Skylab repair delayed as crews prepare sun shade sails
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz face a five day postponement to attempt a sun shield repair on Skylab after a thermal shield tore away. Engineers test sails and extension devices while mission control guides an EVA style approach to attach a shade from the ferry and achieve a safe linkup with the orbiting lab.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Skylab Space Station
The
Space Agency
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
John Disher
Skylab
U.S
Earth
Conrad
Disher
Violence erupts in Northern Ireland killing seven in one night
In Belfast and Omagh violence left seven dead including four British soldiers a 14 year old girl and two civilian men with two more soldiers seriously injured A second 14 year old girl was wounded authorities say the death toll in nearly four years of turmoil reaches 797 The IRA labeled Belfast airport a legitimate target and planted two bombs with one exploding and the other defused
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Omagh
Newry
Irish Republican Army
Britain
Irish Republic
Watergate hearings fail to captivate TV audience
The Watergate hearings drew mostly entertainment fans as networks and PBS carried live coverage in Washington and across the nation. Viewers bombarded stations with calls while anchors offered explanations and recaps. Networks plan to decide day by day on continued live telecasts.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York (Ap
Senate
Washington
Senate Select Committee
CBS
ABC
NBC
Public Broadcasting Service
Educational Network
PBS
Frank Costello
Boston
Joseph Welch
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Prisoner Transfers May Resume at Lucasville
Prison transfers from the Ohio Penitentiary to the new Lucasville maximum security facility may restart next week after a federal court in Cincinnati cleared the way. The ruling said the department is in a transitional position and facilities should be adequate in due time despite prior injunctions.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Lucasville
Nathan Gordon
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Cincinnati
Gordon
Leonard Schwartz
American Civil Liberties Union
Ray Twohig
Ohio State University
Ohio Prisoners Labor Union
Richard Igo
U.S
Timothy Hogan
Cleves man killed as gravel truck overturns into creek
Robert Clark 54 of Cleves was killed when the gravel truck he was unloading overturned and rolled into a creek in Cincinnati area.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Robert Clark
Cleves
Real estate suit targets Gramco and affiliates over SEC avoidance
A 40 million class action filed in U S District Court accuses 34 defendants led by Gramco founders and Pierre Salinger of forming USIF Real Estate and related subsidiaries to dodge Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Plaintiffs claim USSF Real Estate is the nation’s largest real estate holder. Banks in Philadelphia Michigan and Ohio named as defendants.
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Pierre Salinger
John F. Kennedy
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. District Court
Florida
Ussf Real Estate
Salinger
Gramco Management Limited
Gramco
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