Weather Outlook With Heatwave and Thunderstorm Chances
The forecast shows highs in the 90s across regions with a 20 percent chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Lows range from the mid 60s to around 70 in the mountains Midlands and mid 70s on the coast. The weekend through Monday brings partly cloudy skies and possible thunderstorms with highs near 90s and upper 60s to lower 70s nights.
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Midlands
Hubble telescope focus flaw delays cosmic vista
NASA led investigation into Hubble misshapen mirrors after engineers found no single point of crisp focus. The flawed 9 inch primary mirror and misaligned optics limit faint object camera performance, delaying plans to view distant galaxies and near the big bang era. Experts cite manufacturing and assembly questions as root causes.
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Rennverg Saua
NASA
Lew Allen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Hubble
Ed Weiler
Earth
Kim Leschly
Jet ‘Propulsion Laboratory
David Koo
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jean Olivier
Rehnberg
Hughes Danbury Optical
Weiler
Windham Leads U S Visit to Soviet Cities for Municipal Exchange
Windham, after two months of study, leads a two week tour to three Soviet cities where a U S team will present papers translated into Russian for Soviet participants. Papers support topics like government role in development and city management while translators assist during 15 minute English presentations.
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Windham
Ding Alot
Reading
Soviet Union
NRC considers laxing rules on low level radioactive waste
Public Citizen's Jonathan Becker warns the NRC policy could allow disposal of one third of low level wastes in landfills incinerators or sewers, saving up to 82 million dollars annually but risking 2500 extra cancer deaths per year. States with high waste volumes are listed and some nuclear states pledge to maintain current disposal practices.
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Jonathan Becker
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York
North Carolina
Alabama
South Carolina
California
Becker
NRC
National Research Council
Environmental Protection Agency
Northeast
Firestorm Devastates Santa Barbara County Area
The Santa Barbara County fire destroyed 280 homes and 3300 acres in Santa Barbara and Goleta, said sheriff’s spokesman Jan Bullard. It wiped out unknown businesses a school for handicapped adults a prison farm and a fire station. Evacuations disrupted Amtrak service closed a major highway and burned a train trestle. The blaze was the area’s worst in 13 years. A 1977 fire nearby burned 234 homes and had high property values.
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Santa Barbara
Goleta
Jan Bullard
Sher
Sheriff's Department
Amtrak
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
South Carolina sales tax proposal eyed in Aiken County
Lyons said the plan would exempt food purchased with food stamps and allow voter choice. If approved, the state tax commission would start collecting July 1 1991, with Aiken County expected to raise about $7.79 million and rural counties sharing a 5 percent fee to fund smaller counties, while areas like North Augusta and unincorporated county zones anticipate substantial revenues.
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Lyons
Aiken County
State Tax Commission
Aiken
Abbeville
Allendale
Bamberg
Calhoun
Chester
Clarendon
Dillon
Edgefield
Fairfield
Hampton
Jasper
McCormick
Marion
Marlboro
Newberry
Saluda
Union
North Augusta
South Caro
Georgia
North Carolina
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