Alaska Revelation Apollo Brings Milk Lesson To Bethel Kids
Bethel Alaska welcomed a 1300 pound Holstein named Alaska Revelation Apollo, ferried 500 miles by DC6 cargo plane after officials solved loading. University of Alaska station owns the cow and local students donated for freight and care, learning milking and butter churning during her stay.
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Skylab three to begin eight month space mission from Cape
The three man Skylab crew Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz completed final training and medicals before launching Monday atop a Saturn 1B rocket to dock with the space station. They will undertake a 269 mile orbit and study Earth and Sun while testing endurance of long spaceflight. The launch follows isolation and Skylab food testing to compare pre and post mission data. Two more three man crews will fly later for 56 days each.
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Floating experiment sails off for three month voyage
Eleven volunteers prepare to depart from Las Palmas on the Acali raft to study social behavior in confinement. Leader Santiago Genoves expects a 56 ton craft to launch under a Aztec patterned sail despite weather concerns, with 11 crew members including six women and five men and last minute additions.
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Maria Bjornstam
Sweden
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Rogers Leads 17 Day Latin America Mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers begins a 17 day tour through Mexico City and eight nations including Nicaragua Venezuela Peru Colombia Brazil Argentina and Jamaica aiming to pave way for a Nixon visit later this year. The trip ends May 28 and marks the most extensive US secretary of state voyage in four decades.
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Nixon signs rural electrification and legal aid bills
President Nixon signed a compromise rural electrification bill extending the REA loan program with two percent loans in poor rural areas and five percent in wealthier regions. He also proposed a legal aid plan creating an 11 member Legal Services Corporation board appointed by the President with Senate confirmation and income eligibility for aid.
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Former local man elevated at U of 1
Washington native George A. Chambers received a title change to executive vice president of the University of Iowa. The State Board of Regents approved the move on Friday, effective July 1, for the 40 year old professor in educational administration. The change reflects expanded university wide duties and comes as plans to hire two additional vice presidents were approved.
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U of
Willard L. Boyd
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Southwest weather mix with cooler weekend forecast
Generally fair conditions prevail in the southwest with occasional cloudiness in the northeast and a slight chance of scattered brief showers in the northeast this afternoon. Highs today range from around 60 in the northeast to the upper 60s in the southwest, with lows tonight near 30s north and around 40 south. Sunday brings highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Dismissal in Pentagon Papers Case Ends Prosecution
UPI reports that U.S. District Court Judge Matt Byrne threw out all espionage, conspiracy, and theft charges against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo in the Pentagon Papers trial citing government misconduct. The ruling, amid a Watergate link and a mistrial, followed disclosures of a White House burglary, a hidden wiretap, and other actions.
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Athony J. Russo
U.S. District Court
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White House
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U.S
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Ellsberg
Nixon
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Pope Paul to receive Viet Cong delegation in private
The Vatican announced Pope Paul VI would meet a Viet Cong official delegation in private audience. The visit follows prior meetings with North Vietnamese leaders and a controversial audience with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu last month, during which the pope pressed Thieu on political prisoners. The Viet Cong group was led by Nguyen Van Hieu, PRG minister of state and head of the delegation at the Paris talks.
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Choosey Lover Jilts Twenty Picked Women
In Kingston Jamaica UPI reports a mysterious American man promised marriage to 20 women aged 25 to 40 arriving two hours before a Palisades International flight. The women waited for him. he never appeared. Airline staff noticed the common situation and Jamaican authorities noted their past letters. Some women claimed he arrived in disguise and selected one to marry, but no confirmation exists.
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United States
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Sonya Penso
Connally Takes Leave From Texas Law Firm
John B. Connally, newly named White House adviser, announces a leave of absence from his Texas law firm to avoid ties to a client questioned over a $100,000 Watergate campaign contribution. The firm represents Gulf Resources and Chemical Co. and its president Robert H. Allen who made the donation.
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John B. Connally
White House
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Robert H. Allen
Big Oil Faces Antitrust Action Over Gas Shortage
FTC officials signal possible antitrust groundwork against major oil firms pending investigation. Allen Ward told the Senate Banking Committee hearings begin May 21. Findings indicate control of refinery capacity and pipelines influenced gasoline available to independents. Administration asked industry to self regulate and fairly apportion gasoline.
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UPI
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FTC
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Bureau of Competition
Senate Banking Committee
Warasaia
Farmer eagerly tests rotary tiller to boost crop gains
Wayne Gamon of southeast Iowa awaits rains to dry soil and begin spring planting with his new Holland Lely Roterra rotary tiller and planters. He aims to cut trips, labor, and erosion while boosting corn and bean yields on his 740 acre farm. The gadget promises faster bed preparation, integrated tilling and planting, and reduced soil compaction pending favorable weather.
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