Word: miles
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...Ryun, age 20, sets the world record of 3:51.1 in the mile...
Galactic Structure. NASA's apparent error in cosmological calculations in no way detracts from the splendid performance of the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. Operating in a 480-mile-high orbit above the polluted obscuring atmosphere and equipped with 11 telescopes, it has given astronomers a view of the skies unattainable on earth. In addition to its ultraviolet readings-which will almost surely contribute to knowledge about galactic structure-OAO II has discovered that young, "hot" stars are losing far more of their matter in the process of maturation than had hitherto been thought: as much as the mass...
...what they call the spirit of the Mekong. They envision a vast project to harness the Mekong River for power, irrigation and flood control; that could enable the region to grow enough food to feed much of Asia and attract foreign investment to the participating countries. The 2,600-mile Mekong, the world's eleventh longest river and one of the least used, rises in the Himalayan plateau of China near Tibet, plunges turbulently through the mountain gorges of Yunnan, and emerges to divide and water the Indo-Chinese peninsula. Local leaders speak lyrically of the Mekong development project...
After eight weeks, the Soviet-Chinese border talks in Peking appear to have made no progress. The reason for the deadlock may well be that the Soviets refuse to withdraw their troops from disputed areas of the 4,500-mile border until the Chinese quit insisting on a complete Soviet renunciation of the czarist treaties that ceded vast areas of China to Russia...
Died. Ole Singstad, 87, master tunnel builder; in Manhattan. Beginning with New York's Holland Tunnel in 1927, the Norwegian-born Singstad designed and built dozens of underwater highways, including New York's Lincoln and Brooklyn Battery tunnels, and the 1¾-mile Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. What made them all possible was his ingenious ventilation system, which sucks out deadly exhaust fumes with fans so efficiently that it has become standard the world over...