Word: crewmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Apollo 15 clears up only a few of the moon's puzzles, the perilous mission will be worth the enormous risks. On their homeward journey, the astronauts were scheduled to continue their scientific investigations. Shortly before Endeavour, carrying all three crewmen again, fires itself out of lunar orbit, the ship is to leave behind another memento of Apollo 15's visit. With the press of a button, the small, instrument-packed subsatellite will be automatically injected into an orbit around the moon. The tiny package should swing around the moon for more than a year, radioing vital data about...
...highly suspicious of the Nixon Administration on the ground that it is trying to renew the Cold War. Many U.S. officials reciprocate the suspicion because of what they describe as a "trilogy" of events in the past year: 1) The Soviets sent not only missiles but also crewmen to Egypt's aid along the Suez Canal; 2) they gave at least tacit permission for a Soviet-equipped Syrian armored column to invade Jordan during King Hussein's showdown with the Palestinian guerrillas; and 3) they covertly tried to set up a nuclear sub base at Cienfuegos, Cuba. Still...
...only once every two years. Seasickness, which used to keep novice seamen running for the rail, is only a memory. The huge beam of the VLCCs-close to 200 ft.-makes them extremely stable, even in rough storms. Faced with up to four months at sea, Europoort's crewmen complain that the money ($300 a month) does not compensate for the monotony. More and more, oil companies are finding it difficult to hire qualified...
Along with ennui, tankermen are prey to fleeting fears. In the past two months, mysterious explosions have sunk three tankers off the coast of Africa. Last week four crewmen were killed when a Swedish tanker blew up in a Hamburg drydock. Loaded, the Europoort carries enough oil to pollute beaches from Holland to Spain, though Esso strictly bans any ocean discharges except in dire emergencies. Empty, the ship is as potentially explosive as nitroglycerin, with a rich mixture of oxygen and oil fumes in its massive tanks. To prevent inadvertent explosions, a Japanese company has designed an automatic system that...
...during the Laos operation, Communist gunners have knocked out no fewer than 61 helicopters, about 10% of the fleet originally committed to Lam Son 719. More than 160 other birds have been brought down but later hauled back to their bases by other choppers. A total of 31 U.S. crewmen have been killed, 44 wounded, and ten listed as missing...