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...practical question of whether Nixon can withstand the political pressure to release the tapes seems far more crucial than the legal issue. Says Ervin: "I think the American people are not so much concerned with the constitutional arguments as they are in the willingness of the President to assist the committee in its search for truth...
...Lousma are scheduled to lift off from Cape Kennedy atop a Saturn 1B rocket for the start of a bold new mission aboard the $293 million space station-a record-breaking flight of 59 days that will be the most rigorous test yet of man's ability to withstand the physical and psychological strains of prolonged space travel...
...render judgments only after publication, voice objections. Having brought charges against the three Marias, authorities then released them on bail of 15,000 escudos ($700) each. Their trial was originally set for July 3 but has been postponed to permit Writer Horta, ill with tuberculosis, to recover sufficiently to withstand prolonged court proceedings...
...Some pundits have recently remarked that the impeachment of President Nixon might be too severe a shock for the system to bear. But if the charges against him are true, might not the failure to impeach him be too great a shock for constitutional liberties and democratic processes to withstand? KEN SHIGLEY Greenville...
...high hopes for saving Skylab contrasted sharply with the earlier gloom that settled over the space community. Barely a minute after Skylab's launch atop a surplus Saturn 5 moon rocket, tiny sensors on the arms of the shield alerted flight controllers to serious problems. Apparently unable to withstand the intense vibrations after liftoff, some and possibly all of the thin shielding around Skylab's Orbital Workshop section suddenly ripped free. As it tore away, it apparently caused one of the twin solar wings on the Orbital Workshop to extend prematurely...