Anonymous Army Saves Apollo 16 Landing From Crisis
An unseen nationwide team rushed to simulators and data files to solve a critical control system problem in the Apollo 16 mission. Engineers at Downey Rockwell Tullahoma MIT Cambridge and Houston coordinated tests and reviews to determine no structural damage and to allow Orion to descend.
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Space Center
Houston
Cambridge
Mass
Tullahoma
Charles M. Duke
Orion
Moon
Descartes Highlands
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Casper Per
Apollo
North American
Rockwell
Downey
Calif
Arnold Re Search and Engineering Center
Tenn
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Mission Control Center
Space Agency
Parsons
Kan
Kansas Army Ammunition Plann
Hugh K. Rogers Jr
Rogers
Ellington Years Ahead of 3 000 New Jersey Fans
Duke Ellington, soon 73, explains that signs must be simple for young audiences in Newark. He compares a Symphony Hall show to a Kabul concert of 6,000, stressing audience engagement through tonal variety and audience participation like finger snapping during La Plus Belle Africaine. He rejects retirement and says his role is celebrating others.
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Newark
N.J
Duke Ellington
Ellington
New Jersey
Kabul
Afghanistan
Electronic Storm Study Aims to Improve Tornado Forecasting
The Department of Commerce will deploy portable electronic detectors in 10 states this spring and summer to study electromagnetic activity linked to tornadoes. Led by William L. Taylor, the NOAA project seeks to deepen forecasting and warning capabilities and answer questions about storm-related electrical signatures observed over the past two years. Sites span Oklahoma three Missouri two and Arkansas Kansas Mississippi plus Louisiana and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Department of Commerce
William L. Taylor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Farris Joins Kustom Electronics As Administrative Manager
Donald W. Farris of Oswego has taken a new role as administrative manager sales at Kustom Electronics Inc. The firm leads in amplification and stage sound systems and also produces traffic radar and mobile digital terminals. Farris, ex executive vice president of American State Bank, plans to stay in Oswego with his wife Sharon Kay and daughter Vicki. They do not plan to move to Chanute until late summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Farris
Oswego
Kustom Electronics, Inc
Kustom
Farris
American State Bank
Travel Industries, Inc
Sharon Kay
Vicki
Chanute
Pre-enrollment for kindergarten set at 1:30 p.m. Friday
Principal Robert L. Holtzman announced the pre-enrollment for kindergarten at the attendance center for 1:30 p.m. Friday April 28. Children must be five by September 1 and bring a birth certificate copy and immunization form. A $5 enrollment fee is due at pre-enrollment.
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Thayer
Robert L. Holtzman
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Bill Stockton
Mattingly
Consid
Roco Petrone
Railroad Savings & Loan
Estopene
Daath Soakec
Edwin H. Rideau
W. Main
Associated Agencies
McCulloch
Yoû
Peter Mise
W. Cherry
Symphony Hall
Duke
Tribune
THE
Chanute Tribune
Tioca
Bank Americard
Farmer's Discount Center
Iee
Westinghouse
Lamp Li
Evergreen Chanute
Ters Inc
S. 8Th
Humboldt
Kansans Care
Southwestern Bell
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P.R.I.D.E
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