Soyuz 25 lands safely after aborted mission
In Soviet Asia two cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin landed the Soyuz 25 capsule after a near docking failure with the Salyut 6 station. The two rookies, in good condition, parachuted to a Kazakhstan site near Tselinograd.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Asia
Moscow Radio
Vladimir Kovalenok
Valery Ryumin
Kazakhstan
Tselinograd
Soviet Union
Vladimir Dovalyonok
One More Vermont Legionnaires Case Reported
UPI reports the CDC has identified one more highly probable Legionnaires case in Vermont. Vermont now totals 18 confirmed cases with 12 deaths, and 11 suspected cases with one death. Investigations in Burlington and surrounding areas have found additional confirmed and suspected cases, with the latest in mid September.
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Burlington
UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Vermont
Vermont Medical Center
Robert Burger
CDC
Burger
Americans and Briton share 1977 Nobel physics prize
The Swedish Royal Academy awarded the 145000 prize to Dr. Philip W. Anderson of Bell Labs, Prof. John H. van Vleck of Harvard, and Sir Nevill F. Mott of Cambridge for solid state theory. Ilya Prigogine of the Free University of Brussels won the 145000 chemistry prize for non equilibrium thermodynamics.
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Stockholm
Sweden
UPI
Prigogine
Swedish Academy
Academy
New Vernon
N.J
Anderson
van Vleck
Mott
van Vieck
Stig Lundqvist
Harvard
Lundqvist
Cambridge
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin
Abigail
NOBEL
Inside National and Local Highlights Across The Papers
The edition surveys national tensions as the U S prepares to confront the Soviets while Congress weighs a child pornography ban. Local items call for volunteers at UCS alternate care center, a Bloodmobile visit to Bennington College, and a reflection on baseball. Pages note Hapgood Pond cleanup plans and Hoosick advances a federal housing subsidy. Sports examine Bennington’s international athlete and a nongame species inquiry as the World Series opens.
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U.S
Congress
UCS
Bennington College
TRB
Jimmy
U.S. Forest Service
Hapgood Pond
Hoosick
John Randolph
Bennington
Brian Coxsee
Czech hijacked airliner lands in Frankfurt asylum sought
A Czech man and woman in airline uniforms hijacked a Yak-40 with 28 aboard on a domestic Czech flight, flew to Frankfurt, surrendered after two hours of talks, and sought political asylum in West Germany. Police said they previously worked ground jobs for Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie and will face trial for hijacking.
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Frankfurt
West Germany
UPI
Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie
Knut Mueller
Unity urged by GOP governors at New Hampshire meeting
Twelve Republican governors and two hopefuls urged unity to blunt partisanship and cannibalism in primaries. They shifted focus to winning elections, with former Gov. John Connally and GOP Chairman Brock set to speak as Gov. Robert Ray was elected chairman. Moderates urged bipartisan cooperation, while conservatives avoided opening a Panama Canal resolution.
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Bretton Woods
N.H
UPI
GOP
John Connally
Texas
William Brock
Robert Ray
Iowa
Otis Bowen
Indiana
Jim Thompson
Illinois
Pierre DuPont
Delaware
Robert Bennett
Kansas
Republican Governors Association
Moday
Bennett
Thompson
Democratic Party
DuPont
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
New York orders halt to herbicide spraying by Niagara Mohawk
The New York State Attorney General demands an immediate stop to aerial spraying of power line rights of way by Niagara Mohawk until a full inventory of affected water sources and vegetation is completed. The move follows citizen complaints about herbicides contaminating drinking water and the need to identify areas to avoid spraying as part of a statewide vegetation management program.
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New York
Niagara-Mohawk
New York State Attorney General’s Office
Niagara-Mohawk Power Corp
Peter N. Skinner
Attorney General’s Office
Cambridge
Niagara Mohawk
New York State
Skinner
Public Service Commission
Department of Environmental Conservation
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Ryumin
Space Station
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W. Germany
Czechoslovakia
Karlovy Vary
Carlsbad
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West
Munich
Mueller
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