Planes Search for Balloonist Over North Atlantic
Nine long range rescue planes from the United States and Canada launched a cross ocean search for Karl Thomas the 27 year old balloonist missing for over three days. The search area spans 700000 square miles with aircraft from Coast Guard Air Force Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force joining from bases in New York Bermuda England Halifax and elsewhere. Thomas who aims to be the first to solo the Atlantic by balloon left Lakehurst NJ Friday and has had radio problems since Sunday night raising concern among his supporters and crew.
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Fat infants fat adults study says
A UPI report notes that chubby infants tend to become overweight adults, with higher risk for those from lower social classes. The New England Journal of Medicine survey finds overweight infants in the first six months carry about a 40 percent chance of obesity by age 30.
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UPI
New England Journal of Medicine
Fog delays Tall Ships 76 sail to New York
Thick fog in Newport delays the Tall Ships 76 departure for New York Harbor by at least four hours. Parade organizers expect the windjammers to cast off around noon, instead of the planned 8 a.m. start, as crowds line Ocean Drive to watch the ceremony and revelry for Independence Day festivities.
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R.I
UPI
New York Harbor
Scenic Ocean Drive
Carswell Indicted on Homosexual Charge in Florida
Former U S judge G H Carswell, a 1970 Supreme Court nominee, was indicted by a Leon County grand jury on battery and an attempted unnatural act involving a vice squad officer. He remains free in his own custody, hospitalized for nervousness, with arraignment not yet scheduled. The case was sent to the grand jury after the arrest by Officer George Greene.
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Tallahassee, Fla
UPI
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Leon County
Carswell
George Greene
Harry Morrison
Morrison
Alaska pipeline cost rises to 7.7 billion
The Alyeska Pipeline Service Co said Alaska’s pipeline project will cost 7.7 billion dollars, about 10 percent more than the prior estimate. Delays stem from lower productivity and higher prices for materials equipment and transport. The 800 mile line from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez aims for 1.2 million barrels per day and is due to finish mid next year.
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Anchorage
Peregrine Falcons Released in Five Eastern States Test
Washington reports 26 peregrine falcons are being released in New York New Hampshire Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland with four more in Colorado to test recovery after near extinction due to DDT and pollution. The Interior Department notes past releases yielded 12 survivors from 16 released and a Brigantine New Jersey release will be open to the public.
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UPI
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Interior Department
New York
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Colorado
Rockies
Mississippi River
Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge
Atlantic City
N.J
East coast offshore oil probe begins this summer
A 60 day U.S. Geological Survey expedition will sample the continental margin off the East Coast this summer. 16 scientists will collect core samples mainly between Norfolk Virginia and Bangor Maine to assess rock composition, sediment stability, and factors affecting offshore drilling following federal lease plans.
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Maine
Atlantic
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