Engineers plan to free Viking 1 arm for Mars soil sample
Engineers in Pasadena report a plan to extend Viking 1's jammed sampler arm to drop a locking pin and allow the arm to operate. If successful Saturday, the first soil sample collection remains on schedule for next Wednesday amid related probe transmitter and seismometer issues.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 1
Mars
Viking
James Martin
Red Planet
Martin
Earth
Lander
Warm Humid Conditions Across Nebraska with Varied Highs
Eastern Nebraska remained warm and humid with readings in the mid 80s to mid 90s. A slow moving cold front stretched from southeast South Dakota through Nebraska and into Wyoming, bringing moisture east of the front and cooler air to the west. Showers and thunder showers occurred in the Panhandle and southeast and north central areas overnight, giving way to sun by midday. Highs Thursday ranged from 88 to 96 and overnight lows from 54 to 62 with light variable winds and a chance of scattered showers in the south and southeast.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska Panhandle
North Omaha
Sidney
Chadron
Valentine
Omaha
Lincoln
Alliance
Ford forces press Mississippi bid for GOP nomination
United Press International reports Ford backers in Mississippi push to win the state's unit rule votes. Delegates note progress toward a Ford majority but Reagan remains favored by many. Carter signals cautious tax reform and government restructuring if elected.
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United Press International
Mississippi
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Ford
Charles Pickering
White House
Gil Carmichael
UPI
Kansas City
Three wealthy men sought in Chowchilla kidnapping case
Authorities hunt three armed young men from rich families in a Chowchilla kids kidnapping with ransom motive suspected. Suspects Fred Newhall Woods and James and Richard Schoenfeld sought across multiple counties. victims escaped Friday after 16 hours.
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San Leandro
Calif
UPI
Fred Newhall Woods
Madera
Chowchilla
Ed Bates
San Jose
San Francisco
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Bates
Alameda County
Bay
Tom Houchins
Sierra
Sacramento
Houchins
APB
Woods
Schoenfeld
Fred Woods
James Schoenfeld
Richard Schoenfeld
Progress Reported in Cannery Negotiations Amid Wider Labor Strikes
Federal mediator James Scearce noted progress in Washington talks between Teamster locals and the northern California canning industry yet warned of remaining distance to a settlement in a strike that left fruits and vegetables rotting in California. Tentative deals also emerged to settle a 10-day strike by 1,800 nonmedical workers at two Cincinnati hospitals and the University of Cincinnati.
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United Press International
California
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Seattle
West Virginia
James F. Scearce
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Searce
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ford
Allan Grant
AFBF
Oregon State
Portland
Astoria
Pendleton
Allan Pinkerton
Oregon Wheat Growers League
Bob Nixon
Oregon Wheat Commission
General
Holmes
University
Frontier Plans to Keep Service to Nebraska Cities
Frontier Airlines says it will continue current service to Kearney Hastings McCook and Columbus, but without new federal subsidies there is little chance to add flights. The four daily flights have dropped to two as talks with the Southern Route Commission continue.
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Denver
Colo
Don Blank McCook
Commission
Frontier
Feldman
Southern Route Commission
M Kearney
Columbus
Smith seeks special bill to keep Hong Kong couple at NPPD
Congresswoman Virginia Smith proposes a special bill to grant permanent resident status to Tak Ming Leung, an NPPD electrical engineer, and his wife Janny Chan Leung, enabling them to stay and work in Nebraska. Leung arrived in 1968 and holds two UNL degrees. visa extended to 1976.
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Virginia Smith
Columbus
Hong Kong
Nebraska
Tak-Ming Leung
NPPD
Janny Chan Leung
U.S
University of Nebraska
Leung
Smith
Congress
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Jimmy Carter
New York
Carter
Lisa Schafer
Grand Island
Fenner Park
Virgil Schafer
Bee Bar Lee
Portola Valley
James L. Schoenfeld
Richard
Schoenfelds
Livermore
Santa Clara
Lonely Mountain
the Schoenfelds
John Schoenfeld
Menlon Park
San Mateo County
Alameda
San Mateo
the Woods
Sierra County
Yuba River
Downieville
Leungs
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