High court ends mandatory chapel at service academies
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that mandatory chapel attendance for cadets and midshipmen violates the First Amendment. The 150 year practice at West Point and similar rules at Annapolis and the Air Force Academy were declared unconstitutional in a brief order. Exemptions apply and ethics classes replace chapel for some midshipmen.
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West Point
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Leon T. DeLorme Jr
Academy
Public Information Office
Defense Department
Midshipmen
Service Academy
Annapolis Midshipment
U.S
Howard F. Corcoran
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Corcoran
Naval Academy
Apollo 17 finds orange soil may revise lunar theories
UPI reports Apollo 17 scientists call the orange-tinted soil at Shorty Crater remarkable and potentially evidence of recent lunar volcanism. The preliminary USGS briefing suggests oxidized rocks and possible water or volatiles, prompting a major revision of Moon thermal models and dating for a period possibly as recent as 500 million years ago.
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Cernan
Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
America
South Pacific
Taurus- Littrow
U.S. Geological Survey
Flagstaff
Ariz
Moon
Mission Control
Langrenus
Sea of Fertility
Apollo 17 astronauts awaken and midcourse corrections planned
Splashdown timetable from Space Center Houston lists EST times for Apollo 17 on final day. At 8:53 a.m. Eugene Cernan Jack Schmitt and Ronald Evans awaken. 11:10 a.m. midcourse correction. 1:56 p.m. command ship America separates from the service module. 2:11 p.m. America begins reentry. 2:24 p.m. Apollo 17 lands in the Pacific Ocean 403 miles southeast of Samoa.
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Houston
UPI
Eugene Cernan
Jack Schmitt
Ronald Evans
Space
America
Earth
Apollo 17
Pacific Ocean
Samoa
Minority hiring rises before quotas end in federal workforce
Federal civilian hiring of minority group members increased in the year ending May 31, with 505,468 minority positions making up 19.6 percent of the workforce. Gains occurred in top pay grades and in high paying roles, while Black employment slightly declined in lower grades. Indians showed the largest relative rise, and Spanish surname Americans reached 3 percent of the total workforce for the first time.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
Nixon names Anne Armstrong as counsellor with cabinet rank
President Nixon appointed Anne Armstrong co chair of the Republican National Committee as counsellor to the President with cabinet rank. The 44 year old Texas mother of five takes on domestic policy duties including promoting women in government.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Anne Armstrong
Ntional Committee
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
National Committee
Texas
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
Eisenhower
Armstrong
Ziegler
Dwight L. Chapin
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California
George T. Bell
Desmond J. Barker
Charles Colson
Colson
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Hollis N. Dole
Mineral Resources
James R. Smith
Water and Power Resources
Ellis L. Armstrong
Reclamation
Mitchell Melich
Department
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Harold G. Passer
Robert A. Podesta
George Hay Brown
Bureau of the Census
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