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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