Satellite launch set Friday in a push for urban and fisheries data
A complex NASA ERTS A satellite, weighing 1965 pounds, is scheduled for launch from Lompoc California next Friday. The mission aims to improve urban growth tracking, crop forecasts, mapping, and fisheries insights by providing near real time data to the Census Bureau the Agriculture Department the Geological Survey and NOAA. The project involves about 300 investigators from 43 states and 31 foreign countries and will study urban changes around San Francisco and other cities while assessing water use and open spaces in county planning.
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National Space Agency
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Lompoc
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Bureau of the Census
Agriculture Department
Geological Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eign
NASA
James Wray
San Francisco
California
Wray
Department of Agriculture
Kelly
Missouri
South Dakota
Idaho
Kansas
William Stevenson
NOAA
Congress moves to intensify attack on killer diseases
Congress advances two health authorization bills amid White House opposition. A three year 1.29 billion plan targets heart and lung diseases and a 270 million program expands communicable disease control including venereal disease tuberculosis and German measles. Senate bills differ in totals and structure. The heart bill envisions new research centers faster grants and a national plan. The communicable disease bill assigns 150 million to venereal disease with rising gonorrhea cases since 1962.
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Frank Sinatra confronts crime committee over frontman claim
Washington AP Frank Sinatra testified before a House Select Committee, denouncing a witness for alleging he fronted for La Cosa Nostra at Fontainebleau and Sands hotels. He urged immediate refutation and defended stock purchases as his own money. The crowded room included many fans as Sinatra walked to the hearing.
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Frank Sinatra
House Select Crime Committee
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Joseph
the Baron
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Las Vegas
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Barboza
Phillips
Fon
Tainebleau
Fontainebleau
Sands Hotel
AP and Hsinhua discuss news exchange
The Associated Press and Hsinhua China News Agency plan a news and photo exchange. AP president Wes Gallagher heads to Peking with AP chairman Paul Miller and others for talks after months of negotiations.
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Associated Press
Hsinhua
Wes Gallagher
Peking
Paul Miller
Gannett
Henry Hartzenbusch
Tokyo
Horst
June Industrial Production Rises Modestly
Washington reports a 0.3 percent rise in the June industrial production index, matching May and lagging April, signaling only a modest gain in the economy. The Nixon era wage price controls return for small lumber firms, as the Cost of Living Council limits lumber price increases, confirming a restrained inflation path.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Cost of Living Council
Subsidy plan to trim U S wheat acres eyed at 25 million
The Agriculture Department unveiled a 1.1 billion dollar subsidy to reduce wheat acreage next year, a record for payments, with changes to entice more harvests. The program keeps the 1.25 dollar per bushel loan price and depends on market conditions and Soviet grain sales. It targets taking 25 million acres out of wheat production, up from 20 million this harvest.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
Glenn A. Weir
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Weir
Three judges take up Bank Secrecy Act challenge in San Francisco
A panel of three federal judges took under submission the first court challenge to the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970. The act would require banks to microfilm all checks for government inspection, with ACLU and California Bankers Association arguing it violates privacy. The case, filed June 22, seeks to block enforcement. a prior temporary restraining order remained in effect while the panel decides.
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John J. McCarthy
Tax Division
Department of Justice
Neil Horton
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Cba-Aclu
U.S
William T. Sweigert
Vacation talk you hear when you return home
A string of light humorous lines about the awkwardness and banter people share after returning from a vacation. Neighbors tease about tan lines, gas bills, undercharged lodge refunds, and the mix of sympathy and curiosity over others’ trips.
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New York
George
Work force jumps in 71 Arkansas employment rise
Arkansas total labor force climbed 23,800 in 1971 to a record 745,800 with nearly all gains in nonagricultural jobs. Agricultural workers rose slightly from 58,400 to 58,600. Factory hours edged up from 39.8 to 39.9 per week and hourly earnings rose from 2.48 to 2.63.
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Arkansas
J. Merle Lemley
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