Ice buildup forces shuttle crew to use Apollo bags
Ice clogged the Discovery waste system forcing Mission Control to ban toilet use and assign Apollo bags until the problem could be addressed. The crew, led by Henry Hartsfield and Judy Resnik, performed solar sail tests with a 102 foot panel while managing safety risks during reentry.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Mission Control
Judy Resnik
Henry W. Hartsfield
Hartsfield
Earth
Miss Resnik
Shuttle
Coats
Houston
Richard Mullane
Fires still threaten Montana towns amid drying weather
Firefighters reduced four fires sarcely, but officials warned winds and heat could rekindle last week’s monster blaze that scorched 250000 acres. One firefighter, Doug Spaith, died from injuries suffered Aug 25 on Hawk Creek near Billings.
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Helena
Mont
Doug Spaith
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Hawk Creek
Billings
Montana
Bozeman
Boy declared dead three times returns home after surgery
Adam Sherrod, a 5 year old from Amarillo, Texas, who was declared dead three times during treatment for Crouzon's disease, is back home and playing. Surgeons at John Sealy Hospital performed a delicate operation to relieve brain pressure after skull bones fused and eyes bulged. An airway tube mishap and arterial nick during the procedure nearly cost him his life, but he survived and recovered with his parents optimistic about his future.
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Adam
Amarillo
Texas
Adam Sherrod
Crouzon
Donna Sherrod
John Sealy Hospital
University of Texas Medical Branch
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