NORAD Cheyenne Mountain and Looking Glass Command Posts
A detailed look at NORAD deep inside Cheyenne Mountain and the Looking Glass back-up command post for SAC. The piece describes security, facilities, and staff life from the mountain bunker to the war room where Gen. Seth J. McKee and Lt. Gen. Edwin M. Reyne would coordinate North American air defense in a crisis.
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United States
Ringmasters
NORAD
Air Defense Command
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Looking Glass
U.S
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Omaha
Neb
Rockies
North America
Central Park
Combat Operations Center
War Room
Air Defence Chiefs Center
U.S.A.F
Seth J. McKee
Edwin M. Reyne
C-In-C
Space Defense Center
Classic Vintage Foreseen in French Wines 1971 Year
Paris experts anticipate a 1971 classic year for French wines despite a 12 percent drop in volume from the prior bumper crop. Weather damaged vines, hail, and wind storms cut the Bordeaux Champagne regions, but September and October weather improved grape quality, with champagne grape prices rising about 11 percent and a predicted 40 cent per bottle consumer increase.
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Bordeaux
Cote du Rhone
Beaujolais
Burgundy
Logan
Champagne
Medoc
Saint Emilion
Rifles Draw Criticism as Singapore Scouts Drill
Singapore senior scouts begin rifle training drawing mixed letters to the press. Some critics argue it conflicts with Baden-Powell ideals while supporters see arms drill as nation building. The Singapore Boy Scout Association notes only about 200 of 12,000 members aged 16 or 17 are involved.
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Singapore
Benjamin F
Singapore Boy Scout Association
Ministry of Education
Amphibians May Be New Research Animals
LSU fisheries authority says laboratory reared bullfrogs and leopard frogs could become vital research animals. Dudley D Culley Jr notes the $70–80 million industry and potential profit of 15–30 million from amphibian production, with plants in Dumas Arkansas Long Branch Texas and southeast Louisiana. Rostock reports seaborne tests in Baltic waters.
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Louisiana State University Fisheries Authority
Dudley D. Culley Jr
Culley
LSU
Dumas
Ark
Congo Poachers Face Death From Armed Game Rangers
Poachers illegally hunting in Congo national parks now face armed rangers who may use deadly force. Parks director Dr. Jacques Verschuren notes many rangers have died defending wildlife as new parks expand, including Salonga Maiko Kundelungu and Kahuzi. The policy crime is reduced but dangerous in dense forests and upriver travel.
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Congo
Jacques Verschuren
Verschuren
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Milam Hotel
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Zink’s Food Mart
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Newton Hospital
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Texan Cafe
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Milam County
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Pierce
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Edna Atkinson Reuter
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Long Branch
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Rostock
East Germany
Reuter
East German Sea Hydrography Service
Baltic
By Trevor Wood
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Kahuzi
Albert National Park
Dr. Verschuren
Upemba Park
Garamba Park
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Frederik
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