Six astronauts to study PDP satellite in Iowa City
Six astronauts and about a dozen space program staff will tour the University of Iowa built Plasma Diagnostics Package in Iowa City for a three day orientation ahead of the Spacelab II mission. The PDP, used on a 1982 shuttle flight, may be recovered for reuse on Space Plasma Lab I in 1988 if funding allows.
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U of
Stanley Shawhan
NASA
Iowa City
Tom Walsh
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Tony England
Karl Heinze
Loran Acton
John David Bartow
Dianne Printz
George Simon
van Allen Hall
PDP
U of I
Earth
Space Plasma Lab I
Stan Shawhan
Murphy
Shawhan
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
U of I physicist to join NASA briefly
Stan Shawhan, UI space physicist, will leave the University of Iowa temporarily to serve as NASA branch chief for space plasma physics in Washington D C for up to two years. He will help coordinate OPEN, a program to place four spacecraft around Earth to study the solar wind and outer environment, with a projected cost of about 400 million dollars.
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Tom Walsh
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Stan Shawhan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, D.C
Shawhan
U of I
NASA
Division of Earth Sciences and Applications
Columbia
Earth
U.S
Japan
United States
Wisconsin to inspect Mississippi bridges after Connecticut collapse
Wisconsin plans inspections of two Mississippi River bridges linking Iowa and Wisconsin at McGregor and Lansing within two weeks. Inspectors from Iowa and Minnesota will join Wisconsin in checking non redundant pin and hanger assemblies after a Connecticut bridge collapse.
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Associated Press
Iown
Wisconsin
Connecticut
McGregor
Lansing
Stanley W. Woods
Division of Highways
Woods
Iowa
Minnesota
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Wis
West Overlook boat ramp to stay open this weekend at Coralville Lake
The U S Army Corps of Engineers revised its forecast and says boaters can use the West Overlook ramp at Coralville Lake this weekend. Boaters must park along campground access and use a special boater lot. Mehaffey Bridge ramp will add parking for heavy use. Beaches and many picnic areas remain closed. some camp sites may be submerged with levels cresting near 702.4 feet.
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Johnson County
North Liberty
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Coralville Lake
West Overlook
Gary Thompson
Mehaffey Bridge
Thompson
East Overlook
Turkey Creek
Mid-River
Transplant Patients Mock Bill Demands at U Minnesota
A heart transplant patient and others at University of Minnesota Hospitals mocked a new up front payment rule of 100000 dollars. Ted Nowakowski 34 an Iowa art teacher and football coach said the bill was enough to give him a heart attack. Other patients Phil Little 51 of Texas and Tom Rose 29 of Wisconsin noted their insurance coverage.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Ted Nowakowski
Murray
Iowa
Des Moines
Phil Little
Waco
Texas
Tom Rose
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Superior, Wis
Iowa jobless benefits dip in June despite high year rise
Job Service of Iowa reports total unemployment payments in June at 31.66 million, down from May 32.27 million but well above June 1982 28.47 million. The drop came as the extended benefits program was triggered off, reducing trust fund drain by about 5 million. Analyst Robert Schutt cites fewer manufacturing layoffs as the main factor.
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DES Moines
Robert Schutt
Des Moines DCI Names Two Assistants Directors
Public Safety Commissioner Gene Shepard announces the promotion of Gene Mayer and Timothy McDonald as assistant directors of the Division of Criminal Investigation. Mayer, 33, to field operations and McDonald, 38, to administration, both longtime state agents and FBI National Academy graduates with master’s degrees. Mayer from Jesup and McDonald from Dubuque bring years of supervisory experience in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids respectively.
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DES Moines
Divsion of Criminal Investigation
Public Safety
Gene Shepard
Gene Mayer
Timothy McDonald
Thomas Ruxlow
Gerald Shanahan
Meyer
McDonald
The
FBI
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Spacelab II
Gerry Murphy
England
Hennze
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Acton
Lockheed Corp
Bartow and
Printz
Naval Research Laboratory
Simon
U.S. Air Force
Geophysics Laboratory
Boston
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Coordinat
James van Allen
U of I Department of Physics and Astronomy
Investi
Mississippi
Greenwich
Conn
Lowa
R. Morton Bolman
Goebel Gallery
Goebel
West Germany
Mr. Hummel
Goeb Gallery
Amana
C.R
DCI
Russia
Nicholas I
Bolsheviks
cAmana Furniture Shop
Miture Parana Society
Amenca
New Yorker
Fifth Avenue
Chrysler
Plymouth
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
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