Apollo 11 Facts At A Glance Cape Kennedy Florida
AP writes of Apollo 11 mission details. Astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins prepare for lunar landing and moonwalk. Mission spans eight days three hours nineteen minutes with Saturn V booster 363 feet tall and first stage thrust of 7.7 million pounds.
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Apollo 11 TV Schedule Shows Moon Mission Coverage
New York AP lists major networks schedules for Apollo 11 coverage in EDT. NBC airs morning blocks today from 6 am to about 1 30 pm and Thursday 7 30 to 7 50 pm. ABC runs 1 am 10 30 am and noon to 1 pm today and 7 30 to 8 pm Thursday. CBS schedules 6 am to 1 pm today and 7 30 to 8 pm Thursday. Thursday broadcasts include first color transmissions.
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Mighty Cape Kennedy rocket roars into the sky
The most powerful launch system to date lifts off from Cape Kennedy with five first-stage engines igniting in a blaze of flame. Computers verify engine ignition, then release the 40,000-pound restraints as fuel pours at 15 tons per second and the rocket climbs toward space.
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Apollo 11 Moon Mission Off To Historic Launch
NASA's Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Ed win Aldrin and Michael Collins blast from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 at 9 32 a m EDT to orbit Earth after a flawless countdown. They aim for lunar touchdown in three days with cautious risk warnings and a symbolic eagle on the craft.
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Edwin E. Alarin Jr
Michael Collins
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Lyndon B. Johnson
El Salvador presses invasion of Honduras reported
El Salvador disregards OAS call for cease fire and advances up to 20 miles into Honduras. Honduran troops fight back as a seven nation peacekeeping committee arrives to seek a halt with Tegucigalpa 40 miles from the frontier. Air losses tallied at twelve planes.
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el Amatillo
Gun duels flare around Suez amid cross border clashes
Israeli forces reported the death of one soldier as gunfire with Egyptian forces continued along the Suez Canal in the Dwad Sunar region. In Amman, the Palestine Armed Struggle Command claimed heavy fighting in the Jordan Valley with several Israeli troops and four guerrillas killed and Israeli armor destroyed. Moshe Dayan announced in Knesset that 119 Arab saboteurs were killed by January 1 to July 7.
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Suez Canal
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Amman
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Struggle Command
Jordan Valley
Beisan
Moshe Dayan
Knesset
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Saigon
Phuc Vinh
Middletown Area Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and humid conditions with a late temperature shift tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight are in the 70s and Thursday highs reach the upper 0s. Yesterday peaked at 92 degrees with a morning low around 72.
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Wapakoneta Sends Best To Armstrong
Wapakoneta Ohio locals rally behind astronaut Neil Armstrong as he launches toward the moon. The town plans prayer vigils and displays flags while Armstrong and crew undertake the mission with family watching via television.
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Neil
Armstrong Family
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World reacts as Apollo 11 launches fill global airwaves
London papers publish Apollo 11 front pages and BBC sets up cross‑continent live coverage. A Lancashire man bets 24 pounds will win 10 000 pounds if Armstrong and Aldrin reach the moon, after a 1971 moon landing bet.
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David Threlfall
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Threlfall
Wheeler In Vietnam To Assess War Lull
Gen Earle G Wheeler arrives in Saigon to assess a four week slowdown in the Vietnam War. McCain also arrives as talks with Abrams focus on reducing offensive ops and further troop withdrawals beyond 25 000 planned by Aug 31.
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Washington
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Creighton W. Abrams
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Parking Meters Seen as Legalized Gambling
A cheeky column compares city parking meters to gambling, noting meters bet residents two dollars against a five cent chance of returning within the hour and mocking municipal revenue schemes.
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