Space Shuttle era reshapes US role in space travel
The article notes the US aims to lead space freight with the Space Shuttle, while the USSR continues frequent manned flights with Soyuz. It explains shuttle costs, reuse, and a vision of NASA as a global common carrier, with Spacelab and international payloads planned for 1979 onward.
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3 Space Center
Houston 5
Russia
America
United States
Salyut
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Apollo
ASTP
Baykonur Cosmodrome
Leninsk
American Space Agency
Christopher C. Kraft
Johnson Space Center
Houston
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space
Earth
Spacelab
Deadlocks Shape House and Senate Conflicts This Week
In Washington the House faces a key vote on the Select Intelligence Committee with a choice to abolish the panel or expand it by three members. The Senate plans its first bid to resolve the New Hampshire senatorial contest as 35 stalemated issues confront its Rules Committee. Mansfield says no retreat from constitutional duties as Democrats press the Durkin Wyman dispute. Ford price decontrol and a 13 billion Agriculture bill also await action this week.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Select Intelligence Committee
New Hampshire
House Intelligence Committee
Lucien N. Nedzi
D-Mich
Nedzi
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. Durkin
Louis C. Wyman
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Ford
Agriculture Department
Hearings Set On Gandhi Appeal
Supreme Court to begin hearings on Indira Gandhi's appeal of her Allahabad conviction for illegally using government officials in the 1971 campaign. Hearings expected to last three to four weeks. Raj Narain's counsel unavailable until Aug 11. Gandhi remained prime minister pending appeal but barred from parliament.
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New Delhi
India
Supreme Court
Indira Gandhi
Time Table For Apollo-Soyuz Mission
Officials outline a detailed EDT schedule for the Apollo Soyuz mission from July 15 to 25. Highlights include launches from Baikonur and Cape Canaveral, docking and crew transfers, televised events, and the finale with Pacific Ocean landing.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mexico
Soyuz
Alexei A. Leonov
Valeri N. Kubasov
Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Apollo
Thomas P. Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
U.S. Control Center
Houston
Johnson Space Center
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Picket Lines At Union Electric Strikes Missouri Service
About 1,500 Union Electric linemen walked out in a wage dispute over a one year contract. The IBEW locals led the walkout after bargaining with federal mediation failed. Union Electric serves 740,000 customers in Missouri and parts of Iowa and Illinois. Supervisory personnel would maintain service.
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ST. Louis
Union Electric Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Union
One Union Electric
Missouri
Iowa
Ilinois
Mountaineers Fail In Climb In Pakistan
An American mountaineering expedition led by Jim Whittaker failed to reach K2 summit amid porter strikes and severe weather. The team endured 20 days of storms, carried a porter with illness from 15,000 feet, and planned to depart base camp at 17,600 feet, aiming for Skarda by July 28.
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Soyuz
Apollo
West Germany
Stafford
Slayton
Leonov
Kubasov
Brand
Leoney
Kubagov
Islamabad
Pakistan
Monlay
Jim Whittaker
Seattle
Wash
Whittaker
U.S
Mt. Everest
Skarda
Portuguese Crowd Attacks Communist Office in Rio Maior
A crowd torched the Communist party and Popular Socialist Front offices in Rio Maior, Portugal, injuring several as troops restored order. Demonstrations also surged in Aveiro over Radio Renascenca, with Catholics led by Bishop Manuel D'Almeida Trindade demanding church control of the station.
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Portugal
Communist Party
ANI
Rio Maior
Popular Socialist Front
Aveiro
Manuel D'Almeida Trindade
Paul VI
Rome
Radio Renascenca
Munists
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National Academy of Forensic’ Sciences
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