Mariner 9 Mars Flight Opens With Strong Start
The Mars mission's Mariner 9 reports solar panels unfurled and a good trajectory after liftoff. Controllers plan an on board motor burn in four to five days to adjust toward Mars, aiming for a Nov 14 Mars orbit pass within 750 miles of the surface. Russia’s Mars 2 and Mars 3 race toward the planet, potential landing goals unclear. NASA may seek Soviet coordination for maximal science.
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Atlantic Ocean
Mars
NASA
Mariner 9
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Looked Fictitious Mt Sneffles Named for Verne Mock Peak
The Colorado peak Mt Sneffles gained its name from its claimed resemblance to a fictional mountain in Jules Verne's Mountains of the Moon. Locals discussed the fanciful tie as a humorous origin story for the summit's moniker.
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Mt. Sneffles
Colorado
Jules Verne
Mountains of the Moon
Antiwar Veterans Fined For Protest In Battle Green
About 400 protesters including Vietnam veterans defied a 10 p m curfew at Battle Green Lexington. Police dispersed the encampment at 3 a m and 341 were held for a special Sunday District Court session. Most were fined five dollars after admitting the park violation.
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Mass
Battle Green
Paul Revere
John P. Forte
Ayer
David B. Williams
Williams
District Court
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Follen Church
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Bunker Hill
Concord
Middlesex Superior Court
British Sub Fires Warning Shots at Spanish Trawler
A British submarine fired warning shots at the Spanish trawler Maria Victoria Moyano off Ireland's southwest coast after the ship picked up secret NATO marked sonar buoys during an air sea exercise. The trawler ignored signals and fled, while Spain confirmed possession of the devices later turned to the navy in La Coruna.
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London
Atlantic
Defense Ministry
la Coruna
Spain
Navall
Maria Victoria Moyano
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Antonio Diaz Milla
Otus
Ireland
Navy
Area Accidents Claim Six Weekend Victims
A string of weekend crashes across the region claimed six lives and injured several others. Notable incidents included a Greenwich crash where a car rolled downhill fatally trapping a man and injuring child passengers, plus multiple drownings and vehicle-explosion injuries investigated by local and state police.
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US. Military Academy
West Point
Bethlehem
Troop T
Westley R. Higgins
Trinity Ave
Bronx
Charlene Morgan
Gary
Ind
Laborielm Nance
Anna L. Nance
Anna Leval Nance
Trinity Avenue
Albany Medical Center
Albany County
DeForrest Dietz Jr
Hilder
Lake Champlain
Whitehall
Sailors Quit En Masse From British Navy
One in four British navy recruits in 1970 left the service within six months. The reasons cited were lengthy training without ship assignments, pressure from girlfriends and parents, and homesickness.
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London
North Vietnamese Attacks Increase on Allied Bases Near DMZ
North Vietnamese forces intensified shelling of three U S bases Charlie 2 Alpha 1 and Camp Carroll and hit a South Vietnamese infantry command post near the DMZ with rockets and mortars. Casualties were light for both sides with 29 Americans killed and 30 wounded at Charlie 2 on May 21.
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Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Charlie 2
Alpha 1
Camp Carroll
Maj
Charles Johnson
Dmz
WW II Hero Audie Murphy Plane Reported Missing
Audie Murphy the most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II and four other men are aboard a Cessna 310 that disappeared after leaving Atlanta for Martinsville. Perry Sullivan of the Eastern Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center said no flight plan was filed and a check of communications is underway.
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Warner Robins
Audie Murphy
U.S
Eastern Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center
Perry Sullivan
Center Information
Murphy
Peachtree-DeKalb
Atlanta
Martinsville
Sullivan
Claude Crosby
Jack Littleton
Raymond Prater
Yuba City Murder Case Update and Prison Transfer
The investigation into a mass stabbing case in Yuba City continues as officers note victims' bodies moved for storage. Corona, a farm worker previously diagnosed as schizophrenic, faced an earlier institutional stay and a machete found at his home. Relatives claimed one body for burial while others were stored at the Sacramento County Coroner's office.
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Whiteaker
Corona
Sacramento County Coroner’s Office
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