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In order to not have heat dry out tobacco leaves so they were not rolling around the cigar the air had to be kept very humid in these factories so the windows were nailed shut in summertime so the breeze wouldnt blow the humidity out. Very fine tobacco dust filled the air and filled the lungs of people working in these places. Cigar workers had the second highest rate of tuberculosis of any occupation in the United States. Only stonecutters had it worse. Rose would have lung problems for the rest of her life. When she was 21 years old something happened that changed the course of her life. She...

There i got into flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 1958 nasa was formed and they were looking for astronauts. So i was one of the original 110 people selected to go for interviews. Lets go back to your Naval Academy days, you almost didnt go, is that right . That is right. I had two years at wisconsin. I informs a Naval Aviation program after world war ii. Have been the most important project in this century. I became the first alternate that usually doesnt make it, are and i got orders for the physical to be inducted into the academy if you so desired. And then ...

Thank you. Id like to start off the briefing by saying that im not a superstitious person, and therefore when we were assigned apollo 13 i thought nothing of it. As a matter of fact, some of my friends of italian descent 13 was a lucky number. It all started before the flight as documented as we are approaching the final phase of our training the last couple of days are usually ones which are taken very usually. Try to keep a couple of days free to unwind from the long Training Cycle and get plenty of rest so that when we launch were in good shape and we can go with an easy mind. As you know a...

Explosion on board. The interview is from the Oral History Program at the Johnson Space center. This is the Johnson Space Center Original history project, may 25th, 1999, at the Johnson Space center. When you were a little kid, you saw a rocket go off and you said i want to do that . Is it that simple or that complex . You know, i was interested in rockets and astronomy long before the glenns and the shepherds of the world could spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try and build some rockets. I wanted to be a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. I wrote to t...

There are conversations floating about about whether brent and go negative. We are trading up 11 today. Up 1. 5 . The peripheral bond market, i massive story at the moment, as you can see. We saw a huge auction in spain earlier on, following on the heels of an auction yesterday in italy. We are continuing to watch what is happening as we build up towards an eu meeting tomorrow that could barely be make or break. The ecb talking about whether it could potentially accept grade that in collateral. Italy is facing a rating review come friday. This is a live debate in europe. Eurodollar trading at ...