No truth to Minuteman difficulties says project boss
Brig. Gen. Samuel Phillips, head of the Minuteman program at Norton Air Base, declares reports of testing problems false and asserts the missile exceeds range and payload expectations. He notes minimal failures at Vandenberg, details improvements in Wing 6 for Grand Forks, and explains test data vs operational needs.
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Conservatives In Japan Keep Local Control
In Tokyo AP report conservatives held strong in Japan’s local elections with Liberal Democratic and allied independents winning about 80 percent of city mayoralties across 557 cities. Of 168 re-elected mayors, LDP took 26, Socialists 12, while 130 non-party mayors leaned conservative. communists and Democratic-Socialists won none. In the new lineup, LDP 81, Socialists 21, independents 450, with roughly 350 conservatives among independents.
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Japan
Hayato Ikeda
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Doctor Hardy Faces Life and Death Decisions on ITV9
Dr. Steve Hardy and star John Beradino present a daily hospital drama set in General Hospital. Each weekday at 1 p.m. viewers watch urgent choices impact patient outcomes on ITV9.
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Steve Hardy
John Beradino
General Hospital
ITV
Scientist proposes increasing pests to curb them
Australian Dr J Monro from the University of Sydney outlined a plan to boost harmful animal populations with sterile individuals to trigger a later crash. The concept aims to overload a resource such as food or shelter and reduce numbers through a controlled population collapse.
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Nature
J. Monro
University of Sydney
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