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...that befell CBS on Sept. 11. The news division had already weathered a truly awful year of layoffs, dissension and drooping ratings. Then, on that memorable Friday, network technicians switched to a studio in Miami for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, only to find an anchor chair without Dan Rather. He had left the set minutes before, miffed that coverage of a U.S. Open tennis match was running over. The result was an unprecedented six minutes of empty air time. The black screen was a humiliating symbol for TV's most troubled news division. But it turns...
Other segments in preparation include looks at a big-city airport (Denver's Stapleton) and a hospital (Dallas' Parkland Memorial). But the producers intend to be flexible enough to switch at the last minute from a scheduled show to one covering a major breaking story. With Rather as anchor and a full- time staff of 48 (no fooling), 48 Hours has already given the whole news staff an "adrenaline surge," says News President Howard Stringer...
With Pawloski's strong forechecking and Sweeney's impressive acceleration on the ice, these two seniors anchor the Crimson defense, probably one of the toughest units in ECAC...
...failure in the booster-rocket test was unrelated to the malfunction that caused the Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986, when fire burned through an O-ring that sealed the joint between two rocket sections. This time the problem was in a flexible boot ring that helps anchor the swiveling rocket nozzle to the rigid booster case. Nearly half of the ring, which is 8 in. wide, 2 in. thick and 8 ft. in diameter, broke away during the horizontal ground test; some pieces were found inside the booster. The nozzle had been deliberately shifted 7 degrees, just 1 degrees...
...Brokaw it was the biggest week of his career. Along with Peter Jennings, his rival anchor over at ABC, and Public Television's MacNeil-Lehrer, Brokaw epitomizes a welcome trend in television newscasting -- urbane, intelligent and low-keyed...