Apollo 17 Ends an Era Yet Fires Future Dreams
Editorial frames Apollo 17 as the end of a defining era yet a continuation of space exploration. It notes the last moon landing, a record 75 hours on the surface, nine new instruments, and 26 experiments while predicting Skylab, the reusable shuttle, and future planetary missions. Eugene Cernan reflects on Earth and the cosmos as the chapter closes but the dream continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Schmitt
Moon
John F. Kennedy
Earth
Kennedy
Pacific
Skylab
Manned Earth-Orbiting Laboratory
Jupiter
Mariner 9
Mars
IRA Faction Fights Over Future Tactics in Northern Ireland
The Irish Republican Army faces leadership losses and internal strife over whether to pursue political work or escalate urban bombing in Northern Ireland. Seamus Twomey and David O Connell contest the leadership as Dublin detains Sean Mac Stiofain, highlighting divisions within the Provisional wing amid British pressure and battlefield setbacks. The split includes Belfast figures unhappy with bombing pace and rumors of a northern command separate from Dublin. The army notes a drop in active terrorists and gains in arrests following a July London-Derry Belfast crackdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Weinraub
New York Times News Service
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
Sean Macstiofain
Provisional
Seamus Twomey
David O'Connell
I.R.A
Londonderry
L.R.A
Lr.a
Twomey
Gerry Adams
Adams
Army Council
Bus driver under fire after near miss on route 23
Reader letter details a bus pulling out ahead of a car and a boy braking hard to avoid collision near Redwood Mobile Homes. The writer demands action, cites laughing driver, and calls for stricter discipline of drivers and behavior by students and parents. The note is signed Mrs. Gerald McDowell of 126 Redwood Manor Pontiac Illinois.
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Ladd and
Prairie Streets
Redwood Mobile Homes
Redwood Manor
Redwood
Gerald McDowell
Pontiac, Iinois
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Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
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Livingston County
Jeromé Pearre
John Plesko
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Cavieze
John Renne
Weldon Greeneberg
Mor
Ken Bond
Wayne Jensen
Donald Jobst
Merlyn Shanebrook
Chatsworth
Chenoa
Cornell
Cullom Fairbury
Flanagan, Forrest
Qdeli Launemin
Dwight
Gridley
Ilinois
Ponka+ Minois
St. James Hospital
MRS
Christmas Club
Bank of Pontiac
FDIC
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Autmines
NEA, Ti
Big Boy
Penneys
Air Force Park
Suedes
Jcpenney
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