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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1970

Page

5

Apollo 14 to collect moon rocks using new modular cart

Apollo 14 astronauts plan two moon walks totaling about 10 hours in Fra Mauro to collect lunar samples and test a modular equipment transporter nicknamed MET. Commander Alan Shepard and lunar module pilot Edgar Mitchell will carry 60 to 70 pounds of rock, aiming for efficiency with earth-based sorting.

Mitchell Washington Edgar D. Mitchell Alan B. Shepard America Stuart A. Roosa New York Shepard Earth Fra Mauro Cone Crater

Misses Pattern 4909 Gaucho Set and Accessories

Advertisement for Misses pattern 4909 showing winter gaucho pants with vest and top options in sizes 8 to 16. Includes yardage, price 75 cents per pattern with air mail 25 cents, mailing address for Anne Adams pattern dept in Winchester Evening Star, and notes on related sewing books and catalogs.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N.Y

Hints From Heloise on Simple Home Tricks

Readers share practical tips from everyday life. A mix of household hacks includes using a fitted top sheet over short blankets, lining shelves with freezer paper, keeping a coat closed with an internal button, sprinkling sugar with a tea strainer, and securing plastic trash cans with a weighted lid.

Heloise Sherry Ashmeades Syndicate, Inc

War Measures Act invoked as FLQ crisis escalates in Canada

Ottawa reports police and soldiers sweeping Quebec to locate kidnapped officials James Cross and Pierre Laporte. Over 250 arrested amid fears of insurrection as Trudeau activates wartime powers, promising limits by April 30 1971.

Ottawa Quebec James Cross Pierre Laporte Pierre Elliott Trudeau House of Commons Robert Bourassa Montreal Trudeau Quebec Liberation Front Cross Front FLQ Canada Pierre Laforet Hull Real Casavant Canadian Broadcasting Corp Andre Belanger Liberal Party Robert Stanfield Conservative Party S. John Diefenbaker Stanfield Conservatives New Democratic Party T. C. Douglas Douglas Jean Drapeau

Chicago Stockyards to close after 105 years

The Union Stockyards in Chicago will close on February 1 as packers move operations closer to farms. The yards halted hog trading in May and saw dwindling cattle arrivals, with few sheep in recent years. The complex, once a city within a city, will leave vast pens empty after guiding rail and meatpacking history.

Chicago Carl Sandburg Ments Stockyards National Bank Stockyards ‘Inn The Swifts Armours Mile Square

Ky to Visit U.S. Military Bases

South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky plans a November trip to five U.S. bases where Vietnamese officers train. The visit includes a two day stop in Washington and stops at Newport Rhode Island Ft Hunter Georgia Ft Rucker Alabama Ft Walter Texas and Lackland Air Force Base Texas with unclear official status.

Washington Nguyen Cao Ky U.S U.S. Naval Training Facility Newport R.I Ft. Hunter Ft. Rucker Ala Ft. Walter Tex Lackland Air Force Base

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