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...have great admiration for the astronauts. So it is with much disappointment and foreboding that I learned that one of them, Deke Slayton, wants to use the vastness of the universe for his own gain by arranging burials in space [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Sept. 29]. To have the ashes of dead people floating in the heavens, and to look at the stars and moon through their remains, does not seem right. A public outcry should stop this outrage before it happens. Pamela Sharp Albuquerque Television Trends...
...Soviet manned mission to Mars, which could be launched as early as 2010. In the highlight of the meeting, sponsored by the Planetary Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov, the Soviet linkup veterans, rejoined their Apollo counterparts Tom Stafford, Deke Slayton and Vance Brand to exchange a few emotional bear hugs and put in their own plug for Mars. "If the decision were taken," Leonov said, smiling roguishly, "I wouldn't object to doing it again, with the same men participating...
...through the second period, springing from the penalty box at 10:19 just in time to reach a clearing effort from the Crimson zone as he passed the Colgate blue line. Reversing the strategy that would net his heroic tally, Du tested Silverthorn glove side, following a well-executed deke with a backhand effort that was turned away only by a full-extension pad save...
...through the second period, springing from the penalty box at 10:19 just in time to reach a clearing effort from the Crimson zone as he passed the Colgate blue line. Reversing the strategy that would net his heroic tally, Du tested Silverthorn glove side, following a well-executed deke with a backhand effort that was turned away only by a full-extension pad save...
Nine minutes later, an unsuccessful Big Red attempt to clear the defensive zone kicked off a stick and over to Welch, who gloved the puck and raced in alone on McKee. After one deke, Welch attempted to tuck his shot inside the right post, only to rebuffed...