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...complained about Specialist David B. Cortright's abilities as an Army bandsman at Fort Wadsworth in New York City. But Cortright's antiwar activities were another matter. He signed a protest petition published in the New York Times and distributed literature to fellow band members. After his fiancee and the wives of four other musicians tried to march with the band in an Independence Day parade last year carrying signs saying "NixOn War" and "Military Wives for Peace," the Army had had it. Some band privileges were revoked, and when dissension within the ranks followed, the Army transferred...
...CYNTHIA CORTRIGHT...
Explosive Force. They are counting on help from a high-level review board, chaired by Edgar M. Cortright Jr., 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...
...Cortright's investigators are looking into all conceivable causes of the explosion. But most top NASA officials already think that the blast was probably the result of a defect in one of the two double-walled oxygen tanks. Under the extremes of pressure (920 lbs. per sq. in.) and temperature (-297° F.) inside the tanks, they say, a fragment of metal-perhaps a rivet or a piece from an internal cooling fan-could have flaked off. As this chip sheared away, there may have been a spark or another kind of combustion, Dr. Rocco Petrone, director...
...acting was of a uniformly high order, with Ronald Gerbrands' protrayal of Basilio setting the pace. His big aria "Start a Rumor" (La Calumnia) stopped the show. William Nethercut sang and acted Figaro without straining, and the result was a characterization that helped hold the entire performance together. Robert Cortright looked noble as Count Almaviva, but found the role too high in pitch and too ornate for his basically sympathetic tenor voice. Arthur Anderson also has vocal difficulties as Doctor Bartolo, but he acts the old stodge convincingly. In smaller parts Laurence Chvany and Grace Lewis are excellent, and Noel...