Skylab Faces Power Crunch Delays Space Walk Plans
NASA reports a Skylab power shortage forced revisions to the mission including delaying an earth resources survey and delaying a planned spacewalk to free a jammed solar panel wing. Engineers cite battery charger failures and misfiring instrumentation as causes. Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz aim to recharge batteries before extensive use. Mission control promises a new lower power plan within days.
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UPS
America
Space Station
Skylab
Utahs
Mexico
Central America
Colombia
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Richard Truly
Truly
Conrad
Mission Control
Florida Senate approves sweeping overhaul of campaign financing
The Florida Senate passed a 49 page bill 29 to 8 after hours of debate tightening campaign limits. Endorsements from newspapers and broadcast outlets would count as in kind contributions with value based on air time or column inches and reported to the secretary of state. The measure bans last minute contributions, requires disclosure of minimum ad rates, and raises spending caps in various categories while allowing unlimited party spending.
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Tallahassee
UPS
Florida
Senate
House
Barry Richard
Richard
Ken Plante
Orlando
Lori Wilson
Merritt
Island
Miners 12 17 May Attend Horse Races Under Bill
Florida lawmakers advanced a bill allowing miners aged 12 to 17 to attend horse races with parents but not gamble, amid charges from opponents that the measure targets turning youths into racing fans and future gamblers.
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Tallahassee
UPI
House
Senate
Okaloosa Digest Publishes Local Notices and Menu Items
Submissions for the Okaloosa Digest must be mailed in typewritten double spaced caps by organization representatives. Today’s items include Okaloosa County School Lunch pizza and sides, St Mary’s lunch hamburgers and fries, Niceville Rotary noon meeting, Refrigeration Engineer Society cancelation with June next meeting, Mental Health film Only Human at Okaloosa Walton JC, and a Ferry Park decoupage class with contact 243 8911.
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Okaloosa Digest
Playground Daily ‘News
PGDWN
Okaloosa County
St. Mary's
Twin Cities
Niceville-Valparaiso
Jon Sims Parkway
Niceville
Refrigeration Engineer Society
Gulf
Refrigeration Service Engineers’ Society
Mental Health Assn
Mental Health Association of
Okaloosa-Walton Junior College
Mental Health ‘Association
Ferry Park Recreation Center
Ferry Road
Gen Catledge to retire as TAWC commander in September
Maj. Gen. Richard C. Catledge, commander of USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center at Englin AFB, retires Sept. 1 after leading TAWC since March 1, 1971. Gen. Woodard I. Davis Jr. assumes command. Catledge has 7,000 flight hours since 1942. He holds multiple decorations and will settle in Fort Walton Beach with his wife and three children.
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Usaf Tactical Air Warfare Center
Usaftawc
Englin Afb
Richard C. Catledge
Catledge
TAWC
Woodard I. Davis, Jr
19Th Air Force
Seymour- Johnson Afb
N.C
Air Force
Norman Hart
Wisconsin
Peggy
Chris
Clay
Catledges
Fort Walton Beach
Shevin asks halt order over Pensacola Bay dredging
Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin seeks an injunction in federal court to halt Pensacola Bay dredging and to assess civil penalties up to 390000 against Standard Dredging Corp the U S Army Corps of Engineers and Col Henry A Griffith for 26 alleged violations over turbidity.
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Yallahassel
Pensacola Bay
Corps of Engineers
Robert Shevin
Federal District Court of
North Florida
Shevin
Department of Pollution Control
Standard Dredging Corp
New Jersey
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Henry A. Griffith
Mobile Ala
Griffith
Corps
Pollution Control Department
White House Support Falters on Bomb Bill
UPI reports administration allies yield to antiwar pressure and back a Thursday vote to cut funding for bombing Cambodia. Senate leaders push to finish action before Kissinger’s Paris trip as Republicans concede the showdown is unavoidable. McGovern accuses Saigon of ceasefire violations and continued bombing.
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Washington
UPI
Administration
Cambodia
Henry A. Kissinger
Senate
GOP
Mike Mansfield
George
McGovern
D-S.c
Saigon
Kissinger
Paris
Hugh Scott
Nixon aides pressed CIA on Watergate effects in Mexico
Ehrlichman testified that within a week of the Watergate break in White House aides questioned CIA officials about whether an FBI probe into burglars’ money sources might threaten CIA operations in Mexico. Helms and Walters denied past or present operations would be jeopardized. The hearing cited June 23 1972 as the meeting date and noted an $89 000 cash withdrawal tied to Bernard Barker.
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FBI
CIA
Helms
General Walters
Ehrlichman
Mexico
Watergate
Bernard Barker
Mexico City
Devaluation Of Dollar Seen Ahead
Federal Reserve official J Dewey Daane told the Senate that since mid March the United States has run a surplus in international transactions amid a backdrop of a $10.2 billion deficit for the first quarter of 1973. He warned a private economist foresees further devaluations and troubles ahead while noting the February devaluation reduced foreign prices of American goods by about 17 percent and raised import costs domestically.
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Washington
UPS
Federal Reserve
Congress
America
J. Dewey Daane
Theederal Reserve System
Senate Subcommittee On International Finance
United States
Daane
Duane
POWs Refute Collaboration Charges by Commander
Ex POW commander Col Theo dore W Guy accuses eight servicemen of collaboration with North Vietnam. Marines Sgt Abel L Kavanaugh and others defend themselves as speaking under duress and stress adherence to conscience. Several say charges are unfounded while others remain silent awaiting detailed accusations. Florida event honors MIAs with a Freedom Tree ceremony led by Gov Reubin Askew and attended by Capt John Parsels and Capt Kevin Chaney.
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United Press International
Theodore W. Guy
Mark Amsterdam
Abel L Kavanaugh
Denver
Kavanaugh
Guy
Tucson
Ariz
Hattoi
Pentagon
Army
James Daly
Brooklyn
NBC News
John A. Young
Grayslake
Arlington Heights
Tallahassee
UPI
Reubin Askew
Indochina
Askew
Mary Huff
Navy
Mike Huff
Jacksonville
Florida A&m University
John Parsels
Sarasota
Kevin J. Chaney
North Miami
Replacement Sought For Canadian ICCS Seat
Saigon sources list possible replacements for Canada on the ICCS as Mexico France Brazil Japan Malaysia and Norway Netherlands Belgium Iran Tunisia Ireland Finland Colombia Italy. Western diplomats say English fluency matters. Asian balance urged but securing interest from Asia may be hard. Mexico and Brazil cited as real possibilities.
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UPI
Canada
Vietnam
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
Mexico
France
Brazil
Japan
Malaysia
Washington
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Iran
Tunisia
Ireland
Finland
Colombia
Italy
Teven
Hanoi
Michel Gauvin
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Playground Daily News Classifieds Circulation Notice
Main office seeks readers and advertisers for the WALP Niceville Crestview edition. Vacancy in circulation desk and distribution routes, with contact for staffing and delivery areas.
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WALP
Niceville
Crestview
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