Parachute Failure Marks Apollo Splashdown Challenge
Apollo officials at Space Center Houston reported a partial parachute failure during the final descent for a Saturday splashdown. One of three 83.5 foot main parachutes failed to fully deploy, but astronauts remained safe as mission control monitored the situation and prepared for recovery.
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U.S
Vladimir Komarov
Apollo
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
Kraft
United States
Moon
John F. Kennedy
Ex-con seeks Justice probe of West Virginia Penitentiary
Jerry S. Jackson of Baileysville asks the Civil Rights Division to investigate conditions at the West Virginia Penitentiary after release from a five year term. He alleges medical neglect unsanitary food and brutal beatings and says others can corroborate his charges. He had been jailed in Marion County after federal detainers were dropped. Officials would not confirm an inquiry.
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Fairmont
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Justice Department
Jerry S. Jackson
Baileysville
Wyoming County
Civil Rights Division
Jackson
Wheeling
Marion County
Apollo 15 crew return after moon mission jolt splashdown
Scientists hail Apollo 15 as unprecedentedly successful after David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden land aboard the USS Okinawa in the Pacific. A parachute malfunction caused a hard impact before a swift recovery as the crew, reported in good shape, heads toward Hawaii and Houston for reunion.
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Okinawa
UPS
America
Pacific
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Hawaiian
Oahu
Scott
Air Force
Navy
Clarence
Worden
Hawaii
Houston
Dale Myers
Christopher C. Kraft
Houston Space Center
Apollo
Irwin
Jets over Suez mark ceasefire anniversary
United Press International reports two Egyptian jets buzzed Israeli outposts along the Suez Canal on the cease-fire anniversary. Israel filed a report with the U.N. truce supervision staff and did not say if the planes were fired upon. Israel’s Galili called a canal reopening unlikely, citing Egypt’s intransigence, as Sisco’s mediation efforts failed.
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Suez Canal
Middle East
U.N. Truce Supervision Staff
Jerusalem
Canal
Israel
Israel Galili
Egypt
Galili
Cairo
al Ahram
U.S
Joseph J. Sisco
Sisco
Washington
New River project spurs clash over ecology and pollution control
Conservationists and officials dispute the Blue Ridge hydroelectric plan on the New River at Galax Virginia. They warn it could favor pollution dilution over clean-up, linking waterways to the Kanawha and Ohio basins, with West Virginia Attorney General Browning opposing any water use for pollution control.
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Charleston
Virginia
Ohio
Galax
Kanawha
Appalachian Power Company
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kenyon
Allegheny River
New York- Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Blue Ridge
FPC
William C. Levy
West Virginia
Chauncey Browning Jr
Browning
Wall Street Journal Quote on Storytelling in Street Talk
A short aphorism attributed to FP Jones appears in the Wall Street Journal noting that the street is an unlikely venue for lengthy narratives. The remark highlights concision as a response to public visibility.
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FP. Jones
Wall Street Journal
CBS Manipulation Probed in Stagg ers Inquiry
Los Angeles Times reports House investigator James F. Broder pressed CBS for possible staging or manipulation of news segments used in The Selling of the Pentagon. He questioned CBS staff about incidents and sought voluntary talks, amid a 226 181 House vote against contempt citation.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Harley C. Staggers
D-W.va
Columbia Broadcasting System
Los Angeles Times
CBS
James F. Broder
Staggers
Network
Pentagon
House
Suspect charged in hacking deaths in California camp
Mexican officials handed the suspect to the FBI after he was charged with killing two people at a California campground last month. Clarence Otis Smith, 43, of Auburn California, was moved to Cameron County jail in Brownsville Texas to await a U.S. magistrate appearance Monday.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
FBI
California
Clarence Otis Smith
Texas
Auburn
Calif
Cameron County
U.S
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UPI Telephoto
U.N
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New River
New York Times News Service
Federal Power Commission
North Carolina
West
Staggers Aide Probes Network
Broder
CBS News
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