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Rebecca Scruton, 28, a Meriden, Conn., mother of two young children, had become a widow in December, when her husband Dale, 30, died of cancer. She was on Flight 007 only because she had a passport problem when she went to board an earlier flight; her children were not with her. There were 269 such stories of personal poignancy...
...space. That distinction belongs to Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez of Cuba, who was sent aloft with Soviet cosmonauts in 1980. Other members of the crew: Navy Captain Richard Truly, the flight commander, flying his second shuttle mission; Navy Commander Daniel C. Brandenstein, the Challenger's pilot; Navy Lieut. Commander Dale Gardner, who will help deploy the Indian satellite; and Physician William E. Thornton, who will study physiological changes in space...
...certifiable Hall of Fame credentials,* who will go in easily, almost automatically; not players just well on course like Kansas City's George Brett or San Diego's Steve Garvey; not players with evident Hall of Fame skills like Baltimore's Eddie Murray, Atlanta's Dale Murphy or Milwaukee's Robin Yount. But cinch Hall of Famers on temporary display outdoors: Cincinnati Catcher Johnny Bench, California Outfielder Reggie Jackson, California First Baseman Rod Carew, Philadelphia First Baseman Pete Rose, Philadelphia Second Baseman Joe Morgan, Boston First Baseman Carl Yastrzemski and six pitchers, Philadelphia...
Onion, onion, onion is all the word around here. If one has not yet heard of the Vidalia sweet onion, one will. In the past few years, knowledge of its succulence has table-hopped through gourmet circles all over the land. The Vidalia (pronounced Vy-dale-yuh) is status, and with its fame has come its nemesis: imitators. "The imitators are unscrupulous," says Walden. "I fully expect to hear somebody's packaging cabbages out there and calling them Vidalia onions...
...wiry bachelor and former state legislator, topped former District Attorney Dale Tooley, 49, by fewer than 4,500 votes, out of the record 155,000 cast in Denver's mayoral runoff. His election makes him the Mile High City's first Hispanic mayor and augments a small but growing group of influential and visible Hispanic leaders across the U.S. All Democrats, the club includes New Mexico Governor Toney Anaya and Mayors Maurice Ferré of Miami, Henry Cisneros of San Antonio and Louis Montaño of Santa Fe. When Peña, a political unknown...