Apollo 16 duo separates Orion for lunar ascent
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. detached the lunar module Orion from the command ship and prepared to descend to a Descartes Mountains region plateau. Mission Control ordered potassium intake to prevent irregular heartbeats after previous crews’ issues.
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Young
Duke
Space Center
Houston
John W. Young
Charles
M. Duke Jr
Mission Control
Charles M. Duke Jr
Dulating
Descartes Mountains
Thomas
Columbia students stage strike to block access to Philosophy Hall
Striking students at Columbia University use voices and hands to stop classmates from entering Philosophy Hall as classes resume. Antiwar protest leaders vow that Columbia and other New York metropolitan campuses will be shut down by a student strike today.
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Columbia University
Philosophy Hall
Columbia
N. Y
UPI
New York City
School For International Affairs
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Leonardo
Protests erupt on campuses as antiwar protests clash
Across the United States antiwar protests surge on campuses. Maryland demonstrators clash with police near Route 1 in College Park, while Columbia University sees windows shattered. Rutgers and Iowa State report arrests and ROTC disruption as nationwide actions continue.
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Associated Press
University of Maryland
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Route 1
College Park
Navy
Newark
Rutgers University
Prudential Insurance Co
Prudential
New Jersey
Iowa State University
Ames
North Hollywood
Calif
Naval Reserve Training Center
Elderly East Aurora Couple Die in Two-Car Crash
Howard Powers 74 and Kathleen Powers 72, residents of East Aurora, were killed in a two car collision near the intersection of Powers Road and Chestnut Ridge Road in Orchard Park Wednesday night, police said.
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Ederly
Buffalo
East Aurora
Howard Powers
Kathleen
Powers
Powers Road
Cestnut Ridge Road
Orchard Park
Nixon to Bare Decision On Viet Within 10 Days
President Nixon nears a Viet Nam decision within ten days signaling whether withdrawals will continue after May 1 and indicating how U S policy may shape during an election year. Aides deny a final withdrawal rate is set while Haig and Asian experts report back from Vietnam.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi- Haiphong
Moscow
Peking
White House
Segisia
Potomac
Alexander M. Haig Jr
National Security Council
Haig
Bosneng
H.R. Haldeman
19 Injured In Essex Hotel Fire in Boston
A three alarm blaze at the Essex Hotel near South Station damaged the fourth and fifth floors and forced evacuation of over 300 guests. Nineteen people were injured mainly by smoke inhalation and treated at Boston City Hospital. officials estimated $75,000 in losses with heavy damage on the upper floors.
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Boston
Essex Hotel
South Station
Boston City Hospital
James Kelly
George Paul
Leslie Magoon
Man Dies in New York Apartment Fire
Charles Weikal, 52, perished in a fire that broke out in his chair in his Kenmore New York apartment police said He apparently fell asleep while smoking the blaze started in the chair and spread rapidly-
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Kenm
N.Y
Charles W. We*al
Weikal
House Democrats push 30 day war deadline vote
Democrats condemn renewed North Vietnamese bombing and Hanoi invasion, ordering a 30 day deadline for a withdrawal bill. House Foreign Affairs Committee to report within 30 days as the White House prepares a May troop withdrawal plan. Senate debates the war with parties split over bombing and Hanoi’s invasion.
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House
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South
U.S
Democratic Caucus
Hanoi-Haiphong
House Foreign Affairs Committee
South Vietnam
Thomas P O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Sam C'bbons
D-Fla
Dochina
White House
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Moscow
Senate
Barry Li
Goldwater
Rariz
Meany Sees Nixon Failing to Control Economy
AFL-CIO President George Meany told Congress the Nixon administration does not fairly manage the economy. He urged wage price policy reform and an excess profits tax, criticizing price controls as empty promises and noting rising prices and profits while wages stay near the Pay Board limit.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Nixon
Congress
Meany
Pay Board
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Herbert Stein
Pay
George Boldt
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Towboat Captain Missing After Explosions At Cannelton Locks
In Cannelton Indiana a towboat captain is missing and three crewmen injured after three barges exploded and burned near the Cannelton Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. Barge crewman Steve Johnson of Bowling Green Kentucky said two barges carrying gasoline and diesel fuel and an empty barge were being driven against a strong current when the first blast occurred.
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Cannelton, Ind
Cannelton Locks
Ohio River
Steve Johnson
Bowling Green
Inn Desk Clerk Arrested in Salisbury Strangling Case
Gustav Peetz 69, a Salisbury man, was arrested at a Connecticut state mental hospital on a charge of strangling Flora Swanson 59. Swanson’s body was found in her Salisbury home. Peetz had requested admission to Fairfield Hills Hospital soon after.
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Newtown, Conn
Salisbury
Gustav Peetz
Fairfield Hills Hospital
Flora Swanson
Oil Spill Reported Near Grass River Massena
MASSENA New York AP officials report a spill on the Grass River south of Massena described as considerable in magnitude. Ice floes contained most of the oil but some escaped into the St Lawrence River and the source and extent remain undetermined.
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Massena
N.Y
Grass River
Here
Department of Environmental Conservation
St. Lawrence River
May Switch Meeting Site Faces Cash and Logistical Hurdles
Republican leaders weigh moving the 1972 National Convention from San Diego to Miami Beach as costs rise and issues mount. RNC chairman Senator Robert Dole said a decision is needed soon with Friday possible. The New Orleans visit indicated Aug. 21 dates remain set pending site choice.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Miami Beach
Robert Dole
Kansas
Republican National Committee
New Orleans
Guerrilla execution shocks Belfast amid sectarian violence
A man was dumped from a car in a Catholic area of Belfast and shot multiple times as he lay in the road. Police report he is the 310th victim in 32 months of Northern Ireland communal violence.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Golda Meir to Visit Romania First by an Israeli Premier
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir plans a visit to Romania next month marking the first trip by an Israeli premier to a Communist state. Romanian Deputy Foreign Minister Georghe Macovescu delivered the invitation from Premier Ian Maurer. exact dates were not announced.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Romania
Georghe Macovescu
Israel
Meir
Ian Georghe Maurer
Police Run Dirty Book Shop in Midtown Manhattan
Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan disclosed a grand jury indictment against six distributing companies and 12 men for selling pornography after revealing a police operation that secretly ran a dirty book shop in midtown New York to penetrate organized pornography networks.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Strike Talks Break Off in Quebec Public Service Strike
A six hour session between leaders of about 200000 striking Quebec public servants and a cabinet committee ended without an agreement to end the ten day strike. No plans for renewed talks at the central bargaining table were announced.
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Quebec
Harvard Lampoon names worst films and performers of the year
The Harvard Lampoon declares A Clockwork Orange the year’s worst film and cites Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Eddie Egan, and Lana Wood as the worst performers in their respective roles for Carnal Knowledge, T R Baskin, The French Connection, and Diamonds Are Forever.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Lampoon
Wednesday
Jack Nicholson
Candice Bergen
T.R. Baskin
Eddie Egan
Lana Wood
Rockefeller OKs new parallel span for Hudson Bridge
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller authorized a new parallel span to the Bridge over the Hudson River with 90 percent federal aid sought for a 55 million project. The plan funds the westbound I 84 toll free traffic while eastbound uses the existing toll bridge until debt is retired in 1948, then tolls end.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hudson River
Rockefeller
Heavy fighting erupts anew near An Loc in two sectors
U S and South Vietnamese forces clash with North Vietnamese troops north and east of An Loc after a 1600 round artillery bombardment. U S 7th Fleet planes ships and shore batteries engaged enemy submarines and torpedo boats while B52 strikes target surrounding areas. Casualty figures mount on both sides as the siege continues.
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An Loc
Saigon
U.S
7Th Fleet
Higbee
Oklahoma City
Middway
McGovern Plans Ohio Primary Bid May Two
Senator George McGovern announced he will wage an all-out campaign in the May 2 Ohio Democratic primary while predicting victories in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. He argued the war and economy shift in importance and defended rival Muskie while criticizing Governor Shapp’s support for Muskie.
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Senator Muskie
Ohio
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
George McGovern
South Dakota
Columbus
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Fort Wayne
Ind
McGovern
Pittsburgh
Erie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Milton J. Shapp
Edmund S. Muskie
Shapp
Humphrey
Otto Griebling Dies at 75 Leading American Clown
Otto Griebling the German born pantomimist once regarded as America’s leading clown died in St. Clare’s Hospital after a brief illness. He was nine days shy of his 76th birthday and is pictured in a 1968 photograph.
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Otto Griebling
America
St. Clare's Hospital
Terday
UPI
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