ERTS Satellite in Pole Orbit Set for First Images
The $176 million Earth Resources Technology Satellite launched from Vandenberg into a 500 mile circular polar orbit. Goddard Flight controllers check systems as the 1,900 pound craft prepares to photograph the globe every 18 days using three television cameras and a radiation sensor.
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Lompoc
Calif
ERTS
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Earth
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
South Pole
John Clark
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Spaceflight Center
Greenbelt
Goddard
Canada
Maritime
Missouri
Mississippi River
Today in History highlights key events in 1946 1704 1783
July 24 marks notable past events from 1946 underwater atomic test at Bikini Atoll to British capture of Gibraltar in 1704 Simon Bolivar born in 1783 and other milestones. The list includes Hoover 1929 Kellogg Briand Pact Nixon Khrushchev 1959 and recent crises.
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Associated Press
United States
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Gibraltar
Simon Bolivar
Caracas
Venezuela
Pacific Coast
New York City
Herbert Hoover
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Richard Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Moscow
France
Algeria
North Africa
Detroit
Sudan
Weather outlook for Texas across regions this week
The report notes temperatures from 66 to 99 degrees with highs mainly in the 80s and 90s and lows in the 50s to 75s. It forecasts partly cloudy conditions, warm days, and scattered showers or thundershowers west of the Pecos and near the coast with increasing activity Tuesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Pecos
Mid 50S
North Central
South Central
Exchange Student Welcomed in Snyder Texas
Yati Ibrahim a Malaysian exchange student was officially welcomed in Snyder at City Hall. She arrived Friday night and was honored at a Snyder High School cafeteria reception Saturday. State Rep Renal Rosson’s wife sent a governor’s certificate naming Yati an honorary Snyder citizen.
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Yati Ibrahim
City Hall
Wayne Monroney
Ave. B
Malaysia
Snyder
Snyder High School
Frank Taylor
American Field Service
Dorothy Rosson
Renal Rosson
Austin
Preston Smith
Yati
Sniper Kills Soldier in Belfast as Londonderry Crossfire Wounds Civilians
A British soldier was killed by a sniper near Ballymurphy in Belfast, the 473rd confirmed death in three years of Northern Ireland religious warfare and the 103rd British soldier to die. In Londonderry a civilian died and four were wounded when a car was caught between troops and snipers during multiple gun battles.
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Belfast
Londonderry
Ballymurphy
Northern Ireland
S Viet troops push into Quang Tri Citadel and cap Tam Quan
South Vietnamese paratroopers breach two walls of the Quang Tri Citadel amid heavy fire as government forces seize Tam Quan on the central coast. U S jets bomb Hanoi’s southern sector, igniting a battery plant fire and triggering explosions as clashes continue across Hue and Da Nang region.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
Hanoi
U.S
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Neeld
Binh Dinh
Tam Quan
Neal Ulevich
Que Son
da Nang
Lion
Bastogne
Hue
Hope Fades For Nine Miners In West Virginia Mine
Rescue teams near finishing a five inch bore into a burning coal mine where nine miners are trapped as hopes for their survival fade. Consol coal spokesman Hazlett Cochran says no encouraging signs yet and air quality will be checked with the new shaft. Geophones and microphones await any sound from deep below.
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Blacksville
W. Va
Hazlett Corchran
Consolidation Coal Co
Cochran
Staff Proposes 11 Percent Cut In Car Insurance Rates
The State Insurance Board staff recommends an 11 percent statewide cut in car insurance premiums, aiming to free over 60 million dollars for Texans. Industry spokesmen and board actuaries cite improved safety records as the reason. If approved, it would mark the first major rate reduction in a decade.
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Austin
State Insurance Board
Texas Automobile Insurance Service Office
David B. Irons
Irons
Mike McKool
Dallas
McKool
Durwood Manford
Manford
Texas
Court Asked To Rehear 16 Death Row Cases
The Supreme Court was urged to rehear 16 cases after its June ruling banning executions. Prosecution requests came from Texas and Georgia officials, with Pennsylvania officials seeking review of two Philadelphia cases. Texas and Georgia officials argued the decision overreaches and misapplies principles, while Specter urged reconsideration of Soleri and Phelan. New Texas auto insurance rates proposed a large cut, with debates on the board’s structure and procedures.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Texas
Crawford C. Martin
Elmer Branch
Arlen Specter
Anthony Soleri
Frank Phelan
Arthur K. Bolton
Martin
Specter
Philadelphia
Vansickle Rites Held Today for 2 Year Old Vansickle
Jerry DeWayne Vansickle two year old son of Mr and Mrs Allen Vansickle of 2906 College Avenue Snyder died at 615 p.m. Saturday in Root Memorial Hospital Colorado City. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today at Bell Seale Chapel with Pat Abbananto minister of the 37th Street Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Hillside Memorial Gardens. Survivors include three sisters Debbie Janie Susan all of Snyder three brothers Richard Jimmy and Frankie of Snyder and grandparents Mrs Mildred Vansickle Hamilton Mrs Edna Phelps Snyder and Mr R C Stewart Roscoe.
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Jerry DeWayne Vansickle
Allen Vansickle
College Avenue
Snyder
Root Memorial Hospital
Colorado City
Bell Seale
Pat Abbananto
37Th Street
Janie
Susan
Richard
Jimmy
Frankie
Mildred Vansickle
Hamilton
Edna Phelps
R.C. Stewart
Roscoe
Nixon and Tanaka Plan Hawaii Summit for Late August
President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka agreed to a two day summit in Hawaii on August 31 and September 1. An exchange of views will cover U S Japanese relations and trade amid U S moves affecting partners. Ambassador William Eberle heads to Tokyo for related talks.
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Washington
Kakuei Tanaka
Nixon
Hawaii
Ronald L. Ziegler
Tanaka
China
Soviet Union
Ziegler
San Clemente
Calif
Eisaku Sato
U.S
Japan
United States
William Eberle
White House
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