Lockheed Rescue Bill Faces Senate Vote Amid Filibuster Pressure
Amid Nixon appeals and opposing filibusters, supporters push a government guaranteed loan to Lockheed. The measure would authorize up to 2 billion in loan guarantees to avert bankruptcy for the aerospace firm, with Senate votes expected before a summer recess. Legislation includes amendments from McGovern Stevenson Javits and Javits on pension rights and board veto power.
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Lockheed
House
Nixon
Thelbe
Senate
George S. McGovern
D- 5.D
Congress
Jacob K. Javits
R.N. Y
Apollo 15 Launch Sets Moon Mission Pace
Apollo 15 blasts off from Cape Kennedy aboard a Saturn V at 9 34 am EDT on a 12 day lunar journey. Commander Col. David R Scott, Maj. Alfred M Worden and Lt Col James B Irwin aboard, pulse rates noted after liftoff as they head to a 76 hour 250501 mile trip toward the moon.
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AL Rossiter JR
UPI
Cape Kennedy
Earth
Moon
The
Space Center At
Houston
David R. Scott
Maj
Alfred M. Worden
Jamesb. Irwin
Worden
Irwin
Air Force
Jame B. Irwin
Moonport
Endeavour
Falcon
Scott
Walter Kapryan
Nixon
Camp David
Space
James B. Irwin
Apollo 15 Timetable From Cape Kennedy UPI
The timetable details Apollo 15 activities from awakening at 4:19 am EDT through various prelaunch and early flight steps. It notes crew David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin, quotes officials, and mentions Nixon viewing from Camp David as fans watch near the launch site.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Young 6-Year-Old Works Eight Hours With City Crew
Notable keyboard style aside, six year old Andy Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Jackson of 107 Crescent Rd kept an eight hour shift with a street department crew near his home on their first day on site. When asked about pay the boy was told he would have to pay.
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Andy Jackson
Ralph H. Jackson
Crescent Rd
Medina Jurors Questioned as War Crimes Theory Probed
Prospective jurors in the Medina war crimes case are questioned starting with Col. William Proctor. Medina faces murder charges for My Lai actions. The judge is Col. Kenneth Howard as juror selection begins with ten senior officers. Proctor confirms no opinion on merits and acknowledges Calley’s case. He says Geneva Convention applies to unconventional war and public reaction won’t affect him.
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FT. Mcpherson
UPI
My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
William Proctor
Decatur
Proctor
Charley Company
My Jai
Calley
Col
Kenneth Howard
Medina
Korea
Vietnam
Maj
William G. Eckhardt
N W Strike Shrinks West Virginia Coal Output
UTU walkout against four railroads prompts N and W miners in southern West Virginia to begin shutting mines. Area mines face closure within days due to coal storage shortages and empty hoppers, with up to 48 000 miners affected across Appalachia and 350 mines risking suspension if the strike continues.
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United Press International
Raleigh Register
Mountain State
Norfolk & Western ‘Railroad
N&w
United Transportation Union
Mingo
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
UTU
Kenova
Williamson
Bluefield
Ets
Norfolk & Western Railway
Beckley
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Tom Hays
Hays
Fred Campbell
Campbell
Island Creek Coal Co
Appalachian
Robbers Take $75 Kill Man in Huntington Tavern
Two armed gunmen shot Homer Walker in his 60s at Mabel's Tavern as he stepped in to stop an armed robbery. The attackers escaped on foot after taking $75, leaving bartender Herschel Smith and local police investigating.
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Huntington
UPI
Homer Walker
Mabel
Herschel Smith
Walker
Draft Conferees Still Deadlocked
Washington (UPI) Negotiators from Senate and House failed to break the stalemate on antiwar legislation leaving the draft authority expired since July 1. Rep. F Edward Hebert said the Selective Service could last two months without the draft, then manpower might be pulled from deferment pools. Hebert and Sen. John Stennis will reconvene when called.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
Selective Service
Hebert
Sen
John Stennis
D-Miss
Beckley Area Shower Outlook With Mild Temps
A weather forecast for Beckley and vicinity calls for showers and thundershowers this afternoon likely to continue tonight. Highs in the low 70s with overnight lows in the low 60s. Tuesday should be partly cloudy and less humid with highs in the low 70s and a decreasing precipitation risk from 40 percent today to 20 percent Tuesday.
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Beckley
Tidal Waves Hit Pacific Islands After Earthquake
A powerful 8.3 magnitude quake near New Britain and New Ireland caused heavy structural damage in Rabaul and Namatanai plus tidal flooding. No casualties reported. Aftershocks continue as authorities evaluate impact and issue warnings across the Pacific region.
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Pacific Islands
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Rabaul
Pacific Area
New Ireland
Loy
Namatanai
Cape St. George
Matupit
Minh announces candidacy in South Vietnamese presidential race
Gen Duong Van Minh declares opposition to Thieu and names Sen Ho Van Minh as running mate with Sen Hong Son Dong as alternate. Minh vows to end the war and end foreign control, revealing plans at a Saigon villa reception. Thieu seeks re election with Tran Van Huong and Tran Thien Khiem on the ballot. Ky may run with Truong Vinh Le pending ballot qualification. filing runs July 20 to August 4.
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Saigon
API
Duong van
Big
Minh
Nguyen van Thien
Sen
Ho van Minh
Hong Son Dong
Thieu
Tran van Huong
Tran Thien Khiem
Oak Wilt disease prompts state help note
Albert E. Cole of the Plant Pest Control Division explains the department cannot visit every caller. When Oak Wilt is suspected a crew member checks the tree, but many requests are informational and not site visits.
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Agriculture Department
Albert E. Cole
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Cole
Scientists warn nuclear plant safety may fail emergency systems
Four members of the Union of Concerned Scientists urged halting new licenses and reviewing emergency shutdowns after concluding that a rupture in a reactor cooling line could leave cores without coolant. They cited 1957 AEC tests as outdated and noted potential lethal cloud dispersion. Authors include Forbes MIT Kendall MIT MacKenzie Audubon Society Ford Harvard.
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Cambridge, Mass
UPT
Atomic Energy Commission
Idaho
AEC
Ian T. Forbes
Lowell Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Henry W. Kendall
MIT
James J. MacKenzie
Audubon Society
Union of Concerned Scientists
Daniel F. Ford
Harvard University
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Andy
Rick Bowling
Robert Harbison
John Luckton
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Geophysical Observatory
Greenwich
Thien
Nguyen Cao Ky
Truong Vinh le
Egister
Eva
Ek Delmer
Raleigh County
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