Aug 6 1970
From The Space Library
Photographs of area of Peru damaged by May 31 earthquake, taken by instrumented NASA Electra aircraft, were turned over to Peruvian Government in Lima. Data had been processed at MSC and were given to Peruvian authorities for possible use in restoration of area. (NASA Release 70-134)
Expansion of Project MAST (military assistance for safety in traffic), joint test program to determine value of helicopters in providing medical assistance in emergencies [see July 15], was announced by Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe. Program would be expanded to area surrounding Colorado Springs, Colo., and Seattle, Wash. (DOD Release 634-70)
Twenty-fifth anniversary of world's first atomic bomb explosion by U.S. in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima marked event by tolling solitary bell and stopping all activities for moment of silence and prayer. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said in message that Japan, as only nation to suffer nuclear attack, now aspired to establish permanent world peace to protect mankind from nuclear war. (AP, W Post, 7/6/ 70, A3)
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