NASA dedicates giant supercomputer to era of aviation progress
At Mountain View NASA unveiled the Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator a nearly 100 million system slated to reach 1 billion calculations per second next year and four billion per second within a decade 250 million cps memory of 256 million words. Officials say it signals U S leadership in aerospace design and related fields amid Challenger fallout.
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Mountain View
Calif
NASA
Space Agency
Wright Brothers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Explosion hits Soviet cultural center in Vientiane
Western sources report a blast in front of the Soviet cultural center during Eduard Shevardnadze’s Laos visit. One Laotian guard was killed or injured. center damage minimal. No claim of responsibility. He then moved on to Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Laos
Eduard Shevardnadze
Vientiane
Appar
Shevardnadze
Foreign Ministry
Phoun Sipaseuth
Cambodia
Vietnam
Indochina
Home schooling case heads to federal hearing in South Carolina
A federal hearing in Columbia will weigh claims by six families led by the Steynes Simmonses and Hugheses that South Carolina home schooling rules are vague and unconstitutional. Judge Matthew Perry will hear the case challenging the state Board of Education and local districts with the Home School Legal Defense Association backing.
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Columbia
State Department of Education
U.S
Matthew Perry
Chris Klicka
Home School Legal Defense Association
Washington, D.C
State Board of Education
Daniel Steyne
Joyce Steyne
Dannis
Peggy Simmons
Robert
Pauline Hughes
Richland County
Johnnie
La-Donne Reeves
Dorchester County
Ronald
Deborah Aldridge
Fort Mill
Perry
York County
J. Emory Smith Jr
State Board
Dole Says He Will Seek 1988 Presidency
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole told reporters in Columbia he has formed an exploratory committee and decided to run for president in 1988. He named South Carolina as a state he could perform well in once he formally announces, during a three state swing that began in Kentucky.
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Columbia
Senate
Bob Dole
Kansas
Dole
South Carolina
U.S
Kentucky
State Education Studies AIDS Education Guidelines
The South Carolina Department of Education is reviewing AIDS educational programs from across the country to draft public school guidelines. Letters were sent to state superintendents about materials policies and activities, with no firm recommendation expected for the 1987 88 school year. School districts decide whether AIDS and human sexuality are taught, while health education currently covers environmental health and substance abuse.
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Columbia
State Department of Education
South Carolina
Ann Slater
Department of Education
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Galaxy
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Tarkett
Hiken
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