Space Shuttle Enterprise Nears First Free Flight
Edwards AFB Calif AP The space shuttle Enterprise completed its highest piggyback test atop a Boeing 747 with minor nuisance issues but NASA officials deem the run largely satisfactory. Test flight manager Donald Slayton said no obstacle blocks the August 12 solo launch to free flight then a landing on a dry lake runway.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
National Aviation and Space Administration
Donald “‘Deke" Slayton
Fitzhugh Fulton
NASA
Gordon Fullerton
Enterprise
Fred Haise
Fullerton
Haise
U.S
U.S.A
Edwards Afb
California
Sunbelt crime surge linked to rapid growth across region
Florida State criminologist Paul Brantingham using FBI 1975 data ranks 250 cities by crime rate and finds Sunbelt cities in the top tier for murder, rape, burglary and theft. He cites rapid growth, tourism, and mobile populations as factors boosting crime in Florida, California, and Arizona, with Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale leading theft rates.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Paul Brantingham
Florida State University
FBI
U.S
Sunbelt
Northeast
Midwest
Florida
California
Arizona
Brantingham
South
Snowbelt
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Kalamazoo
Mich
Brawlingham
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Ariz
Miami
Tucson
West Palm Beach
Gainesville
Bakersfield
Calif
Little Rock
Ark
Five Hurt In Gas Well Explosion In Westmoreland
A gas well blast in Westmoreland County left five workers injured, three seriously. Victims include Rodger Fairman 28 Creekside Michael Manners 21 Dubois and Jerry Reynolds 25 Indiana. Fairman and Manners remain guarded at West Penn Hospital Reynolds in fair condition at Monongahela Valley. About 150 firefighters from eight departments fought the blaze after gas odor was reported.
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Belle Vernon
Westmoreland County
Rodger Fairman
Creekside
Michael Manners
Dubois
Jerry Reynolds
Indiana
Fairman
Manners
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
Reynolds
Monongahela Valley Hospital
Charleroi
Mon Valley Hospital
Fairman Drilling Co
Peoples Natural Gas Co
Greensburg
Bishop Sheen Undergoes Emergency Open Heart Surgery
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, 82, underwent emergency open heart surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. A hospital spokesman said his condition was stable but not yet out of danger. Surgeon Dr. Michael Bruno called the operation a life saving measure and noted no heart attack occurred prior to the procedure.
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New York
Fulton J. Sheen
Lenox Hill Hospital
Sheen
Michael Bruno
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