Apollo 15 countdown under way for lunar mission launch
The countdown for Apollo 15 began at 6 30 a m EDT and aims for a 9 34 a m Monday liftoff with David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin. They plan a 67 hour moon surface stay and Worden a six day lunar orbit, while final rehearsals continue in a Falcon trainer. A lightning strike on the 445 foot umbilical tower caused no damage, and power fluctuations in the command ship Endeavour are not regarded as threatening the launch. Astronauts will wear spacesuits during lunar module jettison in moon orbit following Soyuz 11 deaths, per safety review.
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UPI Space
Cape Kennedy
UPD
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Alfred M. Werden
James B. Irwin
Scott
Irwin
Moon
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Falcon
Endeavour
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United States
West Virginia Gets 124790 in HEW Juvenile Care Grants
The HEW awards total 124 790 for Beckley and Moundsville juvenile care facilities. Grants include 30000 to support special homes for juveniles awaiting court action, 24780 for Project Action for Children in Trouble, 38470 to Davis-Stuart for a Beckley group home, and 31540 to Marshall County Mound Builders Treatment Center in Moundsville. Governor Moore backs the programs to reduce jail exposure for youths.
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Charleston
Beckley
Moundsville
Arch Moore
Department of Welfare
Welfare Department
Davis-Stuart Company
Marshall County Mound Builders Treatment Center
ACLU seeks Supreme Court ruling on Vietnam War legality
The ACLU asks the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of U.S. involvement in Vietnam arguing Congress never gave explicit authorization. It cites Gulf of Tonkin actions and funds while noting a Brooklyn soldiers case challenges their deployment. The court will decide in October whether to hear the suit.
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UPI
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Vietnam
Congress
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Federal District Court
Brooklyn
School board defers decision on Paula Grossman case
Bernards Township board delays action until Aug. 12 on whether to keep Paula Miriam Grossman, a music teacher who underwent sex reassignment surgery changing from male to female. Grossman, 31 years teaching at Cedar Hill Elementary, did not comment. Board president Paul Mallon noted review will occur.
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Basking Ridge
N.J
UPI
Bernards Township
Paul Monroe Grossman
Plainfield
Paula Miriam Grossman
Grossman
Board of Education
Paul F. Mallon
Breakthroughs Reach In Telephone Postal Labor Talks
Ten tentative settlements totaling about 5 billion in wages and benefits cover 1.25 million telephone and postal workers. The Bell system workers win a 3 year package worth 34 billion while postal talks cite a 1 billion two year deal for 750000 machinists. Ratification and details remain pending. No break seen in UTU strike against Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, but railroads face possible action before July 30 as steel contract negotiations continue.
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Washington
UPI
Bell Telephone System
U.S. Postal Service
United Transportation
Southern Railway
Union’ Pacific Railroad
UTU
Big City
United States unions reach tentative wage deals in telecommunications
About 4,000 West Virginia telephone workers are expected to return to their jobs at midnight after a tentative contract with the Communications Workers of America and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. approves a 31 percent wage and fringe benefit rise over three years. The pact covers 31,000 workers in four jurisdictions and anticipates a moderate 4 percent yearly CPI increase.
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United Press International
West Virginia
The
Communications of America
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
CWA
Charleston
Bolger
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
River dam at crest risks widespread flooding in Kentucky
Army engineers report progress shore up a partially built earthen dam on the Licking River near Morehead Kentucky as a five day rain swollen river nears crest. About 1 000 residents were warned with roughly 600 leaving their homes. If the dam fails water could inundate 75 square miles.
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Morehead
Licking River
Lawmen Blast Proposal Urges Legal Marijuana
A San Francisco crime panel recommends legalizing marijuana for adults and regulating it like liquor. Police and narcotics officials oppose the plan, arguing marijuana is dangerous, and the mayor supports cautious analysis while nine members dissented.
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Crime Panel
Joseph Alioto
Milwaukee
Alioto
Draft Lottery Set Aug. 5 For '72 Call
Washington officials announced a 1972 draft lottery for August 5 to determine the order of call by birth date. Inductions halted since the old law expired July 1 as Congress debates extending the draft provision and end-the-war terms.
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Washington
UPS
Selective Service
U.S. Commerce Department
Congress
House-Senate
House
Senate
Court to Send Two Officers to Oregon in 1963 Murder Probe
Raleigh County Court will fund two policemen to travel to Oregon to question James Paul Cozort about the Christmas 1963 murder of Sgt. James Lee Haynes. Trooper Ralph Bailey and Deputy Victor Birchfield expect a solution as suspects boast of the crime. Lundy Trump is jailed on a murder warrant. James Floyd Cox is missing.
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Raleigh
Oregon
Wyoming
Charles Burdiss
Ralph Bailey
Beckley
Victor Birchfield
Burdiss
James Paul Cozort
Wyoming County
James Lee Haynes
Soulsville
Bailey
Birchfield
Cozort
Lundy Trump
Raleigh County
James Floyd Cox
Marine drill instructor fined and relieved after hospitalizations
PARRIS ISLAND S C A Marine drill instructor was fined 100 and relieved of recruit training duties following an investigation into exercise periods that hospitalized 39 Marines. Two other instructors were returned to training duties. Thirty eight of the 39 trainees were released from Beaufort Naval Hospital and are in a controlled training program. one remains hospitalized with a virus. The recruits had been forced into exercise sessions reportedly up to six times longer than allowed.
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Parris Island
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UPI
Marine Corps
Beaufort Naval Hospital
Parris Island Marine Training Base
Beckley Area Weather Outlook for Today and Wednesday
Beckley and vicinity expect patchy sun this afternoon with a 30 percent shower chance and a high near 70. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low around 50. Wednesday should be mostly sunny with a high in the low 70s and a near zero percent rain chance.
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Beckley
Slayings in Sheboygan Claim Five Lives
In Sheboygan Wisconsin two widows and three of their sons were found shot to death in two nearby homes. The victims included Mrs Warren Dean and Mrs R Rammer and Rammer’s sons aged 10 13 and 16. A rifle was found at the Rammer home entrance. Police provided few motives as the investigation continued.
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Sheboygan
Wis
UPI
Lake Michigan Shoreside
Warren Dean
R. Rammer
Sheboygan County
Lance B. Jones
Rammer
Tno
Oil Fire Kills Seven at Caltex Refinery Docks
Fire swept four oil tankers moored at the Caltex Refinery docks on the Main River in Frankfurt. Firemen reported at least seven dead and several others injured in the blaze that began early today.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPID
Caltex
Main River
Judge Tosses Out Uncooperative Desegregation Suit in Austin
U.S. District Judge Jack Roberts dismissed the Nixon era desegregation suit against Austin schools saying the Justice Department was uncooperative. He approved Austin School District’s plan for limited busing and learning centers to achieve integration. The plan, cheaper at about 100000 dollars, relies on integrated centers with interschool visits and field trips, with some busing still required. The department considers appeal as officials study the ruling.
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Washington
Justice Department
Roberts
State Capitol Complex
University of Texas
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