Cosmonauts begin elementary classes at Space Center Houston
Ten Russian cosmonauts and 24 engineers started their first full day of classes at Johnson Space Center to plan the Apollo Soyuz Test Project set for 1975. Aleksei Leonov, asked about language issues, quipped no problem English as Thomas Stafford leads U S efforts and training proceeds in classrooms.
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Aleksei Leonov
Leonov
Stafford
U.S
Russia
Valeriy Kubasov
Senate OKs automatic pay raises for lawmakers
Senate approves a bill creating a biannual pay review commission for Congress and top officials. The commission would propose raises to the president who could approve or modify them. absent disapproval within 30 days, raises take effect automatically. Current law requires president appointed reviews every four years.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Panama Avenue Closure for Repairs in 1973 Program
Panama Avenue from west of Beech Street to east of Auburn Street will close for about one week for street sidewalk curb and gutter repairs and resurfacing as part of the city street repair program.
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Panama Avenue
Beech Street
Auburn Street
Ticks Threaten Texas Cattle Industry
The Agriculture Department reports cattle fever ticks threaten livestock in Texas and the Southwest. Federal quarantines cover seven Texas counties Duval Jim Wells Kleberg Live Oak McMullen Neuces and Webb, requiring livestock to be dipped before interstate shipments. The ticks carry piroplasmosis, a severe cattle blood disease.
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Texas
Southwest
Agriculture Department
Duval
Jim Wells
Kleberg
Live Oak
McMullen
Neuces
Webb
Americans released after detention in Uganda and Burundi transit
A chartered flight brought 111 Americans from Entebbe to Bukavu after Uganda freed them following detention. President Amin granted release amid tension over mercenary fears and a potential dispute with the United States. The group planned training to teach in the former Belgian Congo, with mixed reactions from travelers during a lakeside stay.
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Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Burundi
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Ken Beck
Walla Walla
Wash
USS
Kinshasa
Peace Corps
Bukavu
Zaire
Belgian Congo
Lakeside
Cople
Nancy Spoor
Hamden, Conn
Binnie Polonsky
Philadelphia
Bujumburu
U.S
Nixon
Cambodia
Kampala
Radio
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Washington
State Department
Paul Hare
Department
Bahamas Declares Independence in Midnight Nassau Ceremony
More than 50,000 Bahamians celebrate independence as the Union Jack falls at 11:59 p.m. and a new tricolor rises. Prime Minister Pindling, Prince Charles, and Sir John Paul oversee the ceremony with dignitaries from 52 countries as crowds sing the new anthem March on Bahamaland.
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Bahamas
Islands
Britain
Bahama
Clifford Park
Lynden O. Pindling
Prince Charles
Sir John Paul
Pindling
U.S
Rogers C. B. Morton
Raul Roa
Florida
Claude Kirk
Flip Wilson
Sidney Poitier
Bahamaland
Bhutto signals Bangladesh recognition with conditions
Pakistan's National Assembly authorizes President Bhutto to recognize Bangladesh but requires repatriation of 90 000 Pakistani POWs held in India. Bhutto said he aims to avoid turning Moslem Bengal into Hindu Bengal and warned against Indian opposition.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
National Assembly
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bangladesh
Bhutto
India
Bengal
Subcontinent
Mekong Fire Fight Hammers Tankers and Barge Near Phnom Penh
Five oil tankers and an ammunition barge ran a gunfire gauntlet from insurgents on both Mekong banks as U S jets strafed positions. One tanker was abandoned aflame near Koh Tachor Island. Filipino crew rescued by Cambodian gunboats. A rice and fish convoy reached Kompong Som after road reopening.
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Cambodia
Mekong
Koh Tachor Island
Neak Luong
Melchor Cabanelas
Kompong Som
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