Pinpoint desert landing ends 8 day shuttle flight
The space shuttle Columbia returned to White Sands New Mexico after an eight day mission. Pilot Jack Lousma and co pilot C Gordon Fullerton landed smoothly on a seven mile gypsum strip amid calm desert winds. President Reagan watched from the White House and NASA officials reported a successful deorbit with minor technical issues.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Columbia
Earth
Northrup Strip
Jack R. Lousma
California
Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
Lousma and
Fullerton
Spaceship
Mission Control
Houston
Reagan
White House
Crete
Kennedy Space Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
New Mexico
Australia
Pacific
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Arizona
White Sands
No Place Like Home for Elderly Couple in Frugal Winter Housing
Lydia Mallory 74 and Horace 98 endure a cold five room frame house on the outskirts of Lesser without running water or indoor plumbing. Coal fuels the Warm Morning stove serving as heat and hot water as they fetch water from a rear pump for dishes and washing. They have considered moving to a one level home but choose to stay after 53 years in the same bedroom and bed. The front room holds a lifetime of belongings and mementos illuminated by sparse light and a meter of patience.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
Lesser
Lydia Mallory
Horace
Chester makes pitch for new state prison in town
Chester officials and residents urged Illinois Corrections Director Michael Lane to locate a new state prison in Chester, citing a 100 year ties to Menard institutions, 2000 acres of state land, union backing, and a ready training center. Lane, former Menard warden, will compile 22 hearings into a report for Gov. Thompson with a potential 1985 start for 2000 beds and a $50 million project.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Chester
Illinois
Michael Lane
Lane
West Frankfort
Pinckneyville
Menard Correctional Center
Chamber of Commerce
American Federation of State
Menard
Randolph County
Ardell
Calhoun
Greene
James Greer
James Thompson
Department of Corrections
Dixon
Thompson
Bowen Mental Health Center
Harrisburg
Free four acre tract offered to church displaced by project
Budslick family offered four free acres on Carbondale west side to Walnut Street Baptist Church displaced by a $15 million convention center parking garage. The offer comes as the church faces condemnation suits and resists relocation. Budslicks own 50 acres viewed as potential development site. they emphasize they support jobs the center would bring while acknowledging the church’s plight.
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Tom Woolf
Southern Illinois
Walnut Street
Carbondale
William Budslick Jr
Budslick Management
Murdale
Chautauqua Street
Tower Road
Jackson County Circuit Clerk’s Office
Arthur E. Farmer
Budslick
Southern Illinoisan
The
Budslicks
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Desert
San Andres Mountains
Sylvia Wynne
Sandusky
Southern
Rich Saal
Stanley Maciejski
Annbarders
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