February 1, 1971

Uniformed Sanitationmen's Assn pres DeLury says his men will start safety inspections of dept trucks, move that may reduce garbage collections in city

HOUSTON—Ed. This is Houston. About how far out in range are you now, would you estimate?

1 Mex-Amer killed, many injured, E Los Angeles, during attacks by youths against sheriffs station and deputies and vandalizing and looting of stores following rally called by Chicano Moratorium to protest alleged police brutality; County Supervisors impose limited curfew

Apollo 14 launched with Saturn 5 rocket into earth orbit; Saturn's 3d stage is refired, sending spacecraft out of earth orbit and toward moon at 25,000 mi an hr; Maj Roosa steers command ship into nose-to-nose linkup with lunar module by retracting command ship's probe just before contact and inching 2 craft together after 5 unsuccessful docking attempts; Roosa, Capt Shepard and Comdr Mitchell are never in danger; flight dirs are evaluating data to determine if problem was caused by major malfunction; launch is delayed 40 mins and 2 seconds because of rain and dark storm clouds in Cape Kennedy area; flight controllers rept clouds apparently did not affect rocket's performance; launch and separation of craft from 1st and 2d stages of Saturn rocket described; illustrations; about 500,000 people witness launch; among dignitaries in attendance are Vice Pres Agnew, Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, Pres Nixon adviser Dr H A Kissinger and Apollo 11 comdr N A Armstrong; illus; Saturn's 3d stage will be crashed into moon to help scientists learn more about lunar interior; earlier, launch technicians pumped nearly 750,000 gals of liquid hydrogren and liquid oxygen into rocket's tanks; illus of 3 astronauts in spacesuits on way to launch pad

B-52s continue to bomb enemy supply bases in southern Laos around the clock; State and Defense Dept officials refuse for 3d consecutive day to comment on speculation that allied attack at or across Laotian border is imminent or under way; sustained bombing has been concentrated in area immediately W of old marine base at Khesanh, where, in last yr, N Vietnamese have built up heavy troop concentrations; Vietcong radio cites Western news repts that S Vietnamese troops, backed by Amer aircraft, are about to invade Laos; denounces expected invasion as 'bold intensification' of war; warns Vietcong will respond with 'appropriate blows'; US command continues to impose embargo on all news repts from northern part of S Vietnam; confusion over what is happening extends to Laotian capital of Vientiane, where Premier Souvanna Phouma is reptd trying to determine if allied forces have in fact launched operation into Laos; importance of Ho Chi Minh Trail to N Vietnamese noted; Pentagon issues advisory asserting at least 3 unspecified news orgns have breached embargo and that Defense Dept would 'seriously consider' disaccrediting Saigon correspondents involved in event of further violations; White House press sec says Nixon is aware of what is going on in Indochina; Mansfield says he senses 'feeling of apprehension' among his colleagues; map