Six Americans Ten Vie For Space Probe
Washington selection lists six American candidates and four Europeans for two Spacelab roles on a seven day shuttle mission set for December 1980 from Cape Canaveral. Ann Whitaker of Huntsville among Americans. ESA picks include Franco Malerba Ulf Merbold Claude Nicollier and Wubbo Ockels. The Spacelab crew will perform 72 experiments during the orbit 155 miles up.
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Cape Canaveral
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Ala
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Palm Desert
Calif
NASA
Michael Lampton
University of California At Berkeley
Robert Menzies
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Byron Lichtergert
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Richard Terrile
California Institute of Technology
Paris
ESA
Franco Malerba
Milan
Ulf Merbold
Stuttgart
Claude Nicollier
Netherlands
Wubbo Ockels
Groningen Uni
Women Allowed in More Army Units Including 82nd
The Army opens many units to women including the elite 82nd Airborne Division. Women may join air defense missiles rocket field artillery and other organizational levels except battalion-size infantry armor and other direct combat branches. The policy keeps helicopter pilots off limits.
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UPI
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Women Seen Entering More Army Roles in Era of Open Specialties
The Army plans greater female assignments including some combat leeway in 377 specialties, with 16 still closed to women. An example notes a woman pilot could fly a transport helicopter and serve in nondirect combat roles aboard the Blackhawk. The Air Force, Navy and Marines bar women from combat by law, while other services expand openings. Meanwhile CDC officials in Atlanta outline an early warning system at major airports to detect a Russian influenza outbreak via incoming flights from Moscow and Hong Kong, with epidemiologists stationed at hubs like New York, D.C., Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Honolulu and Anchorage.
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National Center For Disease Control
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Carter aides say federal jobs meet expectations in survey
A Ralph Nader survey finds most public interest operatives who joined the government after Carter took office are satisfied with their jobs. A majority say Civil Service rules hinder work and most set no conditions before taking the positions.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Vacation Punchlines Across A Passport of Laughs
A collection of light travel jokes about saving for Europe and returning home, airport frisking humor, Sophia Loren in Rome, and a Moon Hilton punchline. The humor centers on couples travelers and celebrity quips.
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Moon- Hilton
Alfred Sheinwold Bridge Column Guide Offer
In a Christmas era bridge problem South seeks a trick steal after West signals low spades. West gains by signaling with four trumps, leading to a complex defense and declarer recovery. A Pocket Guide to Bridge by Alfred Sheinwold is offered for $1.25 and mailed to Sheinwolden Bridge, P.O. Box 1000, Los Angeles.
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Sheinwolden Bridge
Silver Passbook Account Savings Offer
Savings deposited for at least one year earn 6 percent interest. Initial deposit of 500 dollars required. Additions may be made at any time in any amount. Withdrawals may be made at the end of each year without penalty.
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