Moon rocks from Apollo 12 larger than Apollo 11 finds
Scientists at SPACE CENTER Houston study Apollo 12 rocks, some over five inches long and weighing up to four pounds, with large crystalline samples and moon dust. Astronauts Conrad and Bean remain in quarantine aboard the Hornet as the Lunar Receiving Laboratory opens the first two chests and prepares further analysis.
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Space Center, Houston
Dan Anderson
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Anderson
Hawey
Conrad
Beau
Richard F. Garlen Jr
Hawaii
Lunar
Moon
Bean
Earth
Unions Renew National Rail Strike Threat
Washington unions renew a nationwide rail strike threat as marathon bargaining with railroads aims for a wage deal before a government no strike period expires next Wednesday. Labor Department mediation begins Friday. management cites progress.
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National Rail
Washington
William W. Winpisinger
Labor Department
Nixon
Congress
Twin Cities CHIT CHAT Hugh Taylor Recovering at Home
Hugh Taylor of West Monroe is recuperating at home after surgery at Glenwood Hospital. After the holidays he will return to the hospital for further surgery.
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Hugh Taylor
Register
West Monroe
Glenwood Hospital
Hoarrow Cartwright Family Returns From Arkansas Trip
Mr and Mrs Hoarrow Cartwright and daughters Lisa and Terri travel home from Paragould Arkansas after spending Thanksgiving with her farm. En route they visited his parents in Memphis Tennessee.
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Hoarrow Cartwright
Lisa
Terri
Paragould Ark
Memphis, Tenn
Suspect Seized After Athens Office Blast
Greek police arrested Jordanian citizen Elias Dekarabetian after an explosion wrecked the El Al office in Athens injuring 13. The injured include an American couple from Dallas Mr and Mrs MacLean and British agent Alphonse Dimeck. A hand grenade was used and the office suffered heavy damage at Constitution Square near Olympic Airways and United Airways terminals.
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Athens
el al
Elias Dekarabetian
Dallas
Tex
MacLean
Alphonse Dimeck
London
Shalom Sandon
Shadon
Constitution Square
Olympic Airways
United Arab Airlines
Gore Defends His Tax Cut Proposal
Sen Albert Gore defends raising the personal income tax exemption amid opposition from administration officials. He proposes boosting the exemption to 1000 dollars in four yearly steps, possibly accepting 800 if needed to win votes. debate touches oil depletion allowances and foundation tax rules.
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Gore
Washington
Albert Gore
Senate
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
House
Senate Finance Committee
Allen
John J. Williams
R-Del
Jacob K. Javits
R-Nly
Javits
Saigon Police Crack Down On Black Market
South Vietnamese police with customs and U S military police began a 10 day crackdown on Saigons black market. Officials would not confirm, but sources said President Thieu ordered action after US Senate findings. Raids targeted illegal money changers and vendors of goods from post exchanges or warehouses. Large seizures of cigarettes and radios were reported.
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Saigon
U.S
Neuven van Thieu
Senate
Thieu
Holiday Weather Outlook With Showers Possible
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a slight chance of showers and cooler temperatures. Highs 64 to 68 today, 58 to 62 Friday. lows 42 to 44 tonight. Winds easterly 5 to 15 mph, shifting to north-northeast 12 to 18 mph late today. Rain chances 40 percent today, 20 percent Friday. Dew points vary daytime, with cooler nights. Sunshine 20 to 30 percent today and Friday. Selman Field Monroe reports 69 degrees high, 51 degrees low. no rain recorded in Twin Cities by the agency.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Monroe
Twin Cities
Agenes
Chuckle Cartoon Caption About Fat Man Jokes
A humor caption observes not laughing at a fat man as a life boy gone to waist. The line turns on wordplay about waist and wasted time, reflecting a light local humor tone.
U S Troops Dine On Hot Turkey Today Amid Vietnam War Protest
About 100 American GIs and medical staff at a Saigon hospital skipped Thanksgiving dinner to protest the Vietnam War. The U S Command reported light fighting nationwide with weekly enemy casualties rising. 130 Americans were killed that week, plus 53 wounded, as U S aid and withdrawals proceeded amid Paris talks.
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Saigon
Plesku
17S. Command
Vietnam
Paris
Kiting
Thanksgiving Day Bounty Shared Nationwide Across States
Thanksgiving observances spread from the White House where 232 senior citizens were invited to dine with President Nixon, to Salvation Army meals in New York and Chicago. Reports describe communities delivering turkey dinners, pies, and bags of food to the aged and needy, including police and volunteers aiding hunger relief efforts.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
White House
Plymouth Colony
Inet
Nixon
Faily
Washington
Salvation Army
Chicago
Union Rescue Massion
Los Angeles
Huntington
WoVa
Fam
Kenneth Marecom
Eve Fmund
Clildren
Petiee
South Chi Dig
Egypt Rejects U S Peace Plan in Middle East
Cairo press reports Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad sent a note to U S Secretary of State William P. Rogers rejecting the idea of a piecemeal settlement and demanding a comprehensive deal addressing the entire Arab- Israeli conflict. The report notes Sisco’s coming Middle East trip and cites ongoing clashes in the Golan Heights and at Suez Canal.
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Associated Press
Egypt
U.S
Middle East
Cairo
al Gumburriya
Mahmoud Riad
William P. Rogers
al Gumhurriya
Joseph Sisco
Sisco
Israel
Arab Warners
Vamed Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Isrin Arbilere
Nahbal Golan
Gian
Dead Sea
Teraeli
Suse
Jeotin
Jopael
Tebow
Eresel
Israeli Report Egyptian Plane Downed In Battle
An Egyptian MIG jet was shot down in air combat over the Suez Canal as Israel says another Egyptian aircraft fell to anti aircraft fire. A spokesman noted the raid by Egyptian warplanes targeting Israeli positions in central and southern Suez Canal areas.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
Redax
Tera
Tspaeos
Choota
Israeti
Centrand
Suez Cape
President Nixon attends surprise N S O concert
President Nixon paid a surprise visit to the National Symphony Orchestra concert at Constitution Hall Wednesday night, greeting musicians and attendees after entering unannounced.
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Nixon
National Symphony Orchestra
Constitution Hall
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South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
31St Infantry
Tokyo
Turkey
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