Pure Oxygen In Spacecraft Under Scrutiny
An AP analysis examines the shift to a 100 percent oxygen atmosphere for Apollo and the dangers exposed by two fatal fire incidents. Experts debate oxygen vs nitrogen oxygen blends, NASA's reliability concerns, and the option of a two gas system and quick ejection safety measures.
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Cape Edy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
San Antonio
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Jay
Eac Payene
Apollo
NASA
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Soviet Union
Govana Haykeen
Federal minimum wage rises to $1.40 across most workers
The federal minimum wage climbs to 1.40 an hour for 32.3 million workers under the old rule, with 8 million more covered for the first time starting at a dollar. Florida seeks temporary restraining orders over enforcement, while labor leaders vow tough nationwide enforcement to curb wage violations.
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Washington
U.S
Harrold Carswell
Tallahassee
Fla
Labor Department
Florida
Clarence T. Lundquist
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Johnson
Meany
Labor Federation
Czech Agent Kazan-Komarek Goes on Trial in Prague
Czech born American travel agent Vladimir Kazan-Komarek from Cambridge Mass. faces trial in Prague. The sensational case began October 31 when he was arrested as US officials alleged a union with Czech authorities to deliver an American to their hands, public but not to U.S. embassy representatives.
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Washington
State Department
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
Sen- Kazan-Komarek
Cambridge
Mass
Prague
U.S
Man seeks shot after threatening self harm in Asheville home
An ambulance was summoned to a northside Asheville residence Tuesday night after a hysterical woman said her husband would kill himself. The man, seated in a chair, asked for a tetanus shot saying he used a rusty razor blade.
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Asheville
Maoists Claim Fifth City Taken in China Turmoil
Tokyo based Kyodo News said posters circulated claiming Maoist forces seized a fifth city in Red China. The reports said Mao supporters controlled Urumchi and Shihhotze in Sinkiang amid ongoing clashes with anti-Maoist fighters who fled into mountains.
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Peking
Sinkiang
Red China
Kyodo
Urumchi
Space fire escape in 1962 test. four burned survive
Cmdr Francis Highly recounts a 1962 pure oxygen fire during a 14 day capsule test in Philadelphia. A flight surgeon and three Navy aircrew battled flames when electrical fault ignited near a light outlet. They stripped clothes, punched an alarm, smashed a porthole, and escaped from the chamber within 45 seconds.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Francis Highly
Associated Press
Nis
Highly
Aerospace Crew Equipme Laboratory
Philadelphia
NAVY
Six Killed When Bus Crashes Into Truck On I-26
A Continental Trailways bus collided with a stalled tractor-trailer on Interstate 26 near Columbia leaving six dead and at least 14 injured. The crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. as the bus en route from Asheville, North Carolina to Columbia and then Charleston, South Carolina. Richland County officers worked amid wreckage to remove victims and injured.
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Associated Press
Columbia (Ap
Continental Trailways
Interstate 26
Columbia
Richland County
Asheville
N.C
South Korea's Chung urges continuation of bombing in Vietnam
Premier Chung Il Kwon argues for ongoing U S air raids on North Vietnam and warns peace talks depend on sustained military pressure. He says allies near victory and rejects temporary setbacks, while noting conscription and expanded ground war in the south.
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South Korea
Chung Il Kwon
U. S
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United States
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South
Dien Bien Phu
Reischauer
U.S
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