NASA Tightens Rules On Apollo 17 Flight Items
NASA announced tougher rules for Apollo 17 amid concerns of personal profit from moon items. The agency may drop personal preference kits and restrict souvenirs after lunar touches, citing soaring values of Apollo 15 postal envelopes and a Van Hoeydonck moon sculpture.
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Associated Press
Washington AP
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Herman Sieger
Sieger
NASA
Paul van Hoeydonck
New York
van Hoeydonck
Washington
Antwerp
Today in History highlights events from 1914 to 1969
On this date Austria issued an ultimatum to Serbia after Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination, signaling World War I. Other notes mark Burt's typographer patent in 1828, Brodie's Brooklyn Bridge jump claim in 1886, Kilrain's 1889 heavyweight win, Petain's 1945 trial, Elizabeth II's 1958 peerages, Telstar's 1960s TV relay, Puerto Rico political status vote, and Agnew's 1972 Morocco visit.
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Serbia
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Jake Kilrain
Marshal Henri Petain
France
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
House of Lords
Telestar Communications
Atlantic
U.S
Europe
Puerto Rico
Spiro Agnew
Hassan II
Morocco
Weather forecast for Texas regions
Weather outlook shows highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s across Texas with partly cloudy days. Rain chances include scattered afternoon thundershowers in Northwest Southwest and Southeast regions and southeast thundershowers Monday and Tuesday in the southeast areas.
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Snyder
Texas
South Central
Six Nations join Western trading bloc in junior partnership
Austria Iceland Portugal Sweden Switzerland Liechtenstein sign a junior pact with the Common Market joining Finland in a new 16 nation bloc, effective Jan. 1. The group vows to dismantle tariffs on factory goods while outside goods keep duties. Britain and other Northern nations linked earlier. full membership not chosen now.
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Switzerland
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Britain
Europe
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Large Crowd Attends Rodeo Performance at Scurry County
A near capacity crowd watched cowboys and cowgirls compete in Scurry County rodeo events. Leaders shifted across events with top marks by Gerald Bunch, Jenny Voss, and Gene Maynard among others as Friday results shaped standings and prize chances.
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Roy McAdams
San Angelo
David Dean
Lamesa
Jenny Voss
Snyder
Kathy Bowers
Claudia Swan
Gail
Jenny
Marie Voss
Lisa Voss
Marie
Billy John Voss
Voss
Frank van Buskirk
Raton
N.M
Gene Maynard
Grove
Okla
Gary Parks
Western Texas College
Gene Schmidt
Emory Birdwell
Palo Pinto
Viet Nam War Update Shortages Slow Northern Supply Lines
North Vietnamese troops slowed vital supplies to South Vietnamese forces on the northern front amid fears a 20,000-man government task force could be cut off. U S destroyers and Marine helicopters bombed transshipment points 75 miles north of the DMZ to enforce a mine blockade. South Vietnamese forces reported killing a Communist regiment commander near Bong Son as heavy fighting continued from Quang Tri to Hue.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. 7Th Fleet
U.S
Denver
Bong Son
Quang Tri
Hue
Highway 1
Phong Dien
Kilgore Wins Smith Award for Civic Beautification
Kilgore Texas captured the Governors achievement Award at the Beautify Texas Council meeting in San Antonio. The East Texas oil center earned top honors in its population bracket for improving quality of life through planning and preserving an attractive environment.
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Kilgore, Tex
Kilgore
National Congress On
Washington
Texas traffic deaths dip but deadly accidents rise
Austin AP reports fewer traffic deaths this year but more fatal accidents. DPS figures show 1,825 traffic accidents so far, down 2 percent from 1,829 last year, while 1,825 fatal accidents equal a 2 percent rise from 1,515 in 1971.
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Austin, Tex
Department of Public Safety
Venus 8 Reaches Venus Soft Landing Probable
Venus 8 reached Venus atmosphere and likely landed, with Sir Bernard Lovell monitoring descent from Jodrell Bank. Signals stopped at 11:22 a.m. GMT, suggesting either transmission loss or surface destruction. The Soviet craft followed Venus 7's earlier landing and aims at relaying surface data.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Bernard Lovell
Venus
Bullock Released After Lung Surgery in Texas
Secretary of State Bob Bullock remained in satisfactory condition after surgery to remove portions of his right lung. Doctors said tests are underway on a tumor-like growth. Bullock, 43, had been treated for a kidney disorder and was hospitalized at Brackenridge Hospital for 10 days when the lung growth was found.
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Austin, Tex
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Brackenridge Hospital
Nixon Reaffirms Agnew as Running Mate for 1972
President Nixon announces Vice President Spiro T. Agnew will again be his running mate. White House secretary Ronald L. Ziegler says Nixon informed Agnew at the oval office and notified Republicans ahead of the convention. Agnew plans Portland Oregon Alaska stops en route to Spokane Washington.
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Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Oval Office
Ziegler
Camp David
Treasury
John B. Connally
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Agnew
Maryland
Jacob Javits
New York
Portland
Ore
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Spokane
Wash
Malaysian exchange student joins Snyder High School year
Yati Ibrahim an 18 year old foreign exchange student from Malaysia arrived in Snyder Friday night and will stay with the Wayne Monroney family at 3614 Avenue B for the 1972 73 school year. She will be Snyder High School s first Far East exchange student.
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Yati Ibrahim
Malaysia
Snyder
Wayne Monroney
Avenue B
Yati
Far East
Snyder High School
Wan Ibrahim
Limited Licenses Proposed for Driver Ability Levels
Franklin M. Kreml head of the Automobile Manufacturers Association urged licensing by ability at the International Vehicle and Highway Safety Conference. He proposed limited licenses like Day light Driving Only and Automotive Transmission Vehicles Only, plus classes such as elementary and intermediate.
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Washington
Franklin M. Kreml
Automobile Manufacturers Association
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Vehicle and Highway Safety Conference
Kreml
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