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...crewmate, Edgar Mitchell, followed him down the ladder. Twice the 40-year-old Navy commander hopped off the bottom steps. The relaxed grip of lunar gravity left him as exhilarated as a child in a playground. "Mobility is very great under this 'crushing' one-sixth-G load," Mitchell told Mission Control back home in Houston. Then, with slow, effortless strides, Shepard and Mitchell teamed up for the most ambitious program of lunar exploration ever undertaken. For nearly ten hours, the fifth and sixth human visitors to the moon crisscrossed their Fra Mauro landing site...
...more. Each section, called a binh tram (logistical support) system, is under a separate command. "The man who runs a binh tram system is Mr. Greyhound," says a U.S. Air Force officer. "He says 'Send them down' or 'Hold them.' " Shipping time for any one load: about two months...
...cleaner air and water, improved medical care, better teachers, more reliable public transportation and new day-care centers for working mothers. Even so, the demand for luxury goods and services will probably soar. Millions of families will buy or rent more lavish homes and apartments, and load them with the latest gadgets. Marketing analysts anticipate a big increase in sales of swimming pools and second homes. Spending for leisure and travel will rise anew, in part because of the increase in three-day weekends that begins this year with the switch of four federal holidays to Mondays. Outdoor recreation will...
...worst threat comes from organized gangs, which nightly prowl the back roads of the cattle country until they spot an unguarded herd. Working swiftly, the thieves cut out the best cattle, load them onto their trucks and speed away to remote areas, where huge trailers are waiting with their lights off. After ten or 15 prime steers are led up a loading ramp into the trailer, the van roars off. Rustlers have no trouble selling the steers for up to $300 a head at regularly scheduled livestock auctions, some in Georgia and Alabama. Many ranchers contend that a portion...
...Cook County rolls will increase from 485,000 at the end of 1970 to 625,000 this year. In Newark, 25% of the population is getting aid, and Essex County Welfare Director Philip K. Lazaro says: "We are on the brink of financial disaster." In Los Angeles, the case load is now above 800,000 and rising by 10,000 to 15,000 a month...