Space satellite thrusters tested to recover from launch misfire
About two dozen TRW engineers in Redondo Beach tested two tiny thrusters on the $100 million Tracking and Data Relay Satellite to adjust its errant orbit after an April 5 misfire. A second test earlier in the week was cut short by overheating. NASA canceled the August launch of the second satellite, delaying the European Spacelab mission.
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Los Angeles Times
Redondo Beach
Calif
TRW Inc
Los Angeles
White Sands
N.M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
European Spacelab
TDRS
Boeing Co
Julian R. Levine
TRW
Grandmother Mouzin Convicted in Major California Drug Ring
A federal jury found Indiana grandmother Barbara Mouzin guilty of racketeering money laundering and cocaine trafficking in a California case dubbed Project M. The sting exposed a ring laundering illicit drug profits totaling tens of millions with several grandmothers and others testifying against Mouzin.
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Los Angeles Times Service
Los Angeles
Indiana
Project M
Barbara Mouzin
California
Mouzin
James D. Tyler
Internal Revenue Service
Miami
U.S
A. Wallace Tashima
United States
Beverly Hills
Alphonso Carvajal
Rusty Witticombe
San Francisco
Bay Area
Dorothy Hackett
Joy Adelman
Michael Glasser
Barbara
Glasser
Robert Perry
French protests widen beyond ideology with street clashes
Demonstrations bring together students farmers and small business owners across France challenging austerity and reforms. Police clash with about 8 000 students and 20 000 shopkeepers in Paris as farmers stage peaceful actions. education law sparks much of the unrest. Government signals possible changes to draft education bill as unions offer little support and June is flagged as a tough month for loan repayments.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Brittany
National Assembly
Francois Mitterrand
Small Businessmen Union
Gandhi government accused over Assam massacre warnings
Washington Post reports Indira Gandhi’s government faced charges of ignoring police cables predicting massacres in Assam in February. Opposition says state election timing fueled violence as indigenous Assamese sought to purge Bangladeshi immigrants. Home Minister Sethi acknowledged warnings but dismissed press readings as contrary to national interest.
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Washington Post
New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Assam
Gandhi
Bangladesh
P. C. Sethi
Sweden contemplates motive behind submarine incursions
A Swedish government commission notes Soviet‑bloc submarines continue intrusions in Swedish waters, with 40 violations in the first nine months of last year. Norway and Sweden have pursued anti submarine hunts, while analysts suggest intruders aim to erode Swedish resolve and press for routine access in future conflicts.
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Sweden
Soviet Union
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Here
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