TV Viewers May Be Taken Into Lunar Module Tonight
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin prepare for a live TV camera broadcast from the lunar module as they approach the moon. Mission control notes the camera may enter the LM tomorrow and Armstrong is expected to report landing from Houston.
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Collins
Armstrong
Mission Control
Aldrin
Goldstone
California
Clifford Charlesworth
Charlesworth
Houston
Not All Enthusiasm in Britain About Apollo
Britons embrace the Apollo 11 moon mission but voices of doubt persist. Critics flag cost and risk while cartoons and articles question priorities. The press links the moon effort to U S policy and international tensions, urging earthly wisdom before extending the race to space.
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Britain
London
United States
The
Daily Mirror
Cape Kennedy
Shenandoah National Park Highlighted in Adventure Road Issue
The summer Adventure Road magazine features Shenandoah National Park with descriptions of overlooks trails and Skyline Drive. Published quarterly for American Oil Motor Club members to promote travel highlights and aid trip planning.
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Shenandoah National Park
Adventure Road Magazine
Skyline Drive
American Oil Motor Club
VA Director to Speak to Winchester Lions Club
Harold Jaffrey, director of the Veterans Administration Center in Martinsburg West Virginia, will address the Winchester Lions Club on Tuesday at 1245 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss VA Center facilities and the veteran programs. Jaffrey, a native Texan, has spent his career with the VA and previously led facilities in Iowa Missouri and Washington DC before taking the Martinsburg post in October 1968. The speech is open to the public.
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Harold Jaffrey
Veterans Administration Center
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
VA Center
Jaffrey
Texas
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Near-Miss Flight Totals Prompt FAA Data Drive
The FAA reports 2 230 near mid air collisions last year with 1 128 hazardous. It estimates four hazardous near misses occur per reported incident and notes almost 100 000 passengers on large jets and 5 000 on non scheduled flights. It logs 52 3 million flight operations and 35 midair crashes killing 68. Also cites Mardalsfoss waterfall in Norway at 2 150 feet.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
United States
Treaty Prohibits Moon Claims and Weapons
Colorado Springs report says a flag on the moon does not grant the US territorial claim. Space law expert Brig. Gen. Martin Menter notes the treaty by the United States and the Soviet Union bans national claims and weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Martin Menter
Air Force Aerospace Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Soviet Union
Menter
Moon shot belief and family faith from Grumman worker Rooney
Bill Rooney a 35 year old Grumman mechanic who soldered LM pipes trusts the Apollo 11 lander will succeed. He worries he could have done it better and notes long overtime away from family while praising the teamwork and Kennedy era goal. He urges his kids to value college education.
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Rockville Centre
N.Y
Bill Rooney
Rooney
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Grumman and Space
Bethpage
Long Island
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Contamination A Concern of Recovery Ship Aboard Hornet
A NASA official warns the Apollo 11 recovery near splashdown may risk lunar germs on the USS Hornet. Captain Seiberlich outlines safe-distance drills as vents open before touchdown and iodine scrubs would neutralize any moon germs aboard astronauts after lunar walks.
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USS
Hornet
U.S. Space Agency
Pacific
Nixon
C. J. Seiberlich
Donald Stullken
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Houston
Tex
Astroiaus
Milk Price Increase Proposed by State Commission
The State Milk Commission proposed a 2 percent per half gallon rise in milk prices and will hold a public hearing on August 6. If approved, minimum half gallon prices move from 56 to 58 cents and quart prices rise by 12 cents with wholesale costs following the retail hike.
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Richmond
State Milk Commission
Telegraph Pioneer Morse Sends First Public Message
In 1844 Samuel F. B. Morse sent the first public telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore marking a milestone in communication. The famous phrase What hath God wrought was transmitted as the inaugural text.
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Washington, D.C
Baltimore, Md
Samuel B. Morse
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