Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kellogg's move has caused consternation among members of the local Chamber of Commerce. City boosters say that with no more plant tours, their tourist industry will lose its snap, crackle and pop. They may be right. The town's best remaining attractions are a bird sanctuary and the Battle Creek...
...reaction was shared by many in Concord, N.H., McAuliffe's hometown. TV crews had been allowed to film inside Concord High School as students gathered to watch the launch; when the tragedy became apparent, the principal asked the press to leave. But more than 250 journalists soon invaded the town looking for stories. At a memorial service Tuesday night at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, cameramen swarmed into the front pews, obscuring the view for many parishioners. When a group of Concord students stepped off a bus on their return from Cape Canaveral, they were greeted by photographers' flashing...
...commanding officer of Challenger was a late bloomer. Born in the rural Washington town of Cle Elum (an Indian name meaning swift water), the son of a railroad engineer, Francis R. ("Dick") Scobee began his flying career unglamorously, as an 18-year-old enlisted Air Force mechanic. By attending night school and enrolling in service education programs, he eventually won a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Arizona that helped him qualify to become an officer and a pilot...
Like a number of other astronauts, Smith had to wait a while for his turn in the launch rotation. As part of his preparation for last week's flight, Smith had brought along a replica of the Beaufort town flag for his fellow crew members to sign. He planned to present it during commencement exercises next June at his old school, now called Carteret High, where he was to be the featured speaker. Said Senator Jake Garn, who trained with Smith for a 1985 shuttle mission: "He was my mother hen. They assigned him to me." One thing...
...minutes, army troops from a nearby barracks descended on the crowd. The soldiers fired rifles into the air, rained down blows with hardwood clubs, and barged into the cathedral in search of the instigators. As word of the brutal military response spread, thousands of demonstrators roamed through the historic town. The following day the Tonton Macoute showed it had learned nothing from the November killing of the Gonaives students. At a demonstration by several thousand people outside the Cap Haitien Cathedral, militiamen fired wildly into the crowd, killing three people and wounding...