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Death Of Hero Stuns Lake City Over Challenger Tragedy
Lake City residents mourn the death of Ronald McNair, a native son and NASA astronaut from North Carolina A&T and MIT, after the Challenger disaster. The town, with about 5 600 residents, renamed Ronald E McNair Boulevard, and teachers recall him as a role model who visited two years ago. Local officials report a flood of journalists and shocked students as the incident unfolded.
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Lake City
Pee Dee
Ronald McNair
John Anderson
Wjot-Am
Dr. McNair
McNair
George Lawson
Lawson
Ronald E. McNair
Florence County
Columbia
Lake City High School
Carver High
Lane E. Floyd
George McClellan
Wesley United Methodist Church
Houston
North Carolina A&t
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hughes Research Laboratories
California
NASA
Carlton J. Gaskins
South Carolina
Joe Wilson