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Skylab astronauts return from record 28 days in space
The Skylab crew Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz completed a 28 day mission ending in a bullseye Pacific splashdown and rapid recovery. Meanwhile news from underwater science reported two researchers died in an Atlantic Ocean sub accident near Key West. President Nixon and Brezhnev signed vague peace agreements as Watergate hearings faced delays and potential links to Nixon surfaced. A New York official alleged a GOP led effort to aid Liberal Party candidates by vote siphoning. The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control released broad fire safety reform recommendations, estimating 600 lives saved first year and 8,300 within five years at a cost of 153 million.
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