Earth's Second Moon Toro Sets Path Between Earth and Venus
San Diego based reports say Toro a planetoid a mile and a half by a mile alternates as moon to Earth and then Venus. It passed 12.6 million miles from Earth the closest in nearly a century. Researchers from Goldstone UCSD discuss fossils like Toro and three similar asteroids shedding light on solar system origins.
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San Diego
UPS
Toro
Hannes Alfven
Goldstone Radio Observatory
Mojave Desert
Gustav Arrhenius
University of California, San Diego
Solar System
Earth
Venus
Arrhenius
Alfven
GOP Senators Urge Modernization at National Convention
Four GOP senators led by Charles Percy urged reforms to modernize the party machinery. They sought changes to delegate selection and party rules to bring the Republicans into the 20th century, while eight House Republicans dismissed a quota system for delegates as unacceptable.
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Washington
Republican House
Charles Percy
Illinois
Robert Packwood
Oregon
Charles McC. Mathias
Maryland
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Percy
Senate
House
GOP
Ilinois
Diplomat Hotel
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Riots in Belfast and UPI rounds up political clashes abroad
Roman Catholic youths in Belfast hurled rocks at a British Army patrol near Andersonstown amid rioting. Secretary Whitelaw condemned a recent killing of a British soldier as appalling. In County Londonderry, Joseph Connolly, 15, died from injuries in a Claudy bombing, marking the 501st death in three years of Northern Ireland violence. Separately in U.S. politics, House Republicans urged against a quota system for 1976 delegates, while some Democrats recall reform and debate over representation ahead of the Miami Beach convention to renominate Nixon and Agnew.
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Belfast
UPI
William Whitelaw
Andersonstown
Northern Ireland
Joseph Connolly
House Republicans
House
Miami Beach
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Vatican Eases Dress Code With Raincoat Cloak Policy
The Vatican allows visitors wearing hot pants and revealing clothing into St. Peter's Basilica if they cover up with plastic checkered raincoats issued by attendants. By noon about 500 people had donned the coats, mostly women, with donations averaging 25 cents for upkeep. Some exceptions allowed women to improvise with jackets or longer hems.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter’s
House Panel Backs Nixon Antibusing Bill Measures
The Education and Labor Committee approved Nixon's desegregation guidelines bill 21 to 16, banning cross town grade school busing and proposing $500 million annually for two years to upgrade inferior schools. A related moratorium bill faces House Rules action with a floor vote likely next week.
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Washington
API
House
Nixon
Congress
Crosstown
Education and Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
William Colmer
D-Miss
National No fault bill shelved by Senate
The Senate 49 to 46 voted to send a national no fault automobile insurance bill to the Judiciary Committee for further study with no deadline. Backers warned the panel would bury the measure, while critics warned it delays payments and increases legal costs for victims. Senator Hruska proposed the move, challenging constitutional grounds.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Sen
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Senate approves gun crime penalties and related amendments
The Senate voted 84 to 11 to make possession of a gun during a felony a separate crime with up to 10 years in prison. It rejected a nationwide pistol license registry 75 to 16 and backed a Brock amendment allowing rifle imports for personal use by landowners. A Dominick proposal to add consecutive terms for carrying a gun in a felony was left to judicial discretion.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
William Brock
R-Tenn
U.S
United States
Peter Dominick
R-Corp
Dominick
Pistol Stolen At Police Station Parking Lot Recovered
Smith reported the theft of a .26 caliber pistol from his car in the police station lot. Sgt. Coffey ended the ongoing probe by arresting a suspect and recovering the weapon for trial evidence. Plea day set for Trott on August 16.
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Smith
Coffey
Trott
Marine Glen Wise
Elm Ave
Timothy Alan Bishop
Rose Marie Lane
Fort Walton Beach
Grover C. Ayers Jr
Perkins
Roger L. Metcalf
Air Force
Judges Named for Miss Fort Walton Beach Pageant
Five judges from business law and public service will evaluate contestants at Fort Walton Beach High School. The winner advances to Miss Florida in June 1973, then could compete for Miss America in Atlantic City. Judges include Judge Bowen, Mayor McLaughlin, Col. Owens, Miss Brandy Savage, and Mrs. Dorothy S Williams.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach High School
Miss Fort Walton
Atlantic City
N.J
John Wesley
Bowen Jii
Maurice McLaughlin
Thomas R. Owens
Brandy Savage
Dorothy S.williams
Bowen
Okaloosa County
University of Baltimore
Okaloosa Wallon
Florida County Judges Association
National College of Probate Judges
Gwendoline Joan Rodgers
London
England
Williams
Larrimore’s Business College
Florence
Ala
McLaughlin
McLaughlin Mortuary
Crestview
Auburn
Quiet on Israeli borders as cease fire enters third year
Border areas from the Golan Heights to Sinai report calm under the Middle East cease-fire. Beiruts Arab Palestine News Agency cites two Israeli warplanes violating Lebanese airspace for a second day, while official comments are unavailable. Across the Suez Canal only curses and shots occur as troops idle amid the climate and broadcasts.
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Middle East
Syrian
Golan Heights
Egypt
Sinai
Arab Palestine
Beirut
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Okaloosa Digest Notices Boost Community Events
Community urged to submit notices to Playground Daily News for placement. Voter registration ends in four days with booths at Okaloosa Island Authority and Crestview Courthouse. Senior luncheon features Ballet Academy program. Air Commandos party previews October reunion with Col. Hienie Aderholt guest. Cheer registration open for youth football teams. Girl Scouts recruitment and Knight of Columbus monthly meeting announced with locations and times.
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Daily News
PGDN
League of Women Voters
Okaloosa Island
Fort Walton Beach
Senior Citizen Center
Hollywood Blvd
Ballet Academy
Bernadette Clements
Air Commando Association
Air Commandos
Club Continential
Col
Hienie Aderholt
Highway 98
Shalimar Methodist Church
Shalimar
Bryant joins Nixon reelection push as vice chair
Former Florida Governor Farris Bryant announces he will serve as vice chairman of the National Committee to Re-elect President Nixon. He says McGovern's election would be dangerous for the country and cites concerns about national defense. Bryant was approached by John Connally and accepted promptly.
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UPI
George McGovern
Florida
Farris Bryant
National Committee
Nixon
Bryant
Johnson
McGovern
Treasury
John Connally
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Bishop and Wise
Justice of Peace
Howard Gill
College of Mortuary Science
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Tenn
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House of Representatives
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Miss Savage
Birmingham
Ford Agency
New York City
Gary Smith Ford
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Colonel Owens
Hurlburt Field
University of Minnesota
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University of Tennessee
University of Chicago
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Lynne
Alea
Cecil O. Lewis
Country Club Road
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Handa Fevedom
Eglin Parkway
Walton Beach
Tetana Cosy
Walton Toch
Fhanda
United Pre
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Spassky
Okaloosa Digest
Knight of Columbus
Knights of Columbus
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