Word: hatchings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...backfield are, in addition to that of quarterback, the questionmarks of fullback and left halfback. Hank Hatch and Tom Boone are both able men at right half; Roy Williams and Billy Taylor will most likely share the left half spot. Chuck Reed, defensive specialist at fullback, may be changed to left halfback for offensive duty. Fullback is anybody's, and could go to seniors Gil Bamford, Dave Ward, or Stan Greenspan, or possibly to sophomore Bill Grana. Any one of the ten fullbacks returning next month could...
...with the Hatch. So far, the shoot had been a creditable demonstration of space virtuosity. Arriving two minutes after impact, the helicopters found the Liberty Bell 7 standing erect in the water. For unexplained reasons, Grissom first radioed from the capsule that he was ready to leave, then said: "Give me three or four minutes. I will be ready for you." Actually, he spent 11 minutes inside, presumably checking instruments. As one helicopter circled the capsule in an effort to cut the capsule's antenna before attaching a cable, Grissom announced suddenly: "I am going to have to take...
What happened next added a new element of mystery to the recovery operation. "When we were about ten to 20 feet away from the capsule," reported Pilot James Lewis, "we observed the hatch being blown. We saw the astronaut egress from the space capsule and go into the water immediately after the hatch was blown...
...hatch, which is close to the water, is released by small explosive bolts that can be fired all at once, but it is not normally used until the capsule has been hoisted clear or at least stabilized in an upright position by the pull of a helicopter's cable. In this case its opening was disastrous. The sea was comparatively calm, but the Liberty Bell 7 was not built for seaworthiness with its hatch open. It wobbled, took in a surge of water and began to sink. Astronaut Grissom swam through the tepid water in his buoyant, silvery space...
Even before the ship settled to a stop, one passenger, Air Force Captain Clyde F. Autio, was tugging at a forward escape hatch. Stewardesses dropped collapsible chutes at emergency exits. A mother threw her baby 15 ft. to a man on the ground, then jumped herself. Other men and women leaped through the flames. But 16 passengers did not get out and died in the fire. In the demolished truck, Civil Engineer Henry Blom, 52, who had been quietly eating his lunch, died...