Lone School Teacher Sails Across Atlantic Alone
A 38 year old school teacher sails solo in a 22 foot boat from Marion Massachusetts to cross the Atlantic. After years of dreaming and planning he takes the plunge, leaving Houston on a trailer with Hesper. Friends and a taciturn past neighbor witness a quiet send off as he pursues a life changing voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Grind
Atlantic
Will Wallace
World Book Science Service
Hesper
Houston
Marion
Mass
New
Atlantic Ocean
British Broadcasting Co
Radio Luxembourg
Squirrels Spur Plague Fears and NASA Debate Sparks Ideas
Washington report highlights new evidence that gray tree squirrels can carry bubonic plague linked to a Denver case. Public health officials warn of remote countrywide spread while noting vaccines and antibiotics mitigate risk. Also, letters discuss NASA after moon program with pollution cleanup idea and a noise free trash can hitting markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hines
Washington
World Book Science Service
Denver
Col
Europe
Asia
U. S
San Francisco
New Orleans
Decatur Sailors Sing Out to World Up With People Festival
Russ Gordon of Sing-Out Decatur recounts a sea voyage aboard Hesper from Buzzards Bay to Plymouth arriving August 4 after 41 days at sea. He details storms near the Labrador Current, navigation trials with a $13.50 plastic sextant, daily routines, boredom, encounters with the Edgewater tanker, and eventual sighting of land and English welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily Decatur
Decatur Daily
Sing-Out
New York
Sing-Out Decatur
Russ Gordon
Buzzards Bay
Hesper
Woods Hole
Nantucket Sound
North Atlantic
Labrador
Gulf Stream
Edgewater
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Sails Atlantic
Wallace
Sir Francis Drake
Plymouth
England
NASA
Space Agency
Astronautics and Aeronautics
Aerospace Engineers
Robert F. McAlevy III
Stevens Institute of Technology
New Jersey
National Air Pollution and Smog Administration
Bishop Rock
Land’s End
Penzance
The
Lizard
Falmouth
Plymouth Sound
Customs House
France
United States
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