Apollo 16 Astronauts Ready for Moon Mission
Apollo 16 crew John Young Charles Duke and Thomas Mattingly finish thirteen months of training then prepare for a Sunday liftoff. They will rehearse critical maneuvers in space ship trainers and review flight plans before landing near Descartes Crater in the lunar highlands.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
John W. Young
Charles M, Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Young
Duke
Mattingly
Moon
Crater
Descartes
Storms and High Winds Lash Texas Stateswide
Severe storms, dust and hail swept across Texas with Bridgeport and Sanger sustaining damages and one injury. A Pecos dust storm created sand layers and 80 mph gusts touched down near multiple towns as El Paso reported 60 mph winds. A fatal truck crash at the Automotive Proving Grounds near Pecos killed 38-year-old Clemente Urquidez. Martha Skidmore was critically injured near Ranger in another crash.
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Associated Press
Texas
Pecos
Fort Worth
Denton
Roanoke
Austin
Eagle Pass
Weatherford
National Weather Service
New Mexico
Parker County
Gaines County
Weather Service
Bridgeport
Sanger
Gainesville
Graford
Mineral Wells
Decatur
Far
el Paso
Automotive Proving Grounds
Here
Clemente Urquidez
S. Cypress St
Urquidez
Memorial Hospital
Frank Harper
APG
Harper
Connie
Clemente Jr
Adolpho Urquidez
Dell City
Calif
Enrique Urquidez
Portales
N.M
Ramona Rocha
Seminole, Tex
West Texas
John Rogers
Hobbs
Billy Junior Arnold
Lymon Allison
Lovington
U.S. 180
Seminole
Space shuttle bases planned for two sites by 1976
Rep. Lou Frey announced that the United States will build two space shuttle bases, with construction set to begin at Cape Canaveral and another site by 1976. The bases will support the new shuttle program and expand launch capabilities.
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Space Shuttle
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Lou Frey
R-Fla
United States
Cape
Frey
Cape Kennedy
NASA
Emmy nominations dominated by All in the Family Columbo Brian's Song
Emmy nominees highlighted All in the Family with 11 nominations and Columbo with 10, while Brian's Song led ABC telefilm contenders with 11 nods. The Snow Goose and The Mary Tyler Moore Show each earned nine or eight nominations as NBC led with 83 total.
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Hollywood
CBS
NBC
ABC
Brian
Peter Falk
Hall of Fame
Flip Wilson
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hollywood Palladium
Public Broadcasting
Reeves County seeks military helicopter ambulance aid
Reeves County Judge Darrell Glover plans a Monday Ft Bliss meeting to probe military helicopter ambulance service for Reeves County under the MAST program. The interstate West Texas project, run by Defense Transportation and HEW, would base at Ft Bliss to serve rural areas.
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Vandenberg
Defense Department
NASA
Cape Kennedy
Atlantic
California
Cape
Reeves County
Darrell Glover
Ft. Bliss
MAST
West Texas
New Mexico
Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Health Education and Welfare
Thomason elected Pecos High School president for 1972 73
Kenneth Thomason 2001 Wyoming area native was elected school president for Pecos High School for 1972 73 in a Monday assembly. Bruce Faulkner won the vice presidency, with Nancy Box and Janice Williams named secretary and corresponding secretary.
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Kenneth Thomason
Wyoming
Pecos High School
Bruce Faulkner
Adams Sr
Nancy Box
Janice Williams
Thomason
Jack Thomason Sr
Pecos
Houston
Young Thomason
McArthur High School
Jack Jr
Armed Services
Jack Ivy
Tony Lewis
Faulkner
Wendell Faulkner
Bobby Knox
Wade McLain
Jimmie Ann Hagar
Julie Wein
Loring Box
Frank Williams
Martinez Sr
Janis Brownfield
Cindy Robison Heads Local Campaign For Crawford Martin
Cindy Robison named local campaign manager for Attorney General Crawford Martin. She plans to distribute brochures and bumper stickers Saturday to support Martin in the May 6 Democratic primary. Robison, daughter of Theodore Sendak of Indianapolis, praises Martin and notes his long service in Texas politics. Contact at 445-2758 for volunteers.
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Cindy Robison
Johnson St
Atty
Crawford Martin
Martin
National Association of Attorney Generals
Texas Senate
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Cooper Sign Co
John W, Young
Thomas K, Mattingly II
Martha Skidmore
14Th St
Ranger
Hendricks Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Emmy
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Texas
Brian Piccolo
Gayle Sayers
James Caan
Billy Dee Williams
Jack Warden
Balmorhea
Balmorhea Independent School
Enterprise
Enterprise Office
Particpating
John Bradley
Council
Arleton Bottoms
Jack Hoffman
Catherine Farrington
Wes Elliott
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Legislative Budget Board
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