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...placed his call, the $1 billion radio relay system was temporarily on the fritz. The cause: computer failure at the radio receiving station in White Sands, N. Mex. So Reagan's call was routed the old way, via a ground transmitter in Hawaii. Conceded Flight Director Harold M. Draughon: "We're having some maturity problems with the TDRS...
...crew's health is excellent the guys are really jubilant," said Flight Director Harold Draughon. "They are up and around with no problem at all and doing more than we ask of them...
...Without even giving him a hearing, President Ralph Draughon of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute bowed to the will of his trustees, summarily sacked Assistant Professor of Economics Bud Hutchinson, 36, for writing a letter to the undergraduate Plainsman praising the progress of integration in New York City's public schools. Said the president: "In the light of the emotions and tensions over this question in Alabama. I felt that Mr. Hutchinson could not expect to advance his career at this institution." Obviously, retorted Hutchinson, "professors who dare to perform their function of providing information do so at the peril...
...make a run-of-the-mill athletic scholarship look a little more attractive. Southeastern Conference Commissioner Bernie Moore promptly fined Auburn $2,000 for violating recruiting rules. (So far as the conference is concerned, the twins may sign with any school but Auburn.) Said Auburn President Ralph B. Draughon: "In our opinion, the rivalries in the recruiting of athletes in Alabama are reminiscent of the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, or of the feuds of the Hatfields and McCoys. [Auburn] apologizes to the Southeastern Conference...
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