Night launch of Apollo 17 lights Cape Kennedy sky
Nighttime liftoff of Apollo 17 from Cape Kennedy astonished spectators as the Saturn V rose in a blaze of fire and color. Gene Cernan Ron Evans and Jack Schmitt rode the rocket into the heavens as a brilliant arc lit the night, with mission control optimism and awe guiding the descent toward the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gene Cernan
Ron Evans
Jack Schmitt
Maj
Robert F. Overmeyer
Mission Control
Julian Schieer
Space Agency
Apollo 17 Crew Plans Quiet Day In Space
Apollo 17 astronauts at Space Center Houston outline EST timetable with rest periods meals and exercise from 9 41 a m to 1 03 a m including lunch dinner and an eight hour rest. Mission Control notes some events may shift due to sped up coast to lunar orbit. Networks set limited telecasts until Monday lunar landing and first explorations by Cernan and Schmitt with tentative window for follow on broadcasts.
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Space Center, Houston
Mission Control
Moon
Lunar
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
CBS
NBC
ABC
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Marshall Spaceflight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Florida
Atlantic
Apollo 17 mounts lunar mission after computer delay
Apollo 17 lifts from Cape Kennedy after a late countdown due to a stubborn computer. Commanded by Eugene Cernan with Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans, the crew heads toward Taurus Littrow valley for a midweek moon landing and scientific sampling mission aboard Challenger and America.
Truman Remains Critical Amid Ongoing Health Battle
Former President Harry S. Truman, aged 88, stayed on the critical list at Research Hospital and Medical Center in Kansas City amid congested lungs and heart failure. Medical bulletins reported fluctuating temperatures, a rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, and acute pulmonary edema, with oxygen therapy ongoing and cautious optimism for potential improvement.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
John Dreves
Wilson Miller
Wallace Graham
City water workers on alert for burst pipes during thaw
City water Superintendent S. B. Hunt announced crews were sent out overnight with city trucks to handle emergencies as freezing weather loosens. A Bran don Hotel leak was the only call so far, with more problems expected as temperatures rise. Residents are urged to call the city warehouse at 445-2932 for off hour water issues and to drain and insulate pipes, especially in mobile homes and evaporative cooler lines.
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S. B. Hunt
Brandon Hotel
Hunt
Philippine first lady slashed at beauty contest event
In Manila Mrs. Imelda Marcos was slashed on arms and hands by a dark suited assailant with a foot long bolo knife while congratulating contest winners at an amusement park in Pasay City. She was treated at Makati Medical Center and described as out of danger. The assailant was killed by guards.
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Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Imelda
Constantino Manahan
Pasay City
Mrs. Marcos
Prices Rise Sharply at Wholesale Level in November
Government officials said the Labor Department reported a six-tenths of one percent rise in the wholesale price index for November, both adjusted and unadjusted. It marked the largest gain since July and ended a period of slower increases at the wholesale level.
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Washington
Labor Departments Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather map shows cold Texas breeze with warmer weekend outlook
Area residents wake to a 26 degree morning with a 36 degree expected high. Coastal Galveston tops 44 while Midland dives to 12 below as arctic air grips much of the state. Nationwide, extreme cold pushes across the northern plains with record lows and heavy mountain snowfall warnings in the west.
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Associated Press
Longview
College Station
Austin
del Rio
Galveston
Midland
Texas
Amarillo
Dalhart
Plains
Great Lakes
Carolinas
Maine
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Intermountain
California
Colorado
Pecos Home Yard Christmas Lighting Contest Nears Close
Entries are invited for the Pecos Home Yard Christmas Lighting Contest run by the Young Homemakers. The entry deadline is December 20 with no entry fee. Awards of 25 15 and 10 dollars awarded in each area.
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Pecos
Home Yard
Food baskets reach families in Pecos from civic groups
The Pecos community mobilizes Christmas aid with a list of needy families from Reeves County Community Council. The Evening Lions Club and Welfare Office provide names and family sizes for donors to call 446 3166 or 445 4036 between 9 am and 5 pm to donate baskets and suggested foods.
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Pecos Evening Lions Club
Community Council
Reeves County
Evening Lions
Nixon names Volpe Italian ambassador to Rome
President Nixon designates John A. Volpe former Massachusetts governor as ambassador to Italy. Claude S. Brinegar of Union Oil is named to succeed Volpe as secretary of transportation in the second-term Cabinet, with Richard Kleindienst likely to stay as attorney general. Volunteers include Brinegar’s prior Yorba Linda ties and Whittier College connection.
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Camp David, Md
Nixon
Transporation
John A. Volpe
Italy
California Oil Company
Claude S. Brinegar
Richard Kleindienst
Volpe
Massachusetts
Rome
Graham Martin
Ronald Ziegler
Brinegar
Ziegler
Union Oil Co
California
Union 76
Union Oil
Stanford University
Pure Oil Co
Pure Oil Untt
Yorba Linda
Calif
Whitter College
Wives of Apollo 17 Crew Watch Delayed Liftoff
Anxious spouses Barbara Cernan and Janet Evans return to Houston after 160 minutes of launch delay. They watched Saturn V lift off in awe and fear, saw liftoff as daylight with stars and fish imagery, and prepare for 11 and a half more days of waiting as their husbands orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Houston
Barbara Cernan
Tracy
Spiro T. Agnew
Mrs. Cernan
Janet Evans
Forgetful trio robs restaurant then flees in VW
Police seek two men and a woman after they dine at Ben's Spanish Inn Wednesday night and leave without paying a $14 bill. Officers describe the suspects as hippy types who drove a yellow Volkswagen with black stripes and out of state plates. The woman reportedly has a credit card bearing the name Sherry Detmar.
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Ben’s Spanish Inn
Sherry
Detmar
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Jack” Schmitt
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