Mischievous early days of Apollo 11's Michael Collins
A former classmate, Luis Alberto Casellas, recalls Michael Collins as a prankful student at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Puerto Rico. He describes Collins releasing a box of white mice in class and shooting rubber bands at teachers, while his father commanded Ft. Brooke in San Juan.
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German Space Medic Paved the Way for Apollo 11
Dr Merherins Strughold, dubbed father of space medicine, was guest of the space agency as Apollo 11 neared. He conducted early weightlessness tests in airplanes and studied high altitude physiology starting in 1920s Germany, retired from Brooks AFB after 21 years. He foresaw man traveling to Mars and moon bases, predicting lunar underground stations and the time around 1985 for Mars exploration.
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Calliope Noise Case Quietly Dies in Jackson
In Jackson Wyoming, dJulayre Laycock faced a breach of peace charge for playing a steam calliope to patriotic tunes. Police dropped the case amid public outcry and talk of licensing loud devices. Laycock hopes to revive the music scene despite a simmering dispute. Meanwhile a New York City incident involved Patricia Dunne dialing a wrong number, triggering a rescue of 75 year old Marie Cahill in Queens after she suffered a heart attack seeking aid.
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Manhattan
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Baez and Harris Stand On Rights Amid Induction Standstill
Singer Baez declares willingness to face three years alone as her husband David Maris begins jail for refusing induction. Harris, former Fresno figure and Stanford student body president, to be moved to Safford prison after resisting voluntary surrender.
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Airliner Search Resumes Over Sierra for Missing Plan
Rescue teams backed by U S Forest Service helicopters resumed the hunt for the Hawthorne to Long Beach gamblers charter plane missing since February 17. Sheriff Marlin Young said debris sightings failed and crews return to Devil's Post Pile area with two deputies joining the high terrain search in rugged snow.
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Fifteenth Heart Transplant At Stanford Hospital
Elton I Wagenbeld a 52 year old retired air traffic controller from Pleasanton received a new heart in the fifteenth transplant operation at Stanford University Hospital. The four hour surgery was led by Dr Norman Shumway with the patient reported in satisfactory condition. Six other Stanford heart recipients are reportedly dying. Bob McKee, a 57 year old retired Palo Alto engineer, has had his heart the longest since August 1964. Donor information was withheld.
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Unclear OCR fragment hints at delivery issue on Sunday
Fragmentary text shows garbled lines including names and a Sunday reference. No coherent event or entities clearly identifiable. Unable to extract a defined main action, outcome, or organizations from the unreadable source.
Rising taxes threaten $750 exemption in county wide rise
County Assessor Philip W W Watson warned that rising 1969 70 tax rates will nearly erase the benefits of the $750 Proposition 1 A exemption for many Southland homeowners. He announced an 8 per cent increase in the county assessment rolls totaling over 55 billion, with single home values and city figures listed for Belialver Avalon Downey Norwalk Palos Verdes Estates and other areas.
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Mental Patient Slain After Killing Officer
In Fort Wayne Indiana a mental patient killed a police officer and wounded another on the near southside. A former hospital patient named Hollis Irby commandeered a bus, beat the driver, and shot the officer on stepping from the vehicle. Police later killed Irby as officers arrived. Marshall Dean Heingartner was critically wounded.
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