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• SYMPHONY BALL — The Women’s Section this Sun ture. President Nixon soon will will depend on the outcome of
And instead of counting up the
electoral votes of the states to 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
determine the president, the ings—of the elegant decorations planned for the annual and across the land. ers believe he will approve oth
winner would be the candidate Symphony Ball next month. The first option calls for a er major task force recommen
who got the most individual • EXECUTIVE SANDBOXES— Sunday’s Parade maga A national debate already is manned Mars landing in 1982, dations. These are to develop a
votes in *a nationwide tally. 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
A candidate would have to get 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
at least 40 per cent of the popu whole idea started in Huntsville, says the manufacturer, tronauts should aim for Mars. Under the first and most ex reusable airplane - like shuttle
lar vote to win. If none did, who gets $600 apiece for the things. The National Aeronautics and pensive option, the annual vehicle to service the station.
there would be a runoff between e FOOTBALL TIME — With 1969 Icolloge football Space Administration welcomes NASA budget would climb The initial station would house
the top two. the discussions. Administrator steadily from the current $3.7 6 to 12 men, would increase to
Opponents charged the 40 per 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
cent provision could lead to a 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.
minority president, but Rep. 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
Emanuel Geller, D-N.Y., man 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
ager of the bill, countered by sonville State-Samferd contest and Mike McKenzie reports question of pace. The directions The second and third alterna Nerva nuclear rocket, which
pointing out that 15 presidents 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
have been elected with less than ton Frank Stadium. ahead on several fronts in a bal at the present level for the next 1970s.
Turn to Page 2, Column 3 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
Huntsville, Astro Figured in Talladega
A Huntsville space engineer track was too bumpy. Cars cars reaching speeds of almost forces and cyclic vibratons, stock car, the Dodge Charger test program, astronaut Tom
and an astronaut combined were bouncing badly and tires 200 mph. normally a daily part of astro Daytona. Stafford and other personnel
with driver apprehension t o That alone brought out what naut’s jargon, appear to be as “Isaac said he found it difficult
blemish the inaugural race at 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
Alabama’s new superspeedway 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
at Talladega last weekend. safe, and, led by President weekend. Fiance said some mph plus. As the driver was sight, pains in the chest, person
And that is only part of the 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
story. 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
If the NASCAR grand nation of NASCAR’s stars, pulled out many more: people wandering marked but subtle difference was discussed. ness. Dubbed the Pogo phe
al drivers who refused to race 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
over the world’s fastest round 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
course are to be believed, the that henceforth, PDA drivers eral million dollars into the Tal new surface. week, new, more alarming being transmitted through the
race could not be run with suf 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.
ficient degree of safety. for future NASCAR grand na this year, a id nobody knows drivers was just revealed after other Dodge driver, Charlie “Additional convincing evi
But the winner, Richar d tionals. how much ntxt year. /a series of conversations with Glotzbach, after pulling into the dence was uncovered when, aft
Brickhouse of Rocky Point, But Brickhouse, a hungry The story infolded yesterday Bill Wright, aerospace engineer pit area, exclaimed, “Hell, I er high speed qualifications—
N.C., says the only problem he 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
had was f-atigue — and he ran 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
the last 25 or so miles of Sun ed out of the PDA and stayed auto racing Xpert, found that Ala. Glotzbach admitted that, for a three drivers said they were out
day’s inaugural Talladega 500- in the race, beating NASCAR the big leagu& stock car drivers “According to Wright, he be few brief seconds, he experi of breath.
mile race at speeds of 195 mph eminence Bobby Isaacs and might have launched the space gan to have misgivings about the enced momentary blindness “The unaffected drivers were
plus. 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
Big-time stars Richard Petty, wire in his Dodge Daytona. and reported via the Associated ago, when Dodge driver Bobby turns on the track.” and David Pearson. Bill Wright
Cale Yarborough and NASCAR Steepest - banked track in Press — that space launch Isaac complained of physical ’ “This revelation rang a bell thought that, because these men
champ David Pearson com 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
plained that the brand new 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
