Apollo 14 moon explorers return to Earth in quarantine
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr Edgar D Mitchell and Stuart A Roosa landed at Ellington Air Force Base after a 14 hour flight from American Samoa. They were greeted by families and officials before beginning two weeks of quarantine to prevent lunar germs.
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and Shepard
Apollo 14
Houston
Roosa
New Orleans
Shepard
Mitchell
Moon
Fra Mauro Highlands
No Mail Delivery Monday for Washington Birthday Weekend
Post offices observe holiday schedules Monday February 15 no city or rural carrier delivery and no window service. Tegals Sunday collection remains available and lock box service operates. Special delivery services will be observed across receipts and dispatches.
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Washington
R. J. Myers
Tegals
Monroe Blood Drive Surpasses Quota at Turner Hall
Monroe exceeded its 140 pint goal as 168 pints were donated during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at Turner Hall. Volunteers and officials including Mrs. Gene Dawson and Mrs. Greg Wenger announced the total, with multiple donors earning one to four gallon pins and many others donating for ongoing medical needs.
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Route 4
Monroe
American Red Cross
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Monroe High School
Lucy Thompson
Waterloo
Times
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Red Cross
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Gene Dawson
Greg Wenger
Jaycette
Gary Brugger
Route 2
Morton Wittner
Robert C. Fey
Route 3
Calvin Strahm
New
Glarus
William Roth
John Reese
Richard Leuzinger
Robert Ostby
Willis Stokes
James Larson
Ernest Abbuehl
Robert Kubly
Women of the Moose
Fred Felder
Richard Carroll
St. Victor’s Altar Society
Terry Buening
C. E. Baumle
James T. Curry
John Frant
Wayne Obert
South Wayne
Madison
Kohli
Monroe High School Key Club
Steve Reese
Steve Wilde
Dave Rufenacht
Bill Pfund
Jim Connors
Brad Stiner
Jay Meythaler
Mike Wells
John Zupane
Chuck Will
Mark Krattiger
Jim Bahler
Curt Bahler
Mmes
Harvey Klassy
J. T. Etter
James Bruce
G. L. Tullett
Ted Scheffer
Edward Zupane
Floyd Coplien Sr
Ron Gavigan
Robert Brauchle
Fred Dearth
W. T. Wedesky
Women’s Guild of St. John’s United Church of Christ
Karl Burkhalter
Durwood Dunaway
Roy Gempeler
Arthur Benkert
Charles Buehler
Robert Zimmerman
Richard Wyss
Eugene Mei
Kenneth Norder
David Ambler
Wayne Stroessner
Richard Glendenning
Paul
Israel Likely to Reject Jarring Peace Proposals
Reported U N peace envoy Gunnar V Jarring proposed a settlement plan under which Jordan would control the Gaza Strip prompting Israeli officials to say he overstepped his mandate. The Gaza area remains under Israeli troop control with a Palestinian population. AEY Biscayne Florida AP President Nixon meets with Rogers and others to unveil a state of the world message for Congress. Kissinger says a lengthy document will be released February 25.
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Jordan
Gaza Strip
AEY Biscayne
Fila
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Congress
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Photographers Missing After Helicopter Shot Down in Laos
Saigon officials said no one survived the downed South Vietnamese helicopter that carried four press photographers, among them Henry Huet and Larry Burrows, with four missing and presumed dead.
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Saigon
Laos
Henry Huet
Associated Press
Larry Burrows
Life Magazine
Kent Potter
United Press International
Newsprint Usage Seen Surging in 1970s
Madison AP reports University of Wisconsin professor Jon Udell estimates national newsprint consumption could top 13.1 million tons annually in the 1970s, a 34.5 percent rise from 8.7 million tons in 1969, reflecting broad industry growth.
Twenty Planes Downed in Laos Cambodia War Report
AP reports twenty U.S. aircraft were shot down or crashed in Laos and Cambodia amid heavy air support. At least 16 Americans killed and 7 wounded. U.S. helicopters flew 500 missions across the border Thursday. South Vietnamese and American forces claim several enemy loots and air losses across Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam with multiple aircraft totals including five helicopters downed in Laos and four in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
A Shan
U. S
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
U. S. Command
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Air Force
Phan Rang
California Death Toll Rises to Sixty in Quake Tolling
Officials tallied 60 deaths from Southern California quake as rescue teams continued sifting debris at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar. Damage estimates climbed to 1 billion dollars with 39 bodies recovered and a survivor rescued after 58 hours.
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Los Angeles
California
Veterans Administration Hospital
Sylmar
Frank Carbonara
Carbonara
San Fernando Valley
Legislature Rejects Bus Subsidy Fee Increase Proposal
State Rep. Joseph Tregoning states the Mass Transit Sub-committee voted 4 to 3 against raising registration fees for autos trucks cycles and dealers. He argues the plan would tax rural residents to subsidize cities and says city bus finances should seek local support rather than statewide funding.
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Shullsburg
Legislative Council Mass Transit
Tregoning
States General Fund
Monroe Evening Times
WEKZ
Green County
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