Russians Link Up Soyuz 11 With Salute Space Lab
The Soviet Union’s Soyuz 11 docked with the Salute space laboratory after seven weeks of unmanned flight. Cosmonauts Dobrovolsky Patsayev and Volkov boarded Salute to begin five assigned tasks, including station systems tests, orientation experiments, Earth geology studies, space physics observations, and medico-biological research. Volkov previously flew on Soyuz 7 in 1969.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Space Laboratory
Tass
Deliv
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Unmanned Space Laboratory
Earth
Space
Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladislav Volkov
Warning Before Takeoff House Probes F14 Crash
The House Armed Services Committee investigates alleged preflight hydraulic defects cited in a 2300 page transcript. Former Navy employees claim the F14 Tomcat flight test ignored tests and objections, leading to the December crash on Long Island. Navy officials deny the charges, noting engineers raised no objections and the plane’s pilots survived.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Andrew Yates
Yates
Grumman Co
Bethpage
N.Y
Long Island
Mounting Costs Prompt Chafee to Seek F14 Cutback
Secretary of the Navy Chafee says he will recommend reducing the 710 F14 fighter order to curb costs. He notes the day of heavy F14 production in five years may be lower than planned as Pentagon redoubles cost-overrun efforts. Program manager Capt. Lionel Ames Jr. will be reassigned later this year, though linked to F14 troubles is denied. The latest price rise for the program brings total to about 10.3 billion dollars.
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Washington
the Navy
John H. Chafee
Pentagon
Chafee
Secretary of Defense
David Packard
Lionel E. Ames Jr
Ames
Manned Rifles Guard Detroit Party Store
In Detroit's East Side Manuel Yasso uses two manned rifles to deter robbers at his party store. Clerks claim the weapons stop criminals after initial feints and a fired shot. Police say the setup is legal, noting it resembles guarding the premises with a loaded weapon.
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Detroit
Manuel Yasso
Miss Kenaya
Yasso
FTC Puts Heat On Toast Em Pop Ups Ad
The FTC actions compel General Foods to drop false nutritional claims for Toast em Pop Ups. A consent order bars claims that two Toast em products equal a two egg two bacon and toast breakfast. The Benton and Bowles produced commercial shows a child and asserts two Toast ems meet 100 percent of daily vitamins and iron.
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FTC
Washington
General Foods Corp
Federal Trade Commission
General Foods
Benton and Bowles, Inc
Ems
Allegheny Convair Crash Kills At Least 20 In New Haven
In New Haven Connecticut a Allegheny Convair 580 crashed while approaching Tweed New Haven Airport. At least 20 people died on arrival and three survivors were reported. A witness saw the plane strike electrical cables and plummet into cottages. A morgue was set up at Goffe Street armory. The flight was from Washington to New London New Haven with 26 passengers and crew of three.
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Earth
Tass
New Haven, Conn
Allegheny Airline
Convair
Tweed,New Haven
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Goffe Street Armory
State Aeronautics Bureau
Hartford
Allegheny
Washington
New London
New Haven
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Chance of thundershowers then cooler weather ahead
Tonight we may see thundershowers with a dip in temperature. Tomorrow will be slightly cooler but not significant. Highs in the mid 80s after tonight's low in the 60s. Yesterday's high reached 92 with a 69 degree low this morning.
Chuckle Some Stretch Pants Have No Other Choice
A humorous remark notes that stretch pants offer limited options or alternatives, playing on comfort over formality in casual attire.
19 Believed Dead In Hughes Air West DC9 Collision
A Hughes Air West DC9 with 43 passengers and five crew crashed in rugged Angeles National Forest near Duarte after colliding with a Marine F4 Phantom. Nine bodies were found. only one crewman survived. The pilot of the Marine jet reportedly parachuted to safety with no transmission heard. The crash occurred about 18 minutes after departure from L A.
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Los Angeles
California
United States
Here
van Tassel Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County
Duarte
Air West
Los Angeles International Airport
Salt Lake City
Boise
Lewiston
Idaho
Pasco
Wash
Fallon Air Force Base
Nevada
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Federal Aviation Administration
Christopher Schiess
Salem
Ore
Santa Teresita Hospital
Marine Plane
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