Apollo 13 Zips Toward Moon Rendezvous
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert rest ahead of a planned lunar orbit burn. Ground control tracks a 15 ton Saturn stage on a collision course with the moon to study its inner structure.
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Lunar
Space Center, Houston
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Mission Control
Lovell
Planet Earth
Moon
Earth
Haise
Aquarius
Fra Mauro Highlands
Lovell and
Swigert
Thomas K. Mattingly
Apollo 13 Mission Timeline Fragments
A fragmented log shows a NASA mission day with times for sleep, rest, breakfast, course correction rocket firing, and finally the Apollo 13 disappearance behind schedule. The entry records early morning sleep, midday rest, and late afternoon maneuvers in a tense sequence.
Labor unrest spreads across cities and industries nationwide
Widespread strikes and lockouts unfold as 2 000 truck drivers walk out affecting 1 300 Chicago area firms while air controllers sickout persists in New York Kansas City and Denver. Teachers strikes continue in Minneapolis Butte and Muskogee with editorial and newspaper staff strikes in Boston and New York. Chicago unions push for higher wage gains amid broader labor action across the country.
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Reachers i
la Angeles
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Denver
West Coast
Minneapolis
Butte
Mont
Muskogee
Okla
North Carolina
California
Federal Aviation Administration
San Francisco
Boston Record American
New York Post
Teamsters Union
Wisconsin government workers prepare for a big walkout
Wisconsin state employees ready to strike after more than six months of talks with Gov. Knowles administration. The Wisconsin State Employer Association represents about 5,000 workers at state penal and mental institutions. A union poll shows 3,241 in favor of authorizing a strike.
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Knowles
Florida
Department of Health and Social Services
Wilbur Schmidt
King
WSEA
Schmidt
Toll Now Hits 250 as Youth Dies in Crash
The early Sunday death of 17-year-old Ronald Wirth near Monticello raises Green County 1970 highway fatalities to two. Coroner Wagner said he slept at the wheel, the accident being ruled accidental with no inquest. The weekend toll included multiple fatalities across Wisconsin, pushing the year’s toll to 250.
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Ronald W
Ron) Wirth
Monticello
Highway 69
Green County
Richard Wagner
Wirth
John W. Wirth
Jeffrey D. Hare
Monroe
Milwaukee
Richard Lipski
Raymond Wilkus
Rhinelander
Kevin Walsh
Bruce Bodle
Eagle River
Helen Rupe
Hortonville
Ronald Wittlin
Shipdon
David Banks
Reedsburg
Chancey Winegarden
Wisconsin Rapids
Adams County
Terry Barclay
Seymour
Outagamie
Kenneth Trulock
Niagara
Upper Michigan
Marinette
Chicago
Harriet Weinkowski
Ripon
Minneapolis
Kay Cota
Roy W. Holm
Lyndon Station
Nancy Allen
Neenah
Richard Zellmer
Tomah
Steve Toltzman
New London
Hillsboro
James Brrthwaite
LaCrosse
Monroe County
Ronald W. Wirth
Turn
Monroe Children Present Three Benefit Productions
The Monroe Children presented three plays in a benefit for Wisconsin Badger Camp for the Retarded. Sixty six child cast, about 350 on Saturday and 400 on Sunday, raised roughly 275. Works included Peter and the Wolf, Laff-In sketch, and Ferdinand the Bull presented at the Junior High School Auditorium.
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Woman's Club of
Monroe
Mrs. McElhaney
Vicky Neuberger
Peter and the Wolf
Serge Prokofiev
Ferdinand the Bull
Monro Leaf
Peter
Duck
Cat
Peter and
the Wolf
Ferdinand
Madrid
Wayne Stroessner
Wisconsin Badger Camp
Monroe High School Drama Club
Woman's Club
Monroe Manor
McElhaney
Wisconsin Badgers
Neil Simon
James Hendrickson
Ray Kubly
Times
M. Steve Mitschele
Kirk ends personal rule of Manatee County schools
Gov. Claude Kirk ends his one week control of Manatee County schools after agreeing to seek modification of a desegregation plan. The move clears the way for court ordered racial balancing of 17 000 pupils and allows court intervention to modify busing for 2 600 additional pupils. Kirk reinstates the school officials to prepare for implementation of Krentzman's order with state and federal authorities pursuing a modification through the courts.
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Bradenton
Fla
Claude Kirk
Manatee County
Kirk
Manatee
Gulf Coast
Tampa
U. S. Justice Department
Washington
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
Ben Krentzman
Department of Justice
District Court
U. S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Florida
Jack Davidson
Krentzman
National Library Week Theme Helps Business
National Library Week runs April 12 18 in Wisconsin with the theme The Library Can Help Business. Resources for businesspeople include marketing Atlases guides directories and publications from Wisconsin State Library and major outlets. Arabat Ludlow Library hours are 9 to 6 weekdays 1 to 5 Saturdays. Dolores Saemisch is the librarian.
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Warren Knowles
National Library Week
Donald Lamb
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Bohmrich
Cochairman
Carl Garny
Wauwatosa
NSW Citizens Committee
Register of Manufacturers
Standard Periodical
Monroe and County Directory
Wisconsin State Library
Business Week
Fortune
Nation's Business
Wall Street Journal
Arabat Ludlow
Dolores Saemisch
Former Green Beret Rheault accuses troops of drug use
AP reports former Green Beret Col Robert Rheault says U S troops in Vietnam use marijuana and any commander denying a drug problem is out of touch. Seven other Green Berets faced murder charges in a related case they were not convicted on. Rheault retired in October. A Saigon report notes enemy rockets hit central Saigon including a theater near Thieu's residence, killing one and wounding 36.
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Brookline
Mass
Green Beret
Robert Rheault
Vietnam
Rheault
U.S
Green
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Independence Palace
Ten More UW Teaching Assistants Ordered to Court
Ten more Teaching Assistants Association members at the University of Wisconsin ordered to appear in court, raising total court summons to 29 after a three week campus strike. Judge Sachtsen declared the strike illegal on April 1 and issued contempt citations for failing to carry out assignments, citing violation of the injunction.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Teaching Assistants Association
William Sachtsen
Sachtsen
Teamsters Vote to Authorize Walkout in Milwaukee
AP reports thousands of Teamsters Local 200 members voted to authorize a walkout but leaders cautioned against action without national approval. About 4,000 members rejected a proposed national contract with $1.10 hourly raises, while Milwaukee members want a $1.65 increase matching Chicago drivers.
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Milwaukee
Teamsters
National Headquarters
Teamsters Local
Chicago
SALT Talks Closer to Key U.S. Soviet Arms Talks
Washington negotiators led by Gerard Smith depart with secret White House guidance for a pivotal SALT round. They begin by briefing NATO allies in Brussels on the forthcoming U S Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Gerard Smith
Brussels
NATO
SALT
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James Gordee
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Janet Zimmerman
Bonnie Kay Nuckles
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Archie Gilbertson
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Ronald Wirth
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