Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A .) Regional Commissioner Richard J. Holden noted that the August decrease was influenced by lower prices for gasoline.
NASA officials were reportedly especially impressed with her course on The American Woman which she had developed and taught. Barbara Morgan was the backup Teacher in Space who also trained with NASA in the astronaut training program. Christa McAuliffe was scheduled to teach two lessons from the space shuttle.
AmericaÂ¿s first female astronaut, Sally Ride, was a brilliant physicist who broke through NASAÂ¿s glass ceiling before going on to devote her life to inspiring girls to take up science. The two women became close friends in the early 1980s when Sherr was covering the space program for ABC News.