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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1999
Page
3
In Washington, officials blamed a blown off thruster nozzle for THAADs latest intercept test failure on March 29. The sixth miss in a row raises questions about quality control in the Army led system built by Lockheed Martin and its ability to defend against long and medium range missiles.
Port Huron former mayor Gerald Ajax Ackerman faced eight additional counts on Friday, bringing total charges to 22 in a child sex case. The latest indictments allege seven counts of indecent exposure and one count of furnishing obscene material to a minor, all misdemeanors, adding to 14 prior counts including production of child abusive material and other offenses.
Betty Grissom, widow of astronaut Gus Grissom, hopes the Liberty Bell 7 salvage expedition in the Atlantic yields no discovery. She objects to NASA’s handling, wants the capsule preserved as found, and prefers it not be displayed in a dedicated spacecraft exhibit.
A U S Navy destroyer named Winston S Churchill was launched at Bath Iron Works. Lady Soames, William Cohen, George Robertson, and Churchill relatives attended. The 505 foot Arleigh Burke class ship weighs over 8 000 tons, carries Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles, and can reach 30 knots. Two peace activists were arrested for disorderly conduct during remarks by Cohen and Gov Angus King. Churchill, Britain's wartime prime minister, was made an honorary U S citizen in 1963.
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