Apollo 12 second moon landing planned for November
Armstrong Aldrin and Collins neared home after lunar ascent as final site selection for the second manned lunar landing eyed a western Mare. Mission control reported the crew in good spirits despite weak communications, with splashdown expected in the Pacific and quarantine procedures planned.
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Samuel C. Phillips
Mare
Lunar
Collins
Charlie
Earth
Roger
Charles Duke
Mission Control
Pacific
Manned Space Center
United States
Apollo 11 opens new frontier as moon landing wowed world
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. completed mankind’s leap to the moon. The historic event showcased technological progress from the Apollo program and a vast government-industry-university effort that united 420,000 workers to achieve the first lunar walk.
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Moon
Michael Collins
Collins
Nei A. Armstrong
John F. Kennedy
United
Eisjit
John H. Glenn Jr
America
United States
Soviet Union
Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo 11 TV Coverage Planned Across Networks
New York AP reports schedules for Apollo 11 on ABC CBS and NBC with live capsule pictures progress reports and rocket firing times in EDT. ABC and CBS carry live capsule transmission and progress reports Tuesday with NBC featuring a late night return firing. Wednesday offers joint live capsule transmission across ABC CBS and NBC from 7 to 7 30 p.m.
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New York
ABC
CBS
NBC
Chuckle Child Defines Lisp as Th Sound Tithe
A humorous child's definition of a lisp describes tithing the sound of th in thread and th sound in threat, illustrating a playful mispronunciation. The quip captures lighthearted view of speech quirks in a family humor context.
Viet Cong double ambush near Da Nang kills 11 South Vietnamese
Near Phuoc My village south of Da Nang a Viet Cong mortar attack killed one American Marine and 10 South Vietnamese, with 4 Americans and 11 South Vietnamese wounded. Civilians in a bus were struck by rockets and a mine as the fighting spread. US forces withdrew as reinforcements arrived and faced another ambush that killed six and wounded six.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Phuoc My
Luna 15 Mission Shows New Lunar Orbit Ability
Jodrell Bank expert Prof. John G. Davies says Luna 15 demonstrated a new ability to alter lunar orbits and could have had a more ambitious final operation. The craft ended a puzzling nine day flight with a crash like landing. Tass claimed a landing while the launch note spoke of exploration near the moon.
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Jodrell Bank, England
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Soviet Union
John G. Davies
Jodrell
Tass
Davies
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Brief
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies with little change tonight and Wednesday. A chance of thunderstorms is possible in the afternoon or evening. Tonight’s low will be in the 60s to 70s. Yesterday’s high reached 35 and this morning’s low was 72.
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Middletown
York guards deployed after city sniper shootings
A 27 year old African American woman was killed and four others wounded in York Pennsylvania during a spate of sniper attacks. Gov Shafer ordered 200 National Guard troops as city officials imposed a dusk to dawn curfew and police noted the shootings involved multiple suspects and both races.
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York
Raymond P. Shafer
National Guard
Columbia
John Snyder
Charles F. McCaffrey
Adam C. Mickley
Snyder
Hose
Russell Koontz
York Police Department
Guard Cruises Columbus After Night Of Rioting
National Guard troops moved into Columbus Ohio after a night of racial disturbances. One man, George Stultz, was killed by a sniper as police faced arson looting and gas masked rioters. Police reported 130 arrests and 25 injuries across a 10 square mile area. Curfew enforcement and continued sniper fire followed as officers vowed to respond to felons.
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Columbus, Ohio
National Guard
Ohio
Near East Side
George Stultz
Columbus
Richard Born
Stultz
Adj
Sylvester del Corso
James A. Rhodes
Dwight Joseph
Born
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