Apollo 17 Ends Moon Mission in Safe Return
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan and Schmitt completed a three hour lunar rock and film transfer after circling the moon in Challenger and America. They gathered 249 pounds of moon rocks and dust, cleaned by Evans, while NASA and President Nixon pledged ongoing space exploration. They prepare for a 24 day return voyage with splashdown planned in the South Pacific on Tuesday.
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Challenger
America
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
Tion
Nixon
Mission Control
Earth
Apollo 17
Manned Spacecraft Center
South Pacific
Expect Motion For New Trial On 5 Counts For Garrett
Stanley Neil Garrett was found guilty on five charges including rape and aggravated sodomy plus attempted voluntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault after a trial that stretched three and a half days. His attorney said a motion for a new trial would be filed, with a Jan. 12 hearing tentatively set by District Court Judge Floyd Coffman.
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Jewel Scott Stanley
Neil Garrett
Garrett
Floyd Coffman
Coffman
Franklin County
Robert W. Green
Ottawa
Joe Ferns
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
James E. McCubbin
McCubbin
Ferns
Jeannette Schmoe
Lawrence
Green
Vietnam
Barbara
God
R. Michael Latimer
Latimer
Garret
Larned State Hospital
Nixon holds Vietnam peace talks at standstill before Christmas
Washington reports no announcement planned before Christmas as Nixon adviser Kissinger meets again with Rogers Laird and Moorer after secret Paris talks. White House says no travel plans to Saigon or Thieu. differences persist and pace seems slow.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Richard Helms
Ziegler
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Washington-Saigon
Moon Left Behind $10 Million In Lunar Debris
Apollo artifacts lie at six landing sites including two $2 million rovers and four-legged descent platforms. Some items, like two golf balls and a feather, mix with flags and plaques while rovers may be reactivated after power cell replacements.
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Earth
Soybean Prices Spark New Kansas Soybean Association
At Ottawa University Thursday the Kansas Soybean Association formed with 230 members. Elmer Buster warned prices may force farmers to boost yields for profitability while leaders like Harold Keuhn and C. Wesley Randell urged aggressive market development and a quality standard for soybean oil to stay competitive. The group elected officers, set Ottawa as the annual meeting site, and eyed foreign markets in Mexico and Eastern Europe for growth.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa Co-Op
Elmer Buster
Kansas Soga
Emporia
C. Wesley Randell
American Soybean Association
Harold Keuhn
Randell
Keuhn
Mexico
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Kansas Soybean Association
Ralph Smith
Iola
Milo Schroeder
Inman
Wayne Dicken
de Soto
Franklin County
Albert Kientz
Wamego
Robert Manson
Robert Korthanke
Robinson
Ralph Moore
Cargill, Inc
Wichita
Hyde Jacobs
Robert Bohannon
Kansas State University
Dicken
Manson
Verlin Peterson
Ottawa
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Trol
Mander
Rover
Harrison H. Schmitt
Truman
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Wallace Graham
Crites
KSA
Harold Kuehn
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