Blind Moon Landing Feels Safe With Instrument Landing
Apollo 12 commander Charles Conrad said future moon landings can be fully instrument guided if needed. He noted dust clouds and a Surveyor 3 crater near touchdown, with 73 pounds of moon rocks collected and science teams engaged back on Earth.
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Conrad
Moon
Richard F. Gordon
Alan F. Bean
America
Bean
Gordon
First
Space Agency
Earth
Houston
Army Took Care Before Gas Leak
Utah governor was briefed that the Army followed safety procedures after a small liquid GB nerve gas leak at Dugway Proving Grounds in Tooele. The incident led to temporary airport closure and evacuation of about 200 workers for 90 minutes, with officials noting the leak was small.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
UPI
Dugway Proving Grounds
Tooele
David R. Waldron
Agriculture
Calvin L. Rampton
Waldron
Ray McNamara
Desert Test Center
Army
Fay Gillette
Tooele County
Washington
Frank Moss
Moss
Nixon
New Fees Sought For Broadcasts In Met Pact Talks
Choris ters and dancers at the Metropolitan Opera pressed for special broadcast fees in a conditional offer as AGVA and AGMA conducted combined talks aimed at ratification. Met had said terms were final, with impasses delaying the 1969-70 season by 13 weeks. Orchestra and soloists had accepted contracts earlier, and 130 backstage workers tentatively agreed to a pact Friday.
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American Guild of Variety Artists
Met
AGWA
International Alliance of Theatrical
CBS Tapes Broadcast From POW in Hanoi Message
CBS reported taping a monitored Radio Hanoi broadcast from captured USAF Capt. John Quincy Collins Jr. in which he addressed his family in California and Georgia. Bernard Kalb taped the message in Hong Kong and relayed it to New York, the second such tape in 24 hours.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
John Quincy Collins Jr
California
Georgia
CBS
Bernard Kalb
Hanoi
Hong Kong
CBS Radio
North Vietnam
Collins
James Quincy Collins Jr
Atherton
Calif
Nancy
Chip
Chuck
Cortie
Mom
Dad
Carolyn
Marjorie
Carolyn Collins
Atlanta
North Carolina
Norman McDaniel
Greensboro
N.C
South Vietnam
McDaniels
Randy
Crystal
U N Assembly Urges Hijack Prosecution
The General Assembly labeled airplane hijacking a growing menace and urged all countries to prosecute anyone charged with seizure of a plane in flight. The U S backed resolution passed by 77 to 2 with 17 abstentions. Cuba and Sudan opposed. Sudan's Ali Khalid El Hussein said he pressed no by mistake and intended abstain.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
Cuba
Sudan
Ali Khalid el Hussein
Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada
No Sex Motive Found In Judith Kavanaugh Murder
New York medical examiner testified autopsy found no sexual assault evidence in Judith Kavanaugh death though not ruling it out. He said deaths were from strangulation and a gunshot. Defendants include Harold Matzner Dorothea Kavanaugh Vincent Kearney Jr. and Paul Kavanaugh. A dishwasher Arthur McBain is suspected by defense with rest home.
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Arthur McBain
Garden State Parkway
Moon Rocks Show Age Differences in Apollo Sites
Geochemist Dr. Oliver Schaeffer notes Apollo 12 rocks crystallized from lava about 2.2 to 2.5 billion years ago, younger than Apollo 11 stones at three billion. The finding implies differing geological timelines for Sea of Tranquillity and Ocean of Storms sites, with a separate dating method giving 4.45 billion years for the initial batch.
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Oliver Schaeffer
University of New York At
Stonybrook
Schaeffer
New York
Lawmakers Discuss Lake Erie Pollution In Albany
Legislators from New York Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan and Ontario met in Albany to discuss Lake Erie pollution amid drilling concerns. They identified drilling regulations enforcement and contingency planning as key issues while planning a formal multi state resolution.
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Albany
N.Y. Gap
Lake Erie
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ontario
Charles Kurfess
Ohio House of Representatives
Kurfess
Egyptians Build Army For War
Egypt claims half a million men under arms and plans to reach one million by the awaited battle with Israel. Hasanein Heikal of Al Ahram notes Israel’s arsenal growth since 1967, while Britain rejects Israel’s bid to buy the Chieftain tank as misaligned with regional balance.
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Egypt
Israel
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
al Ahram
Hasanein Heikal
Heikal
United States
Britain
Nasser
London
Chieftain
Middle East
Weather forecast calls for snow possible Sunday
Partly cloudy today gives way to a chance of late Sunday snow. Highs are in the 30s and lows in the 20s, with Sunday forecast cloudy and a possible snow flurry later in the day per the Weather Bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Newark Mafioso Sought by U S in City Corruption Probe
Federal agents began a search for Anthony Tony Boy Boiardo in Newark as part of a grand jury inquiry into payoffs and extortion tied to municipal contracts. Mayor Addonizio invoked the Fifth then admitted knowing Boiardo, while a state official and U S attorney weighed possible actions against the mayor.
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Newark
N.J
Anthony
Tony Boy” Boiardo
Boiardo
Hugh J. Addoni
Zio
Valentine Electric Co
Connec
Tion
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Arthur J. Sills
Addonizio
Body in Ocean Identified in New Jersey
The body of 53 year old George Gosman of Groton Connecticut was identified after wash ashore two miles offshore. Gosman had been missing since November first when his 32 foot sailboat was found adrift in heavy seas off North Wildwood. The body was recovered Wednesday by a Coast Guard cutter.
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Cape May
N.J
George Gosman
Groton
Conn
Gosman
North Wildwood
Coast Guard
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