and noting the danger to others.
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New Jersey
Rutgers University Outdoor Club
Fragmented Ohio weather shifts as cold front approaches
Southwestern Ohio faces a rapid cold snap with temperatures dropping to 5-10 above zero by morning and a high near 20. Snow flurries are possible but no accumulation expected. Yesterday's mild spell brought an inch of snow, then a sudden warm-up into the 50s before temperatures fall again.
Mail Dumped At North Vietnamese Legation Over POWs
In Paris two delegations of American citizens delivered about 50 bags and boxes of mail to the North Vietnamese legation to protest American prisoners of war. The shipment tied to 14 tons brought by groups from Memphis and San Diego.
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Paris
U. S
Memphis
Tenn
San Diego
Calif
North Vietnamese
Legation
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
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David Hiller
Columbus
Hamil
Gilbert Bowman
Ohio State Bar Association
James Hughes
William Bowen
Cincinnati
FE. B. Hodkins
London Correctional Institution
Warren Smith
Ohio Afl-Cio
James Ruppert
Warren County
Max Ross
Marion County
Lucas County Common Pleas
Robert Franklin
John Holscher
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
Ysabel Rennie
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Mountain Ordeal
Joseph DiMaio
Irvington
Bar
Ry Fields
Boonton
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