Astronauts To Meet Families After Moon Mission Return
Apollo 16 crew John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly will depart the recovery carrier Ticonderoga by helicopter for Hawaii then fly to Ellington Air Force Base Houston. They carry 245 pounds of moon rocks film and data for analysis and researchers expect rocks from the Descartes highlands to show volcanic history of the moon.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Houston
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Hawaii
Hickam Air Force Base
Ellington Air Force Base
Manned Spacecraft Center
Tex
Ticonderoga
Moon
Descartes Highlands
Young
Duke
Mattingly
Pacific
Charles A. Berry
NASA
Life Sciences
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Irwin
Scott
Apollo
Berry
Planet X predicted as 10th planet beyond Pluto
UC Berkeley astronomers led by Joseph Brady propose a tenth planet, Planet X, 300 times Earth's mass and six billion miles from the sun. Based on Halley's Comet orbital anomalies, the body would orbit in 512 years with a highly inclined path, making detection extremely difficult.
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Earth
Pluto
Brady
Halley
Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Neptune
Milky Way
Northern offensive drives toward Quang Tri and Hue
North Vietnamese forces push south from Quang Tri threatening Hue and overrunning bases while Highway 1 is cut. U.S. air support scales back, with tanks and APCs hit, 28 U.S. air crew casualties, and 100,000 refugees. Fire bases Bastogne and Checkmate fall as Ho Chi Minh offensive widens.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Hue
South Vietnam
Highway 1
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S
Bastogne
Checkmate
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
Pearson Lands Nixon Program
Senator James B. Pearson praised the Nixon administration for broad state efforts to aid minority businesses, noting nearly 9,000 benefitting and 47 million dollars spent on over 1,100 ventures. He spoke at a minority business conference and at a CMS Electric Cooperative meeting in Meade. He urged private initiative alongside federal aid and urged REA cooperatives to boost rural development and survival.
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Kansas City, Kan
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Richard Nixon
Pearson
CMS Electric Cooperative
Meade
Kan
Rural Electric Cooperative
America
REA
Daylight Saving Time Changes Scheduled Across States
The piece notes clocks move forward one hour on the last Sunday in April and return on the final Sunday in October. It explains which states will stay on Standard Time and mentions exemptions allowing some zones to opt out. Congress and the Uniform Time Act govern time changes.
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Congress
Hawaii
Arizona
Michigan
Indiana
Utah
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Texas
Ottawa Chamber pushes multiple parking plans
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce rates new parking ideas including 30 degree angle parking on Main, right turns on red after a stop, downtown bicycle racks, and metering in prime lots. City Manager Robert Mills notes these changes aim to speed traffic, cut main street collisions, and shift spaces away from all day employee use. city action timelines remain uncertain.
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Robert Mills
Main
Mills
State GOP Begin Delegate Selection TOPEKA
Kansas Republicans convened to complete a 20 member delegate and 20 alternates selection for the Republican National Convention. District conventions elected delegates and alternates across five districts. A luncheon followed Sen. Bob Dole keynote. Hruska predicted Nixon appointee Kleindienst would be confirmed as attorney general noting no evidence of guilt.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Bob Dole
Republican National Committee
Hruska
Senate
Richard Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Richard Kleindienst
Prominent Blacks Back McGovern Campaign in Ohio
National Black Democrats including Rep. John Conyers Jr and Sen. Coleman Young endorsed George S. McGovern as he campaigned in Ohio black communities. Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson planned to join later. Ralph Abernathy’s status unclear. Humphrey held rallies in Indiana while facing McGovern in Ohio and Indiana primaries.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
George S. McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ohio
John Conyers Jr
Coleman Young
Michigan
McGovern
California
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Georgia
Julian Bond
Chicago
Jesse Jackson
Ralph Abernathy
Abernathy
Humphrey
C. J. McLin
Dayton
Black Legislative Caucus
Indiana
George C. Wallace
Alabama
District of Columbia
Indianapolis
Wallace
Minnesota
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
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Emporia
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Williamsburg High School
Williamsburg-Ottawa Wildlife Conservation Club
George Walyer
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
National Rifle Association
Bam
Baromoter
Bong Son
Binh Dinh
Lynn C. Newland
Nixon
Chamber
GOP
McDill
Roman Hruska
R-Neb
Senate Judiciary Committee
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