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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— NASA Administrator Richard
Truly, who re
signed under
White House
pressure,
watched his
last shuttle
launch as chief
of the space
agency and
said the job
has "been a
thrill."
"I wish I
was on this
Richard Truly
Council Itavd
flight," said Truly, 54, who flew in
space twice. "I think I'm going to
put myself on the new astronaut
selection list that we're going to
announce in a few days."
He leaves the agency April 1;
the next shuttle mission is set for
early May.
Truly had waged a losing bat
tle with the National Space Coun
cil, which had grown impatient
with NASA's reliance on manned
spaceflight and caution with try
ing new approaches. The council
is headed by Vice President Dan
Quayle.
"But I've loved every minute
of it. It's been a thrill," Truly said
less than an hour after Atlantis be
gan an atmospheric research mis
sion Tuesday.
Truly noted there have been 21
shuttle launches since the 1986
Challenger disaster and all have
been safe.
The Aerospace Safety Adviso
ry Panel reported last week that
Truly made the space program
safer than his predecessors.
"My hopes for the shuttle pro
gram is the kind of performance
I've seen in the last three years,"
Truly said. "This is a risky busi
ness, and it's still going to be risky
after I'm gone.
"These missions are goinj
on a steady pace, and it's a
that frankly is very comfortal
Truly became NASA a
trator in 1989, eight years aftei
served as pilot or the secon
tie flight.
He announced his resi;
in February, and President!
this month nominated a suc<
— aerospace executive Daniel
Goldin.
Truly warned these are"!
bulent times" for NASA becil
of budget-slashing by Congl
and changes in the agency's!
ministration.
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GI Forum has filed 20 complaints on behalf of
His'panic soldiers accusing the Texas National
Guard of racial discrimination.
A report released by the organization's
Corpus Christi chapter also calls for public
hearings, restructuring the Guard, and recom
mends removing the adjutant general and sus
pending the Guard's chief of staff.
Gilbert Jasso, civil rights chairman for the
Corpus Christi chapter of the GI Forum, said
Tuesday that the complaints stem from "sys
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POST FALLS, Idaho (AP
An Alzheimer's patient a
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