Apollo 13 astronauts ride lifeboat to Earth return
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 13 using the lunar module Aquarius as a lifeboat after a dangerous explosion. Lovell Swigert and Haise maneuvered a free return trajectory toward Earth with splashdown likely Friday in the Indian Ocean or Pacific, while ground teams monitor oxygen, power, and fuel.
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Space Center
Houston
Apollo 13
James A. Lovell
John L
Swigert
Fred W. Haise
Glynn_Lunney
Lunney
Alese II
Earth
U.S
Space Agency
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Haise
Lovell
Apollo
James McDivitt
Strike Hints Cloud Scottsdale Teacher Vote Over Raises
About 350 of 1,265 Scottsdale teachers hear eight proposed salary bases and four referendums as they prepare to vote by secret ballot. Speakers criticize the Negotiation Commission for lowering from a $900 base raise. many threaten a strike if demands aren’t met.
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Scottsdale
Teachers’ Negotiation Commission
Board of Education
Scottsdale Federation of Teachers
Newark
N.Y
New York
Moorer Named Chairman of Joint Chiefs After Wheeler
Adm. Thomas Moorer selected to succeed Sen. Earle Wheeler as chairman with Wheeler retiring July 2. Moorer has led the Navy as chief of naval operations since 1967. Vice Adm Elmo Zumwalt Jr. will be Navy chief of operations. May draft call drops to 15 000 with all draftees to the Army. air controllers resume duties after sickout. Israel fears clashes with Soviet technicians guarding Egypt's SAM3 missiles. Dayan seeks more US F4 jets. Senate Judiciary panel discusses Blackmun nomination. Scott expects a third Nixon pick. Welfare stigma debated at Castle Hot Springs. Arizona budget talks good progress in joint session aiming for about 350 million dollars.
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Thomas Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Earle ‘Wheeler
Moorer
Naval Operations
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
Naval Forces
Vietnam
Pentagon
Army
Moshe Dayan
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Israel
Dayan
Bamachane
Joseph Sisco
Teachers negotiate eight salary bases for raises
The Negotiation Committee presents eight salary base options for teachers, four staying under the six percent budget limit and four requiring a referendum to exceed it. Bases range from 6200 to 6750 with varied index treatments, and teachers must choose one six percent base and one referendum base. The adjusted index reduces multipliers, lowering the maximum to 1.345 percent.
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Motorola Officials Say Apollo 13 Parts Functioning Smoothly
Ed McLellan of Motorola’s governmental electronics division said all Motorola supplied components on Apollo 13 are functioning normally. He noted the two way communications system handles telemetry voice and data from 30 000 miles and beyond and warned that a failure could jeopardize the mission and crew safety. Motorola also has receiving gear at Goldstone Canberra and Madrid with 12 pieces at the launch pad.
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Ed McLellan
Motorola
Scottsdale
Goldstone
Canberra
Madrid
Farm Worker Killed by Disc Plow On Reservation
A farm worker, Francis Clive Gibbons, 60, of Mesa, fell from his tractor and was run over by the disc plow on a Rosco Farms leased field near Camelback Road on the Salt River Reservation east of here. Deputies reported the fatal accident occurred this morning on the leased farm.
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Salt River Reservation
Here
Francis Clive Gibbons
Mesa
Rosco’ Farms, Inc
Camelback Rd
Weather Outlook: Sunny Today and Wednesday
Mostly sunny conditions continue today and Wednesday with strong gusty winds diminishing tonight. Daytime highs reach 75 to 80 degrees today and the upper 70s on Wednesday, while nighttime lows drop to 45 to 50 degrees.
Indian Days Set for Scottsdale with Miss Indian America
The second annual Scottsdale All Indian Days opens Friday at 7 p.m. with dances and a goods sale in Scottsdale Stadium. Margery Haury, 19, Miss Indian America from Albuquerque, will attend. Fifty tribes compete in war dances April 17–18. a parade, beauty contest, and an interdenominational service finish the weekend.
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Scottsdale
Margery Haury
Albuquerque
N.M
North Carolina
Scottsdale Rd
Cook Christian Training School
Scottsdale Junior College plan approved for temporary campus
The Maricopa County Junior College District board approved three contracts totaling 281610 to set up a temporary campus at Pima and Chaparral. Funds cover sewer and water mains site improvements and moving 16 portable buildings for one year.
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Scottsdale Community College
Maricopa County
Pima
Chaparral
Donaldson
Scottsdale Council Approves 5 Million Neighborhood Redevelopment
Scottsdale City Council approved two contracts by the Community Development Department to study and redevelop the Vista Del Camino area south of McDowell and the district west of the Civic Center. The plan targets razing substandard housing and building new homes in both areas.
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Scottsdile
Community Development Department
NDP
Vista del Camino
McDowell
Indian Bend Wash
Civic Center Complex
Vista
del Camino
City council approves appraisals for redevelopment areas plan
The council authorized contracts with Anderson and Stanton Walter Winius Real Estate Consultants and Larry Smith and Company for up to 46 000 in appraisals and feasibility work. Two appraisals per parcel will be conducted with city review and owner option to hire independent appraisers.
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Anderson and Stanton
Walter Winius Real Estate
Larry ‘Smith
Community Development Department
Dave Harris
Joe Gartrell
Con
Bill Donaldson
Donaldson
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
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GOP
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Castle Hot Springs
Arizona Town Hall
Phoenix
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Arizona
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