Apollo 9 spacemen rest after splashdown at sea near Hawaii
Apollo 9 crew McDivitt Scott and Schweickart, nine orbits completed, rested in Guad Alcala Bay after a sea splashdown. They described a stable recovery and posed for photos with the ship’s officers before breakfast. The mission keeps the lunar program on schedule toward May and July milestones.
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Earth
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Inport
Clarence Jernigan
Schools Boycott Strains LA Schools Quiet Amid Violence
Striking students return to classes as a black militant boycott slows in Los Angeles area schools. Pepperdine rally drew about 50. Carver and Jefferson reopen with low attendance. Venice High calm after melee injuring a vice principal. Police report details of the Pepperdine shooting as a coroner’s inquest is scheduled.
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Black Students Union
Pepperdine College
Carver
Jefferson High School
Venice High School
Los Angeles City College
Manual Arts High School
Pepperdine
Charles Lane
Larry Kimmons
Kimmons
Washington High School
Morningside Hospital
Bill Lynch
Lane
Lynch
James J. Shea
Young
Glenn Anderson
Torrance Democrat
James
Anderson
Sele
City Board of Education
Laird Lifts Curb on GI Kin Travel Abroad
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird lifted 13 month old restrictions on travel overseas for servicemen and dependents on a space available basis. He reversed McNamara's February 1968 policy citing minor balance of payments effects but wide morale impact. Travel on military planes and ships is restored as reasonable and fair.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Nixon outlines limited ABM shield plan and talks
President Nixon presents a limited ABM deployment claiming it safeguards deterrence and minimizes risk. He says the system would not delay arms talks, costs 6 to 7 billion, and protects land based retaliators, cities, and key centers while focusing talks on freeze rather than cuts.
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U.S
Nixon
Sirhan Matched Wits With His Questioners
Recordings played for an eight woman jury in Sirhan Sirhan’s murder trial reveal he engaged officers, joked about being a good listener, and debated topics from the Jack Kirschke murder case to taxes. He showed awareness of rights and avoided direct answers while discussing multiple subjects before arraignment.
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Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Tourder
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Joan Dempsey Kline
Martin Schorr
Jack Kirschke
Mr. Jordan
W. C. Jordan
Ramport Station
Jordan
Sihan
AB. Melendrex
John Howard
Pasadena City College
Kirschke
Naples
Nixon denies early U.S. pullout from Vietnam
President Nixon said no early withdrawal from Vietnam, stressing private Paris talks as the path to settlement. He noted progress in private discussions and said a broader response would be weighed for impact on talks. In the same briefing he discussed domestic agenda and a revised 1970 defense budget, with $2.5 billion less than Johnson’s earlier plan.
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Soviet Union
Johnson
U.S
Congress
Paris
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Johnson Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson
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