Challenger Mission Brief Ends Early After California Landing
Space shuttle Challenger completed six days in orbit with minimal issues. Brakes and protective tiles sustained damage during landing and rollout at Edwards Air Force Base. Crews, including Sally Ride, return home for rapid debriefing and prep for future flights.
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Space Center, Houston
U.S
Robert Crippen
Sally Ride
America
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Florida Spaceport
Edwards
Jim Harrington
NASA
Hull
Harrington
Challenger
James Abrahamson
California
Hamming It Up at East River Amateur Radio Field Day
About 20 men with headphones sit around radios during the 45th Annual American Radio Relay League Field Day at Glenwood Park. The drill tests emergency readiness and operator skills for communications when normal channels fail.
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Chris Morris
Daily Telegraph
Glenwood Park
Mission Control
East River Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Texas
California
Mark L. Williams
Williams
Bob Brookman
E.R.A.R.C
Sunday Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny Mild for Next Day
Sunday forecast shows sunny to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 80s and overnight lows near 60. Monday brings increasing clouds and highs in the low 80s with a mild evening, then Tuesday and Wednesday turn mainly sunny and hot with scattered afternoon storms on Wednesday.
Inside medical bills and job loss burden a McDowell County family
The Sunday magazine covers a family in McDowell County struggling with medical debts and unemployment while readers also learn how others cope with weight loss. Separate notes highlight mining deaths in Dickenson County, optimistic coal development, railroad workers adopting fitness gear, and Wilander’s Wimbledon upset on page 1B.
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McDowell County
Rioters clash with Bush motorcade in West Germany visit
Hundreds of masked youths in Krefeld and Bottrop attacked police and damaged vehicles during Vice President Bush’s European tour. Injuries rose to about 100 with 150 arrests in two cities, while unrest outside Dusseldorf prompted extra security after an unexploited bomb discovery.
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Krefeld
West Germany
George Bush
Bush
Dusseldorf
Ulrich Nordbeck
Bottrop
Red Square
Moscow
Josef Albers
United States
Air Force Two
Norway
Bergen
Helmut Kohl
NATO
Walesa silent on quitting politics amid papal visit
Walesa dodges questions on leaving politics as Vatican tied editorial spurs speculation. Danuta Walesa dismisses rumors as nonsense while the pope's eight day trip to Poland stirs unrest in Warsaw. Government officials condemn Reagan speech as U.S. sanctions linger.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Walesa
John Paul II
Krakow
Vatican
Virgilio Levi
L’osservatore Romano
Lech
Danuta Walesa
Gdansk
NBC
Wojciech Jaruzelski
John Paul
Jaruzelski
Moscow
United States
Reagan
PAP
Chicago
U.S
Tazewell Shelter Workers Proud Of Facilities
Volunteers for the Tazewell County Animal Shelter describe dramatic progress at the facility as it opens to the public at 2 p.m. The revamped shelter is spotless and aligned with state guidelines and new county policy. Sue Dodson credits volunteers and the Community Sentencing System for the transformation and says 40 to 50 people now help.
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Sue Dodson
Tazewell County Humane Society
Humane Society
Tazewell County
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Terry White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crippen
Ms. Ride
John Fabian
Frederick Hauck
Norman Thagard
San Antonio
Fred Brown
Radio Club
Snowe
Dixon
Lamb Seene
Giles County
Graham
Dickenson County
Wilander
Wimbledon
USA
Hitler
Geneva
Switzerland
Kohl
Germantown
Philadelphia
Soviet Union
Dieter Puetzhofen
Tazewell Shelter
Karen Kaplan
Tazewell
Dommetal Robertson
Animal Shelter
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