Apr 17 1974
From The Space Library
Soviet scientists had determined that weightlessness might change heredity, Tass reported. Mustard seeds flown in space had reproduced brown instead of green seeds. Nikolay Dubinin, Director of the General Genetics Institute at the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, was quoted as saying that the more complex the organism, the greater the change. (UPI, W Post, 18 April 74)
Marshall Space Flight Center had awarded a $3 850 000 contract modification to Rockwell International Corp. for architectural and engineering services and construction of test and industrial facilities for the space shuttle main engine, NASA announced. (NASA Release 74-97)
President Nixon announced he would appoint John C. Sawhill Administrator of the Federal Energy Office. He would succeed William E. Simon, who would be nominated Secretary of the Treasury. Sawhill had been Deputy Administrator of EEO since 4 Dec. 1973. (PD, 22 April 74, 413)
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