Apollo Space Walker Tosses Back Jokes During Moonwalk
Apollo astronauts Schweickart McDivitt and Scott conducted a joint spacewalk from the lunar module to test suit depressurization and exterior photography. Schweickart lingered beyond planned time but mission control kept to the flight plan.
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Scott
Ee Ee Kraft
Iit
Schweickart
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Lunar
Puzighweickart
Ahey
Charles A. Berry
Berry
Ground Control
Cuba Announces Arrest of Air Hijacker in Havana
Granma identified the detained hijacker as Anthony Bryant, a 19-year-old from San Bernardino, California, with prior robbery and drug convictions. Cuban officials say the hijacker was arrested in Cuba, while U.S. return or extradition was not indicated. The report notes the hijacking of a National Airlines jetliner from the United States to Cuba and mentions the owner who recovered a passenger’s $1,700. The story adds that the arrest was the first time Cuba publicly disclosed such a capture.
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Cuba
United States
National Airlines
Communist Party
Granma
Sal
Anthony Game Firyant
Ny Garnet ‘Brynt
Negra
San Bernardino
Calif
San Quentin
Bryant
Santa Ana Deserter Sentenced to Four Years
Edwin C. Arnett, a 30-year-old Santa Ana Army cook, became the first U.S. serviceman court martialed for desertion from Vietnam, sentenced to four years hard labor, a dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay. He fled from Cam Ranh Bay to Japan Sweden and back to the United States, pleading guilty to absence without leave.
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Sweden
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Santa Ana
Calif
Seth Linthicum
Linthicum
Ammett
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Military Board of Review
Washington
Arnett
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Hevent
Japan
Russia
United States
Slain Providence Women Identified Among Cape Victims
In Prov in Cape Cod case Judge Gershom D. Hall ordered Costa held without bail for 35 days observation at Bridgewater State Hospital. Two bodies identified as Patricia Walsh and Mary Ann Wysocki, both 23 from Providence. Walsh was a second grade teacher and Wysocki a college senior. disappearance occurred five weeks ago while vacationing on the Cape. Other victims unidentified.
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Gershom D. Hall
Costa
Bridgewater State Mental Hospital
Patricia Walsh
Mary Ann Wy- Sock
Providence
Rik
Miss Walsh
Miss Wysotki
Cape
Lt General Cushman to be Deputy CIA Chief
President Nixon announced that Lt Gen Robert Cushman Jr will become deputy director of the CIA, replacing Vice Admiral Rufus Taylor who retired. Cushman, 59, will leave his Vietnam post March 26 to take the no. 2 role behind director Richard Helms.
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UPI
Nixon
Maine
Vietnam
Central Intelligence Agency
Robert £. Cushman Jr
3rd.Marine Amphibious Force
CIA
Richard Helms
Helms
Cushman
St. Paul Mina
Rufus L Taylor
Naval Academy
Pacific
Transport Crashes at Naval Air Base LeMoore
The Navy reported a crash on the runway at LeMoore Naval Air Station involving a four engine propeller driven P3 Orion. Casualties were reported though exact numbers were not known, and the number of aboard remained unclear.
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Naval Air Base
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Navy
Oil Severance Tax Proposal Moves in Assembly
Three Democratic assemblymen introduced a bill to levy a 2 percent severance tax on oil and gas producers refiners and to curb depletion allowances creating a $3 million state fund for emergency beach salvage. Lead sponsor Assemblyman John L Burton says it would raise about $20 million targeting top 300 producers, while most operators would be exempt. Similar measures have failed in years past.
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John L. Burton
San Francisco
John Dunlap
Napa
Alan Sicroly
Beverly Hills
Burton
California
Elisabeth Fernstroem Runs Aground Off Goteborg Harbor
The 75,400 ton Swedish tanker Elisabeth Fernstroem carrying 72,000 tons of crude oil ran aground near Goteborg oil harbor. Seven tugboats were dispatched to the scene less than a mile from the Torsh man oil pier to attempt freeing the vessel. No oil leaks were reported at once.
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Goteborg
Sweden
UPI
Elisabeth Fernstroem
Torshman
Sirhan Says Blackout Blamed for Kennedy Slaying Details
Sirhan Sirhan testified that he cannot recall shooting Senator Kennedy and claimed a drunken blackout after drinking at a hotel foyer. He described attending events spurred by newspaper ads on Israel, the parade, and a rally while admitting ownership of the gun used in the murder.
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Jess Unruh
Jordan
James Jordan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Public Defender
Joan Dempsey Klein
American Civil Liberties Union
Cooper
Thomas Kuchel
Ruchel
Ambassador
Kennedy
Rober F. Kennedy
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