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Massive raids are flown on Hanoi, Haiphong Cloudy tonight American planes with chance of rain or snow get biggest MIG kill in 4% years But Apollo 16 continues toward moon By GEORGE ESPER phong docks were damaged, ft SAIGON (AP) — American said several Russian sailors warplanes made their biggest were wounded when , a Soviet MIG kill in 4% years Sunday ship was hit. and heavily damaged fudl de- The U.S. Command refused pots in massive raids in the to confirm or deny that the Hanoi-Haiphong heartland of Haiphong docks were hit. It de- Lunar lander protective skin peels North Vietnam , the U.S. Com- clined to go beyond commu- mand reported today. niques saying that the Air By BILL STOCKTON The skin problem was the first flaw in an were born in fiery" volcanic upheavals billions of Three MIG21s, North Viet- Force and Navy planes at- SPACE CENTER, Houston W! — The protec- otherwise perfect mission that began at 11:54 p.m. years ago. tacked fuel depots, warehouses , nam 's fastest warplanes, were tive skin, of the Apollo 16 moon lander prion con- CST Sunday when a towering Saturn rocket thun- Reporting the particles stripping away at shot down Sunday southwest of and truck parks in the vicinity tinued to peel away today but America's lunar dered the astronauts Mo space. "about five or 10 a second," Duke said, "It's Hanoi before they could get off of Haiphong, and on the out- explorers hurtled onward anyway toward a land- Apollo 16 was so precisely on course Sunday all tattered and torn and shredded. Looks like a shot, the command reported . skirts of Hanoi. ing on the the moon. night that a planned mid-course correction was mountainous tooftop of Shredded Wheat." It was the first time American Thd command said the air The cause of the strange flaking of the thin canceled. The astronauts will have an opportunity "Sure is something strange going on ," Young pilots had downed strikes—which other sources aluminum foil and mylar thermal blanket remain- to perform a course correction tonight . and again said. • three MIGs in one day since Oct. 26, 1967. said numbered several hun- ed unknown, officials said, Engineers sought to Tuesday and Wednesday before firing their space- Mattingly trained a television camera through dred—apparently "caught the simulate the problem with a mock spacecraft at craft engine at 3:23 p.m. Wednesday to slip into a cabin window at the flaking skin while Young While the command said ho enemy in a considerable state the Manned Spacecraft Center here to explain it lunar orbit. Duke toured . and Orion . The picture received on U.S. planes were downed by tite" of confusion and disarray." Navy Capt. John W. Young and Air Force Lt. Young and Duke are to land Orion on an earth clearly showed the firefly-like bits of ma- enemy fighters, it reported a It said the North Vietnamese Col. Charles M. Duke Jr. entered the lander a undulating plateau between two mountain peaks terial flaking away Navy A7 and an Air Force F105 day ahead of schedule Sunday night, turned on Young, a veteran of three prior space flights, fired thousands of rounds of an- in the lunar highlands near one of the highest lost during the raids. The pilots tiaircraft artillery and approxi- its power and conducted a one-hour inspection. and Duke and Mattingly, space rookies, were taci- rescued Nothing appeared amiss in the spacecraft's points on the moon. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas K. turn as they rode the roaring rocket into earth of the A7 were at sea , mately 20O surface-to-air mis- systems and there were no plans to alter the mis- Mattingly wiil orbit the moon in Casper, the com- orbit. and the two crewman of the siles, and many of the missiles reported missing. "were fired erratically. sion. .. mand ship, conducting remote surveillance of : As earth quickly receded behind them, the F105 were " "At this time there is no undue concern about the lunar terrain with scientific instruments. astronauts, like their predecessors, marveled at Three other American ' air- "The . strikes against petro- it," Mission Control said after the inspectipn ap- Bumping ' over the dusty plateau and up a the view. craft were lost in South "Viet- leum storage facilities, truck parently ruled out . troubles with major spacecraft mountain slope in a battery powered car. Young ¦ Touchdown is set for 2:41 p.m. CST Thursday, nam , the command said. parks, warehouses areas, and systems. and Duke will seek evidence the lunar highlands beginning a record 73-hour stay. On the ground , the South oth er logistics facilities, will Vietnamese command claimeJ help reduce the enemy's ca- that its forces and allied war- pabilities to continue military planes killed more than 400 activities in South Vietnam," North Vietnamese and Viet the command said in ex- Pandas settle T imetable of majo r events Cong in heavy fighting a mile planation of the raids." east of An Loc in Binh Dinh SPACE CENTER, Houston Wi- Here is a timetable of WEDNESDAY Province on; the central coast, They were the first raids Into major Apollo 16 events. ( All times CST): 2:23 p.m. — Lunar orbit insertion. and in southern Cambodia. the Hanoi-Haiphong area since ¦ President Lyndon B.. Johnson info luxury ' ' THURSDAY South Vietnamese losses were .. TODAY . 12: 08 p.m. — Spacecraft separation^ called a partial halt in the 6:33 p.m. — Possible mid-course correction of the space- 53 killed and 86 wounded , the 2:41 p.m. — Lunar landing. Saigon Command said. bombiilg of North Vietnam on craft. ' 6:19 p.m. — First moon exploration, afoot and via Lunar March. 31, 1968. 8:54 p.m. — Astronaut Charles M. Duke enters lunar The South Vietnamese said at Washington Rover. ¦ 2,000 paratroopers who were U.S. warplanes also kept up module, followed by Astronaut John W. Young. ' . FRIDAY ' ' heavy attacks on North Viet- WASHINGTON CAP) - A 10:54 p.m. — Young aid Duke return from the lunar larded Friday within two miles pair of 1:18 a.m. — First moon exploration ends. of An Loc had fought their way namese troops in South Viet- pandas settled into luxu- module to join Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II in the 4:44 p.m. — Second moon exploration trip begins,. nam as the Communist offen- ry at tiie National Zoo today, command module. into the provincial capital 60 11:44 p.m. — Second moon trip ends. miles north of Saigon, joined sive there moved into its 19th oblivious to their likely destiny SATURDAY as America s most pampered TUESDAY forces with thd defending garri- day. ' 4: . 9 p.m. — Third moon exploration begins. ' ' The U.S. Command reported pets. : 1:24 a.m. — Sleep period begins. ON ITS .WAY . The son and pushed out the enemy 9:24 a.m. — Sleep period ends. 11:19 p.m. — Third and last moon exploration trip ends. Apollo 16 moon rocket spokesman claimed that Navy and Air Force fight- The two giant pandas, gifts to :. SUNDAY troops. A 4:23 p.m. — Possible raid-course correction by space- at that government forces had re- er-bombers carried out 347 the United States from the ' 3:39 p.m. — Lunar module takes off from the moon. leaves the launch pad craft. Ken- captured the entire town. strikes in South Vietnam be- People's Republic.of China, ar- 5:44 p.m. — Duke enters lunar module for inspection 4:34 p.m. — Lunar module docks with command module. complex 39 at Cape tween 6 a.m. Sunday and I rived Sunday and were swept and test of communications equipment. TUESDAY, APRIL 25 nedy Sunday. The space- North Vietnam claimed that a.m. today. B52 heavy bombers immediately into the seclusion 6:39 p.m. — Duke returns briefly to command module 6:15 p.m. — Command module starts return trip to ship carried astronauts "many hundreds of civilians" made nearly 60 strikes, some of of roomy air-conditioned apart- and the three astronauts put on their space suits, earth ; John W. Young, Tliomas K. were killed and wounded in the them within 50 miles of Saigon, ments. 7:08 p.m. — Duke and . Young go into lunar module. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2« Mattingly II and Charles M. U.S. strikes at Hanoi, the North in an attempt to crush North Space walk by Mattingly. • 7:18 p.m. — Duke and Young return to the command 1:52 p.m. -^ Duke Jr. toward a visit to Vietnamese capital, and Hai- Vietnamese troop concentra- Zoo officials said the fuzzy, "- FRIDAY, APRIL 28 module. • . (AP. Photofax ) phong, its chief port , and that tions south and west of An LM bear-like animals will undergo period begins. 2:30 p.m. — Splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean. the moon. physical examinations today. 9:54 p.m. — Sleep several ships tied at the Hai- along Highway 13. They'll stay under wraps until official unveiling ceremonies possibly later this week.