Yanks land on moon Fra Mauro highlands in Apollo 14
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B Shepard Jr and Edgar D Mitchell made a near abort proof touchdown at Fra Mauro after a tense descent. They stepped onto soft lunar soil at 9 54 am EST and set up instruments to study moon quakes radiation and atmosphere while Roosa orbited above in the Kitty Hawk.
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Shepard
Lunar
Mitchell
Moon
Fra Mauro
Mission Control
Earth
Antares
Kitty Hawk
Record-tying 51 Degrees Across North Ridgeville
North Ridgeville weather observer Ray Diederich reported a low- to mid-night high of 51 degrees around 1 am, tying the 1964 record for this date. The unseasonable warmth arrived with rain and roiling skies as Old Man Winter shifted early.
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Old Man Winter
Ray Diederich
North Ridgeville
Rain and wind lash Vermilion area with scattered damage
Rainfall yesterday into today reached 0.27 inches. Ice on rivers receded slowly while Vermilion officials reported no major rises. Water on Abbe Road was cleared after homeowners unblocked tile. Several sewers overloaded on Cornell Avenue Seventh Street and Overbrook Drive. High winds shattered windows but injuries were not reported.
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Diederich
Abbe Road
Safety Service
James T Tracey
Tracey
Cornell Avenue
Seventh Street
Overbrook Drive
Colder Weather With Snow Flurries Expected
The forecast calls for colder conditions with wind and a chance of snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures fall to the upper 20s by evening and 20 to 25 late tonight. Mostly cloudy and cold tomorrow with highs around 25. Precipitation chances 50 percent today, 40 tonight, 20 Saturday. Sunset 5 48 pm sunrise 7 31 am.
Deaths of countians in Viet combat cut toll
Lorain County losses in Vietnam show a steady decline with 13 percent of 1968 levels in 1969. The county total reached 85 servicemen, led by 31 from Lorain and 14 from Elyria, with deaths scattered across multiple towns and branches. The most fatal year was 1968 with 57 losses. 1970 saw four combat deaths.
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South Vietnam
Loran
Lorain County
Lorain St Mary High School
Bonko
Air Force
Richard Pearl
Lorain
Army
Marines
Navy
Elyria
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
North Ridgevilles
Wellington
Grafton
Avon North Eaton Columbia
Oberlin
Avon Lake Amherst
Brownhelm Henrietta
LaGrange
South Amherst
Vermilion
Pearl
Carris M Francis
Elyria Marines
Dale A Gronsky
Henriettan Army
John L Kotora
Desert Sands Reveal Nazi Era Figure’s Hidden Past
An archaeologist hunts a tomb linked to an ancient Egyptian god as he bets years of desert exploration will pay off. The tale recalls a man once in the Nazi inner circle, who later advised Roosevelt, and now surfaces in a dramatic discovery.
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Nazi Party
Jane
Hitler
Ranklin D Roosevelt
Ernst Hanftstaenfei
Man fakes death to escape attack in France
Pierre Brouat, 61, says he faked death after a family quarrel with his wife Noelie 65 and mother in law Augustine Barret 85 who beat him with a hay fork and sickle. He waited until a friend called police before reviving. Investigators weigh possible charges.
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Agen
France
UPI
Pierre Broaut
Villeneuve sur-Lot
Brouat
Noelie
Augustine Barret
Brount
Kapp pleads innocent in oil and gas case
Louis Kapp Sr of Belleville Illinois pleaded innocent before Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F Kelly on six indictments charging selling unregistered securities. Bond set at 5000 per indictment with five bonds personal and one 5000 surety. Kapp released pending a February 19 pre trial hearing. The case stems from an Illinois led probe into Lorain County oil and gas drilling and a claimed million dollar operation with many investors.
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Louis Kapp
Belleville
Ill
Common Pleas
LeRoy F Kelly
Kapp
Atty Long Adams Lora
Elio Zerbini
Joseph Grunda
Lorain County
Louis J
Tennessee
Columbus
Elyria
Illinois
Ohio
Grand Jury
Lorain County jail inmates continue hunger strike
Upper block prisoners in Lorain County jail persist in a hunger strike begun Wednesday night to protest conditions. Capt Michael DeNicola said 21 inmates refused both dinner and breakfast. 26 lower block inmates did not join the strike but supported the demands. No feeding changes or disturbances reported.
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Lorain County
Michael DeNicola
DeNicola
Americans Die in Vietnam Toll Drops Last Week
Saigon reports 29 Americans killed in action in Vietnam last week, down from 50 the prior week and the lowest toll in four weeks. An additional 15 Americans died from accidents and other non hostile causes, the US Command said.
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Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnamese Drive Into Cambodia Surges On
About 20,000 South Vietnamese troops swept into Cambodia in a major push into the Fishhook and Parrot's Beak regions. Officials said 69 Communists were killed as part of a two pronged attack near Kompong Cham while 29,000 US and South Vietnamese troops waited at the Lao border for a possible Ho Chi Minh trail strike.
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Saigon
Kompong Cham
Cambodia
Vietnam
South Vietnam
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Khe Sanh
By Josh Strouf
South Viet Cambodia
Ine
Phnom Penh
Laos
North Vietnam
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