Ancient Mariner used for study at Boeing Space Center
The Ancient Mariner backup power package from Boeing Space Center has run for over five years in a vacuum test chamber simulating space. Built to power Venus mission electronics, it endured 35 degree chamber temperatures and a 300 mile orbit test, confirming hardware longevity beyond its original five year design.
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Kent, Wash
UPI
Mariner
Boeing Space Center
Mariner 5
Venus
Space Agency
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Outer Planets
NASA
Boeing
Doug McKenny
Space Environment Laboratory
Sidney W. Silverman
Dope form used to combat nausea
Harvard Medical School researchers at the Sidney Farber Cancer Center report 15 to 20 milligram THC tablets reducing vomiting in cancer treatment. In a 24 hour period, 12 of 24 patients showed 50 percent vomiting reduction and five had no nausea, while placebos had no effect.
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Boston
UPI
New England Journal of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Sidney Farber Cancer Center
Tire recycling plan aims to beautify America by 1976
Milwaukee businessman Milton F Kohl promotes recycling old auto tires into outdoor furniture and planters to clean up America by its 200th birthday. He has mailed his idea to President Ford and Wisconsin officials, sells planters and furniture, and offers plans for public sale to encourage nationwide adoption.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Milton F. Kohl
America
Ford
Kohl
Beaver Dam
Wis
30 Percent of Energy Wasted Urges Conservation Action
United Press International report outlines how 30 percent of U S energy is wasted and urges households to conserve. It cites Federal Energy Administration estimates and breaks down usage by heating cooling water heating lighting and appliances. The piece advises insulation improvements and practical steps for cooking washing and lighting to reduce consumption and lower bills.
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Dorothea Brooks
United Press International
Federal Energy Administration
United States
National
Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association
Association
C.I.T. Financial Services
Colombia Implements Public Sanitation and Lighting Guidelines
Colombia announces a public health and efficiency plan requiring one sit down toilet per 30 men and one per 15 women in places serving the public, plus a stand-up urinal per 20 men. It also advises light wall colors, open drapes in sun, frequent radiator cleaning, and lower indoor temperatures to save energy.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
U S coal reserves eyed to bridge energy gap
U S underground coal reserves amount to about 3.2 trillion tons or a quarter of world supplies, with only 217 billion tons economically recoverable. Experts say coal could meet demand by gasifying or liquefying it, but water needs and scale delay commercialization. ERDA notes full commercialization could take about twelve years.
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Washington
America
Gordon Young
National Geographic Magazine
Germany
United States
Middle East
Young
Soviet Union
Peoples Republic of China
Europe
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Arizona
Nevada
Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
St Bernard Banker Delivers Bank Pouch Daily
In Kansas City a 6-year-old St Bernard named Bourbon deposits cash for a service station owner. Each morning at about 8, Bourbon trots 100 yards to United Missouri Bank of Blue Valley, using a rear door and collecting a lollipop in return. Training began after a playful incident and now she deposits the pouch, then rests quietly while credits are posted.
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Kansas City
UPI
Bourbon
St. Bernard
Bruce Clevenger
United Missouri Bank
Blue Valley
Judy Birdsong
Clevenger
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Bennington
Main Street
Grand Union
U.S
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Vermont National
FDIC
Schenley Reserve
Schenley
Schenley Distillers Co
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