Apollo 11 closes lunar chapter with Pacific splashdown
Apollo 11 nears Earth on a direct reentry path and is set to splash down about 1,200 miles southwest of Hawaii tomorrow at 12 49 p m EDT. NASA reports favorable weather for recovery and the crew will undergo a decontamination and quarantine sequence on the Hornet before transfer to a lunar receiving lab in Houston. President Nixon plans to speak by telephone after they reach the trailer aboard the recovery ship.
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Apollo 11 splashdown schedule and events
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 11 flight plan with key milestones from today through splashdown. The timetable lists TV show, rest periods, reentry prep, possible course correction, Nixon inspection, command module separation, splashdown near Hawaii, swimmer deployment, and arrival of the Columbia on the Hornet with the president's visits and trailer operations.
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Ridgeville youth feared drowned in Temperance River
Richard L. Ziegman a 19 year old North Ridgeville resident working on the Interlake Steamship Company freight er Elton Hoyt UW fell into the Temperance River during a hike near Taconite Harbor Minnesota. Divers searched without success as authorities reported the accident and his body remained missing. Ziegman was born in Elyria and is a Kent State journalism student with ROTC ties.
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Elyria approves Cleveland tax collector agency
Elyria City Council designated the Central Collection Agency of Cleveland as the city income tax collector amid a pending court challenge to block the levy and push a November referendum. The four hour meeting featured data processing talks and debates over local versus central collection.
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Weather Forecast With Warm Temperatures and Thunderstorms
Weather remains in the 80s with partly cloudy skies and warm nights. Today's highs reach 82 to 87 with possible afternoon and evening thundershowers. Lows mid 60s. Tomorrow stays warm with mid 80s highs and chances of showers. Friday brings variable clouds and little temp change with scattered showers. Sunset today 8 54 p m. Sunrise tomorrow 6 11 a m.
Nonconformist teen echoes Dad on school norms
A youth expresses frustration at family guidance while embracing the idea of standing apart from peers. The exchange hints at generational attitudes toward conformity and individuality in a terse, quotable moment.
Elyria tax opponents sue to block 1 percent levy
A group led by Damon Jones, Watson Beal and Charles Morgan filed in Lorain County Common Pleas Court seeking to permanently block Elyria’s 1 percent income tax and to require city officials to certify the referendum petition. A hearing on the restraining order and mandamus is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday before Judge LeRoy F. Kelly. The suit names Mayor Leonard Reichlin, Safety Service Director James Tracey, City Clerk James Horn and all 11 council members.
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Amherst fall vote petitions seek tax and zoning changes
City Auditor Renouard received three petitions in Amherst requesting November ballots. Anthony DePaola sponsors a 1 percent city income tax referendum with 398 signatures. A 603 signature petition calls for a downtown Urban Renewal initiative. A 450 signature petition asks to rezone Rt 2 near North Lake Street from industrial to residential. about 285 valid signatures are needed.
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Columbia Soldier Dies in Vietnam Fire Support Mishap
A 19 year old Columbia man Roger Dale Lawson died in Vietnam near Pleiku when mortar fire from American artillery landed near his perimeter. Lawson a machine gunner with the Fourth Infantry Division was wounded by fragments and died Friday in a military hospital. He had married Jennie Dease on April 19 and was home on leave before leaving for Vietnam. He attended Columbia High School and worked at Ford Loram Assembly Plant before enlisting November 14. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Chambers Funeral Home with service at Hadcock Road Baptist Church Brunswick and burial in Chatham Cemetery. Lawson was the oldest of six children and his family had recently moved to Smith Island Road.
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Lorain Woman Killed in West Erie Avenue Collision
A two car crash on West Erie Avenue near Leavitt Road deaths Carol Ann Riddell 40 a passenger in a car driven by James Riddell 50. The other driver James Donatucci had minor injuries his wife Mary was uninjured. Riddell pronounced dead at St Joseph Hospital 11 12 pm police investigate circumstances.
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Kennedy may face new DUI charge in Chappaquiddick case
A Dukes County prosecutor said driving to endanger and driving under the influence are under consideration in the Chappaquiddick accident. Miss Mary Kopechne, 28, drowned when a Kennedy car exited a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island. Kennedy, 37, escaped with minor injuries and a license suspension was ordered pending a full hearing.
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