Satellites Transform Education and World Communication
In 1973 five million Indian children will learn from TV signals via an American satellite 22,300 miles above the Indian Ocean. NASA plans six hours daily for India on ATS-6 to relay programs from New Delhi to 5,000 receivers in remote villages and 15 million people in five cities. The article notes broader aims in education, weather forecasting, and global communications and cites other nations pursuing satellite education programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Fla
India
Indian Ocean
U. S
Wernher von Braun
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
NASA
New Delhi
von Braun
Madras
Bombay
Ahmadabad
Delhi
Calcutta
Brazil
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Enrolled At Trinity High Brazil Student Enjoys Life In Archdale
Archdale student Marcio Gomes 17 of Santos Brazil attends Trinity Senior High School while living with the Lloyd Taylors. He reports similar student life, notes price differences in jeans, and shares views on driving and aging rules. He tours Raleigh and hopes to visit Washington and New York before returning home in two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wrenn
Archdale
Santos
Brazil
Marcio Gomes
Trinity Senior High School
Marco
Marcio
Lloyd Taylors
Tommy Taylor
Trinity High
Fausto
Dorris Gomes
Marcie
Taylor
North Carolina
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Washington, D. C
New York
International Fellowship of
Buffalo
N.Y
Trinity High School Beta Club
Roy Allen
Diplomatic Routine On Day At United Nations
A look inside the United Nations complex reveals eight window washers, 5,000 daily meals, 19,000 pass holders, and a busy payroll of staff across floors 20 to 38. Ministers, ambassadors, and secretaries juggle reports, diplomacy, and daily duties amid global crises and bureaucratic chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Bartlett
United Nations
N.Y
U. N
Tower of Babel
East River
Levy
Unicef
Secretariat
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United States
Appalachia
Daniel J. Fink
General Electric Co
Space Division
Atlantic
Early Bird
Paris
London
West Germany
France
Switzerland
Fink
Clould
Nimbus
High Point Enterprise
Earth Resources Technology
Marcio Gomes, Tommy Taylor
Alan Shepard JR
Jean- Pierre Levy
Documents Department
The
Economic and Social Council
General Assembly
Great Britain
Rhodesia
Security Council
Middle East
South Africa
Azuza
Calif
Estella Mira
U Thant
Chef du Cabinet
D. V. Narasimhan
Burundi
Turkey
Narasimhan
Khrushchev
Erasmia Salvaris
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic
Zaire
U.S.S.R
Zambia
Vernon Johnson Mwaanga
Southern Rhodesia
Saudia Arabia
Jamil Baroody
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