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...seven people aboard, Columbia will have a fully equipped galley as well as sleeping bunks. Young, who had to make do with the hoses and plastic bags aboard the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, will probably be particularly fond of a zero-,? toilet with toeholds and a warm-air "flush" to carry off wastes...
...mishap may not be known until NASA and Rockwell officials complete their separate investigations. Yet some of the circumstances are already known. Apparently, safety supervisors erred in clearing the technicians to go into the craft. Before a launch rehearsal, it is standard procedure to use nonflammable nitrogen to flush oxygen-laden air out of the engine compartment, where even the slightest friction or electrical spark can touch off a deadly fire. Afterward, the technicians, all of whom had considerable experience working with the shuttle, went into the nitrogen-saturated compartment without their air packs, the portable breathing systems used...
With inflation and recession come managerial convulsions. Five of the seven major studios have suffered abrupt changes of management in the past two years. The rash of new production outfits, born in the flush of Star Wars and Grease profits a few years ago, either have folded or are struggling to survive. The U.S. Congress disallowed most no-risk tax shelters, which once offered the hope of a quick buck for producers and a long write-off for investors, and 19 states have outlawed blind bidding, which allowed studios to extract money commitments from theater owners for an unseen product...
Sohio's proposed purchase of Kennecott marks the third time this month that companies flush with oil profits have sought to use that money to buy mineral and mining firms. Standard Oil of California bid $4 billion for the 80% it does not already own of Amax, which has vast reserves of molybdenum, a metal used to make special steel alloys, and nickel. Seagram Co., the whisky distiller, which sold $2.3 billion worth of Southwest oil and gas properties last month, has offered more than $2 billion for St. Joe Minerals, a producer of lead and zinc...
...would then cover his heist of five days earlier by forwarding the credit slip from the new ticket, along with the debit slip from the old ticket, to the Santa Monica branch, causing the MAPS account in that branch to appear to be not just in balance, but flush with new funds. These too could then be drawn down and go unnoticed for five days...