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| REMEMBERING AN EXPLORER | |
 July 9, 1999 
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JIM LEHRER: Again, the major stories of this Friday, Serbia's third largest city officially called for Yugoslav President Milosevic to resign. The city of Nis joined other localities whose councils have made the same demand. Defense Secretary Cohen said if Milosevic did step down, no nation should grant him asylum because of his war crimes indictment. And NATO forces checked out a new mass grave in Kosovo where 350 ethnic Albanians may be buried. And Astronaut Charles Pete Conrad died yesterday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Conrad commanded the second Lunar landing in 1969 and became the third man to walk on the Moon. He brought a boyish enthusiasm to that "Apollo 12" mission, captured on this NASA videotape. PETE CONRAD: I bet you when I get down to the bottom of the ladder, I can see the Surveyor. Okay. Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me. You'll never believe it. Guess what I see sitting on the side of the crater? The old Surveyor, yes, sir. (Laughter) Does that look neat? It can't be any further than 600 feet from here. I have the decided impression I don't want to move too rapidly but I can walk quite well. ASTRONAUT: It seems a little weird. I'll tell you, I don't think you're going to steam around here quite as fast as you thought you were. PETE CONRAD: Hey, Al, you could work out here all day. Take your time. Dum-dum-dum. JIM LEHRER: Pete Conrad was 69 years old. We'll see you online, and again here Monday evening. Have a nice weekend. I'm Jim Lehrer. Thank you, and good night. |
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