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...with a booster rocket being readied for a twin of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite the Discovery crew is to launch six hours after liftoff. A cut on a small sealing O-ring on the booster rocket, destined for flight next February, was found to have a tiny cut -- apparently caused by a metal burr...
Perhaps it was Mexico City's high altitude that produced such rarefied records, three of them, at the 1968 Games: Bob Beamon's 29-ft. 2 1/2-in. long jump, Lee Evans' 43.86-sec. 400 meters and the U.S.'s 2:56.16 in the 4 X 400- meter relay. They are still three of track and field's greatest achievements...
...year one has fallen at last, and the thers could be in jeopardy. Last month American Harry ("Butch") Reynolds ran a blitzing 43.29 400 in Zurich to break Evans' mark. He will try to better that in Seoul. And he figure 3/4s to anchor a strong 4 X 400 relay team that experts think could have a chance at the 1968 mark. Then, says Reynolds, 24, his goal after the Games is to meet his hero Evans, who is coaching sprinters in Cameroon...
...bilingual, to attract the Hispanic vote. Bush has created a liasion between himself and the nation's Hispanics, through his grandchildren and his daughter-in-law. He could not talk to them directly since he doesn't know Spanish, so he will use other members of his family to relay his message...
There is no shortage of things for Carl Lewis to think about. The sprinter and long jumper who racked up four golds in Los Angeles will certainly compete again in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter, the long jump and the 4 X 100- meter relay. Then there is the competition: Ben Johnson, the Jamaican turned ) Canadian speedster, has taken a little wind out of Lewis' sleek sails, winning their last five matchups in the 100, including a historic race in Rome in which he set the current world record of 9.83 sec. And finally, there...