All-American Apollo 15 crew contrasted by backgrounds
The Apollo 15 team features David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden. Scott is a West Point graduate and two-time MIT master’s holder praised for calm under pressure. Irwin, a Salt Lake City native and Naval Academy alum, survived a 1961 crash and is married with four children. Worden, a Jackson Michigan farm boy and former cadet, is a bachelor with a racing hobby and two daughters.
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Alfred M. Worden
Air Force
U.S. Military Academy
Worden
Jackson
Mich
Plaza Theater
Merrill
Alison
Apollo 15 lifts off on Moon journey from Cape Kennedy
Apollo 15 astronauts Col David R Scott Lt Col James B Irwin and Maj Alfred M Worden launched at 9 34 A M EDT from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn 5 for a historic lunar mission. Crowds watched as Endeavour began a journey that aims to drive on the lunar surface and study mountains and a canyon for clues to solar system origins.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Air Force
Scott
Endeavour
Earth
Apollo 15 Mission Launch From Cape Kennedy
Facts and figures on the Apollo 15 mission outline launch at 9 34 a m EDT with astronauts Scott Irwin and Worden. Details cover landing site at Apennines base, 22 mile rover drive, 67 hours on moon, 12 day 7 hour flight, and total mission cost of 445 million dollars.
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Scott
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Endeavour
James Cook
Falcon
Air Force Academy
Moon Rover
Hanoi Says U.S. Vietnam Expansion Was Foreseen
A December 1963 North Vietnamese Central Committee resolution warned of possible U.S. expansion into North Vietnam and a major buildup, noting the war could intensify or broaden wrongs while urging protracted struggle and self-reliance in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
North
U.S. E
Central Committee of
The
North Vietnamese Communist Party
South
U.S
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Rail talks falter as 12 hour session ends without agreement
Optimism in rail negotiations faded after a 12 hour Labor Department session failed to yield a deal. Mediation resumes at 3 p.m. EDT to avert planned walkouts by four railroads and possible strikes against 11 others within two weeks.
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Labor Department
House votes to automate member benefits scrutiny
The House passes a measure giving the House Administration Committee power to grant benefits to all 435 members and inform them, aiming to save time by avoiding routine benefit debates. Debate highlights divisions over accountability and potential scandal.
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Washington
House
House Administration Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Weather Update Forecast Cooler Air After Showers Tonight
Strong storms ease tonight ushering cooler air tomorrow. Overnight temperatures near 60s with a high around upper 70s. Weekend rainfall totaled 1.34 inches after yesterday's 8 inch high and this morning's 71 low.
Chuckle Quote About Marriage and Debt
A lighthearted saying compares a happy marriage to a couple deeply in love and deeply in debt.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Air Force Test Pilot School
Space Agency
Neil A. Armstrong
Ann Lurton Ott
San Antonio
Tracy
Douglas
James B. Irwin Jr
Salt Lake City
U.S. Naval Academy
Irwin Is
Mary Ellen Monroe
Corvallis, Ore
Joy
Jill
James
Jan
Astronaut
Apollo
Moon
Moon Journey
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Lunar
Space
Nixon
Godspeed
Camp David
Maryland
Soviet Union
Ann Landers
UTU
Charles Luna
J.P. Hiltz Jr
National Railway Conference
Chicago & North Western
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Frank Thompson Jr
D-N.j
Joe D. Waggonner
D-La
Victor V. Veysey
R-Calif
Hays
Rep
H.R
Barber B. Conable Jr
R-N.y
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