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( tllin ( In inis20 isinnmut( nmliilnlrsHOUSTON (UPIi - Three aervictreien with Ohio connections were annm«: the second 20 of -t*) Space Shuttle astronaut candidates to be selected for interviews and psychological and physical examinationsNational Aeronautics and Space adnuruftratton officials said Thursday one of the 20 who will report to the Johnson Space center Monday for a week of rigorous evaluation was Shuttle simulator manager Stanley G. Gnggs, 37, the first JSC employe to go so far in the selection process (Gnggs, in charge oil two Grumman Gulf stream airplanes outfitted to fly like the Shuttle was at Fd wards AFB, lalif , helping prepare for the spacecraft’s maiden free flight when selections were announced None of those selected to date has , been female, although a spokesman said women wiU be among the 200 from whom NASA wiU choose 16 or 30 1 Shuttle pilots and IS or 20 payload specialists' in December Names of candidates are being announced ut alphabetical order. 20* every other week, until the end of November when interv iews and testing should be complete1 The 30 (Mr 40 selected in December i will begirt two years of training and evaluation in nud-ltTS after which t they will be finally added to the astronaut corps They wiU be the first additions since 198*1 Among the candidates werei Air Force Lt Col larslie B1 Anderson 111, 30, bom in W’uoser, O, t and was graduated from high school I in Winter Haven, Fla He was assigned to the 438th Tactical Fighter » Training Squadron, Holloman AFB. i N M* Air Force Cap! Richard Couch, i 31, bom in Hamilton, Ontario, and - was graduated from high school ui o Texarkana. Ark He was assigned to o the 4960th Test Wing. Wright-Patterson AFB, O it Air Force May Don F Kenne, 36, it bom in Baltimore, Mo and was o graduated from high school at e Dayton, O He was assigned to the w 276th Test Squadron, Air Defense Weapons Center, Tyndall AFB, Fla
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Fairborn Daily Herald
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Fri, Aug 12, 1977
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