Astronauts Race Toward Splashdown in Quiet Return
Apollo 11 crew astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins near reentry after a 21 hour 36 minute lunar surface mission. They face 18 days quarantine and a welcome from President Nixon aboard the USS Hornet amid favorable weather for splashdown over Australia and recovery near Hawaii and Houston.
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Honolulu
Houston
United States
Charles Duke
Collins
Armstrong
Aldrin
Eagle
Dr. Rendezvous
Duke
Earth
Space Agency
Nixon Orders Economy Drive Triggers Military Spending Fight
President Nixon calls for tighter spending across executive departments and targets a $3 million boost to justify a new attack on military outlays. Senate leaders split on cuts with Dirksen predicting defense procurement become the main focus while Mansfield touts a $1 billion slash from a military authorization bill. Proxmire backs deeper reductions and urges trimming space and public works, warning of debt and inflation pressures. A related Athens incident reports a bomb found and dismantled near the US Information Service library.
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Nixon
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Shether
Mansfield
William Proxmire
Fis
Senate House Economic Committee
Congress
Proxmire
California Compromise Divorce Reform Nears Passage
California moves toward a sweeping divorce reform by merging two bills passed by both houses. Effective January 1, 1971, the measure ends fault based grounds and replaces divorce with dissolution of marriage. It requires only irreconcilable differences or incurable insanity as grounds and mandates substantially equal division of community property, removing the need to prove fault.
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James A. Hayes
Long Beach
Donald L. Grunsky
Watsonville
Assembly-Senate
Reagan
New Span Named Queens Way Bridge
The 1.2y-foot span under construction at Magnolia Avenue foot will be named Queens Way Bridge after council approval. Councilmen voted unanimously on Tuesday after a brief committee discussion. The bridge will connect Pacific Terrace and the port, providing access to the Queen Mary berth on Pier 1, with Queens Causeway rejected since it is a bridge.
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Magnolia
Queens Way Bridge
Counciliman
Paul R. Deats
Pacific Terrace
Queen Mary
Pier 1
Queens Causeway
Deats
Groceries cost rise slows but still fuels inflation
The report shows groceries up 0.5 percent from a year ago amid higher taxes and living costs. Clothing up 0.3 percent in June and medical care costs rising 0.5 percent, with medical testing easing slightly. Mortgage interest up 0.25 percent in June, with overall living costs 3.2 percent higher over six months, 6.4 percent annual rate. Food, housing, transport, health and recreation all rise. Details note record meat prices, tomatoes, and orange juice concentrate. About 77,000 workers with cost of living clauses will gain small hourly increases, largest group among aerospace workers at eight cents.
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Chase
Kennedy DWI charge only case in Chappaquiddick incident
Dukes County officials pursue only leaving the scene charges against Senator Kennedy after a crash on Chappaquiddick Island. Police chief Arena says no new evidence supports other charges while prosecutors weigh driving under the influence and driving to endanger based on records and witness questions.
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Dominic J. Arena
Kennedy
Arena
Dukes County
Walter E. Steele
Senate
Steele
Shiretown
Kopeehne
Chappaquilddick Island
Nixon Heads to Greet Astronauts on Global Tour
President Nixon scheduled a seven hour flight over the Pacific to Johnston Island then a six minute helicopter hop to USS Arlington for an overnight stay. He will witness Apollo 11 splashdown from USS Hornet and later tour Guam and stops in the Philippines Indonesia Thailand India Pakistan Romania Britain and possibly South Vietnam.
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Pacific
Johnston Island
Arlington
Hornet
Guam
Philippines
Indonesia
Thailand
India
Pakistan
Romania
Britain
South Vietnam
Washington
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Seal Beach Renames Bay Boulevard Amid Fee Hike
Seal Beach City Council voted Tuesday to rename Bay Boulevard to Seal Beach Boulevard and raise monthly trash collection fees. Single family rates go from 1.00 to 1.25 dollars and apartment dwellers from .75 to 1.00. Mayor John B. Hamilton opposed, urging an overall street-name plan. A Leisure World petition urged Leisure World Boulevard instead. The street runs from Electric Avenue to Bradbury Road.
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Seal Beach
Bay Boulevard
Seal Beach Boulevard
John B. Hamilton
Leisure World
Leisure World Boulevard
San Diego
Garden Grove
Bradbury Road
Pacific air routes approved by GAB with multiple carrier rights
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved extensive nonstop and transpacific routes for major carriers. American Airlines gains Honolulu service from Boston and St Louis with limits from several eastern hubs. Braniff, Continental, Northwest, Trans World, United, Western, and TWA receive Hawaii links from major domestic cities and select destinations, including a new transpacific route for TWA to Hong Kong.
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Hawaii
Boston
St.Louis
New York
Washington-Baltimore
Chicago
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Braniff
Atlanta
New Orleans
Houston
Miami-Fort Lauderdale
New York-Newark
Kansas City
Continental
Denver
Phoenix
Seattle-Tacoma
Portland
Los Angeles
Ontario
Long Beach
Northwest Airlines
New York- Newark
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Minneapolis-St. Taul
Trans World Airlines
Washington- Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Kanas City
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