29 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1972
Page
1
Blind 41 year old music teacher Carlo Anni bale pursued a dream to perform with a symphony, paying $4,000 to the Buffalo Philharmonic. Despite snow, 2,400 fans attended, giving him two standing ovations and easing debt fears. He spoke of performing his own arrangements of pop and classical pieces.
Apollo 17 astronauts completed a final, demanding landings rehearsal at Cape Kennedy as Ronald Evans inspected a film cassette for a spacewalk. Mission aims target Taurus-Littrow. Cernan and Schmitt expect to land between two 6500 foot mountains, while Evans stays in orbit. Labor dispute looms with Boeing and 60 workers, risking pickets near launch.
Eleven hour talks failed to produce progress as the Long Island Railroad faces a potential 5,000 non operating employee strike. The unions demand wage terms from a two year contract and set a 12 01 a m Thursday deadline. If no deal, 90 000 daily round trip riders and 80 000 single riders would be affected. Federal mediator George Ives and Labor Undersecretary Willie J Usery participated. talks resumed after a Tuesday recessed session.
Former astronaut Neil A. Armstrong and Apollo 11 crewmates Aldrin and Collins were listed among 90,000 would be moon travelers by Pan American Airways. A $16 to $25 registration fee secured spots, though officials say no voyage is planned before the 71st century. Augustina Dillon, a Philadelphia great grandmother, was among the first ten to sign up, joking about vacation plans. Gerhard Pistor of Austria was first on the list, paying $20 seven years ago in Vienna.
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