Space Data Bank Behind NASA’s Info Dissemination
NASA built an antisecrecy clause into the Space Act of 1958, steering information to broad dissemination. Two divisions store and repurpose space data: Scientific Information Division microfilms nearly one million documents, and Technology Utilization Division redirects discoveries to non aerospace uses. A micrometeorite sensor aids Parkinson’s tremor research, illustrating the value of the Space program data archive and its ongoing growth.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Scientific Information Division
Prudent couple plans retirement with Merrill Lynch advice
A New York garment district couple, Pete and Helen, aged 63, aim to retire after 40 years of work. They sold their dress store for 135000 cash and seek steady income, planning to convert 40000 in stock to high grade bonds or a bond fund. Merrill Lynch recommends bonds or a bond fund plus half of 85000 in a growth income fund, yielding about 45100 annually and 10625 from bonds for a total around 15125 yearly plus savings interest, totaling over 1350 monthly, with lessons for others planning retirement.
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Pete
Helen
New York
Ana
U.S
Arizona
Eaton's Seven Verities And The Syndromes Of Modern Life
A humorous list of common household irritations dubbed verities by Eaton. It lampoons the coat hanger, bread and jelly, playground fountains, chip bags, telephones, shoelaces, and drink coasters, promising a cure through caution and wit while noting such woes keep society from wobbling off its rails.
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PTA
Pennsylvania race frames graft claims amid Shapp era critique
The piece rebuts GOP charges that Gov. Milton Shapp's administration is the most corrupt in Pennsylvania history. It recalls earlier GOP abuses from the Civil War era to the 1920s, notes a 1960s land deal gone wrong, and argues both parties share fault while Republicans fail to hold power to curb perceived corruption.
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Popeye
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Quay
Penrose
Shapp
Susquehanna River
Capitol
GOP
Meditative maxims from a collector of sayings
Jim Bishop recalls daily meditation and shares a long list of aphorisms from various authors. The excerpt frames meditation as a secular practice and features humorous and paradoxical lines about life, love, advice, and human nature, attributed to famous writers and imagined as reflections.
Utilities profit from phantom taxes on consumer bills
Washington reports giant utilities collect millions in federal tax savings by charging customers full taxes and then keeping the savings. Critics say customers pay higher bills while tax relief is kept in corporate accounts. some state commissions push to return funds. ATT argues lower rates result, but sources say benefits favor utilities. Flow-through accounting and normalization are debated as commissions vary in stance.
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Washington
Mast
California
Interna Nve
Pa Internal Revenue
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Focal
Nis
AP News
Connecticut
Steven
Linda
Eaton
Eaton’s
The
Fiddlers
By William Ecenbarger
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jim Bishop
Sidney Schulman
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Santayana
Bierce
Kafka
Whitman
Chesterton
America
Hing
Compdinies
Congressional Research Service
Une
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
By Jack Anderson
Federal Power Commission
Environmental Action Foundation
Charles Vanik
Ohio
Congress
ATT
Bell
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