Apollo 16 Countdown Begins for Moon Landing
Cape Kennedy Fla The launch team powered the Saturn 5 rocket to start the Apollo 16 countdown. The clock began at 8 30 a m EST with liftoff target 12 54 p m Sunday. Astronauts John W Young Charles M Duke Jr and Thomas K Mattingly prepared in simulators for descent to the lunar highlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Lunar
Young
Duke
Moon
Wise Girl Scouts Tour Historic Sites in Mid-Atlantic Visit
Twenty three Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts from the Great Blue Heron Council toured Maryland Virginia and Washington DC during a 10 day spring vacation. They stayed with Braddock Heights Troop 919 at the Church of the Transfiguration and learned Frederick history from G Bernard Callan Jr. The trip included visits to Antietam Hagerstown Charlottesville Williamsburg and Rockwood National Scout Camp. Weather mild but travel slowed four cars as Wisconsin leaders and local hosts coordinated reunions and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakesha
Wisconsin
Great Blue Heron Council
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Braddock Heights
Church of the Transfiguration
Washington
Antietam
Hagerstown
Charlottesville
Williamsburg
Richard Jahnke Wakesha
Myron Randall
National Center West
Wyoming
Two Arrested In Hijack Attempts
California man Stanley Harlan Speck, 31, was arrested after a Pacific Southwest Airlines 727 was ordered to land at Lindbergh Field. Earlier, Richard Floyd McCoy, 29, was charged in a Colorado hijacking with $500 000 ransom. The Sunday incident marked the eighth parachute hijack attempt in under five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
California
Stanley Harlan Speck
San Francisco
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Lindbergh Field
Speck
Provo
Utah
United Air Lines
Colorado
Sky Pirate
Richard Floyd McCoy
Concert Review Highlights Repetitive History In Calm Finale
The critique describes the second half as faster paced yet lightly singing, with piano pieces that feel timelessly repetitive. A duet by Morath and Mr Edison's invention rescues the program, delivering a memorable contrast and ending the concert season with light philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morath
Mr. Edison
Mary Paulham
Nixon to address parliament during Ottawa state visit
President Nixon arrives in Ottawa for a three day state visit and will address a joint session of Parliament. He and Mrs Nixon will sign the Great Lakes water quality agreement with Prime Minister Trudeau at a Saturday ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Great Lakes
Ottawa
White House
Pierre Alcott Trudeau
Roland Michener
Senate
House of Commons
Admiral Richmond to Speak at Hunt Valley Rotary Banquet
Rear Admiral Chester A. Richmond Jr of the U S Coast Guard will headline the three day Rotary International District 762 conference at Hunt Valley April 14 to 16. The talk on Protection of the Marine Environment is under the Maryland Academy of Sciences, with NSF cooperation. Richmond is Chief, Office of Research and Development, Coast Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt Valley
Chester A. Richmond Jr
U.S. Coast Guard
Maryland Academy of Sciences
Academy
National Science Foundation
Richmond
Office of Research and Development
United States Coast Guard
Pentagon Largest Office Building in the World
The Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, stands as the world’s largest office building by area and capacity. Its five-sided design houses thousands of military and civilian staff across numerous agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
U.S. Department of Defense
Also Mentioned on This Page
Girl Scouts
Kathy Jahnke
Alice Slusher
Kathy Browne
Jeanne Schramke
Mary Lynn Jahnke
Ruth Ann Randall
Becky Moss
Jahnke
Mary Ann Brisk
Lois McDonough
Lisa Noel
Bridget McDonough
Ellen Schulz
Debbie Mueller
Rita Rolfson
Bev McElmeel
Mary Findley
Marty McElwee
Kim Klemenek
Jennie Reil
Roxanne Giese
Mary Beth Ford
Gail Brazeau
Cathy Stewart
Daphne Fifarek
Patti Peterson
Lynn Whittemore
Jackie Lud
George Train
W.M. Kubrick
Linda
Joyce Train
Lynn Kubrick
Eleanor Randall
Beth Phelps
Gale Wachter
Kathi Winpigler
Sally Whitesell
Susan Hawkins
Susan Shipley
Cindy Everly
Teresa Callahan
Ann Schaffer
Kris Lennox
Katie
Elizabeth Colliver
Diane
Donna Crouse
Dacron Marquisette
Dacron
Dacron Ninon
Jamie Time
Hendrikan
Frederick
Parliament
Ond
Trudeau
Whittington
Chevrolet
Cadillac
E. Patrick St. Frederick, Md
Stoffer-Sanner
Marvels
del Rio
DuPont
Ridgemoor
Deere
IDF
Herculon
Frederick Towne Mall
Elmwood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!