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1949Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut[†]
Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, NASA astronaut, graduate of the US Naval Academy, and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He served as the commander of the International Space Station for almost four months in 2001 and was the only U.S. citizen not on Earth when the September 11 attacks occurred.
1949Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic[†]
Sir Robert Stephen John Sparks, is Chaning Wills Professor of Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He is one of the world's leading volcanologists and has been widely recognised for his work in this field.
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Sen Hickenlooper charges another Communist holds scholarship
Efforts to hasten formulation of an integrated economic program for Europe, leveling of trade barriers and convertibility of European currencies have now taken the No. 1 spot on the agenda of leading foreign trade interests here.
G N Nelson discusses US Tax Ct decision finding free ins survivorship annuity in estate is taxable
repairs speeded; ICC, NJ police and Hudson County prosecutor's office inquiry; chem truck driver E Tyndall cleared; illus
The Giant steamroller, on the move again, flattened the Phillies at the Polo Grounds yesterday for the second time inside of twenty-four hours.
A CORRUPTED French phrase that has been responsible for more nostalgia than any other term in the lexicon of show business will have a full-dress revival here on Thursday. The occasion will be the return of vaudeville to the Palace Theatre after an absence of fourteen years.
situation revd
The hottest frontier of the cold war -- the blockade of Berlin -- was eliminated last week, but there were few signs that a broad settlement between Russia and the West is likely in the near future. The propaganda war went on; it was waged with undiluted acid.
UAWA asks FMCS aid, wire to Ching; rejects co counter-proposal; terms of UAWA plan; strike effects; FMCS to intervene
PHILADELPHIA, May 14 -- Hitting the jackpot with a rousing series of performances, Army's inspired squad made a complete runaway of an expectedly close battle for team honors with Yale and Cornell in the fifteenth annual outdoor track and field championships of the Heptagonal Association today.
BOSTON, May 14 -- It has been rumored in the past that there is balm in Gilead, but the Dodgers are certain that there is none in Boston after loving their second straight extra-inning game to the Braves under the lights.
Pearson, H: Dickens: His Character, Comedy and Career