Skylab 3 Hits Midpoint of 84 Day Orbit Mission
Skylab 3 crews Carr Gibson and Pogue mark halfway through an 84 day flight surpassing 17.6 million miles in 407th Earth orbit. They monitor Comet Kohoutek as Mission Control notes telescope viewing and a tense gyroscope gas shortage while aiming to complete the mission.
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UPI
Kohoutek
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Pacific
Chile
Earth
Milton Windser
Windler
Pogue
Lobos Kohoutek
Mission Control
South America
Solar
CMG
Ouro
Richard
Vigo County Awards Bids for Home A/C and Highway Trucks
Vigo County Commission awarded bids Friday for air conditioning work at the county home and for five new dump trucks. Sycamore Engineering won 107,500 dollars for the home project, Adams Pontiac 41,089.80 dollars for the trucks, trading in six used dump trucks. A 4,750 dollar bid from Rudd Corp for a limb clipper was awarded to the county highway department.
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Vigo County
Sycamore Engineering, Inc
Adams Pontiac
Rudd Corp., of
Indianapolis
Tragic Fire Kills 8-Year-Old in Mooreland Home
In Mooreland Indiana a two story house erupted in flames as Steve Wayne Qualkenbush eight died from burns. Parents were away when the fire started and a babysitter and another child escaped. Cause of the blaze is not yet determined.
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Mooreland
Ind
Steve Wayne Qualkenbush
John Qualkenbush
Jail Inmate Charged in Vigo County Escape Case
Gordon Hammers faces a jail escape charge in Vigo Circuit Court after allegedly walking away from the county work release program. He had been allowed to leave the Vigo County Jail for work release but did not return at day’s end.
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Vigo
Gordon Hammers
Hammers
Vigo County
Jackson Calls Himself Obvious Target of Arab Terrorism
Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington said at a news conference he is an obvious target of Arab terrorism due to his pro Israel stance. He declined to detail threats but noted he has been threatened. Jackson has been honored by U S Jewish groups for his Middle East support.
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Seatle. Wash
UPI
Henry M. Jackson
Israal
Jackson
U. S
Isba
Middle East
Bargaining In Cambodia's Latest Cabinet Shuffle
Western diplomats describe Cambodia's fourth cabinet reshuffle of the year as long bargaining between Lon Nol and the United States Embassy. The new government led by Premier Long Boret hints at no new policies and shows continued U.S. influence through ambassadorial changes and a divided cabinet.
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Cambodia
Lon Nol
United States
Long Boret
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Cheng Heng
Tam
Sirik Matak
U.S
Emory Swank
Thomas O. Enders
Enders
Swank
Bak Kheng
Mekong River
Saigon
da Nang
Two Sailors Lost In Alaskan Storm Off California
Coast Guard reports the loss of First Mate George K. Gann and ship captain C. W. Pemberton in heavy seas 390 miles southeast of Homer Alaska while Chevron Mississippi carried oil from Cook Inlet to El Segundo. Seaman Mario Romersa died later from injuries. elder Gann is a noted novelist.
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San Francisco
Ernest K. Gann
Coast Guard
George K. Gann
Belvedere
Calif
Chevron Mississippi
C. W. Pemberton
Seattle
Homer
Alaska
Cook Inlet
el Segundo
Mario L. Romersa
Gann
Canton Plant Reinstates Urn Whistle After Noise Debate
Canton Illinois plant manager Robert W. Nelson announced the International Harvester whistle will resume at 12 01 AM January 2 following complaints about noise. EPA noted potential future violations but did not order silence. Local petition drive and residents supported keeping the tradition, and a radio station will air a whistle recording at midnight New Year’s Eve.
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Canton, Ill
Canton
International Harvester Plant
Robert W. Nelson
Nelson
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lee Allaman
Canton Township
Allaman
Springfield
Indiana awards funds to upgrade bus and driver ed programs
The Indiana Department of Public Instruction receives $28 000 from the Department of Traffic Safety for the last six months of 1974 to create two new positions a school bus consultant and an assistant driver education consultant. The bus consultant will ensure drivers are trained licensed and examined properly while the other will oversee annual approval inspection and evaluation of commercial driving schools.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Department of Public Instruction
Indiana Department of Traffic Safety
Philip K. Martin
Harold H. Negley
Maily
Posteuca Happy to Be American in Chicago
Zanfira Posteuca, 62, widow of exiled Romanian poet Va sile Posteuca, became an American citizen in Chicago on Thursday. She hopes the late poet’s final wish may reunite him with the family now in the United States after bureaucratic delays.
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Chicago
Zanfira Posteuca
Doina Vircol
Alexander
United States
Postenca
Bowen to pay final dollar on Indiana State Office Building
Gov Otis Bowen will officially pay the final dollar owed on the 13 story State Office Building across from the State house in ceremonies next Wednesday. Officials say the project will be paid for about 14 years ahead of the original timetable.
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Indianapolis
Otis R. Bowen
Statehouse
Local Court Fines Suspended For Multiple Offenders
Flora Letner 28 of 2233 N 25th St fined 35 dollars and given 10 day jail term suspended. Charles Bowman 18 of 2002 Park St fined 63 for speeding and 33 for running red light. Jack Connett 31 of 2240 N 6th St fined 35 and six months on state farm suspended for public intoxication. Jose Juarez 21 of East Chicago Ind fined 50 and 10 days jail suspended for marijuana possession.
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Flora Letner
Charles R. Bowman
Park St
Jack Connett
Jose Juarez
Chicago
Ind
Terre Haute Police report 9,000 hours of officer training
Ter re Haute police and outside agencies logged 9 116 training hours in 1973, with classroom and on job programs for local bankers bank robbery classes and special police. Training covered bomb and drug seminars and joint programs with sheriff deputies and city officers from area counties and towns. Reeves cites expansion plans and cross agency cooperation.
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Indiana University
Northwestern University
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Vermillion
Parke
Clay
Vigo
Sullivan
Rockville
Brazil
Robinson
Weather Report Delivers Snow and Rain Across Regions
Rain and snow hit the Northwest and midcontinent while fog shrouded the Northeast. Yakima reported three inches of new snow bringing ground cover to 11 inches. Travel advisories issued for heavy snow between the Rockies and Cascade Sierra ranges. Coast rains reduced to under half an inch. clear to cloudy conditions listed in major cities with temps from 3 to 74 degrees.
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Washington
Officer resigns as CEO of L. Strauss Indianapolis unit
Paul D. Hagstrum resigns as president and chief executive officer of L. Strauss in Indianapolis to join Dayton Hudson Co. of Minneapolis as officer of its Team Electronics. Hagstrum started with the Indianapolis store Feb. 1, 1971, and is a native of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
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Indianapolis
L. Strauss
Paul D. Hagstrum
Dayton Hudson Co
Minneapolis
Team Electronics
Hagstrum
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Nixon to Sign Manpower Bill Amid White House Bargaining
President Nixon announced he would sign a 1.5 billion manpower bill with great pleasure. The measure transfers operating responsibility for job training from the Department of Labor to state and local authorities while preserving federal oversight. It allows funds for public service jobs and maintains programs for Indians migrants and seasonal farm workers. The bill includes 600 million to hire about 5,000 unemployed workers annually and designates 250 million this year and 350 million in 1975 for public service roles. Nixon plans to stay in California into next year and will meet Kissinger and Simon before returning to Washington.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Congress
Congess
Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
California
Henry A. Kissinger
William E. Simon
Washington
Kissinger
Dance Planned by Shakamak Riders Club at Hymera Building
A round and square dance sponsored by the Shakamak Riders Club Inc will be held Saturday from 9 p m to 1 a m at the Hymera Community Building Music by Marty and the Country Men with Turner Johnston as caller.
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The
Shakamak Riders Club, Inc
Hymera
Marty
Country Men
Turner Johnston
Jackson says he is target of Arab terrorists
Senator Henry M. Jackson says his strong Israel support has made him a target of Arab terrorists. He told reporters he has been threatened but offered few details. An FBI spokesman in Seattle confirmed awareness of the matter but declined further comment.
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Henry M. Jackson
Israel
Washington Democrat
FBI
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