Sunset on Mars shows pink dusty sky at Viking 1 site
In Pasadena AP reports Martian skies over the Viking 1 lander are dusty and pink as Sun obscuration rises with dust. Dr James Pollock notes Mars is farther from the Sun and the Sun appears smaller. Viking 1 continues soil analysis with an oven bake test for organics, awaiting Saturday report.
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Pasadena
Calif
Suno
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
James Pollock
Pollock
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Viking 2
Viking 1
Viking
University of Maine trustees endorse 1977 79 budget
The University of Maine votes a 121.8 million six campus budget, limiting spending to salaries inflation and essential program improvements. It seeks 37.32 million state funds in 1977 78 and 40.81 million in 1978 79, with student fees covering about one third of costs.
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Bangor
Maine
University of Maine
Patrick E. McCarthy
McCarthy
William J. Sullivan
Herbert Fowle
Sullivan
Networks To Cover GOP Convention Live Gavel-To-Gavel
NBC and CBS will provide live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. ABC, expanding eight hours by 5 percent because of the intensified nomination fight, will have its news team standing by to go live if events warrant.
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New York
NBC
CBS
Kansas City
ABC
ABC News
Swine flu shot plan details released in Q A form
Washington AP reports the federal vaccination program prioritizes seniors over 65, diabetics, and those with chronic illnesses. The vaccine is free at state and local sites and private doctors may charge for administration.
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Washington
Ford
Mike White
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Vaccine plan set to pace swine flu immunization drive
Washington AP reports the first flu vaccine under the government swine flu program won’t be ready until late September, two months before peak flu season. Dr W Delano Meriwether, head of the national immunization program, says full rollout could reach over one million shots daily. President Ford signed legislation to speed vaccine availability, with four drug firms already producing about 120 million bulk doses.
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Washington
W. Delano Meriwether
Ford
Record corn crop forecast cited by USDA officials
Agriculture Department says August crop report keeps a record corn yield projection of 6.19 billion bushels, seven percent above last year, aiding meat and dairy supplies. Don Paarlberg notes July conditions cooled in parts of the Great Plains but crops remain near the prior year’s peak, with prices expected to rise modestly through mid 1977.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
USDA
Paarlberg
Great Plains
Corn Belt
U.S
Crop Reporting Board
Plan for p.m. ban at Logan scrapped
Boston AP report says a proposed late night curfew at Logan International Airport was dropped due to potential negative economic impact. Massachusetts Port Authority officials, joined by Governor Dukakis, acknowledged sleep disturbance but cited jobs losses from a curfew and pledged to push airlines toward quieter jets and altered flight paths over Boston Harbor.
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Boston
Loan International Airport
Massachusetts Port Authority
David Davis
Port Authority
Nir
Michael S. Dukakis
Davis
Massachusetts
New England
Boston Area
Boston Harbor
Logan
SCAR disowns N E bombers in New England scare
Portland Maine AP Former SCAR members denounced media links between the now defunct prison reform group and recent New England bombings. They said the claim harms prison reform efforts and stressed SCAR had no violence ties, noting three of four indicted suspects are former SCAR members.
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Portland, Maine
SCAR
New England
Bob Whipple
Peter Simon
Jaycees
Simon
Statewide Correctional Alliance For Reform
Joseph Aceto
Everett Carlson
Portland
Richard Picariello
Edward Gullion
Dorchester
Mass
Ford fundraiser lands plum post on Postal Service board
Real estate developer Hung Wai Ching, a Hawaii campaign finance chairman for President Ford, is named to the Postal Service board of governors after long political support. Senate confirmed him after Hawaii Senator Hiram Fong praised his party work, though Fong acknowledged politics influenced the selection. Ching could earn up to 13,600 annually for 12 meetings, replacing former board member Dr John Y Ing, whose record showed attendance and pay disputes.
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Washington
Ford
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Service
Hung Wai Ching
Hawaii
Republican Party
Hiram Fong
Ching
Honolulu
Senate
Fong
Jon
Rankin Republican
Posta Committee
White House
Postal Rate Commission
John Y. Ing
Ing
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U of Maine
Harvard
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
California
Samuel J. D'Amico
City University
Kenneth Allen
College of Arts and Sciences
Orono
Augusta
Lloyd Jewett
Hillcrest Farm
Buxton Road
Saco Homestead
New County Road
Saco
Anita Fusco
Biddeford
Knights of Columbus Hall
Pool Street
W.F.W. Hall
Thornton Street
Weight Watchers of Maine, Inc
Wiscasset
Vietnam
F. Lee Huston
Army
Soldier of Fortune
Huston
Seattle
UPI
Washington State
P.m. Ban
N.E
Post Office
Rogers C.B. Morton
Reagan
Morton
Dawn Oid
Navd
Deering
Harlequin
Five Points
Mid-Town
Sanford
Dennis Madore, Inc
Salmon Falls School
Hollis
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