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...strong support among blacks, labor and Ohio's 55,000 state employees. Taft got off to an early lead, but Rhodes has been closing the gap. Whoever wins the primary will still have a long way to go; his Democratic opponent is almost certain to be popular ex-Astronaut John Glenn...
...director of NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. After ordering a schedule of 14-hour work days, Cortright predicted that an explanation for the mysterious blast in Apollo's service module would soon be found-perhaps within three or four weeks. The investigators-including Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon -will be extremely busy. During the six-day voyage, Apollo 13 radioed back more than 7,000,000 feet of taped data, all of which will have to be carefully combed for clues to the mishap. In addition, the board will have...
...heartfelt message flashed on a big screen: WELCOME BACK. A few minutes later, NASA's Tom Paine arrived with greetings from President Nixon ("Wonderful team. A job well done"), who also smoked a splashdown cigar in Washington. An especially apt comment came from J. Leonard Swigert, the astronaut's father. Sipping champagne with reporters in his Denver home, the 67-year-old doctor said: "It was a wonderful beginning and a beautiful landing. But I wouldn't give you two hoots for the interim...
...skipper had a military background and was a veteran of three space flights, including a trip to the moon. His two crewmen were civilians and space novices, one a serious-minded parent, the other a swinging bachelor who joined the crew at the last moment to replace an astronaut threatened by German measles. Yet when disaster seemed imminent, the crew became a well-coordinated team, acting in concert to save their spacecraft-and their lives...
Trim and compact (5 ft. 9½ in.), the easygoing Haise is married to his high school girl friend, Mary Grant. The match seems ideal. Haise is a devoted family man. Mary is totally immersed in astronaut life and needs little help in translating the exotic technical language her husband and his fellow space travelers speak. The Raises have three children, and Mary's icy calm throughout her ordeal was all the more remarkable for the fact that she is expecting her fourth (which the family hopes will be a girl) in June...