Skylab 1 Crew Rehearsing For Launch At Cape Kennedy
Skylab 1 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Paul J Weitz and Dr Joseph P Kerwin rehearse launching procedures at Cape Kennedy Florida in preparation for a manned orbit and the four week mission. They will launch in a Saturn 5 next Monday to place the space station in orbit at 270 miles high. The crew plans simulator training at Johnson Space Center before the historic flight.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
Johnson Space Center
Houston
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Army orders nuclear shells for Europe surprise Defense Secretary
Congressional sources say the Army plans a multi million dollar modernization of nuclear ammunition for 155 mm and 8 inch howitzers in Europe. The Pentagon keeps costs secret while Richardson claims no knowledge of the plan.
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New York Times
Washington
Defense
Elliot L. Richardson
Army
Europe
Pentagon
West Germany
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Richardson
Senate Foreign Relations
Symington
Congressional Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Farm bill offers flexible subsidies tied to market prices
The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced a farm bill that sets established prices at 70 percent parity for wheat, feed grain and cotton and 80 percent for dairy. If market prices stay above these levels, farmers receive no government cash. if prices fall below, the government covers the gap.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kissinger and Johnson Meet in London Talks
Henry Kissinger met A Alexis Johnson head of the U S SALT delegation in Geneva for a breakfast in London. They discussed Moscow discussions with Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders and previously met at Copenhagen airport on Kissinger’s way to Moscow.
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Moscow
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Kissinger
Nixon
Copenhagen
Washington Star-News retracts on Sloan testimony claim
The Washington Star-News retracts a Tuesday dispatch claiming Hugh W. Sloan Jr told investigators he agreed to testify falsely at the Watergate trial. The paper says it has no information suggesting Sloan was involved in such an agreement or testimony and apologizes for the error.
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Washington
Washington Star - News
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Finance Committee
The
Star-News
Sloan
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