Apollo 17 fires thrusters for splashdown target
Apollo 17 crew Harrison Schmitt Eugene Cernan and Ronald Evans fired a nine second burn to aim for a 2 24 p m est splashdown in the South Pacific 400 miles southeast of Samoa. USS Ticonderoga on station reported near perfect weather as recovery helicopters prepared to escort the command ship America to the ocean.
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Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
South Pacific
Samoa
Pacific
USS
Ticonderoga
America
U S Loses 3 Planes In Heaviest Raids on Hanoi Haiphong
AP Saigon reports U S planes conducted the heaviest night raid on the Hanoi Haiphong area with two B52s and a fill fighter bomber lost and eight fliers missing. Hanoi says six missing crew captured and presented. seven airmen rescued in Thailand. Hanoi claims several Allied planes shot down. search for crews continues.
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U. S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Saigon
United States
Hanoi
Thailand
Tragic Crash Kills Biden Wife and Daughter
Delaware Senator Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. loses his wife Nelia and 18 month old daughter Amy in a tractor trailer collision near Hockessin. Biden’s two sons, ages four and three, are hospitalized with injuries. truck driver Curtis C. Dunn also injured. Police describe the wagon’s stop sign maneuver and the ensuing wreck. Biden returns to Wilmington after the accident to support his family.
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Wilmington
Del
Joseph R. Biden Jr
U. S. Senate
Biden
Nelia
Hockessin
Nixon moves to boost nation's strained fuel supplies
President Nixon allowed immediate use of 1973 oil allocations by importers and lifted the Virgin Islands refined petroleum cap. The White House actions aim to increase heating oil production and speed deliveries as severe winter tightens fuel stocks nationwide, with potential 35 000 barrel daily mainland shipments from the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
Nixon
Virgin Islands
White House
Secretary of the Interior
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Midwest
White House Defends Clements Oil Deal Suit
The White House says a civil suit accusing William P. Clements Jr. of conspiracy and fraud over an Argentine oil contract does not disqualify him from the deputy secretary of defense post. Clements says he is not a defendant and Sedco, Inc. is not facing suit, while Diaz seeks millions in commissions and damages.
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Clements
Defense Post
Washington
William P. Clements Jr
Dallas
Sedco, Inc
Sedco
Tom B. Rhodes
U.S
Southeastern Drilling Corp
Southeastern Drilling Co
Argentina
S.A
Antonio T. Diaz
Southeastern
Diaz
Texas
William P. Clements
Nixon
Defense
Oil well contract dispute cited in six year old suit
A six year old civil case against the man and his company alleges conspiracy and fraud in a contract related to an oil well. The report mentions published reports and accuses the claims of being unfair and misleading.
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UPI
Scissors Found Hazardous During Apollo 17 Reentry Search
Apollo 17 astronauts hunt for a misplaced pair of scissors feared to become a dangerous projectile on reentry to Earth. Mission control orders a thorough search of the spacecraft as splashdown nears following Ron Evans misplacement on the first leg of the moon mission.
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America
Mission Control
Ron Evans
UPI
Twelve arraigned in Attica riot indictments at small New York courthouse
In WarSaw New York twelve former Attica inmates were arraigned on murder to assault charges as part of 37 indictments from the grand jury. More indictments were expected as the state seeks blame for the uprising that left 43 dead. Pickets protested outside, calling for attention to prison conditions.
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Warsaw
N.Y
Attica State Prison
Upstate
New York
Auburn State Prison
Attica Brothers
Wyoming County Sheriff's Deputies
Erie County
Pentagon Says Renewed Bombing Of North Vietnam Major
The Pentagon described renewed U S bombing of North Vietnam as a very major effort with attacks on military targets not previously struck. Military sources say about 100 B52s have been used, roughly half the bombers in Southeast Asia.
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Hanoi
Nixon
Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Hanoi-Haiphong
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Electronics Pioneer Walter J. Brown Dies at 72
Stamford Connecticut AP reports Walter J. Brown, radar tube inventor and electronics pioneer, died at 72 after a long illness. Brown helped develop radar, high fidelity and miniature radios, created a pocket size radio in 1945, and led the smooth speed regulator used to automate sewing machines and other motors.
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Stamford, Conn
Walter J. Brown
Brown
Auto-Theft Ring Arrests Reported in Major Bust
The government announced the latest arrests in a sprawling auto theft ring, with four in New York City and nine in New Jersey, described as one of the FBI’s largest investigations of its kind.
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New York
New York City
New
Ark
FBI
Boyle Resigns As UMW Chief After Court Defeat
Washington AP Boyle steps down as United Mine Workers president after a decade in power. Reformers led by Arnold Miller won the court ordered election, and a caretaker transfer is set to avoid further disputes. Yardley Yablonski, son of slain leader Jock Yablonski, calls the move surrender to member will.
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Washington
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
Boyle
International Executive Board
New York
Reform
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
Joseph
Chip” Yablonski
MFD
Joseph A
Jock
Yablonski
Truman Said More Alert After Restful Night
Former President Harry S. Truman remained in very serious condition but seemed more alert after a restful night at Research Hospital. Spokesman John Dreves reported increased kidney output yet it's still under 10 percent, with fluid restriction and continued semiconsciousness and occasional words.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
John Dreves
Truman
Drewes
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Dreves
President Truman
Report On Missing Heroin Discrepancies Revisited
The State Investigation Commission found 68 pounds of heroin discrepancies in eight narcotics seizures 144 years ago. The report said detectives overstated seized amounts versus what police lab received and blamed no one for the lapses. Authorities now probe how 80 pounds from the trench Connection case of 1962 left police custody.
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New York
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Herow
Trench
Mayor Corning to Be Star Witness In Albany SIC Probe
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning, in office 31 years, is slated as star witness as the State Investigation Commission resumes hearings into Albany procurement and alleged kickbacks. Witnesses described irregularities, private profiteering, and influence by the Albany County Democratic Committee as cases of city funds and contracting were scrutinized.
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N.Y
Erastus Corning
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Corning
Albany County Democratic Committee
William E. Carey
Carey
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