Shuttle program splits lawmakers scientists in congress and science
The article outlines a split in Congress over a multibillion dollar manned space shuttle program. Senate and House votes endorse a $200 million shuttle development plan, while Mondale Proxmire and Fulbright criticize costs and priorities. Scientists weigh domestic needs against space exploration and a few defend shuttle funding as boosting science and technology.
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America
House
Senate
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
William Proxmire
D-Wis
U.S
Mondale and Proxmire
Mondale
Federal Space Agency
Proxmire
Glenn M. Anderson
Dcalif
Les Aspin
Space Agency
Aerospace Industry
Pentagon
Aspin
Ralph E. Lapp
Lapp
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space and Defense
Courtland D. Perkins
Princeton University
Aerospace and Mechanical Science Department
Perkins
Assassinations A Symptom Of Broader Social Ills Hesitant
The piece argues that linking assassinations to social ills is doubtful. Critics claim mass guilt explains acts, but history shows assassins driven by senseless motives and unique factors rather than nationwide sickness.
Pecos boy wins in Hereford Fiddlers Contest and youngest fiddler plaque
Randy Hargrave, 13, son of Merna and Billy Paul Hargrave of Pecos, won a gift certificate and a plaque for being the youngest fiddler at the Hereford Championship Old Fiddlers Contest during Western Days last Saturday. Twenty four entrants from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico performed two numbers each with judges scoring on a 100 point system.
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Merna
Billy Paul Hargrave
Pecos
Hereford
Hargrave
Oklahoma
New Mexico
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