Cancellation of MOL and shift to Apollo applications program
The MOL project would have sent two men into a Saturn IB canister to test military space use, with McDonnell Douglas and United Technology Center as key contractors. Cancellation shifts focus to NASA's Apollo Applications Program which envisions orbital space stations for science, earth resources and astronomy tasks.
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Protestant Pope Visit in Geneva Prompts Debate on WCC Membership
Pope spoke to the World Council of Churches urging social justice for workers and warning of global peace at risk. Security was tight and crowds were small at the airport but he was warmly applauded along his motorcade. He questioned whether the Catholic Church should join the WCC, saying the issue requires deep study and could be long and difficult. He praised the WCC as a marvelous movement and noted growing cooperation between the Vatican and the council.
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McDonnell Douglas Faces Fallout From Orbit Lab Cancellation
Officials from McDonnell Douglas Astronautics assess the impact of the abrupt Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program cancellation. The firm had pursued a 674 million fixed price contract awarded May 13, 1967, with limited prior details disclosed. NASA Apollo Applications work continues separate from the dropped project.
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Huntington Beach
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McDonnell Douglas Astronautics
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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U S and Saigon Move Closer at Paris Talks
An official UPI summary says after Midway Nixon and Thieu presented a united front at Paris. They discussed a first slice troop withdrawal of 26 000 combat troops, with a second slice uncertain. U S officials note stronger Paris position but cautious on Thieu’s political risk.
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Witness Promoted Amid Noguchi Hearings In Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a defense witness testified that a coroner’s employee, J. D. Mayfield, ranked fifth on the senior investigator exams yet was chosen for the job over four defense witnesses who ranked first through fourth. Mayfield said he overheard a discussion between James Kono and Ly Noguchi mentioning pills. He admitted he did not see any pills or neurotic behavior by the former coroner. The hearing for reinstatement of Dr. Noguchi entered its fifth week as Dr. John Kramer discussed the effects of dexamyl. Defense rested without calling its star witness, the former coroner.
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J. D. Mayfield
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Noguchi
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University of California At Irvine
National Institute of Health and Drug Abuse
Keamer
Nixon Back at Capital Today to Brief Solons
President Nixon returned to Washington to brief a bipartisan group of congressional leaders and the cabinet on the Midway conference with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. He and his family spent the night in San Clemente after flying to El Toro Marine Air Station Monday evening.
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Julie
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Girl and Boy Charged in Fatal Wood County Fire
In Wood County a girl and a boy, in custody, were charged with murder in the fatal blaze that killed 12. A mass funeral is planned for Wednesday. Sheriff Bechtold ordered a Child Welfare investigation while the preliminary hearing awaits full reports.
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Black
Wood County Child Welfare Department
Bruce White
Wond County
Enoch
Parkersburg
White
Charles Bailey
Evans Survivors Reunite After Ocean Shell Collision
Evans, From A-I, recounts joyous reunions with family in Garden Grove as 49 survivors return from Subic Bay. Sailors describe being thrown from bunks, salvaging records, and receiving fine aid from Melbourne crew. Romance and tears mix with leave orders awaiting the Long Beach flight home.
Man Goes to Pieces on Jet at Sea
A distraught American passenger identified as Donald Guinn attempted to break into the first class cabin aboard a TWA flight. Stewardess and crew, including a noted passenger, restrained him with others aiding until a doctor of psychology calmed him. jacket torn, he was strapped into a rear seat among about 50 passengers.
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Donald Guinn
TWA
Garage Fire Reveals Bogus Money Operation
A Signal Hill resident Alfred Noble, 24, residing at 1700 EF Hill St Apt was charged after a garage fire exposed a money making setup. Fire investigators found printing plates a press and 2,000 sheets of counterfeit $20 bills. Noble said the bills were for gag prizes.
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Alfred Noble
Hill St. Apt
Secret Service
Noble
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