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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1969
Page
2
Nixon and space officials welcomed Armstrong Aldrin and Collins aboard the Hornet after the splashdown. Sailors cheered as the crew entered quarantine aboard a trailer, ending their historic mission that traveled 982,700 miles and included a moon walk and rock samples.
Former heavyweight Clay was sentenced to the maximum prison term despite requests for leniency. His Chicago attorney noted exemplary conduct since the initial verdict and requested a lighter sentence. Clay expressed confidence in religious exemption claims and cited his refusal of boxing purses over beliefs.
Labor Department reports Los Angeles Long Beach area cost of living rose in June by a notable rate, outpacing the nationwide increase. Food, apparel, health and recreation costs climbed, with fuel transport costs up from a May gasoline war and flood damage tax effects.
The 16 year old Gregory Cavin Smith of Cypress, missing earlier this week, was found in the water off Anderson Street Surfside. Seal Beach police recovered the swimsuit clad body at 6 15 a.m. after a resident call.
Space Center report details the opening of the quarantine hatch on the Apollo astronauts. Officials led by Air Force Col John E Pickering and Apollo mission director George H Hage defend procedures as safer than smallpox controls. The hatch opened briefly during transfer to the recovery ship to minimize lunar organism exposure while maintaining biosphere protection.
In Paris US and South Vietnam urged North Vietnam and the Viet Cong to reconsider a peace settlement based on jointly controlled elections supervised internationally. The Communists hardened their opposition. Lodge and Lam urged Hanoi and Viet Cong to revisit Thieu’s July 11 proposal, while Binh and Thuy dismissed the offer as a sham and vowed never to be deceived. Lam defended free elections as the only peaceful path, warning the world of a Communist takeover if talks fail.
President Nixon began an 11 day tour to seven countries including Romania and Great Britain after boarding the USS Arlington from the Hornet. He recalled a past Johnston Island visit and praised space heroes aboard the Hornet while meeting seaman William A. Kifer and Fire Herald Chief William H. Williamson. Speculation about a Vietnam stop was denied.
The Mobile Quarantine Facility a 354aot-long aluminum trailer will house astronauts Edwin Aldrin Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong for 18 days in Houston after returning from the Moon. NASA ordered four MOFs at 40000 each and a 11 million isolation building. The trailer has a decontamination lock a pressurized system and a six-bed bedroom plus lounge and kitchen with special sampling procedures for lunar material. If illness or issues arise a second facility is available aboard a recovery carrier.
SACRAMENTO UP I Joint Legislative Ethics Committee will hold a preliminary inquiry into Sen Richard Dolwig's business dealings. Assemblyman Harvey Johnson said the probe is likely nonpublic without a formal complaint, and funds and personnel for a full inquiry are uncertain.
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