Arrests Total 464 as Columbus Racial Troubles Calm
In Columbus near East Side, about 200 National Guard troops and 300 police kept order after rioting. By early Wednesday 193 adults and 37 juveniles were arrested for curfew violations, raising total arrests to 464 since Monday. Several fires and injuries were reported. liquor and gasoline bans remained in effect countywide.
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Columbus, Ohio
National Guard
Columbus
Near East Side
James A. Rhodes
Adj
Sylvester T. DelCorso
Franklin County
State Department of Liquor Control
Sheriff's Office
Apollo 11 Tells Homeward Tale From Moon Return
Apollo 11 streaks toward Earth on a precise course to splash down in the Pacific Ocean Thursday. Aldrin Collins and Armstrong described the growing size of Earth and shown lunar samples as mission control relayed favorable recovery weather.
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Space Center
Houston
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Neil A. Armstrong
Mission Control
Hawaii
Hornet
Moon
Lunar
Charles Duke
Aldrin
Duke
Collins
Armstrong
U S Forces Transfer Mekong Delta Base To S Viet Units
U S troops handed Fire Support Base Moore at Cai Lay to the South Vietnamese 7th Infantry Division as 9th Division troops withdraw under Nixon order. About 7 400 from the 1st Brigade move to Hawaii in a week. ambush by Rangers yields six Viet Cong killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Moore
Cai Lay
9Th Infantry Division
7Th Infantry Division
Delta
Nixon
Hawaii
Franco Names Carlos As Spain's Next King
A Cortes delegation informed Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon that he is chosen as Spain's heir to Generalissimo Franco. The 31 year old grandson of King Alfonso XIII becomes head of state when Franco retires or dies but will have limited powers with a premier chosen from Franco's Council of the Realm. The nomination passed 491 to 19 with 9 abstentions and 34 absent. Franco said he will keep Juan Carlos by his side to learn about national problems.
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Madrid
Juan Carlos de Borbon
Spain
Franco
Zarzuela
Alfonso XIII
Cortes
Spanish Republic
Juan Carlos
Launch For First Space Station Set For 1972
NASA announced a revised plan to launch a manned space station in 1972 with an unmanned Apollo Telescope Mount on the upper stage of a Saturn 5, housing nine telescopes to study the sun and universe, followed by docked crews for four to more than fifty six days.
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Space Center
Houston
America
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo Telescope Mount
ATM
Earth
NASA
Nixon Heads For Apollo 11 Splashdown Area
President Nixon and the first lady landed in San Francisco en route to the Apollo 11 splashdown zone. He will fly to Johnston Island and then to the Arlington and Hornet to witness the moon mission return, while coordinating celebrations at home.
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San Francisco
Nixon
International Airport
St. Francis Hotel
Washington
Nixons
Honolulu
Lington
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Ohio Workers Strike Victory Signals Hike in Pay
Union chief Al Bilik states a 24 hour walkout involved about 10,000 state workers and the Ohio Senate delayed action on a $29.5 million pay raise bill as negotiations continue. The strike affected Lebanon Correctional Institution and Miami University with officials calling conditions back to normal by nightfall. The bill faces committee review with party caucus pressure and potential changes to cover larger raises.
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Columbus
Ohio
al Bilik
Bilik
Ohio Senate
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Miami University
LCI
Charles van Duren
Miami
Senate
Council
American Federation of State
Rules Committee
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
GOP
Theodore M. Gray
R-3
Piqua
R. Shaw
Robert R. Shaw
Shaw
Bilik’s
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Update
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for cloudy skies with a chance of showers tonight. Lows in the upper 60s. Thursday will be cloudy with a chance of thundershowers and highs in the upper 80s. Yesterday's high was 76 and the low this morning was 63. Rain yesterday totaled 0.08 inch.
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Gan
Duc Pho
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Council of the Realm
Pacific
Johnston Island
Ann Landers
Heroise
Valley News
Women’s
Leonid Brezhnev
Warsaw
Erich Honecker
East Germany
Gustav Husak
Czechoslovakia
Marian Spychalski
Poland
Brezhnev
Russia
Committee
Middletown
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