Shuttle takes quickie tour around the Southwest
The Columbia space shuttle returns to Earth after a 14 minute flight from the West Coast, tracing a path over Los Angeles and New Mexico. NASA describes the descent from space to Northrup Strip with a tail-first burn, sonic booms, a looping approach, chase planes, and a high speed landing at about 215 mph followed by a 7000 foot rollout.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Jack Lousma
Gordon Fullerton
American Southwest
Columbia
Los Angeles
Northrup Strip
New Mexico
NASA
Pacific Ocean
Guam
Lousma
Fullerton
West Coast
San Francisco
Mexico
Baja California
Gila National Forest
Continental Divide
Black Mountains
Truth Or Consequences
Alamogordo
Tularosa
Disastrous Space Center Instrument Damaged By Simple Error
A $2.5 million ultraviolet radiation instrument aboard the shuttle suffered damage from a failed chamber vent. Brueckner and team from Naval Research Center say the error prevented most tests, leaving the device measuring only one frequency. Space is unforgiving, officials warn.
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Brueckner
Naval Research Center
Washington
Strument
Rescue effort continues for trooper in narrow crevice
Rescue crews blasted ledges and drilled toward Sgt. Donald Weltner who remained trapped for nearly two days in a 16 inch high cave. Officials warned they may not revive hope, while preparing for backhoe use and continued digging possible to free him.
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Lafayette
N.J
William Burke
Donald Weltner
Clinton Pagano
Weltner
Pagano
Odessa American publication masthead and postal note
The Odessa American announces its publication details including address at 222 E Fourth Street Odessa Texas 79760 a Sunday paper with home delivery and a yearly subscription rate of 73 dollars. It notes post office matters with mail for changes sent to P O Box 2952 Odessa Texas 79760.
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Fourth Street
Odessa
Texas
Odessa American
Odessa, Texas
P.O
Ocessa
Weather lively warm windy for Odessa Tuesday forecast
National Weather Service Midland area calls for warm and windy conditions in Odessa Tuesday with south to west winds. highs mid 60s to near 80 in south and southeast Texas, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible east of the mountains. overnight lows 30s to 60s, with a 20 percent rain chance today and mild conditions continuing through the extended outlook.
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Odessa
Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
Dallas
Louisiana
Marfa
Texarkana
Galveston
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Dallas-Fort Worth
Lufkin
Houston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Midland
South
North
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
del Rio
Fort Worth
West Texas
Longview
Big Bend Lubbock
McAllen
Mineral Wells
Hi Lo Pep Palacios
Abilene
Presidio
Alice
San Angelo
Alpine
Shreveport
Austin
Stephenville
Beaumont
Shuttle landing in sand winds risks delay at Northrup Strip
Columbia faces possible one day wave off as winds whip sand at Northrup Strip. Lousma and Fullerton near a safe return after an eight day, 3 million mile mission with thousands watching desert landing. NASA weighs wait for steadier conditions ahead of scheduled Tuesday return.
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Northrup
NASA
Columbia
Mission Control
Steve Nagel
Jack R. Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
Tommy Holloway
Lousma
Fullerton
America
Southwest
Northrup Strip
Neil Hutchinson
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Australia
Pacific
Hawaii
Arizona
New Mexico
Big Sur
Mojave Desert
Grand Canyon
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Rio Grande
Jobless Officials See Softening, Worsening Local Unemployment
Odessa faces slowing hiring with 3.9 to 4.6 percent unemployment in early 1981 to 1982. Midland County hits 6.3 percent in February, while Odessa placements fall 33.4 percent from 1,823 to 1,215. National recession echoes in Texas with statewide 5.8 percent unemployment.
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Odessa
Kasko
State Employment Commission
Ector County
Texas
Midland
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National Briefs
Miami
Florida
Coast Guard
Nassau
Bahamas
Mike Kelley
Ukiah
Calif
Russian River
Gainesville, Fla
Eugene Whitworth
Jo Burch
Alan Wilhite
Wilhite
Senate
Reno, Nev
Nevada
Priscilla Ford
Cail
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Space
Lousma and Fullerton
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