Apollo to launch on time despite wage dispute
Workers secured a retroactive wage increase back to February with an 8 percent bonus from November 1971, exempt from wage board rules except a 0 percent portion awaiting approval. NASA and Labor Department officials argued over conformity rulings even as prelaunch preparations continued. Astronauts Gernan, Evans, and Schmitt reviewed flight documents while crews trained in simulators at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of a late EST launch.
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Space Center
Mamet
Labor Department
NASA
Eugene Gernan
Ronald Evans
Harrison
Jack” Schmitt
National Weather Service
H Aim
Kennedy Space Center
Evans
Cernan
Schmitt
Masters Mates and Pilots strike ends in Wilmington
End of deck officer tieup announced as settlement reached with Local 0 in Wilmington. Matson Navigation Co. had sought a master. Hawaiian Queen to depart from Terminal Island Tuesday. News of the settlement reached San Francisco before New York's formal notice. Belfast violence leaves three dead and 649 toll, as British Army reports IRA rockets.
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Local 0
Wilmington
San Francisco
New York
Henry ©. Walther
Matson Navigation Co
Unio Fo
Matson
Terminal Island
Inca
West Coast
Belfast
UPT
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
155 Tourists Die as Jetliner Crashes in Canary Islands
A Spantax Convair 990A bound for home with 155 passengers and seven crew on board crashed minutes after takeoff from Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Most victims were West Germans. German officials assist with identification as investigators probe sabotage unlikely.
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Santa Cruz DE Tenerife
Canary Islands
Spantax
Atlantic
North Africa
Santa Cruz
Man's leg amputated after late night car crash
Downey resident Ricardo De La Pena, 37, was crushed against his parked car on Palos Verdes Drive near Gaffey Street, losing his right leg and receiving internal injuries. He and his fractured left leg and arms were treated at Harbor General Hospital. Driver Robert Kingsbury, 22, said he could not avoid the vehicle and was not held.
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Ricardo $. de la Pena
Izetta St
Harbor General Hospital
Palos Verdes Drive
Gaffey St
Harbor Division
de la Pena
Harbor City
Robert FB
Kingsbury
Los Argeles
Calley lawyers deem My Lai trial biased by Army leaders
In Falls Church Virginia Et William L Calley Sr and his lawyers argued before a three judge military court that the trial was tainted by command influence from Westmoreland and other Army leaders They contended the panel was shaped by higher officials and that Calley acted under orders not malice The hearing also questioned Army jurisdiction over Calley during the court martial and his lack of presence at the proceedings The assistant described the assault as ill prepared and the worst conceived combat operation in history A stray note mentions a separate federal list of toys banned since 1970 for holiday shopping by the Road Administration to aid parents in Washington DC
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William L. Calley Sr
My Lai
Army
William C. Westmoreland
Down
Calley
Houston Gordon
Gordon
Westmoreland
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
May Lai
Washington
Japan Quake Triggers Mass Evacuations Across Tokyo Region
A strong quake shook Tokyo and surrounding areas causing about 10 000 people to flee homes. Buildings swayed for over a minute while Chiba and Kamigawa prefectures faced the most serious impact. Shinkansen trains halted briefly and Tokyo Bay port city Yokohama experienced tremors with precautionary alerts issued.
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Takyo
Tokyo
Chiba
Kamai Gawa
Heey
Resupply lines hit as U S bombers target North Vietnam
U S air forces and Navy hit Communist supply routes in North and South Vietnam, with 315 tactical air strikes focused largely in Quang Tri Province to curb North Vietnamese troop resupply. Over 90 missions were flown Sunday, destroying 15 trucks en route to the battle front. A Phantom crew reportedly disappeared after a night flight from Thailand to Da Nang. Monsoon weather slows the Quang Tri push as North Vietnam's estimated 30,000 troops hold ground and weaponry, including 130 mm guns and 22 mm munitions, challenge Government forces.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
U.S
Air Force
Navy
North Vietnam
Thailand
da Nang
Quang Tri
Cease-fire prospects heat up as talks stall in Saigon
Dispatches from Saigon report the South Vietnamese government may accept a cease-fire, while North Vietnam insists on the document in its original form. Hanoi press and Viet Cong urging harsh measures and mass arrests as Thieu tightens rule with decree laws. The propaganda sides clash over Vietnam’s self determination and withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Kissinger and Tho
Saigon
South
Tran Thien Khiem
Whan Dan
Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
Thieu
Ofders
Thien
Long Beach area drenched as storms sweep Southland
Fog shrouded the Southland with dense visibility on the Golden State Freeway. A overturned truck blocked the Long Beach area between the Long Beach and 404 Freeways this morning. The National Weather Service warned rain would taper off later, with showers tonight and partly cloudy skies Tuesday. Gusty desert winds reached 35 mph, prompting Highway Patrol alerts for campers on high traffic routes in the Antelope Valley.
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Long Beach
404
National Weather Service
Southland
Golden State
Antelope Valley
Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Pearblossom Highway
Angeles Forest Highway
Kern County
Offshore oil blaze at Mississippi River mouth battles Coast Guard
A Penzoil platform near the Mississippi River mouth burned out of control as bad weather delayed helicopters. The rig 10 feet square and about tro feet out of water posed navigation hazards while crews evacuated. The fire reignited after dawn with gas venting and no oil spill detected yet.
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Mississippi
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
The
Penzoil Production
Point Sal
Hass
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