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-FIFTH FIVE INUTE SUiKARY- HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: SPACEE CENTER HOLSTON)--THE APOLLO 1t ASTRONAUTS HAVE ACCOPLISI{ED THEIR NOON-LA:JDINGlc ORBIT. THE NE, OREIT TAK:S THE SPACEMiEN U ITiHIN TEN AID ONE-HALF IILES OF THE 1OON'-S SURF CE AT ITS LOW POINT AND RISES TO 53 [.ILES A'T T}': PEAK. IT IS THE CLOSEST ORPIT OF ANY APOLLO MISSION PRIOR TO A VOON LANDING. EARLIER, THE ASTRONAUTS HAD FIRED A FtOCCET TO SEND APOLLO 14 INTO A HIGH ORRIT AROUND THE NOON. TODAY'S OPERATIONS ARE TO SET THE STAGE FOR PThORROW WHEN ASTRONAUTS ALAN SHEPARE _AND ED NITCHELL WILL DESCEND IN THE LANDING CRAFT ''ANTAPES'' FOR AN ATTEMPT AT A LANDING IN\J TE hUGGED LUNAR HIGHLANDS. THE LANDING IS SCHEDULED FOR :1 A.. CEST). DURING A SCHEDULED 33 AND ONE-HALF .HOURS 0" THE LUNAR SURFACE, - SHEPARD AND CIITCHEl L PLAN TWO EXCURSIONS ON THE MOON, EACH TO LAST FOUR TO FIVE HOURS. THE FIRST, SCHEDULED FOR E:53 A.M. CEST) TOMORROW, WILL FE DEVOTED TO SETTING UP. A NUCLEAR-POWERED SCIENCE STATION TO RELAY DA.TA TO EARTH FOR ONE YEAR OR VOR. THE SECOND, AT 5:35 A.I1. SAT!RDAY, WILL FE MAINLY A GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP.