Apollo 11 crew to brief nation on moon flight plans
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins will address the nation on their upcoming moon mission The briefing follows a schedule that shows Saturn V launch timing at 9 32 am Wednesday with ideal weather and ongoing quality checks on the liquid hydrogen system Meanwhile Luna 15 the Soviet moon probe is expected to reach the moon around the same time and speculation grows about its mission outcomes The plan includes a lunar landing at 4 19 pm Saturday with Armstrong to step on the moon at 2 21 am Monday followed by Aldrin and Collins docking and splashdown next week
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Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Space Agency
Apollo PS
Edwin KE. Aldrin
UPI
Neil Armstrong
Ed Aldrin
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Area
Man traps 3 to end chase near Natchitoches
In Louisiana Leo Martin, 60, stopped three escaped Longview Texas prisoners at his remote home with a submachine gun until police arrived. Wounded Luthe Petite, 29, was taken to a Shreveport hospital in guarded condition. Jerry Williams and James Summer, both 29, were jailed. The fugitives had earlier seized a guard, deputy and hostage occupants during a cross state pursuit.
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Leo Martin
Martin
Natchitoches
Natchitoches Parish
Luthe Petite
Jerry Robert Williams
James M. Summer
Longview
Tex
East
Texas
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Petite
Confederate Memorial Hospital
Shreveport
J. M. Neely
Neely
Gregg County
William Brown
Brown
Harrison County
Marshall
Louisiana-Texas
Herbert Desoto
Mansfield
Desoto
Luna 15 heads for moon on mystery mission
Soviet Luna 15 blasts off for the moon in a mystery mission aimed to reach the lunar surface the same day as the Apollo 11 liftoff. Experts doubt soil return. Tass says mission will test onboard systems and science near space. Western critics accuse Moscow of mining Apollo timing for impact.
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Moon
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Nei
Soviet Union
United States
Frank Borman
Borman
Moscow
UPS
America
U.S
Tass
Thomas P. Paine
Washington
State Department
Lorain Man Slain in Alley. Woman Charged as Slayer
Lorain resident Lew Harris, 53, was found fatally stabbed yesterday noon in the alley between 9th and 10th Streets near Broadway. Bertha Mabel Hall, 32, also known as Bertha Geddy, is held on second degree murder charges and scheduled for Municipal Court.
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Harris
Hall
Charles §. Bell
Picadelly
Infiltration level rises in South Vietnam two months
According to U S government sources the article notes a rising level of enemy infiltration into South Vietnam over the past two months. The piece frames it as a fact based on government reporting and directs readers to a news quiz on page 15.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Fruehaut workers vote to strike over health and safety issues
At Avon Lake Local 925 Allied Industrial Workers voted overwhelmingly to strike Fruchauf Corp if 20 health and safety issues are not resolved. Of 343 voters, 335 favored striking, 7 opposed, and one ballot was void. Ten issues are resolved, ten unresolved, including welding methods posing lethal gas risks.
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Fruehaut
Avon Lake
Allied Industrial Workers
Fruehaut Corp
Pruchau
Mermsters
James Boggs
Boggs
Thomas Saggau
Fruchauf
Saggau
Saggal
Pruchaut
Marines Leave Vietnam as 1st Battalion Heads to Okinawa
In Saigon the 1st Battalion 5th Marines ends 15 campaigns after 1,490 days in Vietnam. Some 1,310 Leathernecks depart Da Nang aboard USS Paul Revere to Okinawa along with 8,000 Marines to be withdrawn by September. Viet Cong threats target Tay Ninh City as new government sits.
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Saigon
UPS
Okinawa
Sth Marine Regiment
Vietnam
Nixon
Con Thien
Khe Sanh
Paul Revere
da Nang
Sth
U.S
Tay Ninh
Weather forecast and military detail mixed in report
Weather shows highs in the mid to upper 80s and low 90s with fair evenings and humid conditions. Winds from 5 to 20 mph. sunset at 9 01 p m and sunrise at 6 06 a m. Vietnamese medal and Marine sacrifice noted amid reported shelling of towns and bases. six Americans wounded and statements from Saigon headquarters.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay
Border clash near Eisenstein kills one on border breach
Czechoslovak border police fired on a truck attempting to breach the border to West Germany near Eisenstein at about 2 a.m. Today. Bavarian police reported one death and five other occupants were in the vehicle.
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Eisenstein
Germany
West Germany
Mano landlord laments cold apartment and door light
A landlord complains his unit is uncomfortably cold and notes the light switches on each time the door opens. He describes a puzzling energy issue affecting his tenants and property.
Lorain Man Wins Bronze Star for Vietnam Service
U S Air Force Staff Sergeant Jon L Mitchell of Lorain received the Bronze Star at Norton Air Force Base in California for actions as a command post specialist against the Viet Cong at Phan Rang Air Base in South Vietnam during January to October 1968. He is assigned to the Space and Missile Systems Organization at Norton. Mitchell, a 1961 St Mary High School graduate and former University of Maryland European Division attendee, is married to Janette Lesniak of 1308 Root Rd. his parents reside at 228 Delaware Ave.
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Lorain
U.S. Air Force
Jon L. Mitchell
John L. Mitchell
San Bernardino
Calif
Vietnam
Norton Air Force Base
Phan Rang Air Force Base
South Vietnam
Air Force
Mitchell
Space and Missile Systems Organization
Norton
St. Mary High School
University of Maryland
Janette
Benjamin Lesniak
Root Rd
Delaware Ave
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