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It was also determined the capsule door design made rescue difficult. And that crew escape had not been adequately considered. Announcer this is a cbs news special report. Mike wallace this is mike wallace at the cbs newsroom in new york. Americas first three apollo astronauts were trapped and killed by a flash fire early tonight during a launchpad test at cape kennedy in florida. Virgil gus griffin, 40 years old, one of the original mercury astronaut. The First American astronaut to go twice into space. Edward white, 36 years old. The First American to walk in space. And rookie astronaut roger chaffee, 31 years old, training for his first spaceflight apollo one scheduled february 21. These three astronauts were aboard for 10 minutes before off imulated lift for a simulated lift off when the fire hit at about 6 30 tonight. They were inside the spaceship, pressurized, buttoned ....
It was also determined the capsule door design made rescue difficult. And that crew escape had not been adequately considered. Announcer this is a cbs news special report. Mike wallace this is mike wallace at the cbs newsroom in new york. Americas first three apollo astronauts were trapped and killed by a flash fire early tonight during a launchpad test at cape kennedy in florida. Virgil gus griffin, 40 years old, one of the original mercury astronaut. The First American astronaut to go twice into space. Edward white, 36 years old. The First American to walk in space. And rookie astronaut roger chaffee, 31 years old, training for his first spaceflight apollo one scheduled february 21. These three astronauts were aboard for 10 minutes before off imulated lift for a simulated lift off when the fire hit at about 6 30 tonight. They were inside the spaceship, pressurized, buttoned ....
While we desegregated in 19 623, in 1963, we did not integrate. That took a long time, going even beyond 1970. But this is when the University Went in a new direction. Once segregation was out of the way, once all that energy that had gone to trying to maintain an illegal and certainly immoral way of doing things, after all that energy could be sent in another direction, the university of alabama begin to turn itself away from a regional Football Party school toward becoming a Major National academic institution. That is what it has become, but it was a long journey in the 1960s that sent us that direction. There were a lot of changes going on at the beginning of the 1960s. But really, it stems from 1956. At the first effort of desegregation, which failed horribly, caused riots. A student for three days. Desegregation i ....
Though i do cover that in the first chapter. I want to take it through the rest of the 1960s. While we desegregated in 1963, we did not integrate. That took a long time, going even beyond 1970. But it is in this period that the University Went in a new direction. Once segregation was out of the way, once all that energy that had gone to trying to maintain and actually illegal and certainly immoral way of doing things, after all that energy could be sent in another direction, the university of alabama began to turn itself away from a regional Football Party school and warning itself and turning itself toward becoming a Major National academic institution. That is what it has become, but it was a long journey in the 1960s that sent us that in that direction. There were a lot of changes going on at the beginning of the 196 ....