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...earlier stages of the mission were covered by correspondents stationed at NASA command centers in Texas and Florida. Houston Bureau Chief Robert Wurmstedt interviewed NASA Staff Physician Sharon Tilton to learn about the astronauts' physical and emotional condition in space. He soon discovered that the only way to communicate with technicians was by taking a crash course in scientific shorthand. Says Wurmstedt: "The major impression made on any reporter covering a space shot for the first time is the apparent inability of scientists to explain anything in laymen's terms. Even the letter F can be a mystery...
...Texas, Correspondent Robert Wurmstedt traveled to Dallas and Lubbock to interview friends of John Hinckley, the shooting suspect. Denver Bureau Chief Richard Woodbury was two miles from his home when he heard on his car radio that Hinckley had lived in Evergreen, Colo. Says Woodbury: "I headed straight for the mountains." Just beginning a vacation in Greeley, Colo., Senior Writer Edward Magnuson was quickly airborne back to New York, where he wrote the narrative of the assassination attempt...
Reported by Gary Lee/Washington and Robert C. Wurmstedt'/Houston
...attack. Luckily no pedestrians were injured. Though trying to drive around a roadblock is the worst thing to do - it exposes you to broadside fire - the chauffeur's startled boss gave him a $5,000 bonus and paid for the parking meters. -By Robert C. Wurmstedt...
...spends some 60% of his time on public affairs, explaining energy matters to elected officials, Government regulators and skeptical consumers. The tall, slow-talking Louisianian recently discussed the global quest for new energy sources with TIME Correspondent Robert C. Wurmstedt. Excerpts from the conversation...