Apollo 14 faces high risk as moon mission proceeds
The editorial praises NASA's Apollo 14 but warns of grave dangers in docking and the 33 hour stay on the moon. It notes potential emergency space walks if docking fails and emphasizes the broader risks and the value of space exploration for future gains.
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NASA Control
Alan B. Shepard, Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Shepard
Mitchell
Moon
Aerospace Defense Command
Space
Earth
Russians Report Stone Age Ivory Javelins Unearthed in Russia
Archaeologists in Russia uncover eight foot ivory javelins from Stone Age graves dating 20 000 to 30 000 years old. The straight weapons, carved from curved mammoth tusks, intrigue dentists due to ivory’s dentin similarity. Dr Reidar Sognnaes notes the secret of softening and hardening dentin may be lost.
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Russia
Reidar F. Sognnaes
School of Dentistry
University of California
Los Angeles
Hildy the Incomparable Turns 65 in Dazzling Style
Hildegarde, known as the First Lady of Supper Clubs, celebrated her 65th birthday at the Rainblow Grill with a cake inscribed Over 60 So What. She recalled starting in vaudeville, rose to fame across three continents, and vows to stay active in philanthropy and music.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Hildegarde
Rainblow Grill
Hildy
Chanteuse
Wisconsin
Paris
Kipling
Texas Water II The 50 Year Plan
The Texas Water Development Board outlines a sweeping plan to solve state water needs through 2020. It envisions importing 12 to 13 million acre feet annually, possibly from the Mississippi, plus 60 new reservoirs and three major conveyances. Funding hinged on a $3.5 billion state share of a $10 billion project with federal support. Public debate and political hurdles persist as governors and lawmakers weigh feasibility and safeguards.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Austin (Ap
Texas
Texas Water Development Board
Jack Fickessen
Austin
Preston Smith
Mississippi River
East
Mississippi
Columbia River
Yukon
Canada
Fickessen
Abilene
Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito
Corpus Christi
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston-Texas City
Houston
Lubbock
McAllen-Pharr Edinburg
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio
High Plains
Trans-Pecos
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Army Engineers
Trans-Texas Canal
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
East Texas
Wheeler
Gray and Donley
Panhandle
Stacy
Runnels
Concho
Coleman
Real
Uvalde
San Patricio, Nueves
Jim Wells
Cypress Creek
Sabine River
Dallas-Fort Worth
Archer County
Wichita Falls
Snyder
Colorado City
New Mexico
Sabine
Amistad
del Rio
Daredo
Texas Water Commission
Texas Water Conservation Service
Vietnamization test looms after May 1 withdrawals
The plan suggests post May 1 troop reductions will be shorter term and guided by Defense Secretary Melvin Laird’s Vietnam review. Kissinger aids will influence the decision as Saigon refines its own forces, while Hanoi Tet actions and Saigon progress shape the pace and scope of late 1971 withdrawals.
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Washington
Nea
U.S
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
South Vietnam
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Saigon
Delta
U Minh Forest
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Winds of social change rise from law student poll
Gallup surveyed 137 graduating law students from 20 top schools last spring. Findings show 7 percent seek large corporate work while 66 percent back easier divorce laws and 84 percent favor legalized abortion. Seventy-two percent support abolition of capital punishment and 77 percent back marijuana legalization with tougher crime penalties. Ralph Nader is the most admired figure at 67 percent.
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Gallup Organization
Redbook Magazine
Legal Aid Society
John Mitchell
Ralph Nader
Congress
Sears
Steatin
America
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