Shuttle costs outlined in 1974 budget hearings
NASA figures show the Space Shuttle at 42.8 billion dollars for 581 launches from 1979 to 1990, versus 48.2 billion for expendable boosters in 1971 dollars. Proxmire and others note inflation would raise totals. etched costs include orbiters, space tug, and facility mods totaling about 8.1 billion preoperation.
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NASA
Shuttle
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Appropriations
Space Agency
Aviation Week
Space Technology Magazine
Proxmire
Shuttle Research and Development
Nixon
Kennedy Space Center
Defense Department
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Walter Mondale
D—Sd
Congress
Club seeks ex POW bracelets for Air Force display
The Junior Officers' Council at Vandenberg AFB collects bracelets bearing POW names in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Heritage Committee. Donors should attach full name and address, then mail or pass bracelets to ASG CCO at Vandenberg AFB CA 93437 for a nationwide POW memorial display.
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Salvador E. Felices
Felices
1St
Strategic Aerospace Division
Vandenberg Afb
Peggy Harris
James L. Whittaker
JOC
Junior Officers’ Council
The
Cadet Heritage Committee
U.S. Air Force Academy
Vandenberg
Smith
Asgcco
Senate panel backs space shuttle funding plan
The Senate Rules Committee adopted a resolution urging Congress and the President to fund the United States Space Shuttle program. Senator Robert J. Lagomarsino of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties authored it. He promotes lower future space payload costs and broader earth applications with Vandenberg AFB and Cape Kennedy as launch sites.
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Senate Rules Committee
Congress
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Ventura
Santa Barbara Counties
Lagomarsino
Vandenberg Afb
Santa Barbara County
Cape Kennedy
Florida
Bradley Edges Yorty In Los Angeles Mayors Runoff Challenge
In Los Angeles a crowded field of 13 mayoral candidates leaves Thomas Bradley ahead with 35.54 percent to Sam Yorty 28.74 percent. Jess Unruh and Tom Reddin also place. Bradley and Yorty advance to a May 29 runoff, the third largest U.S. city preparing for a rematch of the 1969 contest.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Bradley
Yorty
City Hall
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California
Kenneth G. Parker
el Colegio
Goleta
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Laura Soans
No. H Street
Club
Air Force Academy
Cpt
Robert P. Smith
Speed
Fountainebleu Limited
Ad Goleta
el Colegio Rd
Yorty, Bradley Runoff
Jess Unruh
State Assembly
Tom Reddin
Jedburg
England
Jedbury Cemetery
Beattie Boys
Starbuck
McPeek
North H Street
Terry Rushford
SUN
Church OF Christ
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Lompoc
Jacquard
House OF F
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Broadway
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