Lyng Named Secretary of Agriculture by Reagan
President Reagan designates Richard E. Lyng to succeed John Black as head of the Agriculture Department amid farm belt economic woes. Lyng, 67, a former California agriculture secretary and deputy secretary, faces Senate confirmation and has long worked in agricultural marketing and industry groups.
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Washington
Reagan
Richard E. Lyng
Agriculture Department
John Black
Lyng
Oval Office
Dick Lyng
California
Nixon
Black
Senate
Commodity Credit Corp
Agribusiness Advisory Board
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
California Department of Agriculture
American Meat Institute
Concord Mourns McAuliffe Bringing Nation to Standstill
In Concord New Hampshire residents react with shock and grief after the loss of Christa McAuliffe. Classes are canceled and official duties postponed as flags fly at half staff. Students teachers and officials describe her impact as widespread and deeply felt.
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Concord
N.H
Christa McAuliffe
Karen Nelson
McAuliffe
Concord High School
Cindy Prescott
Edward Shumaker
McAuliffe’s
Tony Rabbin
Contoocook
Brian Birks
Bud Roberts
New Hampshire Technical Institute
John Kennedy
Susan McLane
John Sununu
Western Union
Holdsworth
Federal takeover of Sunflower plant discussed in Topeka
Sunflower Electric Cooperative faces debt restructuring as the Rural Electrification Administration weighs possible temporary federal control of the 296 megawatt Holcomb coal plant. Administration chief Hunter called takeover very real though unlikely to become long term, with potential five year limit cited by lender NRUCFC president Charles Gill. Sunflower owes about 430 million dollars on REA backed loans and has cut costs, including eight supervisory layoffs at Hays and Holcomb.
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Topeka, Kan
Sunflower Electric Cooperative
Holcomb
Rural Electrification Administration
Harold V. Hunter
Sunflower
Hunter
Kansas
Hays and Holcomb
City Commission Holds Hays Executive Session on Sunflower Data
City commissioners met in Hays with Sunflower officials to discuss confidential financial data. The session started at 11 a.m. and was expected to run into the afternoon, with five commissioners, City Manager Deane Wiley, and assistant city manager Bob Halloran present. A Hays Daily News reporter was barred from observing, and the Kansas Attorney General’s office indicated no open meetings law violation.
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Hays
Sunflower
Deane Wiley
Wiley
Bob Halloran
Garden City
Wheatland Electric City Commissioners
Hays Daily News
City Commission
Kansas Attorney General's Office
Kansas
Neil Woerman
Commission
Debris Search Continues For Challenger Crash Victims
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP ships and aircraft hunted the Atlantic for debris from the Challenger tragedy and the bodies of seven crew and passengers. An investigation team planned to begin a months long probe into why the $1.2 billion shuttle exploded 74 seconds after liftoff. The disaster, the first with fatalities in U S spaceflight, claimed Christa McAuliffe and six others including Scobee, Resnik, McNair, Onizuka, Jarvis and pilot Smith. Cleanup to be conducted at Patrick AFB with debris mainly thermal tiles and small wreckage recovered along a 50 by 100 mile area southeast of Canaveral.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
New Hampshire
Christa McAuliffe
Coast Guard
Joe Carr
John Shults
Defense Department
Patrick Air Force Base
McAuliffe
Francis R. Scobee
Michael J. Smith
Judith A. Resnik
Ronald E. McNair
Ellison S. Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Scobee
Miss Resnik
McNair
Onizuka
Jarvis
Hughes Aircraft
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Gus Garden
AP Laser Photo
Concord, N.H
Caroline
Steven
Scott
Main Street
Steve Holdsworth
Jesse Moore
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Challenger
Kennedy Space Center
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