End of Nerva rocket research ends in Nevada
The Nixon administration terminated the Nerva Nuclear Rocket program at Jackass Flats Nevada after more than a decade and 1.2 billion dollars in funding. NASA and AEC actions shut nuclear rocket propulsion work Los Alamos and the Nevada station with completion by June 30.
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Jackass Flats
Nev
UPI
Nerva
Manor
Mars
Earth
Nixon
NASA
AEC
Los Alamos
Nevada
John Jewitt
Space Nuclear Systems Office
United States
Roof collapse kills three firemen in Chicago cafeteria blaze
In the Loop a fire at the Forum Cafeteria trapped more than 30 firefighters as the roof fell during battling the flames. Three men died, 24 were injured, two identified as Timothy Moran and Richard Kowalzyk, with a third body recovered. The fire began in a storage loft above the second floor.
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Chicago
UPI
Robert Quinn
Forum
Madison Street
Timothy Moran
Richard Kowalzyk
Moran
Mercy Hospital
Nixon Names Three Counselors to the President
President Nixon elevates three cabinet members to counselors with cross department powers. Earl Butz Caspar Weinberger and James T Lynn will lead broad policy committees while remaining heads of Agriculture, HEW and HUD. George Shultz remains the top economic aide and outranks the counselors.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Earl] Butz
Caspar W. Weinberger
James T. Lynn
Butz
Weinberger
Lynn
George P. Shultz
Secretary of the Treasury
H. R. Haldemann
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Henry A. Kissinger
Roy Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Shultz
Treasury Department
Navy judge upholds war status for Vietnam conflict
A Navy judge ruled the Vietnam hostilities are a de facto war for military justice, allowing the court martial of Patrick Chenoweth, 21, for sabotage on the carrier Ranger. The hearing set trials at Subic Bay and Treasure Island with about 45 witnesses, including 11 civilians.
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San Francisco
UPS
James Keyes
Patrick D. Chenoweth
Puyallup
Wash
Keyes
Chenoweth
Congress
Ranger
Alameda Naval Air Station
Eric A. Seitz
Howard Golub
Subic Bay Naval Station
Philippines
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
Vietnam
Seitz
Subic Bay
U.S
National Lawyers Guild
Navy
Peace talks hinge on American goodwill says Le Duc Tho
Paris report states North Vietnamese Politburo member Le Duc Tho told reporters that a peace agreement could come quickly if the United States shows real good will. He warned no pressure will force Vietnam to yield and urged a definite U.S. choice toward settlement. Kissinger prepares to resume talks in Paris amid high tensions and new U.S. policy concerns from Saigon.
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Paris
UPI
le Duc Tho
United States
Tho
Moscow
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
le Bourget
Kissinger
Washington
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Bui Diem
Tran van Do
South Vietnam
Nixon
Congress
North
Vietnam
Quintuplets born to Northbrook couple in Chicago area
Five babies delivered Friday at Highland Park Hospital arrived in Evanston Hospital in two ambulance incubators. The one month premature quints weigh three pounds or just over, three girls and two boys, in fair condition under neonatology supervision. Mother Lynn Baer, 26, is in good condition. father James Baer declined comment.
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Chicago
UPI
Northbrook
Evanston Hospital
Highland Park Hospital
James Baer
Lynn Baer
Evanston Institution
Barbara Traeger
Baers
Evanston
Illinois Trauma Emergency Medical Services System
Baer
William Gardner
Gardner
Veteran Rep Dunton Looks for Property Tax Relief Role
Area representative Keith Dunton, 57, of Thornburg, seeks broader tax relief and school funding in the 1973 Iowa Legislature. He favors shifting to sales income and corporate taxes, freezing property taxes for the elderly, annual budgeting, and resisting highway bonding while supporting rural Iowa interests. He will serve on Ways and Means Appropriations and Transportation and plans monthly county meetings.
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Iowa
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
Washington
Keokuk
Dunton
Washington County
Dun
Joint County
Kirkwood
Social Services Department
House
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Transportation
Andrew Varley
Agriculture Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Council Bluffs youth dies in Russian roulette game
Rites were planned for 19 year old Donald W. Harless of Council Bluffs who died in a game of Russian roulette Thursday night as authorities investigated the incident in Missouri Valley.
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Missouri Valley
UPI
Donald W. Harless
Council Bluffs
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Highland School
Journal
Quintuplets
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