Astronauts Return After Record 28 Days Aboard Ticonderoga
Skylab crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz landed in the Pacific ending a 28 day mission after their Apollo ferry ship parachuted into the water. The carrier Ticonderoga waited 830 miles southwest of San Diego to recover the crew for medical tests on space weightlessness effects.
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Ticonderoga
Pacific Ocean
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Conrad
Earth
Mission Control
Conrad, Kerwin
Weitz
Apollo
Fred Mahalek Ends Lengthy Postal Tenure
Assistant postmaster Fred Mahalek will retire June 29 after 36 years with the Terre Haute Post Office. Postmaster Frank Miklozek praised Mahalek's service and noted his career from substitute clerk in 1937 to assistant postmaster since 1969. Mahalek plans radio hobby time and Ham radio activity after retirement.
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Fred Mahalek
Terre Haute
Frank Miklozek
Mahalek
Postal Service
Twelve Points
Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association
Special Olympics on At ISU Marks Field
The Indiana Special Olympics state finals at Indiana State University Marks Field begin under sunny skies as Terre Haute volunteers and fans support 2,000 youths. Glenn Randall of the Kennedy Foundation praises Indiana’s program and explains the year round goals and new computer aided data system used to track participants. ISU contributed $8,000 in computer time and service.
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Brooklyn Dodger
Carl Erskine
Indiana
ISU
Bobby Williams
Indianapolis North Central
Terry Giovanni
Vincennes University
Diane Lewis
West Terre Haute
House of Photography
Terre Haute
Glenn Randall
Indiana State University
Marks Field
Rendall
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Tom Sangster
Judy Campbell
Randall
Indianapolis
Nixon Brezhnev Plan Signing Tentative Declaration
Nixon and Brezhnev agreed on a broadly worded declaration to sign later today in the East Room. White House officials said a signing ceremony is planned at noon and the document may pledge to reduce nuclear dangers ahead of a 1974 Moscow summit. The accord aims to accelerate strategic arms limits and foresees a formal treaty later.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Moscow
Brezhnev
Blair House
Soviet Union
Weather Forecast Terre Haute Indiana Illinois Area
Mostly fair and mild through Saturday with little temperature change. Chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evenings. Lows tonight in the 60s. Saturday highs near 80 with a 20 percent rain chance. Dirt-dust count 59 micrograms per cubic meter. river stage 11.1 ft and falling. Sunrise 5 23 am Sunset 8 20 pm. Precipitation 0.25 inch.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Exchange Club District Convention Honors Bar-B-Que Programs
Delegates to the eighth annual Indiana Kentucky Exchange Clubs convention gathered at the Holiday Inn and Vigo County Fairgrounds for awards, memori al services, and a Friday barbecue. Terre Haute hosts highlighted by remarks from Mayor William Brighton and National Representative Millard Beekum. Awards luncheon recognized outstanding members and youth essays as sessions continued into the evening.
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Indiana-Kentucky
Carl N. Miller Sr
Terre Haute
Vigo County Fairgrounds
Tri-Tones
Ray Farm
St. Mary of-the-Woods
Honey Creek Square
Historical Museum
Holiday Inn
Indiana State University
John
Hulman Center
Teachers VCSC Agreement Near With $300 Raise
A tentative one year contract raises starting pay for Vigo County teachers from 7 250 to 7 550 a year effective January 1 1974. The deal costs the school corporation about 825000 with 800000 new state revenue and will require non teaching budget cuts.
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Vigo County
Vigo County Board of School Trustees
Vigo County Teachers Association
WCTA
Uniserv
George Bakker
Jordan Lewis
Kenneth Cottom
Peter Farmer
William Llewellyn
Paul Hass
John Valle
Iverson Bell
John Sutherland
Charlotte Caldwell
VCTA
John Gettinger
VCSC
Jury Selection Methods Change
The Vigo Circuit Court will switch to a streamlined jury selection plan in the third quarter. Judge C Joseph Anderson said 200 prospective jurors will receive two page history questionnaires and be called for voir dire, reducing costs and time versus the old system which sometimes swelled to 930 jurors per quarter and extended preparation.
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Vigo
C. Joseph Anderson
H. Ralph Johnston
Sonedu
Anderson
Betty Allen
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District Fund
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Indiana-Kentucky Exchange Club
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Herb Lamb
Dick Everett
James Brown
Earl C. Rodgers
Carolyn Kuespert
Tom Kuespert
Tippecanoe County
Dick Bell
Chicago
W. C. Hilligess
Bill Ingram
Robert Kuntz
Lafayette
Chris Hansen
Martin
News Digest
Terre Haute North Vigo High School
Bakker
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