Space spectaculars dazzle Eastern and Western skies
Report on dawn and dusk rocket exhaust plumes seen from Vandenberg and Cape Kennedy. Zigzag trails, rainbow hues, and brief flashes result from high altitude winds, metallic particles, and fuel exhaust. Observers describe bright patterns while Air Force notes twilight phenomena and secrecy around launch times.
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Vanderburg Air Force Base
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Vandenberg
California
Ore
Space
Kwajalein Island
Air Force
Colleges Enter Stock Market for Needed Funds
New York AP reports colleges seek funds by investing endowments in stocks to cover rising expenses. Yale hires Boston pros to manage assets while Chicago uses campus brains for aggressive bets. Endowments like Chicago's earned 10.3 million on 115.5 million expenses last year.
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New York
Yale University
Boston
University of Chicago
Chicago
Wall Street
Boston Fund
IBM
General Motors
Standard Oil
New Jersey
McGeorge Bunedy
Ford Foundation
Capi
Helmet Saves Marine at Khe Sanh
An AP Wirephoto caption reports shrapnel from North Vietnamese artillery struck a U S Marine at Khe Sanh but caused only a splitting headache. None of the fragments penetrated the helmet liner and the Marine suffered a minor arm wound.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
Two American Pilots Indicted Over Taiwan Crash
In Taipei two American civilian pilots faced charges of neglect after a February plane crash that killed 22 people including a Formosan villager and Hicks wife. If found guilty Dew could face up to five years in jail and a 225 dollar fine, while Hicks faces up to two years and 150 dollars. Licenses of both pilots are revoked by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Taipei
Heu Cheng
Chie
Taipei District Court
Hicks
Dew
H Luries
Malta proposes UN ocean bottom internationalization
Malta has proposed in the United Nations that ocean floors be shared as international waters. The move aims to regulate seabed resources through a global framework and seeks broad support from UN member states.
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Malta
United Nations
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