Comet Kohoutek Lights Sky For Brief Window Soon
Sky watchers in Philadelphia are urged to view Comet Kohoutek over the next weeks before it returns in about a million years. Observers with telescopes or binoculars can glimpse the giant ice ball, which now measures about 100000 miles across as it nears Earth. The comet will be visible around 5 a.m. in the southeastern sky and will swing past Venus and Mercury before looping back toward the sun.
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Kohoutek
George Hamilton
Planetarium
Franklin Institute
Solar System
Hamilton
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Haley
Cleveland Could Lose Harbor Lease
Cleveland and the Port Authority clash over a five year harbor lease expiring December 31. City officials demand rent rise to 600000 per year from 256875, citing studies that Cleveland funded 5 million in bonded indebtedness while the authority contributed 1.3 million. Authority director Shultz says operation could continue yearly, but city doubts approval and notes possible property tax increases in elections.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Port Authority
Richard L. Shultz
Food For Peace Shipments Dwindle and Farm Exports Soar
The Agriculture Department reports U S farm exports may reach a record 19 billion this fiscal year while government financed aid shipments fall to about 900 million for the year ending June 30 1974 the smallest since the program began nearly 20 years ago Wheat prices and stockpiles influence the shift and ERS analyzes 1972 73 aid exports in a new study This reflects the era of rising farm prices and tighter grain surpluses shaping aid program volumes.
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U.S
Agriculture Department
Food For Peace
United States
USDA
Department
Economic Research Service
Germany's steel orders fall in September
W Germany's steel industry reported a drop in orders for rolled steel products to 1,304,000 tons in September from 1,336,000 in August and 1,721,000 in September 1972. September deliveries totaled 2,268,000 tons, down from 2,389,000 in August but up from 2,189,000 a year earlier.
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W. Germany
Duesseldorf
West Germany
Iron and Steel Federation
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