Word: keiths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reason for this shining success after so many failures is buried in Washington's jungle of bureaucracy. The firing was postponed from December to February on orders of Dr. Keith Glennan, head of the newly formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which took the program over from the Navy. Every detail of the launching vehicle was examined critically, but whether major changes were made is not clear. There were few changes of personnel. Long-suffering Dr. John P. Hagen, director of the Vanguard program from its beginning, remained in charge. When he reported to the House space committee...
Joel Landau and Sandy Dodge of the Crimson tied meet standards in the hurdle and dash events, and Cadet two-miler Dick Greene established a new mark with a 9:23.3 clocking. Shot putter Keith Nance and Bill Hanne in the 1000 were other Army record-breakers...
Joel Landau watched Yale's Keith Moore equal the Coxe Cage 60-yard hurdle record of 7.3 in a preliminary heat and then soundly defeated his rival in the final. A University record was tied in a dash heat, when Sandy Dodge covered the 60 yards in 6.3 seconds...
Joel Landau took third in the Hillman Hurdles, his best finish this season against national oppsition. Landau outdistanced three fine hurdlers, including Keith Gardner of Nebraska, in the final...
...university degree in the physical sciences or engineering, completion of military test-pilot training, a minimum of 1,500 logged hours of flight time, age less than 40, maximum height 5 ft. 11 in., superb physical condition, and physical and psychological attributes suited for space flight. Last week Keith Glennan, boss of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced that NASA had found no to fill the bill, that from their ranks would be chosen the first American to be shot into orbit...