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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1969
Page
1
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins entered lunar orbit at 1:22 p.m. EDT and Aldrin began checks in the Eagle during a 36 minute telecast. Collins tracked lunar features while reporting a water pool in the command module.
Sen Edward M Kennedy escaped a fatal plunge when his car slipped off a Chappaquiddick Island bridge into a saltwater pond. Passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, 29, drowned as the car sank with its roof down. Kennedy said he tried twice to reach her but could not.
Highlights show Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins preparing for undocking and lunar landing operations on day four. Armstrong steps onto the moon at 2:16 a.m. and Aldrin follows, collecting rock samples and deploying experiments before returning to the command ship for the ascent and lunar orbit maneuvers.
Apollo 11 and Luna 15 circled the moon on Saturday as the Americans prepared to land a man on the moon. Luna 15, an unmanned Soviet probe, altered its course during its 27th orbit and was detected again by Jodrell Bank as it neared its 28th loop.
The forecast calls for temperatures in the high 80s with a chance of showers today. Monday will be cooler but also carry a chance of showers.
A look inside the 22 hour window before humans reach the moon with Armstrong and Aldrin expected to land today. The piece notes Rev Jesse Jackson mixing pulpit and urban politics as a key figure in the era.
John Fairfax, 31, becomes first person to row the Atlantic alone ending a 4000 mile voyage aboard the Britannia. He lands at Hollywood Beach Florida to cheers from swimmers and supporters including Miss Marrett and sponsor John Austin. The feat follows notes of hammerhead shark encounters and prior two-man crossings. Fairfax claims solo record.
Gary Watson aged 15 from near Van Wert drowned Friday afternoon in a farm pond in Jackson Township Van Wert County during a swimming party with several other youths.
In Los Angeles PATCO western director Russell Sommer said about 3,000 air traffic controllers intend to resign from the FAA after the Apollo 11 mission. He cited FAA discipline over June sick-in actions and the cancelation of withholding agreements as the cause of the planned resignations.
El Salvador reports Honduras began air and ground assaults at dawn violating a cease fire set for 10 p.m. Friday. Salvadoran casualties unconfirmed with unofficial estimates up to 75. OAS peace team arrives in Tegucigalpa to observe troop withdrawal within 96 hours.
A scientist claims to have crossed a ferocious lion with a parrot. When asked the result he replies I do not know but when it talks I listen.
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