Debate on Cosmonaut Deaths Grows Over Oxygen Or Space Limits
Space experts disagree on why the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts died after re entry. Some blame a sudden oxygen loss while others suggest a limit on human space duration without artificial gravity. Tass said the crew died during atmospheric descent. Brezhnev leads officials at funeral honors in Red Square.
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Tass
London
Sir Bernard Lovell
Chicago Daily News
Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Space
Lawrence Lilienfield
Georgetown University Medical School
Earth
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsarev
Moscow
Central Army House
Amendment 26 ratified quick end to 18 21 voting limit
Ohio's House approved Amendment 26 81 to 9 making it the 38th state to ratify in three months. Nixon urged 11 million young people to register and vote as North Carolina and Alabama followed earlier that day. The change broadens voting to all 18 year olds in state local and federal elections.
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Ohio
House
White House
Nixon
General Services Administration
Congress
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Alabama
Nixon signs record $5.14 billion education bill
Congress approves a compromise education bill totaling 5.14 billion for the current fiscal year. It passes the House 317 to 16 and the Senate 75 to 0, though critics say the amount is far short of authorized funds and voters seek more education spending.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Clifford P. Case
R-N.h
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
Weather shifts with cool Midwest air and warm South
A forecast shows a cooler spell moving into the Midwest tonight. Meanwhile the East and South can expect showers and higher temperatures in the South as a warmer air mass persists.
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New England
Midwest
Nation ends draft era after 23 years of Congressional deadlock
The United States suspends all drafts for the first time in 23 years as House-Senate conferees halt efforts on a two year extension and Mansfield’s amendment for a negotiated pullout. Selective Service halts inductions except for doctors while 16 000 July August call is paused. Registration for 18 year olds continues and a separate note cites Allen James fined for illegal liquor transport.
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America
U.S
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Selective Service
Pentagon
Washington
Selective Service System
Weather snapshot for the area
High on Wednesday 93 degrees and low 71 degrees. Overnight low 71. 9 am temperature today 79. Precipitation 0.07 inches from Wednesday 7 am to today 7 am. Sunset today 8 32. Sunrise Friday 5 35 and sunset Friday 8 32.
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Florsheim Shoe Sale
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TY Corner
Zeigler, Illinois
Mational Weather Service
No&a
Dept of Commerce
Pinckneyville
Allen James
du Quoin
Hong Kong
C. B. Larry
Ramada Inn
W. Main St
McNeils
K.P.O
Kowloon
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Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern Illinois, Inc
Illinois
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