Astronauts Enjoy Weightless Flight Viewing Earth From Orbit
On page 1A Dr. Sam Poole described the mood as unbelievable fun while rookie Fullerton and colleague Ride toured the weightless environment. Lousma and Fullerton called the early flight a barnburner as they marveled at Hawaii and blue oceans below. Flight director Tom Holloway praised the clean craft and promising start as over a million viewers watched the launch from the shore.
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Sam Poole
Lousma
Fullerton
Hawaii
Tom Holloway
Columbia launch on Florida coast draws historic crowd
Authorities estimated the crowds at the Florida Space Coast for the Columbia liftoff may be the largest spaceflight crowd. President Reagan praised the mission, and the crew faced a minor APU hiccup as they entered orbit. The shuttle aims for a longer mission, totaling about 2.96 million miles beyond prior flights.
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Florida Space Coast
Columbia
White Sands Missile Range
Reagan
All America
Atlantic Ocean
Lousma
Iowa PDP mission data uplink lights up Columbia launch
Iowa scientists led by Murphy monitor the space shuttle Columbia as its PDP instrument powers on during a week long mission. The team reports data on electro magnetic noise and magnetic fields while Van Allen assists from North Liberty and Mission Control.
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Johnson Space Center
Houston
Shawhan
Sue
Columbia
Africa
Jack Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
Earth
Iowa
Murphy
North Liberty
U of I’s Radio Observatory
North America
Mission Control
U of I
James van Allen
Iowa Space Research Program
Abusive Bill Promoted by Rep Arnould Sparks Debate
Rep. Arnould backed the measure as a step forward in fighting child abuse while Rep. Clements opposed it saying the bill lacks clear definitions and safeguards for families. Clements cited his own family’s abuse to argue for stronger protections and private family rights amid broader reform efforts.
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Clements
Senate
Virginia Poffenberger
Perry
House
Larry Pope
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Robert Arnould
Davenport
Arnould
Hospital seeks civilian air craft to replace Huey fleet
St Luke's Health Care Foundation funds maintenance and fuel for two non FAA certified Huey helicopters used for medical air transport. Foundation will raise 78000 to support Lifeguard for another year. If a billable civilian aircraft is obtained, the service could pay for upkeep without foundation aid.
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FAA
St. Luke’s Health Care Foundation
Wallace
Lawmakers mull phased land preservation plan for rural states
Rush and Waldstein describe a compromise land use measure creating a state land preservation council, 99 county commissions, and county inventories. The plan allows public votes on preservation policies, enables agricultural districts and areas, and offers incentives such as exemptions from nuisance rules for farmland.
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Waldstein
Iowa
State Council
Boards of Supervisors
Unprovoked shooting at bank prompts police briefing
Sgt. Carl Yates said there was no motive found and the shooter appeared to act during a bank transfer inquiry. The gunman, linked to several prior addresses, shot without warning as bystanders observed the rapid violence at the Louisville branch.
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Carl Yates
Police Department
Yates
Miles
Louisville
California
Kansas
Joseph Thompson
S&l
Thompson
Judd Puzzle Solve Tomorrow 3-23-42
A word rearrangement puzzle prompts players to form 2 to 7 letter words from each row of letters. Scoring rules assign points per row with a 50 point bonus for 7 letter solutions. Blanks count as any letter but hold no points. No proper nouns or hyphenated words allowed.
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Judd
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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