Shuttle Enterprise completes final test glide at Edwards AFB
With Prince Charles watching, the Space Shuttle Enterprise made a five minute, 55 second final glide and landed safely on a concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base. The 93 ton craft rebounded after touchdown then settled, marking the last unpowered drop before its first orbital flight planned for 1979. Prince Charles traveled from Los Angeles to view the test with NASA officials.
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Calif
Prince Charles of
England
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Prince Charles
California
Los Angeles
U.S. Air Force Base
NASA
Enterprise completes drop test on runway with NASA crew
NASA officials breathed relief as the Enterprise rolled to a safe stop after a drop test. Astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton, alternating with Joe Engle and Richard Truly, piloted the final test with Haise in command. After landing, Haise and Fullerton congratulated by Prince Charles before the craft heads to Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville to be joined with boosters for vibration tests.
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Enterprise
Fred
Pete” Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Haise
Fullerton
Prince Charles
Los Angeles
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
AFL-CIO plans punitive tactics against pro labor lawmakers
The AFL-CIO COPE will shift to punishing Democratic lawmakers who voted against key labor issues in 1977. Potential moves include withholding support, primary challenges, or backing acceptable Republicans. Officials cite 30 to 40 former allies who opposed labor priorities on issues like union organizing, minimum wage, picketing rights, and foreign oil transport.
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Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
House
Senate
Labor Federation
Congress
U.S
Thief takes a short ride as locomotive stalls
A would be Casey Jones jumps into a Union Pacific locomotive near La Salle Colorado, starts the engine and blows the horn before it derails into mud. The 18 year old suspect Mark Hernandez is arrested for felony theft as police arrive on scene.
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Associated Press
LA Salle
Colo
Casey Jones
Union Pacific
Colorado
Ray Henson
Mark Hernandez
Statue of Liberty Occupied by Puerto Rican Demonstrators
Thirty Puerto Rican nationalists occupied Liberty Island for nine hours, draping a Puerto Rican flag on the statue. Police captured the demonstrators. they face criminal trespass charges in Manhattan federal court. The group demanded independence for Puerto Rico and the release of jailed compatriots from the 1954 shooting incident.
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U.S. Park
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Liberty Island
Vincente Alba
Battery Park
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