Lunokhod 1 Becomes First Self-Propelled Moonwalker
The Soviet Luna 17 mission delivered Lunokhod 1 to the Sea of Rains on the moon and began TV imaging from the surface. Tass reported a 20 yard climb from the lander under remote Earth control, with flags and Lenin imagery aboard. The U S responds with the planned Apollo 15 rover and future manned lunar flights amid budget cuts to the space program.
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David' Nagy
Moscow
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Sea of Rains
Soviet Union
Sea of Tranquilly
Neil Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Tass
Lunokhod 1
United States
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
U.S
Alan B. Shepard
Edgar D. Mitchell
Fra Mauro
Space Agency
Lenin
Moscow Radio
Lunokhod
Epidemic of Venereal Diseases Alarm US Health Group
The American Social Health Association warned of a venereal disease epidemic in the United States driven by a sudden rise in infectious syphilis and a steady increase in gonorrhea. They urged a presidential commission to study the problem as the fiscal year ending June 1970 showed a reversal of six years of decline in syphilis.
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New York
UPD
United States
American Social Health Association
ASHA
James McKenzie-Pollack
Toll hits 288 in Idaho traffic deaths
Idaho's traffic fatalities rose to 288 after two new deaths. Five year old Scott Russell Peterson of Pocatello died after being struck at Poleline and Nixon roads by a vehicle driven by 28 year old Robert Murdock of Idaho Falls who faces involuntary manslaughter charges. A 70 year old Salt Lake City woman Ann Lawson died in a single vehicle crash three miles west of Victor, passenger in a car driven by Joseph Booth of Salt Lake City. One year ago the toll stood at 291.
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United Press International
Scott Russell Peterson
Pocatello
Anne Lawson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Peterson
Poleline
Nixon Roads
Gate City
Robert Murdock
Idaho Falls
Murdock
Lawson
Victor
Joseph Booth
Meat Inspector Kennedy Appeals Dismissal Grounds
Idaho meat inspector Dr. C H Kennedy fights his firing by State Agriculture Commissioner Stanley I Trenhaile. A personnel commission hearing ordered Kennedy to spell out more specific grounds for appealing his dismissal after he was accused of repeated absence without authorization. Kennedy previously won reinstatement and back pay on a prior dismissal.
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Boise
UPD
State Personnel Commission
C.H. Kennedy
Stanley I. Trenhaile
Kennedy
Trenhaile
Personnel Commission
Fourth District Court
Richard Weston
Judge Allows Photographs In Evidence In Manson Trial
In Los Angeles the court admitted 73 photographs of the Tate LaBianca murder victims as evidence in the Charles Manson case. The defense argued the images would unseat jurors, while the prosecution said the grisly photos show the handiwork of the defendants. The trial, led by Judge Charles H. Older, rested after five months as Manson requested permission to personally plead his case.
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Los Angeles
UPID
Charles H. Older
Tate-LaBianca
Charles Manson
Vincent Bugliosi
State of California
Bugliosi
Manson
Saigon troops cross into Cambodia in large scale operation
South Vietnamese forces backed by tanks and helicopters crossed into Cambodia in two-pronged attacks from Pleiku as the largest 254 ton cache of 85 mm ammunition was found inside Cambodia. A brief clash followed with no Vietnamese casualties. Also reported were a Bien Hoa airbase rocket attack killing three Americans and a Vietnamese, and a mortar strike on Camp Evans near Hue with light casualties. In Phnom Penh a grenade attack killed one and wounded seven recruits, the third such incident in 11 days.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Pleiku
Tion
San
Bien Hod
101St Airborne Division
Camp Evans
Hue
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Units Withdrawn from Vietnam Phase Five Redeployment
U S Command identifies two American units totaling 1 295 men to be withdrawn from Vietnam in phase five redeployment The 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry 4th Infantry Division with 920 men and the 25th Aviation Battalion 375 men have stood down to pack for home They will be pulled out before Christmas Idaho State Police warn fading daylight reduces vision and distorts perspective for drivers and pedestrians at dusk and after dark
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Saigon
UPD
U.S. Command
Vietnam
12Th Infantry
4Th Infantry Division
25Th Infantry
Idaho
Massacre Trial Opens in My Lai Case in Fort Benning
Army prosecutor outlines case against Lt. William L. Calley Jr. for allegedly directing the slayings of 102 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai 4. Witnesses would testify that unarmed villagers were shot in a ditch after guards were ordered to “take care of these people.” Calley is shown listening as details of the confrontation emerge.
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Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Aubrey M. Daniel ID
Calley
Paul Meadle
James Durst
Daniel
Caley
Meadle
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