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• SYMPHONY BALL — The Women’s Section this Sun­
And instead of counting up the
electoral votes of the states to
determine the president, the
winner would be the candidate
who got the most individual
votes in *a nationwide tally.
A candidate would have to get
at least 40 per cent of the popu­
lar vote to win. If none did,
there would be a runoff between
the top two.
Opponents charged the 40 per
cent provision could lead to a
minority president, but Rep.
Emanuel Geller, D-N.Y., man­
ager of the bill, countered by
pointing out that 15 presidents
have been elected with less than
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Huntsville, Astro Figured in Talladega
A Huntsville space engineer
and an astronaut combined
with driver apprehension t o
blemish the inaugural race at
Alabama’s new superspeedway
at Talladega last weekend.
And that is only part of the
story.
If the NASCAR grand nation­
al drivers who refused to race
over the world’s fastest round
course are to be believed, the
race could not be run with suf­
ficient degree of safety.
But the winner, Richar d
Brickhouse of Rocky Point,
N.C., says the only problem he
had was f-atigue — and he ran
the last 25 or so miles of Sun­
day’s inaugural Talladega 500-
mile race at speeds of 195 mph
plus.
Big-time stars Richard Petty,
Cale Yarborough and NASCAR
champ David Pearson com­
plained that the brand new
ture. President Nixon soon will will depend on the outcome of
day offers advance glimpses—courtesy of Jan artist’s draw­ make his choice, but this time it public debate. But most observ­
will be debated—in Congress
ings—of the elegant decorations planned for the annual and across the land. ers believe he will approve oth­
Symphony Ball next month. The first option calls for a er major task force recommen­
• EXECUTIVE SANDBOXES— Sunday’s Parade maga­ A national debate already is manned Mars landing in 1982, dations. These are to develop a
zine includes an offbeat feature about the latest thing in under way on proposed goals, the second in 1986 and the third huge multipurpose space station
office furniture for wound-up executives: |sandboxes. The especially on whether U.S. as­ sometime after 1990. in the mid-1970s and to build a
whole idea started in Huntsville, says the manufacturer, tronauts should aim for Mars. Under the first and most ex­ reusable airplane - like shuttle
who gets $600 apiece for the things. The National Aeronautics and pensive option, the annual vehicle to service the station.
e FOOTBALL TIME — With 1969 Icolloge football Space Administration welcomes NASA budget would climb The initial station would house
the discussions. Administrator steadily from the current $3.7 6 to 12 men, would increase to
getting into full swing Saturday, Times Sports Editor Bill Thomas O. Paine says: “The billion a year to about $8 billion 50 men and women by 1980 and
Easterling will be on hand for the Alabama-Virginia Tech question of the immediate fu­ for each fiscal year from 1970 to 100 a few years Jater.
game at Blacksburg, Va.; John Pruett ventures to Auburn ture of the space program now through 1980 for a total of $78.2 Nixon also is expected to back
for the Wake Forest game; Phil Williams covers the Jack­ lies before us. In my view it is a billion by 1982. continued development of the
sonville State-Samferd contest and Mike McKenzie reports question of pace. The directions The second and third alterna­ Nerva nuclear rocket, which
on the Alabama A&M-Tuskegee game at Paintsville’s Mil­ are clear. NASA will move tives would keep the annual cost could be operational in the late
ton Frank Stadium. ahead on several fronts in a bal­ at the present level for the next 1970s.
anced program, including sci­ two fiscal years, rising to $5.7 The President may hold off a
ence, applications, exploration billion in 1976. The second alter­ decision on whether to propose
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200-mph Problems Similar to Space
track was too bumpy. Cars cars reaching speeds of almost forces and cyclic vibratons, stock car, the Dodge Charger test program, astronaut Tom
were bouncing badly and tires 200 mph. normally a daily part of astro­ Daytona. Stafford and other personnel
That alone brought out what naut’s jargon, appear to be as­ “Isaac said he found it difficult
wore out prematurely. They was probably the largest crowd sociated with the new Talla­ to see over the bumpy areas aboard the test crafts had been
said that Talladega was un­ ever assembled in Alabama last dega tri-oval. when running at speeds of 195 affected by a temporary loss of
safe, and, led by President weekend. Fiance said some mph plus. As the driver was sight, pains in the chest, person­
Petty, the Professional Drivers 64,000 were in the stands and Scott told it this way: not in the car for extended per­ al discomfort such as nausea
Association made up of most there appear d to be about that “At Talledega there was a iods of time, nothing further and finally, loss of conscious­
of NASCAR’s stars, pulled out many more: people wandering marked but subtle difference was discussed. ness. Dubbed the Pogo phe­
of the race. That led to NAS­ around afoot France estimates which resulted in strange after “But when practice and quali­ nomenon, the cause was traced
CAR czar Bill France’s ruling that the faci ity will bring sev­ effects on drivers testing the fying began at Talladega last to rocket engine vibrations
that henceforth, PDA drivers eral million dollars into the Tal­ new surface. week, new, more alarming being transmitted through the
must post an appearance bond ladega area i l the remainder of “But the real danger to the symptoms were reported. An­ space vehicle to the astronauts.
for future NASCAR grand na­ this year, a id nobody knows drivers was just revealed after other Dodge driver, Charlie “Additional convincing evi­
tionals. how much ntxt year. /a series of conversations with Glotzbach, after pulling into the dence was uncovered when, aft­
But Brickhouse, a hungry The story infolded yesterday Bill Wright, aerospace engineer pit area, exclaimed, “Hell, I er high speed qualifications—
last-minute entry who had when Jeff Scott, Columbia with Chrysler Corp. Defense don’t know where I’m going. I Glotzbach averaged 199.46
never hit major paydirt, pull­ Broadcasting System writer and and Space Division in Huntsville can’t see.” Pressed further, m.p.h., a world record—all but
ed out of the PDA and stayed auto racing Xpert, found that Ala. Glotzbach admitted that, for a three drivers said they were out
in the race, beating NASCAR the big leagu& stock car drivers “According to Wright, he be­ few brief seconds, he experi­ of breath.
eminence Bobby Isaacs and might have launched the space gan to have misgivings about the enced momentary blindness “The unaffected drivers were
some 40 other drivers to the era of auto racing. He found— new track some three weeks while going through certain Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough
wire in his Dodge Daytona. and reported via the Associated ago, when Dodge driver Bobby turns on the track.” and David Pearson. Bill Wright
Steepest - banked track in Press — that space launch Isaac complained of physical ’ “This revelation rang a bell thought that, because these men
the world, the 2.66 - mile tri­ phenomena like the Pogo ef­ discomfort after a series of tests within Bill Wright’s mind. He kept themselves in top physical
oval found late model stock fect, frequency, amplitude G- with Chrysler’s new racing recalled that, during the Gemini Turn to Page 2, Column 8