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...space exploration. The Soviets' Mir (Peace) space station, manned on March 13, is operational, while the U.S. is not yet fully committed to developing such a permanent space platform. The Soviets, long ahead of the U.S. in the lift capability of its superrockets, will soon have a new SL-W booster that can push 220,000 lbs. into orbit, about 3 1/2 times as much as the U.S. shuttle. The Soviets have, of course, one huge advantage: their authoritarian government provides long-term planning and consistently high funding for its priorities. "The Soviets worship only certain things," observes George Jeffs...
...worker's error in removing control rods from the core of the SL-1 military experimental reactor near Idaho Falls caused a fatal steam explosion. Three servicemen were killed, one of them by impalement on a control rod. The deaths were the first fatalities in the history of U.S. nuclear reactor operations...
...There is a dearth of performing opportunities in the Boston area," says Hellmold. "I am bridging the professional and amateur worlds, so I still do things for free like this. But any role I accept, as this one," must be dramatically challenging for me," sl adds...
...SL's latest successful legal challenge to the new McCarthyism has gained support at the Law School, inspiring an open forum presentation by Wolkenstein which will occur later in February. Sandra Ruffin, President of the Black Law Students Association, wrote in support of the victory and called it "a structured outrage" that should "serve as a signpost, a warning of the dangers to freedom which still threaten...
...SL and SYL's legal victory is an important win for everyone who values democratic rights. In the absence of open social struggle, it is highly admirable that at least one organization continues to launch successful opposition on both political and legal fronts. Our willingness to fight ensures that everyone--not only Marxists--has the right to organize political opposition...