Voyager 2 Saturn flyby ends with camera platform jammed
Scientists fixed on the jammed Voyager 2 camera platform after its spectacular pass past Saturn. The rover-like craft completed the Saturn sweep and began a 1.76 billion mile voyage to Uranus. Chief scientist Edward Stone praised the mission as largely successful despite the malfunction.
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Calif
Saturn
Space
Uranus
Edward Stone
Stone
Richard Laeser
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Frank Bristow
Voyager
Bradford A. Smith
Earth
Laeser
Weinberger Seeks Accord With Budget-Cutters On Defense
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said the United States must act quickly to close the vulnerability window and yet could reach agreement with budget-cutters on defense spending. He spoke before meetings with Stockman and Meese on fiscal 1983 and 1984 budgets and indicated defense spending might rise less than 7 percent annually to balance the budget by 1984.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Caspar Weinberger
Soviet Union
United States
David Stockman
Edwin Meese III
Tion
Reagan
White House
Larry Speakes
Stockman
Reagan Administration
Congress
Ed Dale
Office of Management and Budget
President Reagan
Amtrak Ends Shenandoah Route and Plans Changes
Amtrak announced it would end the Shenandoah service through northern West Virginia as part of a broader plan to cut unprofitable routes. The Cardinal remains under review, while the Blue Ridge from Washington to Martinsburg will be cut on weekends. Northeast and Chicago to Milwaukee services face curtailment to meet a $735 million fiscal year budget. The Empire Builder will replace the North Star, with year-round Chicago to St Paul service. Two state-supported trains Beacon Hill and Black Hawk will be discontinued.
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Amtrak
Reagan
Shenandoah
West Virginia
Alan S. Boyd
Blue Ridge
Martinsburg
W.va
Chicago
Milwaukee
Boyd
Congress
Cincinnati
North Star
St. Paul
Beacon Hill
New Haven
Conn
Boston
Dubuque
Iowa
Sadat and Begin Agree to Resume Autonomy Talks
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to restart talks on Palestinian autonomy, with discussions to resume September 23 and 24 between their foreign ministers. They left major issues unresolved and differed on including the PLO in negotiations.
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Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Sadat
Mediterranean
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Begin
PLO
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
Yasser Arafat
Reagan
Washington
United States
Gaza
Camp David
Arab East Jerusalem
Watermelon Festival in Hope Seeks Record Melon
HOPE Ark AP Farmers display melons at the annual festival with Ivan Bright’s 156 pound fruit leading the year. Pod Rogers promotes the event noting past records and a $300 prize for the biggest melon by Sept. 21.
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Hope, Ark
Hope
Pod Rogers
Rogers
Ivan Bright
Arkansas
Bright
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