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NASA NationScientificalandAeronautiTechnicalcsInformationand SpaBranchce Administration1984 Washington, DC y?r_/-.2/oY?_ INTRODUCTION Thisissueofthe Indexto NASANewsReleasesandSpeechescontainsa listingofnewsreleases distributedbytheOfficeof PublicAffairs,NASAHeadquarters,anda selectedlistingofspeeches presentedby membersof the Headquartersstaffduring1983. This Index supplementsthe previousissuesthatwereidentifiedasIndexto NASANewsReleasesand Speeches1963-1966, andthe Supplementsfor 1967through1982. The Index is arrangedin six sections-- SubjectIndex,PersonalNamesIndex,NewsRelease NumberIndex,AccessionNumberIndex,Speeches,andNewReleases. Section1 (SubjectIndex)containssubjectheadingsarrangedalphabeticallythat describethe contentsoftheitemsindexed.Undereachheading,theuserwillfindreferences,as applicableto, Speeches(05forSection5) andNewsReleases(06forSection6) containinginformationonthat subjectentry,andinmanycases,cross-referencetosrelatedsubjectheadings. AnexampleofanentryfromtheSubjectIndexfollows: SUBJECT_ /SEE SECTION 06 HEADING --A_ IR BREATHINGENGINES / FOR ADDmONAL INFORMATION TITLE PNASA SELECTSSMALLBUSINESSRESEARCHPROPOSALS p( NARELESAA"SENuMBER_'_'=_-i_ASA RELEASE-83- 138 ] P83- 10173,_ --ACCESSION NUMBER Twotypesofcross-referenceasreused: A) S for'SEE'directstheusertoa subjectheadingwherereferencescanbefound,e.g., COMSAT S COMMUNICATIONSSATELLITECORP. B) SA for 'SEE ALSO' directsthe user to related subjectheadingswhere additional referencesmaybefound,e.g., COMMUNICATIONSATELLITES SA TELESATSATELLITES Section2 (PersonalNamesIndex)containspersonalnamesarrangedalphabeticallythatidentify thepersonsmentionedinthe itemsindexedor,inthe casesofspeeches,the personsthatmade thespeeches. Anexampleof anentryfromthePersonalNamesIndexfollows: /SEE SECTION 06 /FOR ADDITIONAL NAME _LHOPE e BOB ...-_BOBHOPE HOPESTO BECOMESPACETRAVELER TITLEPERSON/ALs. [NASA RELEASE-83-|39] P83-|017q 0/ |NFORMAllON NASA RELEASE NUMBERj "_ACCESSION NUMBER As indicated in the examples, each index entry in Sections 1 and 2 contains the title, accession number, and reference section. Section 3 (News Release Number Index) lists all numbered NASA News Releases in numerical order with the corresponding accession numbers. An example of the News Release Number Index follows: /-SEE SECTION 06 / FOR ADDITIONAL NASA / INFORMATION RELEASENUMBER--_"I_]ASA RELEASE-83-117 ............ P83-10128",_6 _'_ACCESSION NUMBER Section 4 (Accession Number Index) lists all items by accession number in numerical order with the corresponding reference section (05 for Speeches, 06 for News Releases), in which the item is described in detail, and the news release number, if any. An example of the Accession Number Index follows: ACCESSION NUMBER'_P 83-- I 0 I _..._ 06 ................ .NASA RELEASE-83- 161 SEE SECTION 06 _ -- FOR ADDITIONAL _ NASA INFORMATION _ RELEASE NUMBER Section 5 (Speeches) lists the speeches indexed in this publication, arranged in accession number order. Each entry contains the title of speech, speaker, date of release, and other reference information. An example of an entry from the Speeches listing follows: ACCESSION NUMBER__ _"_'P 83-102q7 ...._EEM_RKSPREPARED FOR DELIVER_ TO THE WASHINGTON PRESS TITLE''/ CLUB, BLACK HORSE TAVERN, WASHINGTON, D.C. ..--------DATEOF _...w-SEGGS, JAMES M. RELEASE AUTHOR'__ |5 DEC. 1983"*""--'-- 11P_ NUMBER OF PAGES Section 6 (News Releases) lists the news releases, press briefings, news conference transcripts, and other public information releases indexed in this publication, arranged in accession number order. Each news release item contains the title, date of release, News Release Number (if any), and other reference information. An example of an entry from the News Releases listing follows: ACCESSION NUMBER_k, TITLE_ P83- 100 16 "'"_STS-6 APPEARS SET FOR LAUNCH E&RL¥ IN MA_CH DATEOF RELEASE....,_._7 FEB. 1983 2P_- NASA_RELEASE-83-16 NUMBOEFR NEWS RELEASE NUMBER / PAGES The contents of this index were printed by computer.This necessitates, in certain instances,the substitution of computer symbols for the more familiar printed symbols. These include the use of * for ',/Ques/for ?, and - for :. The symbols < and > immediately before and after the title of the entry tell the user that the entry was originally untitled and that a title was created by the compilers of the index. Finally, in Section 2 -- the Personal Names Index -- the symbol + is used to identify speeches presented by the person under whose name they are indexed. Copies of documents cited in this index are available to NASA offices on request from the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility, P.O. Box 8757, B.W.I. Airport, Maryland, 21240. Requests for copies of the index itself should be addressed to the Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Code NIT-l, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. 20546. Tableof Contents SECTION PAGE 1. SUBJECT INDEX ...........................................................................................A-1 2. PERSONAL NAMES INDEX ..........................................................................B-1 3. NEWS RELEASE NUMBER INDEX ..............................................................C-1 4. ACCESSION NUMBER INDEX ......................................................................D-1 5. SPEECHES ....................................................................................................E-1 6. NEWS RELEASES .........................................................................................F-1 soc ,o., SUBJECTINDEX INDEX TO NASA NEWS RELEASESAND SPEECHES MARCH 1984 1983 ACEE Typical Subject Index Listing s AZ_CR_F_;S_RGEFF_ ZCIE_CP_Y;_ _FORAODITIONALI t-- N_SA SELECTSS_LL BUSINESSHESEARCHP_OPOSALS ISEE_ON__SECTION] 06| _ ACOOST[NICASSA RELEASE-83-|38] P83-|0|73 06 &IJ BREATHINGEIGINES I 4|-B PREFLIGHTPRESS CONFERENCE/FLIGHTPLaN [--NASASELECTS SMALL BUSINESSRESEARCHPROPOSALS| P83-10276 05 [NASA RELEASE-83-|38] P83-I0|73 06--J _ NAISA _ ,C,SIVERCOMMUELAY A,CTIIC&VTIOE COMMUNICNSS,TE][,LITESATIONSS_TELLITE {RELEASE NUMBER IACCESSION NUMBERJ S TELSYNCSHROTANROUASCTICOMMUNICATIONVE COMMUNS ICATIOSANSTELLITESSATELLITE Thetitleofthenews_leaseorspeechisusedastheprimeretrievalpoint. ACTIVE MJIGNETOSPHERICPARTICLETRACER EXP. The accessionnumbeisr locatedunderandtotherightofthetitleandis _ASA TO H_VERECORDBREIKZNG198_ LAUNCHSCHEDULE followedbyatwo-digitnumberwhichdesignatethes referencesectionofthe [ NAS_ _ELE_S£-83-202 ] P83- ! 0269 06 Indexcontainingthecompletecitation. ACTS /ADVANCEDCOMBO=.TECHo SATELLITE/ FISCAL YEAH |98qBODGET BRIEFING P83-|0027 05 A N_S_ BUDGET PRESS CONFERENCE P83-I0029 05 _BORT PHOCEDBSES P_OPOS_LREQUESTISSUED FOR _CTS CHALLENGERFIRSTFLIGHT TO DEPLOYTDRS-& AND [N_S_ RELEASE-83-28] P83-|0039 06 FEATURE E¥_ [N_SA RELEASE-83-36] P83-100_7 06 SOGGV_TEDS, REMARKS:
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