Jefferson City Plans July Fourth Celebration Details
Jefferson City hosts a July Fourth program with a 4 p.m. parade and a 9 p.m. fireworks show. At least 10 contests for all ages are set on Jefferson and Monroe Streets and East Capitol Avenue, with sponsors including the Jaycees Evening Newcomers Club and Zonta. A variety show and remarks by local groups cap the day. inquiries to the commission office are listed.
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Jefferson City
American Revolution Commission
Jefferson
Monroe Streets
East Capitol Avenue
Capital City
Toastmasters Club
Trinity Lutheran Church
Howard's Bluff
Charlotte Ann. Griffen
Dynamite Kids
Huge satellite could give power to the world
Boeing researchers Woodcock and Gregory propose the Powersat a 71,000 ton orbiting mirror system in low earth orbit at 22 000 miles up to harvest solar energy. A 22 square mile mirror field would feed 10 000 megawatts via thermal engines and microwaves to Earth. Projected cost 60 billion plus 13 billion per satellite with a 30 year payback at 2 5 cents per kilowatt hour. Six satellites would cover Japan and 35 to 40 would meet US base load.
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Seattle
Boeing Aerospace Co
Boeing
Gordon R. Woodcock
Daniel L. Gregory
Grand Coulee Dam
Woodcock
Gregory
Earth
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Astronautical Society
Powersat
Japan
United States
Windustries promotes wind power as energy solution
Kansas lawyers William Ward and Lance Burr form Windustries to solicit $5 memberships, aim for consumer-driven wind and solar projects, and seek federal grants. They envision small windmills for towns and cottages, with pilot projects in Garden City and along the Kansas Turnpike, stressing public ownership and rapid development of solar energy.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
William H. Ward
Lance W. Burr
Great Plainsindustries, Inc
Burr
Kansas Attorney General’s Office
Ward
Windustries
Douglas County
Lawrence
Edge of
Canada
Burr and
Volved
Menninger Foundation
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma
Kansas Turnpike
Kansas City
Dodge City
Sandusky
Ohio
Garden City
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Riverview Dr
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Jack W. Hires
Benton
Schulte
Meadow
IGA Foodliners
Ton White
Otemel
Wal-Mart Shoe and Save
Wal-M
Mlapoeri Bivd
Don Zehnder
United Telephone Co
United Way
Zehnder
MiGal
Dupon Gayety
Proctor Silex
Rea
Tgey
Fouron Aladdin
Goupon
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