Word: signal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liberal organizational effort, at least for the time being, is the Democratic Coalition of Texas, a deliberative body including representatives of liberal factions throughout the state. It has thus far brought together union officials, minority leaders, student activists, women voters, and academic and intellectual circles. One of its signal achievements has been the partial awakening of the so-called "Sleeping Giant of Texas Politics," the Latin American vote. It has also just completed one of the most successful polltax drives in recent memory. And it will probably add great vigor to the liberal effort in the 1962 elections. Despite...
...other tracking stations picked up the ominous signal. At the Cape, Project Mercury officials huddled tensely, trying to decide what to do. The answer might mean life or searing death to John Glenn. The final decision was made by Operations Director Walter Williams: an attempt would be made to hold the heat shield in place by changing the re-entry procedure. The retrorocket packet was supposed to be jettisoned after the rockets themselves had been fired. But the packet itself was bound to the capsule by three thin metal bands. Williams figured that the bands might be strong enough...
...Sure. The TV and radio audiences were told by Lieut. Colonel John ("Shorty") Powers, press chief of Project Mercury (see PRESS) that there had been "an indication of a problem with the heat shield deployment switch. The signal apparently was erroneous." But at the time, neither the men on the ground nor the astronaut in the sky were so sure that the signal was wrong...
Glenn had made it. As it later turned out, Glenn's heat shield had been in place all along; a monitor in the capsule had been flashing a misleading signal to the ground. But John Glenn could not be certain that he was safe until he saw that the parachute which would lower his capsule gently into the Atlantic had opened. Said he the next day: "That's probably the prettiest of sight you ever saw in your life...
Gongola, who is 29, will serve as backfield coach, giving special attention to developing quarterbacks. With five boys fighting for the quarterback slot, Gongola's experience in tutoring signal callers should prove extremely valuable. One of the greatest punters in Illinois story, the new Crimson coach played the Illini squad that defeated Stanford 40-7 in the 1952 Rose Bowl game. He has been coaching since 1958 at University, where he developed Canty, who ranked fifth nationally forward passing last season...