Skylab crew rests as launch planned for next crew
Skylab 1 astronauts sleep in and rest for the day while engineers push to launch Skylab 2 on July 27, 12 days earlier than planned. A repair walk to free a jammed power wing is under consideration, with a TV camera test briefly eyed but postponed.
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William C. Schneider
Charles “Pete” Conrad
Joseph P Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Conrad
Weitz
Pyramids of
Egypt
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
Washington County Engineer Moves to McCreedy Building
Robert Huber announces his offices and staff have relocated to the McCreedy Building east of the courthouse. The move was finished this morning and the public should visit the new location to see the engineer and his assistants.
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Robert Huber
Washington County
McCreedy
Washington Pool Opens Sunday If Weather Permits
The municipal pool will open Sunday if temperatures stay above 70 degrees and the weather cooperates. Fees remain the same as last season. Jim Harris is named pool Manager and Milo Steele Jr. resumes maintenance duties.
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Washington
Swimming Pool Commission
Jim Harris
Milo Steele Jr
Parsons College to Close After 98-Year History
Acting Parsons College president Dr. Everett Hadley announced immediate closure citing insurmountable odds. The 1973 graduating class will be Parsons’ last as the four year liberal arts school ends after nearly a century of operation.
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Parsons College
Unemployment steady at five percent in May report
The Labor Department said unemployment remained at 5 percent for the third straight month in May. The average factory work week fell to 40.8 hours and overtime dipped to 3.9 hours, signaling slower production that could cool the economic boom.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Compromise on Iowa's revenue bill advances to Governor
The Iowa Senate approved a 30 to 16 final version of a $30 million revenue bill after three minutes of discussion. The plan preserves $15 million in road use tax receipts in the first year of the 1973-75 biennium but may divert them to the general fund later if fiscal conditions worsen. It aims to make the diversion permanent after 1975, ending a long legislative fight over road funds. Governor Ray will sign, viewing the deal as establishing the principle of a permanent diversion, despite House resistance and Republican opposition.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Senate
Senate
Robert D. Ray
General Fund
Ray
House
Edgar Holden
Davenport
Iowa
Holden
Wellsburg
Fischer
Arthur Small
Iowa City
Small
Cox sought to halt Senate Watergate hearings
Washington (UPI) Archibald Cox the government’s special prosecutor in the Watergate case sought to halt the Senate hearings. Cox reportedly argued that public hearings could hinder future prosecutions and asked Samuel Dash to stop them. Dash rejected the request saying halting the hearings was impossible. The committee debates whether to speed up hearings and call key witnesses including John Mitchell H R Haldeman and John Ehrlichman after immunity decisions and DOJ delays.
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Washington
UPI
Archibald Cox
Senate
Cox
Washington Post
Samuel Cash
Dash
the Post
Senate Committee
Daniel J. Gurney
Sam J Ervin
D-N.c
White House
John N. Mitchell
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Ervin
North Carolina
Mitchell
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
Magruder
FBI
National Securiy
Bre
Watergate
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Cushman
CIA
Marine Corps
E Howard Hunt
Hunt
Daniel Ellsberg
E. T. Klassen
House
John W. Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Will the windmill return to power the nation
NASA scientist Frank Rom says wind energy could supply about half the United States power. He envisions 100 thousand windmills or offshore platforms to harness steady Atlantic winds, with traditional generation when wind drops.
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New York
UPI
Frank Rom
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Intellectual Digest
Plains
United States
Rom
NASA
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Atlantic
Warden and Deputy Warden Fatally Stabbed at Holmesburg Prison
In Philadelphia the warden Patrick Curran and deputy warden Robert Fromhold were killed after a grievance hearing with two Black Muslim inmates. Captain Leroy Taylor was seriously wounded, and inmates Joseph Bowen and Fred Burton were injured as guards subdued the attack. Police and over 250 officers searched the prison as 1,200 inmates were confined.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Holmesburg
Patrick Curran
Robert Fromhold
Nazareth Hospital
Leroy Taylor
Nazareth
Philadelphi General Hospital
Joseph Bowen
Fred Burton
Frank L. Rizzo
Joseph F. O'Neill
Bowen
Burton
Fromhold
Rizzo
Curran
Taylor
K-9 Corps
Budget surplus hopes rise on 1973 74 deficit trim
The administration says unexpected tax revenue and controlled spending could shrink the 1973 deficit to 17.8 billion and cut 1974 red ink to 2.7 billion or less. OMB Director Roy L. Ash notes no rise in outlays and continued restraint as the plan unfolds.
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Washington
UPI
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Johnson
Roy L. Ash
Ash
Congress
Summer reading plan at Washington Public Library
The Washington Public Library launches its summer reading program from June 11 to July 5 with the theme Read and Pass It On. For grades kindergarten through five, sessions run Mondays to Thursdays 9 to 11 a.m. Story Lady Millie Bordwell leads activities with helpers Jones, Swit, Giardino, Friese, Vaughn, Gorham, and Webby assisting. Mrs. Brown oversees checkouts with a library page.
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Washington Public Library
Millie Bordwell
Coe College
Miss Bordwell
Mary Ellen Taylor
Joni Swit
Rae Ann Giardino
Jane Friese
Lori Vaughn
Pam Gorham
Tammy Webby
Mrs. Brown
Library Page
Chris Wells
Weather Seesaw With Warm Afternoon Forecast
Mostly sunny and warm this afternoon with highs 80 to 85. Southerly winds 12 to 20 mph. Clear early tonight turning partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers toward morning. Lows tonight in the 60s. Partly cloudy with showers or thunderstorms likely Saturday. Highs in the 80s. Rain chances 10 percent this afternoon 30 percent tonight and 60 percent Saturday.
Rev. Smith Accepts New Post at Oklahoma Methodist Church
Rev. M. O. Smith, longtime pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Washington, will become Minister of Visitation at the First United Methodist Church in Bartlesville Oklahoma. He and Mrs. Smith plan to move June 13 or 14.
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Harold Johnson
Spurgeon’s
Washington
Dave Bell
M. O. Smith
First United Methodist Church
Bartlesville
Okla
Rotary Club
State of Iowa
J. Roland Crandall
Ottumwa
United Methodist Church
Washington Church
Lynn Ryan
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