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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1981
Page
12
Mostly fair today with highs in the low to mid 80s and a near 60 degree low. Tuesday highs near 80, then fair conditions from Wednesday through Friday with low 80s and around 60 overnight. Past 24 hours highs 83 lows 60. month total 4.81 inches, normal 2.99. year total 26.93, normal 25.11. The Delaware River by Chester shows highs around 8:48 a.m. and 9:20 p.m.. low at 3:38 p.m.
The Reagan administration weighs supplying Israel a spy satellite to offset territory and intelligence losses, Newsweek reports. Saudi officials reportedly agreed to seven months of secret limits on AWACs, including detonation capabilities, restricted flight zones, and noninterference with Jordan and Syria.
Fires driven by dry conditions burned thousands of acres of range and forest land across four Western states on Sunday. In Nevada, a 5,800 acre blaze lit by lightning reached Austin town limits before containment, cutting most telephone service and rationing water. Idaho crews battled a 13,440 acre fire near Spencer that threatened elk and moose habitat. livestock were killed and telephone lines disrupted.
Pasadena scientists report Voyager 2 completed a week long close approach to Saturn despite an unintended pass through a suspected ring. The probe remained 69,000 miles behind Saturn and heads toward a 1986 encounter with Uranus, with rings consisting of ice chunks deemed potentially damaging but not harming the craft.
Dr. Joseph Romig said Voyager 2 did not exit Saturn’s rings but moved through a tenuous dust ring surrounding the planet. The craft survived a series of tiny particle collisions at about 10 miles per second, with ring dust heating and vaporizing on impact.
A long list of residents from multiple towns including Wawa Boothwyn Aston Chester St. Davids Springfield Darby Yeadon Glen Mills Holmes Havertown Woodlyn Collingdale Nevada Garnett Bull Rowlyk Wicks Nice Ross King Sheridan Ellis appears as participants or registrants in a local civic or community notice. The text preserves many personal names and hometowns without stating a specific action or event.
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