Moon landing prep and lunar module tests underway
Apollo 12 astronauts Conrad and Bean report shipshape Intrepid checks and ready to descend on the Ocean of Storms. They will unlatch from Yankee Clipper and land around 1 53 a m est as Gordon remains in orbit.
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Spacecenter
Houston
UPN
Moon
Intrepid
Alan L. Bean
Earth Control
Btrepid
Bean
Charles
Peter Conrad
Richard F. Gordon
Conrad
Timberlake Cove
Tex
Galveston
Bus firm to start Elyria routes Dec 1
The Convenient Bus and Limo Service wins a city franchise and will begin operations December 1 under mayoral permission. The council granted the franchise unanimously to restore Elyria public transit missing since August 1 after Lorain-Elyria Transit Lines ceased service.
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Elyria
Leonard P. Reichlin
Lorain-Elyria Transit Lines
Sanitation chief blamed in landfill contract blunder
Elyria officials blame sanitation superintendent Jack Byam for approving extra work on an $8,000 contract with Kelly Brothers Construction Inc. The unapproved trench digging at the city landfill caused about a $5,500 shortage in department funds. The company says it acted in good faith and awaits payment for authorized and unauthorized work while council schedules action on paying bills and bidding for more digging.
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Jack T. Byam
Elvira
Kelly Brothers Construction, Inc
Sanitation Department
Byam
Emer
Safety Service
James T. Tracey
Elyria
Kelly Brothers
J.C William Tattersall
Tattersall
College of Municipal Contracts
Kennedy Patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy Dies at 81 in Hyannis Port
Joseph P. Kennedy father of a President and a senator died at his Hyannis Port home at 11 05 a m EST He had suffered a stroke eight years earlier and recent heart attacks led to his death Edward M Kennedy was at his bedside Rose Kennedy Joan Kennedy Sargent Shriver and Jacqueline Onassis were present at the death followed by family statements confirming the passing
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Hyannisport. Mass
UPN
Joseph P. Kennedy
U.S
Kennedy Clan
Kennedy
Great Britain
Hyannis Port
France
Ethel Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Onassis
Onassis
John F. Kennedy
Apollo 12 ALSEP deployment plan sketched by NASA
NASA drawing outlines Apollo 12 astronauts deploying ALSEP 1 on the lunar surface. The array includes a seismometer lunar ionosphere detector magnetometer solar wind spectrometer and lunar atmosphere detector, aimed to beam data to Earth for one year or possibly two.
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NASA
Earth
U.S. Artillery Planes Aid South Vietnamese in Central Highlands Battles
In two daylong battles near Bu Prang and Duc Lap the South Vietnamese claim 273 North Vietnamese dead with U.S. artillery and air power leading the assault. Government forces reported heavy resistance, occasional retreats, and casualties on both sides, while observers questioned the higher enemy body count.
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Saigon
Bu Prang
Duc Lap
Central Highlands
Illegal spirits spark gaiety in Kopervik dry town
Police inspector Magnus Ulland watched a Sunday night dance in Kopervik as revelers sang and fought while beer and vodka were smuggled ashore from East German boats sheltering from a storm. An estimated 50 bottles were sold at a hefty profit, but no arrests were made.
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Kopervik
Norway
Magnus Ulland
Mand
Avon Lake seeks state funds for secondary treatment plant
Avon Lake Board of Municipal Utilities asks the state for funding to build a secondary wastewater treatment plant. The push aims to upgrade treatment capacity and meet environmental standards amid ongoing infrastructure needs.
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Avon Lake
Elyria
Reichlin
Ceee Ee
Oberlin
North Ridgeville
Commissioners view proposed courthouse site in Lorain County
Lorain County commissioners viewed a 15 acre site near West Ridge and Fowl Roads offered by West Elyria Land Development Corp. and W F Gaelman without taking action. The proposed land could be sold to the county at 1 dollar per acre.
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Lorain County
West Ridge and
Fowl Roads
West Elyria Land Development Corp
W.F. Gaelman
Weather Outlook With Periods Of Rain And Cooling
Cloudy with intervals of rain tonight and earlier low 45 degrees. a high near 55 expected today and 30 to 55 on Wednesday with 80 percent tonight and 6 percent Wednesday. Southerly winds ease tonight then shift to 5 to 15 mph Wednesday. Sunset 3 46 p m Sunrise 7 19 a m. Details page 5.
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Creudy
Republicans renew push to rescind council pay raises
Five councilmen elect urged Elyria City Council to rescind the December 1967 pay raises for all elected officials. The letter read by Marguerite Bowman noted the current council cannot act on salaries and called for action before the new council takes office. Six of ten Republican candidates signed, with Eugene B. Smith absent. The matter was referred to the finance committee. further action is unlikely.
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Elyria
Marguerite E. Bowman
Eugene B. Smith
R-3
Smith
Bowman
Scribner L Fauver
Peter W. van Wormer
Isaac C Chapman
James D Anton
Seventh Ward
Finance Committee
Valley City Soldier Killed in Vietnam Patrol
The son of Valley City residents Sgt Ronald W Gibson was killed by enemy fire on a combat patrol Nov 8 in Vietnam. He was 25, squad leader in Company E Second Battalion 28th Regiment 1st Infantry Division. He had been in Vietnam about two months and planned Army career. His wife Elizabeth lives in Germany with their children. Burial is requested in Germany per his wife. He grew up in the Valley City Brunswick area and graduated from Brunswick High School.
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Valley City
Vietnam
Ronald W Gibson
Army
Ft Knox
Ky Gibson
Frank L Gibson
Marks Road
Gibson
Germany
Brunswick
Brunswick High School
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Rose Kennedy
St. Francis Xavier Church
Hyannis
Mass
Frank Saunders
Lunar Scientific Information Center
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