Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seconds one night last spring, the blinding flash of a huge meteor lit up the sky over central Mexico. A short time later, a B57 sped to the scene from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N. Mex. Its mission was to collect any debris that might still be adrift after the fireball's searing entry into the earth's atmosphere. For the second time in history, investigators had been alerted quickly enough to seek such dust, which provides invaluable clues to the origin and chemical makeup of meteorites...
...events as varied as an outbreak of leaf-cutting ants in Peru, an unusual polar bear kill in the Arctic, or the drift of a floating island in the Caribbean. After the flight of Apollo 11, it reported the lunar rumblings recorded by the seismometer left behind at Tranquillity Base. Even the recent discovery of a primitive jungle tribe in Surinam fell within the category of passing phenomena. Reason: the Indians' Stone Age culture will change so rapidly under the impact of civilization that anthropologists may lose a rare opportunity to study man's past...
...BOSTON-Shouting "Food and clothing now," 80 welfare demonstrators blocked the main gate of the Boston Army Base for nearly an hour yesterday...
...York fielders reinforced their pitchers as Agee and shortstop Bud Harrelson made spectacular catches. In the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, Agee dove to grab a dropping line drive and rob Baltimore's Paul Blair of an extra-base...
Police granted the demonstrators ten minutes for their rally in front of the padlocked gates, but the women and children stayed longer, causing base traffic to back up nearly a quarter mile...