Final Apollo 13 Mishap Report Nears NASA Handoff
A NASA review board led by Edgar Cortright has finished its final report on the Apollo 13 in space explosion. It focuses on cause and blame and recommends safeguards for future flights, detailing the oxygen tank failure and overheated electrical switches that sparked a fire aboard the spacecraft.
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Washington
Review Board
Edgar M. Cortright
Thomas C. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cortright
Cape Kennedy
Lovell
Haise
Moon
Pacific Ocean
NASA
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Neil A. Armstrong
UAW Demands No Limit Cost of Living Formula
Leonard Woodcock says 1970 contracts must restore the unlimited cost-of-living formula with quarterly changes. Ford GM oppose unlimited raises. past talks used a 1948 annual improvement factor and a penny per CPI rise. The pay base is 4.02 plus 1.75 in benefits. COLA has added 7 cents hourly since 1948. Britain trains first female cadet deck officer Pat Leary, 23, as she sails on an oil tanker.
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Onaway
Mich
United Auto Workers Union
Leonard Woodcock
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Stride General Motors
UAW
Girl AT Sea London
Britain
Pat Leary
Miss Leary
Liverpool University
Frederick County Planning Commission Prepares for Session
The Frederick County Planning Commission, growing in importance as the county develops, meets in regular session the first Wednesday of each month. Photograph shows C E Bass, Benjamin Butler, Maurice Perry, James Galladay, Elmer Venskoske, and Keith Williams. Absent were Donald Baughman and Grover Teets Jr. The Commission’s recommendations go to the Board of Supervisors for approval or modification.
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Frederick County
Donald Baughman
Grover Teets, Jr
Board of Supervisors
Mary Helen Massie
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Earth
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
John L. Swigert Jr
Denny’s
Winchester
Weems Lane
Hornet
American Motors
America
Calif
Maverick
Kern Motor Company
S. Loudoun ST
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