Apollo 17 astronauts begin long trip back to Earth
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans prepare a 6:33 p.m. EST engine burn to depart lunar orbit and head toward a South Pacific splashdown. They report orange moon soil color near Sulpicius Gallus crater and plan a Sunday spacewalk to retrieve film and data.
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Earth
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison JH
Schmitt
Ronald J. Yang
Cernan
Sehmitt
Lunar
Moon
Sulpicius Gallus
Cernun
Lehmilt
Fivans
Spaceship
Evans
Irradiated ham on rye on the space menu
Apollo 17 astronauts aboard are testing irradiated ham in sandwiches as part of future space food. The ham, treated to kill bacteria, could last three to five years without refrigeration, aiding feeding programs if approved by regulators.
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Apollo
Aod
Malcolm C. Smith
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch of Food and Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
Smith
Truman in very serious condition at age 88
Kansas City AP report says former President Harry S. Truman remained in very serious condition as doctors at Research Hospital continued efforts to restore kidney function. At 10 a.m. EST a hospital spokesman said he had a quiet night, kidney output was not ideal but not worsening, and his semiconscious state and stable vital signs persisted.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Reaserch Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Weirton Coke Plant Explosion Kills 19 Workers
A coke plant at Weirton Steel in West Virginia exploded, killing 19 men and injuring over 20. Officials cited seeping coke oven gas as the cause, with investigations by federal and state agencies to follow. The blast occurred as workers were finishing a coffee break, and many identifications will rely on dental records.
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Weirton
W. VA
Byrom
Koppers Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Koppers
Weirton Steel
National Steel of Pittsburgh
Koppers, Weirton
Petition Denial In Farr Contempt Case
A U S District Court judge denied a petition to free William Farr the Los Angeles Times reporter who has been jailed since November twenty seventh on an indefinite contempt of court charge for refusing to identify which of six attorneys in the Charles Manson trial supplied him restricted information for a story.
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Los Angeles
William Farr
U.S
Farr
Charles Manson
Los Angeles Times
Nixon to name Seali U N ambassador predicted by aides
President Nixon plans to appoint John A. Seali a White House consultant and former newsman as the next U N ambassador. Seali, 54, helped secure Nixon trips to Peking and Moscow and would replace George Bush who leaves the post to head the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
Nixon
John A. Seali
White House
U.S
United Nations
Seali
Peking
Moscow
Seals
George Bush
U.N. Post
Republican National Committee
Seven wounded in three Belfast hit-and-run attacks
Guerrillas shot seven people in Belfast during three attacks last night. Three men outside a Protestant social club on Springfield Road were shot, followed by three Catholics shot on a North Belfast street. Earlier a 16 year old Protestant youth was shot outside a cafe. One Catholic victim remained in serious condition.
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Belfast
Springfield Road
New president named for United Mine Workers in election
The Labor Department announced 49 year old Arnold Miller, a retired coal miner, as president of the United Mine Workers. Miller won with 70,373 votes to incumbent W A Tory Boyle's 56,334 as final unofficial totals were reported in the court ordered vote.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
Miller
W.A
Tory” Boyle
Three Attacks Hit Bien Hoa Airbase Near Saigon
Communist gunners launched three attacks on Bien Hoa airbase 1 mile north of Saigon, striking the large U.S. and South Vietnamese installation with more than 20 rockets.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
U.S
Thai plan to move US Air Force HQ after cease-fire
Field Marshal Thanom Kitlakachorn announced the 7th Air Force Headquarters would relocate from Saigon to Nakorn Phanom in Thailand near the Mekong River. The move, code named Blue Chip, follows discussions with US ambassador Leonard Unger and aims to counter possible cease-fire violations. About 4,000 Americans at Nakorn Phanom would be replaced. Thailand hosts 49,000 American servicemen at Udorn and other bases under the 713th Air Force command. Nakorn Phanom reportedly chosen for its top secret Task Force Alpha computer facility involved in electronic surveillance of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Bangkok
Thanom Kitlikachorn
Thailand
U.S. Air Force
Indochina
Saigon
Vietnam
Thanom
7Th Air Force
Nakorn Phanom
Mekong River
U.S
Leonard Unger
Air Force
Nakern Phanom
Blue Chip
Udorn
Ubon
Takhli
Korat
Nam Phong
Utapao
713Th Air Force
Vientiane
Laos
Task Force Alpha
Flat rats trap muskrat on tiny island off Lake St. Clair
North Island, Michigan, hosts Bob and Bernetha Basney, the last of the “flat rats.” They live 50 years on the 0.75 mile long island off Lake St. Clair, trapping about 1,000 muskrats annually for meat and pelts. They survive with a band radio, boat or snowmobile, and rely on minnows for bait. They fear storms and isolation, wintering through ice and snow.
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North Island, Mich
Bob
Bernetha Basney
Lake St. Clair
Detroit
Basney
Basneys
Mrs. Basney
Quiet Soviet surveillance eases against 6th Fleet in Med
Admiral Frederick Turner said Soviet tracking of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean has become more relaxed since the August accident prevention pact. Soviet ships keep distance but remain present, and Egyptian-based overflights have ended as Egypt-Soviet ties soured.
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Forrestal
The
Mediterranean
Washington
Moscow
Frederick Turner
6Th Fleet
Turner
Egypt
Soviet Union
Regents say HEW is taking over higher education
Regents in AMES reject federal guidelines affecting state universities. They say HEW plans would shift planning, coordination and implementation from state control, potentially creating a new board to oversee higher education. Regents protest that curricula control and broad powers exceed the act’s scope.
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Hew
AMES
Department of Health Education and Welfare
State Board of Regents
Regents
Stanley Redeker
HW. Rand Petersen
Larlan
Iowa Agencies Seek One Third Budget Increase
Des Moines AP reports eighty-two state department and agency heads urged Gov. Robert Ray to raise the state budget by about 33 percent for the 1973-75 biennium, requesting roughly 1.936 billion dollars. Spending on education dominates requests with the Department of Public Instruction seeking a rise to over 466 million, about 110 million for local district aid, and the Board of Regents proposing 262 million.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Ray
Marvin Selden
Nat Selden
School Funding Foundation
Department of Public Instruction
Ste Board of Regents
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