Californians may face quake warning before big event
California could see warnings before a major earthquake, say researchers. Mileti and Haas note insurance becoming common, while social disruption and economic impact could follow even if the quake prediction proves wrong. Palmdale bulge and San Andreas faults frame ongoing studies and debates.
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California
Dennis Mileti
Colorado State University
J. Eugene Haas
University of Colorado
Mileti
Dieters face a 3 way sabotage obesity study
Yale psychologist DrJudith Rodin reported at an APA meeting that most overweight people are not weak willed but highly responsive to environmental food cues. She urged environment construction and reduced advertising, noting 30 million Americans are overweight and obesity treatments exceed a billion dollars yearly with poor success.
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San Francisco
Yale
U.S
Judith Rodin
Dr. Rodin
American Psychological Association
APA
Rodin
Voyager II computer switch causes worrisome delay to arm snap
NASA officials traced Voyager II's failed command to a secondary computer switching from main memory to an auxiliary unit, triggering a programmed halt during a boom snap maneuver. Scientists plan to retry the arm placement while voyage trajectory fixes extend Voyager I preparations.
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Pasadena
Voyager
Don Dane
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bane
Medical detective work uncovers hidden cancer branch
National Cancer Institute researchers traced a lost branch of the Ray Southerland family, finding seven more cancer victims in Indiana and Illinois. The family, once from Terre Haute to Miami, shows a pattern of cancer across generations with a suspected genetic predisposition.
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Miami
Ray Southerland
Terre Haute
Ind
Institute
Southerland
June
William Blattner
NCI
UMW Chiefs Urge End to Wildcat Coal Strike
Charleston officials of United Mine Workers District 17 press for miners to return to work as talks open to end a two month wildcat walkout. Cecil Roberts and Jack Perry urge members to come back Sunday midnight shift to avoid further union damage and member deaths.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers Dist
Cecil Roberts
Dist
UMW
President sees 'a beginning' to China ties
President Carter, after a China visit, called it a good beginning toward full diplomatic relations but cautioned it is premature to draw firm conclusions. He, with Secretary of State Vance, outlined positions on normalization and human rights and planned further meetings in coming weeks and months.
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Washington
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
China
Peking
White House
Vance
Walter F. Mondale
Defense
Harold Brown
National Security
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Hua Kuo-feng
United States
Far East
Ford
Andrews Air Force Base
Hua
Teng
People’s Republic of China
Mao Tsi- Tung
Taiwan
Tokyo
Takeo Fukuda
Fukuda
Japan
New Con Ed study rewinds blackout fault findings
New York Con Edison releases a second phase analysis of the July blackout. It states a West Side control operator may not have properly used a manual load-shedding console and that automatic restoration failed due to multiple equipment malfunctions. The report notes no drop in demand after initial cuts and details faults at Millwood and Buchanan substations and a reclosing circuit disconnected near Indian Point No 3.
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San Andreas
San Francisco
Bay Area
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Consolidated Edison Co
West End Avenue
Manhattan
New Jersey
New York Power Pool
Millwood
Westchester County
Buchanan South
Indian Point No. 3
Buchanan
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Ralph H. Turner
UCLA
California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
Jerry P. Eaton
Geological Survey
Mojave Besert
Los Angeles
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San Fernando Area
Californias
California Coast
Santa Cruz
San Jose
Alaska
Jack F. Evernden
Menlo Park
Jupiter
Cape Canaveral
JPL
Frank Bristow
Florida
Bristow
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Uranus
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Tere
Bethesda
Romlett
Stephen
Jane
Roberts
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