October 03, 1979 (vol. 90, iss. 24) • Page Image 3
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October 3, 1979-Page 3 Nature 1 Storm halts trans-U.S. Jains balloon flight ,AhlhAl-.AAh, I th :sd facItory 737 N. Huron (at Lowell; just ,E. of EMU .Campus) (AP) - The hopes of four balloonists for a successful non-stop, trans- Amnerica flight ended early yesterday when a severe thunderstorm forced them to scuttle their balloon and gon- dola in a soybean field. The flight of the giant helium-filled balloon...…