Nov 28 1968
From The Space Library
NASA announced Mexican cities Gomez Palacios and Torreon had been saved from flooding in wake of Hurricane Naomi when Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) station at Mexico City relayed data from Essa VI satellite indicating weather was clearing. Mexican authorities thus were saved from opening dangerously filled dam which would have inundated the cities. (NASA Release 68-203; UPI, NYT, 12/1/68, 77)
Canadian scientist 1. A. Stewart, Operations Manager of Churchill Research Range, said at first International Aerospace Exposition in Montreal he believed range, operated jointly by U.S. and Canada, could be converted for $1 million to accommodate satellite launching pad. Canada could thus rise to ranks of space-age power, he said. Of more than 200 on staff, only one was from U.S. (Can Press, NYT, 12/1/68, 13)
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