Space Agency Bottle Fire Prompted Safety Review
A March 1989 blaze on an oxygen bottle outside an altitude chamber during astronaut training highlighted oxygen compatibility and material hazards in life support gear. NASA and 200 government units reviewed nylon bottles and other equipment, finding evolving specs and insufficient controls for high pressure oxygen.
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Unity
NASA
Cmeathe
Induserold Fra Franke
The
Space Center
Escaped Federal Prisoners Nabbed Near Idalou
Two escaped youths from the Federal Youth Center in Inglewood Colorado were arrested by Lubbock County deputies after an all night FBI stake out. John H. Cooper 19 Abilene and Robert C. Gray 18 Beaumont were caught on Loop 289 south of the Idalou Highway. They had escaped Wednesday and faced interstate transport charges under the Dyer Act. Cooper attempted to swallow tin foil en route to the sheriff's office.
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Lubbock
FBI
John H. Cooper
Abilene
Sheriff's Office
West Texas Hospital
Robert C. Gray
Beaumont
Gray
Cooper
Federal Youth Center
Inglewood
Colo
el Paso
Federal
Joan Todd
Bill Neeley
Jack Sullivan
Loop 289
Idalou Highway
Ommy Wilbanks
D. L. Youn
Ace Beam
Police Department
FEE Laboratory
Wa D. CG
Diphtheria Outbreak Spurs Immunization Drive in San Antonio
Health officials report the worst diphtheria outbreak in San Antonio in a decade with as many as 400 000 people urged to immunize. Officials describe rapid vaccination campaigns, including a mass drive using a rapid injector system while cases emerge in nearby areas.
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Antonio
San Aton
Edinburg
Rio Grant Valley
John Copenhiaver
San Antonio
Aston
Dinit
William Roms
Phone Operator Saves Child in Houston
A Houston child near a backyard pool survived after an operator connected a family to emergency services. The caller could not speak clearly but described bleeding and the need for help. an ambulance arrived and the doctor met them at the hospital. The operator's prompt action credited with saving the boy.
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Houston
Eddie
Strategy Mapped as Forest Service Moves in Wyoming
Lovell Wyoming UPI reports Forest Service officials moved into the Big Horn National Forest on Saturday to reforest areas scarred by Wyoming's worst fire in 95 years.
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Lovell
Wyo
Forest Service
Big Horn National Forest
Wyoming
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