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...Houston last week was more than simple friendliness between rival spacemen. The Soviet cosmonauts, marking an important milestone in international cooperation in space, were beginning their initial briefings by U.S. space officials on the Apollo spacecraft, including its life-support and communications systems. In fall, Stafford and his fellow crewmen, Deke Slayton and Vance Brand, will visit Zvezdnoy Gorodok (Star City), outside Moscow, for a reciprocal study of the Soviet spacecraft. Unless each side understands the other's ship, serious problems could occur when the spacecraft are maneuvering in earth orbit. But the cosmonauts-including Leonov and his sidekick...
...Junkyard. As a flotilla of rescue ships hurried to the scene, 15 miles southeast of Key West, Sea-Link's crewmen were told to exert themselves as little as possible in order to conserve oxygen. The crew could do little else. At the pressure that exists at a depth of 360 ft. (162 lbs. per sq. in.), a free swim to the surface was considered far too risky. Trapped along with Menzies in Sea-Link's forward observation compartment-a helicopter-like bubble made of plastic-was Marine Biologist Robert Meek, 27. The younger Link and Veteran Diver...
...craft went into an arrowhead plunge as the pilot struggled to regain control. The stress was too great. At 2,000 ft., the left wing ripped off first, followed by the tail and right wing. There was a flash of fire, and the plane fell apart. All six crewmen were killed, as well as seven residents of the village of Goussainville, where 20 homes were destroyed by the debris...
...Diego Navy Base will expand. It will become in fact the largest U.S. Navy port, reflecting the Pentagon's decision to locate on the Pacific Coast the nation's prime naval facilities. Thirty-one ships will be transferred to San Diego, bringing along 12,000 crewmen and adding as much as $100 million a year to the Navy payroll. Last year the Navy contributed $1.2 billion to the economy of the San Diego area. The expansion is expected to add $56.5 million a year in retail sales alone; some 6,800 new jobs will be created to serve...
Race day in North Wilkesboro dawns gray and sullen. Heavy rains have turned the red clay infield into an axle-deep quagmire. At noon, ten Petty crewmen, proud as Praetorian Guards, push his glittering racer down pit lane for inspection. At 1:20 p.m. Army skydivers flutter to a gooey landing in the infield. Then a preacher leads the drivers in prayer and the rhine-stoned Carolina Dogwood Festival Queen bestows a kiss on Driver Bobby Allison for winning the pole position. At 1:52 p.m. Petty, wearing a gold fireproof jumpsuit, wriggles through the glassless window in the driver...