Apollo 13 Mission Faces Course Corrections and Power Limits
Apollo 13 astronauts Lovell Haise and Swigert contend with limited power and oxygen after an oxygen tank rupture. Ground teams assay CO2 buildup, jettison lunar and service modules, and plan final course corrections while awaiting possible landing site shifts.
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Pacific
Earth
Mission Control
Te Storm
Haise
Lovell
Swigert
Halse
Waise
Arrests Tied to $13 Million Theft In NYC
Federal agents arrested Richard Carolco Daniel Joseph Murphy and Morton Shelby in a Los Angeles hotel as they tried to sell 112 stolen stock certificates and treasury bills tied to a $13 million theft from Morgan Guarantee and Trust Company. About $1 million was recovered including a $100,000 treasury bill. Education Building Damaged by Fire in Los Angeles.
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Treasury
Morgan Guarantee and Trust Company
New York City
TBI
Los Angeles
Richard 5
Carolco
Encino
Daniel Joseph Murphy
Agoura
Morton Shelby
Teachers Now Urge Stay Home Strike Impacts LA Schools
In Sacramento Gov Reagan said little could be done to intervene while teachers continue a strike led by UTLA. District officials refuse further negotiations until teachers return to work. Some Democrats floated a 17 million state aid idea but legislative help is unlikely this year. Many classes were shortened or canceled with students told to watch films or do homework as schools operate on a minimum day.
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Earth
Lille
Moon
Lovell
Tiaise
Ransom
Jerry Halverson
UTLA
Sacramento
Reagan
Usere
Assembly
Robert T. Monagan
R Tracy
Los Angeles
Monagan
United Teachers of Los Angeles
Weeklyews
Jerry Curtis
Indochina Worries Swedish Premier
Paris Olaf Palme the Swedish prime minister said he was deeply worried by developments in Indochina after a morning meeting with North Vietnamese Ambassador Xuan Thuy produced nothing to reassure him.
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Paris
Olaf Palme
Sweden
Indochina
Xuang Thuy
Blackmun Named to Supreme Court Post by Nixon
Nixon selected Harold H. Blackmun for the Supreme Court, saying he is a strict constructionist though critics label him liberal or conservative. Ziegler said the decision followed a telephone review with Attorney General Mitchell after a White House meeting with Blackmun and a prior Burger consultation. Blackmun, a Nashville born Minnesotan, grew up in St. Paul and taught at the University of Minnesota Law School after Harvard. he previously upheld civil rights limits and criminal law precedents, including endorsing the 1961 antiracketeering law.
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White Horse
Lovell
Haise
Swigert
NASA
Thomas C. Paine
Earth
Paine
Blackmun
Tve
Ziegler
John Mitchell
Mitchell
White House
Burger
Rochester
Mim
Senate
Haynsworth and
Carswell
Abe Fortas
Greenbelt
National Space Agency
Apollo
Nashville
St. Paul
Minn
Harvard
Harvard Law School
University of Minnesota Law School
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hubert J. Humphrey
Supreme Court
Cairo Talks End in Mideast Tension After Israeli Air Attacks
Sisco travelled to Cairo for four days of talks with President Gamal Abdel Nasser as anti American sentiment rose across the Arab world following reports that Israeli pilots using American built Phantom jets attacked Egyptian targets. Israeli jets then struck central Suez Canal areas and Zafarana, amid fears of wider street protests and renewed peace prospects.
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Sisco
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Middle East
Suez Canal
Zafarana
Gulf of Suez
Prince Charles Returns From 46000 Mile Commonwealth Tour
London reports Prince Charles has arrived home after a 46,000 mile tour through New Zealand, Australia and Japan. The trip highlighted royal engagements and international ties as he concluded the overseas visit.
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London
Britain
Prince Charles
New Zealand
Australia
Japan
Rare 1773 Maryland Journal issue draws collector interest
A Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser August 20 1773 contains a George Washington letter. Allen Spreitz of the Maryland State Historical Society notes it is rare for such issues to circulate but worth what collectors will pay. A California State College professor says historians would like to see it but may not pay.
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Maryland Journal & Baltimore Advertiser
George Washington
J. B.M
Stantington Beach
A. Allen Spreitz
Maryland State Historical Society
California State College At
Long Beach
Who Was the William Brown Ship Named For
A reader asks about a ship named William Brown lost at sea around 163 and a potential familial link. Research via libraries and the British Consulate in Los Angeles points to a William Brown vessel lost off Virginia in 1826, with Lloyds Ship Register noting an insurance loss listed to Wmn. J. Brown, but no definitive link to the ship’s namesake.
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William Brown
Zearing
Town
A. Action Line
Los Angeles
Virginia
Lloyd's Ship
Negister
Wmn
J. Brown
Clipper
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