Word: cabined
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Proud of the fact that he was born in a log cabin in the Indian Territory, Kerr likes to recall that he set a big goal early in life: he wanted a family, a million dollars and the governorship -in that order. He succeeded-in that order. He was an attorney in 1926 when he hooked up with a drilling firm, soon afterward was devoting himself to some high-style and successful oil exploration. His move into politics was equally successful, and so was his one term (in 1942) as Governor of Oklahoma...
...washer appeared from nowhere and floated weightless around the cabin: Carpenter picked it out of midair. Approaching Guaymas, Mexico, on his first orbit, Carpenter tried one of the major experiments of his flight: he deployed a 30-in. balloon from his capsule on a nylon line to see what kind of drag it would have in the near vacuum of space. But the experiment was ruined when the multi-colored balloon inflated only partially...
...second orbit, the temperature of the cabin and of Carpenter's space suit fluctuated widely. Carpenter complained that he was sweating profusely. His body temperature was recorded...
Stanley White ordered Carpenter to stop using his rubber exerciser, told him to take plenty of water. He had no trouble drinking, although some of his bite-size food cubes crumbled, freeing particles to drift around the cabin...
Anyone interested in working on the cabin should call Rick Millikan at EL 4-0059 for further information. Apparently the Club is interested in having 'Cliffies join in the fun. "We hope to work on the cabin in the daytime, and with the girls after dark" is the way one member described the construction program...