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Georgia (1) and George C. Wallace of Alabama confer during
luncheon. Governor Carter was in Montgomery to address
the Council for the Advancement of Private Colleges in
North Viets building bases
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Pen
tagon officials report the North
Vietnamese are building five
air bases in Communist-held
areas of South Vietnam which
could be used for military
operations.
The Communists, Pentagon
officials said, are justifying the
bases as civilian airstrips but
apparently are equipping them
for military transport flights
and — potentially — jet fighter
operations.
So far, the bases have raised
little concern in Washington.
U.S. officials see them more as
a Communist attempt to
demonstrate ownership of a
“going, organized administered
area” in preparation for setting
up a provisional government
than as a direct military threat.
American officials also dis
count reports received from the
field Tuesday that a North
Skylab crewmen pack
for trip to earth
By AL ROSSITER Jr.
UPI Science Editor
HOUSTON (UPI) - Like a
family leaving a vacation
home, Skylab I astronauts
today prepared to move goods
ranging from film to strawber-
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Vietnamese MIGI9 made a
reconnaissance over the South
Vietnamese city of Quang Tri
and that two other MIG flights
have crossed government-held
territory since the Jan. 27
cease-fire.
Pentagon Cannot Confirm
The Pentagon said it could
not confirm these reports. And
one knowledgable source said
the South Vietnamese apparent
ly “misidentified one of our
planes, or one of theirs” at
Quang Tri.
Military sources in South
Vietnam have reported at least
nine Communist airfields under
construction in South Vietnam
since the cease-fire, with six of
them ready for use. This is a
higher number than Pentagon
officials acknowledge.
Chief Pentagon spokesman
Jerry W. Friedheim said
Tuesday there were five Com-
ries to their Apollo space ferry
for the trip back to earth
Friday.
When they are finished,
commander Charles “Pete”
Conrad promised that the
house-sized orbiting laboratory
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munist air bases. These were
identified as Khe Sanh, Ca Lu
and Dong Ha, all within about
20 miles of the former
demarcation line between North
and South Vietnam; Dak To,
about 25 miles from Kontum
City, and Kham Due, about 75
miles north of Kontum City.
The field at Khe Sanh,
formerly a U.S. Marine base, is
nearly finished with barracks
and fuel storage areas, and the
others are less complete,
sources said. All five are
former U.S. air strips that were
badly damaged or destroyed in
heavy fighting a year ago.
“They could probably use
some of them now if they had
to,” one source said. “But I
don’t think they want to yet.
It’s not a crash effort on their
part—just a methodical opera
tion.”
So far, the Pentagon said, no
would be “fit in all respects”
for the arrival of its next
tenants, the Skylab 2 as
tronauts, on July 27.
Before beginning the moving
operation, Conrad, Joseph P.
Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz
scheduled a 10-minute televised
news conference. It was to
begin at 6:18 a.m. EDT.
The astronauts, now in their
26th day of flight around earth,
plan to have all the gear they
will bring home stowed in the
Apollo command module by
this evening.
“It looks like we’re progress
ing very nicely toward wrap
ping this mission up,” said
flight director Milton Windler.
Final Procedures Begin
The pilots will begin the final
deactivation procedures Thurs
day to prepare the ship’s many
systems for five weeks of
hibernation until Skylab 2
astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen
K. Garriott and Jack R.
Lousma arrive to spend eight
weeks in orbit.
Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz
are scheduled to undock from
Skylab at 4:45 a.m. Friday,
begin their final braking
maneuver at 9:11 a.m. and
splash down at 9:50 a.m. in the
Pacific 830 miles southwest of
San Diego. Weathermen pre
dicted good landing conditions:
The pilots’ list of goods to be
transferred from Skylab to
Apollo included samples of
Skylab food scientists want to
compare with identical speci
mens on the ground to see if
the space food was affected by
high temperatures early in the
flight. The foods to be brought
back are sugar coated corn
flakes, strawberries, chocolate
instant breakfast, shrimp cock
tail, scrambled eggs and tuna
salad spread.
Also coming back are some
aircraft are stationed at any of
the bases and none has been
observed landing or taking off
from any. All five bases are
dirt strips.
“The best guess is that they
would be more useful for
transports, for logistics pur
poses,” one source said. “But if
they got into a big war, they
could use them for combat. If
there were going to be an air
war, the bases would be the
South’s first target. It’d be a
mess for a while but the South
should be able to handle it.”
Militarily, the bases in the
South could give North Vietnam
a toehold for waging its first
air war against the South with
its MIGs, which have a very
short range. But U.S. sources
said it would be “not much
more than a toehold” because
of South Vietnam’s air capabili
ties.
drugs that Kerwin, America’s
first space physician, believes
were spoiled by the 130-degree
temperatures inside Skylab
before the astronauts arrived
May 25.
Paper to be Returned
Controllers asked the pilots to
bring back 24 inches of used
teleprinter paper to see how it
worked in space. Two television
cameras, one working and one
that failed, also will come back.
The six film containers
Conrad and Weitz removed
from Skylab’s solar telescopes
during Tuesday’s spacewalk
were already securely stowed
in the command module. Other
film and magnetic tape on the
stowage list is from Skylab’s
earth resources surveying cam
eras and other cameras the
pilots used to record life in
America’s first space station.
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Senate approves
cut space budget
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
most austere space budget
since 1962—53 billion—has been
approved by the Senate.
Senate members voted 90-5
for the program Tuesday,
England tests
electric bus
England’s Department of
Trade and Industry has
loaned the town of Norwich an
experimental electric bus
powered by 220-volt batteries,
capable of carrying 25 people
at a top speed of 25 miles per
hour, with a range of 35 miles.
It is believed that fleets of
battery-powered buses would
help reduce pollution caused
by exhaust fumes.
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turning down an attempt by
Sen. J. William Fulbright, D-
Ark., to cut the figure another
sl2l million.
The $3 billion authorization,
which is for the 1974 fiscal
year, was S3O million more than
the administration requested
and $27 million less than the
House approved. The two
versions will have to be
reconciled in a conference
committee.
The Senate was warned in
debate the tight budget meant
there would have to be tighter
funding in future years to
maintain a balanced program.
Sen. Frank Moss, D-Utah,
chairman of the Senate Space
— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, June 20, 1973
Committee, said any further
cuts would lead to cancellation
or deferring indefinitely of
major projects.
Included in the authorization
are $233.8 million for the Skylab
program, $475 million for the
controversial space shuttle pro
gram, and S9O million for a
joint experimental flight of U.S.
and Soviet space ships.
Contrary to past years there
was no attempt to cut off the
space shuttle funds.
Fulbright’samendment would
have reduced the budget by
sl2l million, allowing space
officials to decide where the
cuts should be made. It was
defeated, 69-27.
Poor
judgment
is blamed
LOS ANGELES (UPI) -
Deputy District Attorney Mar
shall L. Bitkower was fired
Tuesday on grounds of “poor
judgment” for causing a
mistrial by dating a woman
juror.
Bitkower reportedly made a
trip to Las Vegas with a
woman identified as Cathy
Improta, while she was serving
on the jury in a murder trial.
The jury found John L.
Parham and Keith B. Logan,
both 24, guilty of first degree
murder. Superior Court Judge
Carlos A. Valarde declared a
mistrial when he heard of
Bitkower’s association with
Miss Improta, and the two
defendants were sentenced
Tuesday to 10 years each in
prison after pleading guilty to
charges of second degree
murder.