Apollo 15 Lands on Moon Valley in Apennine region
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin landed in a valley of the moon at 6 16 p m EDT after Falcon's second attempt. Worden in orbit fixed a loose power cable delaying the flight but enabling a precise touchdown. They will conduct three excursions with Rover 1 and collect about 250 pounds of moon rock.
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Houston
Scott
Falcon
Hadley
Irwin
Earth
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavor
Moon
Appenine Mountains
Mission Control
Worden
Endeavour
Salyut
Nixon
Misson Control
the Apennine
Lunar Orbit
Hed
Lunar
Hadley Rille
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Fear Japan Air Crash Kills 162
A collision between a Japanese fighter jet and an All Nippon Boeing 727 over northern Japan killed 162 aboard the jetliner. Pilot Sgt. Yoshimi Ichikawa parachuted to safety and was held for questioning. Over 80 bodies were recovered as rescue teams searched rugged mountain terrain. The jetliner had departed Sapporo for Tokyo with 155 passengers and seven crew members including Donny Carpenter of Miami and a Detroit native as flight engineer.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yoshimi Ichikawa
Pace
Donny Carpenter
Miami
Fla
Detroit
All Nippon Airways
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Tamotsu Kuma
Ichikawa
All Nippon
DOT Approves End to Albany Nassau Bus Route
The State Department of Transportation approved Albany County to terminate Nassau and other nearby community bus runs by August 15, affecting Hampton Manor East Greenbush Schodack and Nassau. The six month temporary approval had expired and officials discussed equitable compensation with Rensselaer County to cover losses.
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State Dept. of Transportation
Albany County
Nassau
Hampton Manor
East Greenbush
Schodack
Schodack Center
Albany-Nassau Bus Co
United Traction Co
Rensselaer County
DOT
Nassau Run
John Clyne
Albany
F. Warren Travers
Troy
Capital Dist. Transportation Authority
Albany Nassau Company
Bomber Raids Missile Site In North Vietnam
A U S Navy AG Intruder attacked a surface to air missile site deep in North Vietnam after radar lock. Maj Johnson said the strike occurred near the Laotian border as part of the HCM trail campaigns. Ground fighting near Pleiku repulsed a 400 man NVA battalion attack on a ranger camp.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
South China Sea
Charles Johnson
Navy AG
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pleiku
Brunswick faces $1 million water claim if it quits Troy system
City Manager Ralph DeSantis says Troy may bill Brunswick about $1 million for breaking away and building its own wells. Legal papers threaten more leverage, including diverting Quackenkill water to reduce Brunswick supply, with hearings set for next Wednesday.
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Larry Minogue
Brunswick
City of Troy
Troy
Ralph A. DeSantis
Quackenkill
Tomhannock
Troy Corporation Counsel’s Office
de Santis
Jumbo Jet Forced To Land After Takeoff Crash
A 747 jumbo jet struck runway lights on takeoff and made an emergency landing in a dust cloud in San Francisco. Twenty one people were injured, with serious injuries reported including a passenger losing a foot and another nearly losing an arm at Peninsula Hospital.
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San Francisco
Peninsula Hospital
Steel Union Reports Progress In Talks Across Nation
Washington AP reports a AFL-CIO United Steelworkers official said slight progress in contract talks affecting up to 500,000 workers. Negotiations continue through Friday night as Nixon mediator Counts urges settlement before the Saturday deadline and the first nationwide steel strike in 12 years looms.
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Washington
Joseph P. Molony
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
Nixon
J. Curtis Counts
Counts
Molony
Estel Whitaker
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
Ind
I. W. Abel
R. Heath Larry
James Dogson
Paul McCracken
Presidential Council of Economic Advisers
Hodgson
Congress
Union Pacific
Great Plains
San Francisco
Southern
Birmingham Steel
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
Norfolk & Western
Appalachian
Southern Pacific
Louisiana
California
Santa Fe
Lower Midwest
Texas
Smali Lines
Texas’ Houston Belt & Terminal
Alton & Southern
St. Louis
Iron and Steel
Great Lakes
Duluth, Missabe
Rail Strike Seen Hurting Economy
President Nixon warned the rail strike threatens national economy as 10 lines halt service. White House aides stressed faith in collective bargaining while labor leaders report track idle miles rising. Analysts fear a prolonged stoppage could trim GDP by about five percent and slow recovery.
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Washington
Nixon
United Transportation Union
White House
Youth 18 Drowns After River Swim Near Hudson
An 18 year old Georgia youth Lonny Wayne Jackson joined the crew of the sloop Clearwater and disappeared while swimming Friday afternoon in the Hudson River near New Baltimore. A large search by multiple fire and sheriff units from Columbia Greene Rensselaer and Cobia Counties continued into evening, with dragging operations around buoy light 36.
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Bruce Scruton
Georgia Boy
Clearwater
Hudson River
New Baltimore
Lonny Wayne Jackson
Scottsdale
Hook
Buoy Light
Columbia County Sheriff's Dept
Greene, Rensselaer
Cobia
Ted Chidester
Schodack
Castleton
Stuyvesant Fire Dept
Dalitre Rescue
Greenport
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Mankind
Vee
Valley of the Apennine
Irvin
Self-Defense Air Force Base
Matsuhima
Kuma
Yasuo Akiyama
Saburo Kasai
Tadashi Yasumoto
Shizukaishi
Sgt
New York City
Week’s Television Guide
Color Comics
Steel Union
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