Space race ends as U S Soviet linkup mission launches
Cape Canaveral and Baikonur prepare for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. Cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov will launch from Baikonur at 8 20 a m EDT followed by Apollo crews Stafford Brand and Slayton from Cape Canaveral 72 hours later. The docking and handshake aim to show renewed detente and future joint space ventures.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Moscow
Apollo
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
West Germany
Stafford
Leonov
Kubasov
Cape
Chester M. Lee
NASA
Baikonur
Ford
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
James Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
State Department
Dobrynin
Fletcher
Florida
Richard M. Nixon
Alexei Kosygin
Slayton
Mercury
Bital
John Glenn
Moon
Soyuz
Earth
U.S
Glynn S. Lunney
New plan eyed to simplify draft registration method
Washington AP reports the Selective Service, now smaller, is actively planning a streamlined approach to registering men for the standby draft. Officials say the change aims to speed processing, reduce overhead, and modernize the system while maintaining eligibility and national security.
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Washington
Selective Service
One Day Volunteer Registration Seeks 18 Year Olds
Draft Director Byron V. Pepitone says a one day yearly event will register thousands of 18 year old volunteers to avoid lines. About two million 18 year olds this year may skip signup due to a prior April proclamation by President Ford establishing a new system.
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Byron V. Pepitone
Ford
Astronauts and a writer recall the space era
A columnist reflects on the early space program days at the Space Center area, recalling the original seven astronauts, community ties, and the journalist’s close association with Thomas Stafford. The piece notes families’ brave steadiness and hints at the new era of joint US Soviet space missions.
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Shepherd
Space Center
el Lago
Nassau Bay
Thomas Stafford
ASTP
Clear Lake Space Center
Clear Lake
Ford proposes phased oil decontrol plan to Congress
President Ford outlined a compromise decontrol plan to lift price ceilings over 30 months, targeting a $13.50 barrel ceiling for domestically produced oil by 1978. He warned a veto could follow any extension of current controls, while Congress weighs five day blocking windows and related inflation concerns raised by Senate leaders.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Ron Nelsen
Nelsen
Jackson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
United States
Mansfield
OPEC
Hospital Board sets meet Tuesday
The Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees will meet in the hospital conference room tomorrow night at 7 30. Agenda items include an auditors report monthly statistical report preliminary report on the budget for the coming year request to purchase the paging system that has been leased in the past request to recondition mattresses at about 1000 request to purchase a boiler condensate tank consideration of a new oxygen contract the hospital medical staff will meet tonight at 7 30 in the conference room.
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Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Ward outlines Calhoun Chamber goals for year and island plan
Ward, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce president, spoke to Rotary about top priorities including Matagorda Island preservation with limited access via a future causeway and a tram system, opposing beach traffic to protect dunes. He touted a Deepwater port plan with up to three slips and a turning basin as keeping the area attractive and under local control. He urged city action on Pier Park camper services and sewage hookups.
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Sid Ward
Matagorda Island
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Rotary Club
Ward
Chamber
State Department of Parks and Wildlife
Rotarians
Pier Park
Weather and community notes mix in coastal update
Partly cloudy and warm through tomorrow with showers and 8 to 14 mph easterly winds. High near 90, low tonight in the low 70s, 20 percent rain risk. Southeast Gulf winds 10 to 18 mph, gusts to 30 knots near showers. seas two to four feet. Park facilities and rate hike discussed as Calhoun County concerns surface at a chamber meeting. Ward seeks dues increase to 72 dollars, warns of borrowing if not approved. depot renovation and highway projects also on the agenda.
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Gulf
Calhoun County
Southern Pacific Railroad
SPR
San Francisco
Ward
County leaders attend Texas Cancer Society division meeting
Richard Neyland of Calhoun County and Mrs. J Hubbard of Port Lavaca attended the Texas Division annual American Cancer Society meeting at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel in Houston. Neyland was county president alternate. both served as voting delegates. Dr. Charles F. Pelphrey of Austin was elected Texas Division president.
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Richard Neyland
Calhoun County
J. Hubbard
American Cancer Society
Shamrock Hilton Hotel
Houston
Port Lavaca
Neyland
Mrs. Hubbard
Charles F. Pelphrey
Austin
Texas
Blood Drive at Champ Traylor Hospital This Wednesday
Blood donations will be received from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday by Blood Service Inc of Victoria at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital. The blood goes into a bank available to Champ Traylor patients. The drive is sponsored monthly by the Pink Ladies Auxiliary of the hospital.
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Blood Service Inc. of
Victoria
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Champ Traylor
Pink Ladies Auxiliary
Parks Board to visit bayfront proposed park site
Parks Board members will visit 32 acres of bayfront park land offered by local realtor Bill Duke. The on site visit precedes the Recreation and Parks Board meeting at City Hall Annex, with plans to discuss cost of a safety fence for Brookhollow and next year’s budget.
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Bayfront
Hwy. 35
Recreation and Parks Board
Bill Duke
City Hall Annex
David Hernandez
Brookhollow
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President Ford
Nessen
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Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Rotary
Vernon Damstrum
John L. Hill
State Crusade
Speak
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W. Armin Willig
Parks Board
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