People in the News Houston Astronaut Guides Thatcher at NASA
Jobe Young accompanied British Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher through NASA headquarters in Houston. She criticized the missed chance to join the space shuttle program, while Young explained the project and its research benefits for the 1980s. The scene featured Thatcher in a lunar rover training model.
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Houston
Jobe Young
Margaret Thatcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Young
Costanza eyes second woman president role
Margaret Midge Costanza says she wants to be the second woman to hold the U.S. presidency, noting her historic posts as Rochester City Council member and vice mayor and, now, assistant to the president. She spoke in an interview for The Women’s Program to be broadcast on NBC Radio.
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New York
Margaret “Midge” Costanza
Rochester
N.Y
Pye
NBC
Burger Meets Danish Foreign Minister on Copenhagen Stop
U S Chief Justice Warren Burger met Danish Foreign Minister Knud B. Andersen in Copenhagen during a weekend layover after a holiday visit to the Soviet Union. U S Ambassador John Gunther Dean joined the talks described as cordial and relaxed with no specific political agenda. Burger planned to fly home early Sunday.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.S
Warren Burger
Knud B. Andersen
Soviet Union
John Gunther Dean
Burger
Missing Steel Executive Found Dead
Nigel Harlan 43, vice president of Ogden Steel Corp in Chicago, was found murdered in a Shelby County pasture south of Birmingham after disappearing August 18. Texas couple Tony Nolen 25 and Debra Andrus 22 face burglary and forgery charges in Milton Florida related to Harlan's credit card. Authorities say the investigation links a setup at a Birmingham nightclub to an attempted robbery, with rewards totaling 12500 dollars offered by the state and Ogden RFan.
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Ala
Chicago
B.R. " Myers
Nigel Harlan
Texas
Milton
Fla
Shelby County
James Parsons
Myers
Tony Randolph Nolen
Debra Ann Andrus
County
Harlan
Gulf Breeze
Ogden Steel Corp
Graham Hungary Visit Unprecedented Postwar Eastern Europe
Billy Graham ended a bridge building visit to the Soviet Bloc in Hungary after preaching to about 28,000 people. The weeklong trip, described by observers as unprecedented in postwar Eastern Europe, included five sermons in Budapest Debrecen and Pecs and an outdoor rally. Graham said he came to preach the Gospel meet church leaders study socialist society and help build bridges among peoples. He noted no Communist party affiliation and suggested openness to future invitations inside the region.
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Hungary
Billy Graham
Soviet Bloc
Graham
U.S. Crasades
Europe
Council of Free Churches
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Pecs
Communist Party
Virginia and North Carolina Weather Summary Card
Patchy sun and pleasant in Virginia with highs around the 60s to low 70s and cool nights near the 40s in higher elevations. North Carolina expects sunny Sunday and Monday with upper 70s highs and clear cool nights in the 50s, scattered mountain lows near 40s. Downtime weather log notes calm winds and minimal precipitation.
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Virginia
Manny Potas
North Carolina
Balloonists Pursue Transatlantic Crossing From Canada
In Marshfield Massachusetts AP report, two New Mexico pilots rode winds across southeastern Canada toward the open Atlantic. By Saturday night they were 40 miles off Labrador coast at about 70 mph with a birthday cake and 30 pounds of chocolate aboard as ground crew spokesman Mike Leavitt relayed updates.
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Marshfield
Mass
New Mexico
Canada
Labrador
Mike Leavitt
Meat-Grading Abuses Target Of Crackdown
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will crack down on improper meatgrading practices as meat prices rise this fall. Officials note misgrading and bribery have occurred, though most graders and packers are honest, with consumer prices rising as cattle supplies tighten.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Carol Foreman
Agriculture Secrtary
USDA
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