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...faced a skeptical audience. Among other reasons, he had turned down an invitation to address the N.A.A.C.P. last year, claiming that his staff had misplaced the invitation until it was too late for him to change his schedule. Margaret Bush Wilson, head of the N.A.A.C.P. board, alluded to that mishap in introducing Reagan, saying: "I understand that he has a much better staff now, and they do not lose our invitations." Needling him while smiling, she added: "The N.A.A.C.P. does not necessarily subscribe to the views that are about to be expressed...
...save money, Hudson's designers have cut out many of the back-up systems that NASA rockets use. Space agency officials worry about the resulting risks. Hannah points out, however, that his company carries $25 million in flight-liability insurance to cover any mishap. If a runaway Percheron came down in, say, the Houston Astrodome, $25 million might not even begin to cover the costs...
...reason for the 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...
...sixth technician discovered the mishap and called a security guard, who donned a breathing apparatus that enabled him to drag the five from the compartment. An ambulance speeding to pad 39-A reportedly was delayed by security...
...wonderful that TOT can do this. It is perhaps even more wonderful that its members want to, and are willing to put up with almost any touring mishap and slap-happy road-company misfortune in order to let people in places far from regular opera companies sample a little Puccini or get a glimpse of Rossini's Cinderella. In characteristic down-home fashion, a TOT invitation for that work urges, "Come see Cinderella win out over her two grasping stepsisters. Come see her wed the handsome Prince." Notes the Houston Grand Opera's general director, David Gockley: "Opera...