Moonmen Reach Lunar Hike Falls Short Of Cone Rim
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Jr. and Edgar Mitchell completed a long lunar walk but halted two thirds up a 400 foot slope, failing to reach Cone Crater rim. They gathered 108 pounds of rocks and conducted geology, while a humorous mood returned aboard the lander Antares after the descent.
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Weather report for Terre Haute and nearby regions
National Weather Service forecast shows river stage at 15.6 feet and rising. Terre Haute area expects mostly fair skies and colder tonight with increasing clouds, lows near 12 to 15, Sunday highs in the 20s. Indiana outlook: chances of light snow in south with lows 12-20 and highs 25-30 Sunday. Illinois mostly cloudy with highs upper 30s.
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War threat in Northern Ireland escalates after Belfast shootout
In Belfast Ireland four nights of clashes intensify after a British soldier and two Irish gunmen die in a firefight with troops. A civilian bomb and water main explosion injure civilians as 37 are arrested. soldiers report snipers and rising tension.
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Israel Faces Deadlock as Suez Talks Extend Again
The Middle East cease fire enters a second extension amid pressure on Israel to pull back from the Suez Canal. Egypt demands a partial troop withdrawal before reopening the waterway, while Premier Golda Meir hedges on the plan and indirect talks under mediator Gunnar V. Jarring stall at the UN. France and the Soviet Union press for acceptance.
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New York
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Soviet Union
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Suez
Sinai Desert
Sadat
Moon brightness equaled by 100 candlepower lamp at 22 yards
A historical note states that the moon’s brightness as seen from Earth matches a 100 candlepower lamp viewed from 22 yards, illustrating early astronomical comparison.
Dismissal Sought in Terre Haute North 8th Street Case
The City of Terre Haute asks Vigo Circuit Court to dismiss a suit by the Terre Haute Masonic Temple Association to block the closing of North 8th Street from Cherry to Eagle for ISU amphitheater work. The motion argues court jurisdiction and lack of damages or benefited awards as premature.
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George B. Tofante
Masons
Apollo 14 climbers halt at crater rim during moon walk
Apollo 14 astronauts completed the longest lunar excursion yet but could not reach Cone crater rim due to a steep slope. The mission progressed amid other global tensions and policy shifts reported across the day.
South Vietnamese Win Major Battle in Cambodia
South Vietnamese forces reported heavy combat near the Chup Rubber Plantation east of Kompong Cham, saying 91 enemy troops were killed and 27 weapons captured. One prisoner was taken as 10 allied soldiers died and 37 were wounded in the dawn fight with the 272nd Regiment of the North Vietnamese 9th Division.
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Kompong Cham
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Apollo Moonwalk Returns Joy to Families in Space Center
At Space Center Houston families woke in the night to watch Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell walk on the moon for Apollo 14. Louise Shepard and Joan Roosa cheered as the pair carried out experiments on the lunar surface while Stuart Roosa orbited above awaiting the crew’s return.
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Indiana lawmakers urged to defeat antipollution plan
Indiana legislators face heavy pressure to kill a proposed Environmental Protection Agency style bill. Rep. Robert H. Bales chairs the panel behind the measure and says lobbyists want it weakened or dropped. Federal EPA head William D. Ruckelshaus will testify at a Monday night hearing. Major opponents include the Indiana Farm Bureau and Indiana Chamber of Commerce, who warn of a powerful bureaucracy over land use and existing farm chemical programs. Other pesticide control bills face strong opposition as lawmakers weigh a broader agency or information sharing approach.
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Robert H. Bales
Ryanville
House Public Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Bales
Environmental Protection Agency
EMA
William D. Ruckelshaus
Federal Environmental Protection Eee
Statehouse
Indiana Farm Bureau
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Richard Bass
Indiana Pesticide Council
Senate
Gene Snowden
Huntington
W. Wayne Townsend
Dartford City
Snowden
Senate Ecology and Environment Committee
State Air and
Mentally Ill Rapist Kills Three in West
A man sought in the killing of a child killed two people and wounded two others during a ram page across two states before being shot dead by Grants Police Chief Jay Woodward and officers. Bertram Greenberg of West Covina California died after slashing his wrists. Authorities linked him to the strangulation of a 13 year old girl. The violence left an Arizona highway patrolman and a Missouri man dead, while the Missouri man's wife and another officer were wounded.
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Wparer
Jay Woodward
Bertram Greenberg
West Covina
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Greenberg
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Missouri
James E. Brown
Springfield
Jim Keeton
Holbrook, Ariz
Brown
Karen
Libel Suit Filed Against Vigo County School Officials
A former school secretary Alice Long sues Vigo County School Corp the board of trustees and superintendent for 250000 in damages alleging malicious slander from her discharge in the purchasing department. The complaint cites false records irregularities and a staff reduction claim used to mask the defamation.
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Alice Long
Vigo Superior Court
WCSC
Kenneth Cottom
Cottom
Paul Haas
Charlotte Caldwell
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