Apollo 14 astronauts endure minor faults near Hadley landing
Apollo 14 navigates a string of small problems during prelanding checks as Scott and Irwin troubleshoot a lunar module glass panel, a circuit breaker trip, and brief Goldstone comm loss. Ground crews confirm readiness for a Hadley Bay touchdown after a successful one second engine burn.
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Moon
Scott
Sewiet
Falcon
Lunar
Goldstone
Calif
Endeavour
Mission Control
Houston
Irwin
Cape Kennedy
Ually
Vatican dress code tightens as immodest clothes face patrols
Women entering the Vatican Basilica faced dress rules with many turned away for skirts above two inches above the knee while others in slacks or casual wear entered. Vatican spokesmen cite raising standards to prevent immodest styles from becoming common and note nuns now assist with the checks.
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Lisa Lavery
University of Wisconsin
Kmee
Vatican
Federico Alessandrini
Alessandrini
Ex-hostess named first woman VP at Eastern Airlines
Edwina Winnie Gilbert, former Eastern stewardess, was named division vice president of in flight services. She will oversee Eastern's six flight attendant bases and 3,200 crew, guiding operations from White Plains native to executive role. In Vietnam, Korean spokesmen said South Korean troops killed 21 guerrillas in Phu Yen province during early Tuesday clashes.
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New York
UPI
Eastern Airlines
Edwina
Winnie” Gilbert
Eastern
White Plains
Gilbert
Saigon
VPT
Phu Yen
Vienam
Porter to take special ambassador role in Paris talks
Nixon praised Bruce Porter for over 30 years of public service and said Porter will assume a special ambassador role with no country title. Porter is in Seoul and will travel to the United States for consultations with Nixon before heading to Paris to push Paris talks forward. Ziegler downplayed any downgrade of talks, noting Habib will stay in charge until Porter arrives and talks continue as usual. Hartke proposed Senate confirmation for Porter’s appointment.
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Porter
Seoul
United States
Nixon
Paris
Ziegler
U.S
Habib
Postmark Changes With New Automated Mail Handling
A letter from Amarillo Texas notes postmarks may show only the state and first three ZIP digits as new machine cancelations process bulk mail at main offices. Branch offices will offer city name hand cancellations for patrons preferring city identification.
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Amarillo
Texas
U.S. Postal Service
Mont
Contract signed for screened room delays with Neel Products Inc
May 12 contract with Neel Products Inc for a screened room attached to a mobile home. $484 deposit paid. Room promised by June 6 for visiting friends. Friends arrived, room incomplete. Crew eventually erected awning, steps and deck, then work stopped. ACTION LINE contacted. Ralph Parson of Neel Products offered no reason beyond being busy.
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Neel Products Inc
Mit S. Jellick Ave
City of Industry
Action Line
F-12
Long Beach
Ralph Parson
Neet Products
Parson
Long Beach Aide Seeks Action On Vacant House Mess
Neighborhood complaint about a vacant house at Orange Avenue and 20th Street where 10 to 15 men gather daily and use the yard with no facilities. Health officials say the owner is a savings and loan company and that the Building and Safety Department will decide if condemnation is needed. If not torn down, the company must clean and secure the property. Potassium sources include citrus fruits and vegetables, with cautions for those on low sodium diets.
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Orange Avenue
20Th Street
H.B
Long Beach
Long Beach Health Department
Lakewood
Klaug Schwarz
Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital
Rail strike threat to health in Calif
The threat of a rail strike in California raises national concern as union actions push Congress toward permanent labor-dispute legislation. Hodgson testified on emergency-creating transport disputes while widespread economic disruption spreads from coal and grain to autos, farming losses, and commuter chaos in California and across the country.
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Calif
Congress
Hodgson
House Transportation Subcommittee
Santa Fe
California
Appalachia
Nebraska
Oregon
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Alps Express Derails Injuring Passengers At Bebra
The Alps Express derailed at Bebra station after a switch moved unexpectedly. Ninety five people were injured as the locomotive and cars left the rails. An hour later the locomotive and five undamaged cars continued with 160 uninjured passengers. Two weeks earlier a Rheinweiler derailment killed 23 and injured 122.
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Berra
Germany
Copenhagen
Bebra
Rheinweiler
Veteran farm worker elected premier of Russian Soviet Republic
The Russian parliament elected Mikhail Solomietsev, 59, a Communist veteran and former collective farm worker, as premier of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. He will replace Genady Voronov, long a Politburo member now demoted to a ministerial watchdog chair.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic
Mikhail Solomietsev
Gennady T. Voronov
Soviet Communist Party
Minar
Nixon plans California talk to businessmen
President Nixon added an off the record speech at Northern California's Bohemian Grove to his weekend schedule. He will also stop in Canton Ohio and Ottumwa Iowa with remarks at the secluded event kept private by White House order. A separate Las Vegas report notes a bulldozer foundation dig disrupted a fire department cable and disabled downtown fire alarms.
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Washington
Nixon
California
Bohemian Grove
White House
Canton
Ohio
Ottumwa
Iowa
Ronald L. Ziegler
Las Vegas
UPI
Lockheed Vote Beats Gag Try
Lockheed vote defeats a GOP effort to block a broader bill to provide up to 250 million dollars in federal loan guarantees. The move clears the path for federal funding related to defense and aerospace programs amid ongoing legislative negotiations.
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Lockheed
Welfare plan nears completion with savings push
The plan aims to trim 444.2 million in state savings by tightening eligibility and grants, raising relative recipient standards, and restructuring grant schedules. It also dedicates 2 million to pursuing absent fathers and 1 million to birth control programs while delaying an across the board welfare increase. Lockheed’s fate looms as safeguards hinge on congressional action amid a looming August 5 recess.
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