Costly OAO 3 Satellite Fails to Reach Orbit
NASA reports the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory III failed after launch when a protective nose cone did not jettison, adding 98.5 million dollars to the mission. The 38 inch telescope satellite plunged back to Earth over Africa or the Indian Ocean after a two part shroud malfunction.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Africa
Indian Ocean
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO 3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Thomas Stafford
OAO 1
OAO 2
Invitations Sent for Firemen Parade at Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Invitations to the 44th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival firemen parade were mailed to 320 fire companies bands and groups two months early. A total of 169 bands 5 drum and bugle corps 138 fire units 4 marching units and 4 special features are invited. The parade is scheduled for Friday evening May 7.
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George Washington Hotel
Culpeper Schools Face Budget Gap as Lunch Program Ends
Culpeper County schools may run short on funds after Jan 1 1971 as federal lunch program ends vending profits. Superintendent Herbert Monger estimates under 15 000 more needed. Culpeper High School reports 1800 for office machinery and possible 7 000 yearly expenses. An elementary principal fears insufficient money for drawing paper.
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Culpeper
Culpeper County
U.S
Herbert Monger
Culpeper High School
Warwick Band In New Fete Brochure
Warwick High School in Newport News received the Apple Blossom Festival brochure featuring the Grenadier Band. Director Lyle Smith requested several hundred copies for students. The band will march in Winchester for the Trail of the Pink Petals on Saturday afternoon May 8.
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Warwick High School
Newport News
Grenadine
Warwick High
Lyle Smith
Grenadier Band
Apple Blossom
Winchester
CONCERN Panel Discussed on Cable Talk Channel 6
CONCERN will be the subject of a panel discussion on Cable Talk on Channel 6 Wednesday at 8 p.m. Anne Hardy will moderate a panel including Henry Whiting Rev John Fitzgerald and Dr Bruce Gray for CONCERN and J D Berlin and M Joseph Bond for the Exchange Club. The Exchange Club voted to fund the 24 hour hot line for CONCERN, a project of the Northwestern Mental Health Association.
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Concern
Channel 6
Anne Hardy
Henry Whiting
John F. Fitzgerald
Bruce M. Gray
J.D. Berlin
M. Joseph Bond
Exchange Club
Northwestern Mental Health Association
Nixon Faces Senate Clash Over European Troop Levels
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warns the Nixon administration’s plan to keep U.S. forces in Europe at about 285 000 through the 1972 fiscal year will trigger a 1971 Senate showdown. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird will outline NATO troop plans in Brussels this week. Mansfield chairs a resolution calling for substantial reductions in the 525 000 U.S. troops and dependents in Europe.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Europe
Melvin R. Laird
NATO
Brussels
Mansfield
Nixon
Laird
Braille Trail Opens at North Park for the Blind
North Park will open next month a nature path for the blind named Braille Trail. Plates in braille at the start explain points of interest and sounds at observation platforms. A nylon guide rope marks the 300 yard circular route through heavy woods aiding navigation.
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Pittsburgh
North Park
Fire Marshal James C. Shipley Speaks at Lions Club Luncheon
James C. Shipley district engineer of the State Farm marshal office in Richmond was guest speaker at a Lions Club luncheon. The program included a talk session and a film titled Another Family about home fires. In San Francisco a waiter marked his 103rd birthday after a long shift by jogging over six miles per the National phic Society.
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James C. Shipley
State Farm Marshal Office
Richmond
Lions Club
San Francisco
National
Phic Society
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