Light Plane Collides With Continental 707 At L A
An in flight collision near Loss Angeles International Airport left a light Cessna 130 with two injured pilots and a jetliner, Continental Airlines Boeing 707, landing safely with no injuries aboard. The 707 carried eighty seven passengers and nine crew. The FAA cited radar control and noted this was the first in flight collision involving a jet approaching the airport.
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Worden Takes First Walk In Deep Space Draft Lottery
Washington AP reports the 1952 draft lottery assigned numbers to men turning 19 this year. No. 1 went to those born Dec 4. results show capsules drawn after lengthy mixing despite a leap year. Officials note the draft may wind down as Congress considers new laws and manpower needs fall.
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Ky Is Ruled Off Ballot in Saigon Election Case
The Supreme Court ruled Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky ineligible for the October election, finding 39 of his 102 endorsements duplicated Thieu's petitions. Thieu qualified with 452 councilmen and 104 Assembly endorsements, while Minh's petition included 27 deputies and 11 senators. Ky and Tran can appeal by August 24. Minh threatened to quit if Thieu rigs the vote.
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Ellsberg Ordered To Go To California
Federal judge ordered Daniel Ellsberg to California in a secret government removal proceeding over possession of the Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg, a MIT researcher, faced Espionage Act charges. Garrity ruled wiretap evidence irrelevant to the postindictment removal action and set Ellsberg to report to federal authorities in Los Angeles.
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SAS Denies Swedish POW Flight Plans for 187 Prisoners
AP report notes SAS rejected a plan to airlift 187 American POWs from Laos to Europe via West Germany and Rome. Spokesman said private sources misquoted and no decision to proceed was made. The matter involved denials from SAS and Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter, with editors declining to disclose sources.
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Casualties For US Low During Week
The U S command reported 14 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week, a six year low in battlefield deaths, with 15 other nonhostile deaths. Six of the battle deaths happened in action, and two previously missing were confirmed dead. 71 Americans were wounded. South Vietnamese casualties rose to 328 killed and 721 wounded in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Allied forces reported 1,634 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed, up slightly. North and South Vietnamese attacks continued, though northern central Saigon areas saw fewer contacts while the Mekong delta saw more. American battlefield deaths remain at their lowest level since mids.
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Worden's deep space space walk on Apollo 15
Al Worden performed the first deep space EVA by stepping from Apollo 15’s cabin nearly 200,000 miles from Earth. He floated in a 25-foot tether, retrieved film canisters, inspected gear, and photographed the moment as Mission Control tracked the activity from Endeavour. Irwin assisted and documented the display, with Worden describing the view as breathtaking.
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Moist Air Brings Hope Of More Rain
Moisture-laden air over the Permian Basin gives a 20 percent chance of rain today and Friday with mild high temperatures near 85 and a low around 65. A National Weather Service spokesman says rain should reach West Texas this afternoon tonight and Friday if sufficient heat triggers moisture. Earlier, heavy downpours eased but caused flash flood warnings in Southeast Texas and coastal plains. rainfall totals topped 7.5 inches around Flalom at and Schulenburg, 6.08 inches at Beaumont airport.
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