Souvenir hunters warned
NZPA-APPort Canaveral, Florida Coast Guard officials have warned souvenir hunters not to touch any wreckage they might find from the shuttle Challenger, as searchers combing the ocean brought the first fragments back to port for study. “We are especially con-
cerned about a small green canister,” said a Coast Guard boatswains mate. "You would be dead in two seconds if you touched it.” Chief Petty Officer Stuart Vandre acknowledged the existence of the canister but declined to say what was In it. “There were several things aboard the Challen-
ger that potentially could be deadly,” he said. A N.A.S.A. spokesman, Mr Jim Mizell, said he was not sure what was in the green cylinder the chief petty officer had been briefed about, but said it could be a small fuel tank or an exploded detonator used to destroy the solid rocket boosters. Further report, page 8
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