Apollo 15 ready for moon flight
Apollo 15's crew and officials declared readiness for a Monday morning launch toward the moon. David Scott Alfred Worden and James Irwin, the Saturn V rocket and astronauts were described as "fit, relaxed and ready to go" after a Friday meeting. Weather looked favorable for the 9 34 am EDT lift off.
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Deke) Slaton
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Irish crash claims Mrs Kelley and injures Dr Kelley
Dr Claude Kelley president for planning at Virginia University was injured while his wife Jean Kelley was killed in a Dublin automobile accident during a British Isles vacation. University relations director Harry Ernst said officials were informed last night as details remained unclear and Kelleys’ Indiana roots and Morgantown address were noted.
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Virginia University
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Dublin
Ireland
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British Isles
Harry Ernst
Ernst
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Spencer
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Indiana
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Morgantown
Judy
Denman
Colorado
WVU
College of Education
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Bailey takes bribery case against Garrison in New Orleans
Attorney F. Lee Bailey agrees to defend district attorney Jim Garrison without fee against federal bribery and gambling charges, calling Garrison a target defendant.
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New Orleans
UPI
F. Lee Bailey
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Kremlin resists Sino American pressure over Peking Washington ties
Moscow dismisses any attempt to use Sino American contacts to pressure the Soviet Union as unrealistic. Pravda editorial signed by Igor Alexandrov says Beijing Washington contacts reveal nothing but a reality check and questions U.S. peace making claims, while noting a gap between words and deeds.
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UPI
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Igor Alexandrov
Peking-Washington
Nixon
U.S
Viet Cong Accelerates Activity Near Saigon
Viet Cong activity around Saigon has risen sharply with shellings, firefights, and cached arms within 35 miles of the capital this month. Five clashes this month near Saigon left 22 Communist fighters and five South Vietnamese soldiers dead as authorities note vast munitions caches and new bunkers ahead of elections in August and October.
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Fuller
Demilitarized Zone
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Riiles
Jet hijacked to Cuba. two shot on National Airlines flight
A nervy armed man hijacked a National Airlines DC8 to Cuba Saturday after wounding stewardess Sue Bond and passenger Larry Evans. Both were treated in Havana. the 83 aboard returned to Miami after about nine and a half hours. The hijacker, described by Captain Watson as neatly dressed and Latin, was removed by Cuban militiamen.
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Miami
UPI
National Airlines
Cuba
Sue Bond
Larry Evans
Havana
Joseph Watson
Jose Marti
Watson
U.S
New York Police Firearms Study Reports 54 Killed in 1970
The first patrolmen firearms study shows 54 killed and 238 injured by police fire in 1970. Fifty were listed as crime perpetrators. four others faced homicide charges, and one incident was an accident. Eight officers died in the line of duty. 219 were injured by assailants with deadly weapons.
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New York
Robert Denton
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Bill Bailey to be buried years after death in 1899
Waterloo, New York. George Bill Bailey will be buried Friday seventy two years after his death. The farmhand died March 22, 1899, and his body had been shown as one of the first arterial embalming experiments. John Genung, Bailey’s custodian and grandson of embalmer Charles A. Genung, said the funeral is deserved.
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Waterloo
N.Y
UPI
George
Bill” Bailey
John Genung
Bailey
Charles A. Genung
Lindsay plans party switch and possible run for president
A staff drafted statement says New York Mayor John V. Lindsay may leave the Republican Party and run as a Democrat next year. The mayor has not approved the text and no final decision is reported, with aides unsure of his exact plans during a Colorado trip.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Colorado
Record-breaking raid nets 1300 weapons seized in Midwest
Treasury agents bombarded Illinois and Wisconsin in a coordinated crackdown arresting 15 suspects. Authorities called it the largest seizure to date in the nolfare illicit network and warned more arrests would follow.
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Chicago
UPI
Treasury
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Nolfares
Arabs urged to sever ties with Jordan in protest
A Palestinian guerrilla leader at a Cairo press conference urged Arab nations to cut political and economic relations with Jordan and seek its expulsion from the region. Abou Iyad of the PLO warned after King Hussein's crackdown drove many guerrillas from Jordan, some into Israel.
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Abou Iyad
al- Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Hussein
Israel
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