Atlantis closes in on space station amid navigation aid failure
Space shuttle Atlantis moves to dock with the international space station despite a failed star tracker. Commander Terrence Wilcutt and pilot Scott Altman perform extra maneuvers as the linkup occurs about 220 miles above the Russia Kazakhstan border. The station has grown with the Zvezda module and a Russian supply ship.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Atlantis
International Space Station
Terrence Wilcutt
Scott Altman
Phil Engelauf
Russia
Kazakstan
Zvezda
Space Station
Snapshot of notable US events from 1955 to 1990
The list highlights Gunsmoke’s 1955 CBS premiere, the 1963 Alabama student integration standoff with Gov. Wallace, 1979 clemency for Puerto Rican nationalists by President Carter, Pope John Paul II’s 1987 U.S. visit in Miami with Presidents Reagan, and 1990 Iran-Iraq diplomatic overtures.
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CBS Television
Alabama Public
George C. Wallace
House of Representatives
Truman
Carter
Pope John Paul II
Miami
Reagan
United States
Iran
Iraq
Clinton seeks 1.6 billion for western fire recovery and thinning
President Clinton proposed about 1.6 billion dollars to aid communities hit by Western forest fires and to thin millions of acres of federal forests to curb future blazes. He also released nearly 40 million for 90 restoration projects as 38 large fires burn across nine states.
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Washington
Clinton
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Elias Howe
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Norway
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Rd
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16Th Ave
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Edgewood Rd
Centerville
N. 18Th St
Lincoln Way
Clinton Towne Center
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2Nd St
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Davenport
53Rd St
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Independence
120Th Ave
Iowa City
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Iowa Falls
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Main St
Manchester
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Marshalltown
Marshalltown Ctr
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Mason City
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4Th St
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Moline
41St Ave
Muscatine
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Newton
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Ottumwa
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Quincy Ave
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Tipton
Cedar St
Waterloo Crossroads Center
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Ion Otter Ry
Cats
Calica
Olga
USC
Aden
Chicago
Judy Camoran
Illinois
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Iowa
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