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...balloon is the only vehicle large enough to transport the 40-inch in diameter telescope. Robert W. Noyes, physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said. In addition, a balloon can stay up longer--10-12 hours of observation is planned--it carries more instruments, and is cheaper...
...rear axles and wheels had slipped out from their normal positions, causing minor accidents, and so far Chevy has found defective axles in another 44 cars. It is possible, G.M. dealers believe, that about another 140 Vegas still have defective rear axles. Because they are a fraction of an inch too short, wheels and axles can come loose from the cars. Says James McLernon, Chevy's manufacturing manager: "We made a terrible mistake, and the worst part of it is we just don't know how it could have happened...
...worked frantically to stem the surging Susquehanna-to no avail. When the river burst the sandbagged levee, an eight-foot wave surged through Wilkes-Barre's central business district. "My God," a volunteer wept, "we just couldn't do it." Finally, the water receded, leaving a three-inch layer of sour-smelling muck on everything it touched...
...politics but established an easy working relationship with McGovern's younger followers. Before the Wisconsin primary, he told his youthful co-workers that if McGovern won there, he would let his hair grow. McGovern won, and Horgan let his crew cut fill out by three-quarters of an inch...
Looting was widely reported in Wilkes-Barre, but little of it seemed to be malicious. Old women and little kids walked the streets with shopping bags, digging though piles of rubble for muddy garments of the proper size. One 11-year-old carrying a radio with an inch of light-brown clay on it told a younger friend, "Just take somethin' and come on, will you?" Despite his friend's "No, I don't wanna," he continued sifting through the muddy heap of department store goods...