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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1968
Page
5
The piece argues Walter Schirra could retire after Apollo 7 but notes his unique value as a three time space traveler. It envisions astrogeriatrics and long duration missions, detailing NASA's plan for 1970s era space stations and extended medical research alongside engineering progress.
A report outlines advances in medical hardware from pacemakers and tantalum implants to a nuclear powered heat exchanger for a mechanical heart. The device uses Plutonium energy within a silastic capsule to heat a miniature steam pump, tested in animals, with heat managed by the bloodstream. Other notes cover aging adjustment, cancer survival modeling, and warnings of a potential Hong Kong flu epidemic.
Congress in 1968 produced major laws on housing and open housing prohibiting discrimination. It approved a broad crime and law enforcement package with wiretap powers, two gun control bills, and truth in lending. The session also cut spending by 6 billion and faced a Senate rejection of Abe Fortas for Chief Justice amid foreign aid cuts and a tax surcharge.
A sequence of letters from Addison and Decatur readers critiques political figures and calls for reform, interwoven with a 1960s urban affairs summary. It reflects discussions on Wallace, Hoover days, a dry county, and a candidate in Alabama, followed by reflections on urban policy, housing, and aging astronauts Schirra and Apollo 7.
The article explains weight loss in zero gravity as fluids shift from legs to chest and urine excretion increases. Blood volume sensing may trigger the response in chest veins. Earthbound bed rest shows similar fluid loss, but no long term harm known yet.
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