Mysterious high altitude explosions puzzle scientists
Palisades New York AP reports acoustical researchers from Columbia University say seven loud explosions, some equal to a 100 ton dynamite blast, disrupted windows from Connecticut to South Carolina. Lamont Laboratory sensors detected Dec 2 and last Thursday blasts, too strong for aircraft, with no seismic evidence.
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South Carolina
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Columbia University
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Joseph Manger
Barnegat Township
N.J
Disability burden grows beyond Social Security fixtures
The article examines rising disability costs across Social Security disability insurance, Civil Service pensions, and private plans. It highlights fund depletion, congressional tax shifts, and widespread reliance on disability benefits amid broader economic factors and employer protections.
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Social Security Administration
Congress
Rutgers University
Gerald Parker
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Conference Board
Bankers Trust
Begin to meet Sadat on Christmas Day at Ismailia
Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin planned a Christmas Day meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Sadat's Ismailia residence. They would lunch and hold talks, with Begin flying in for the event amid Cairo peace conference discussions and setbacks over the West Bank. Syria and Saudi Arabia denounced the proposals, calling for end to occupation, while Beirii saw an embassy bombing scare defused.
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Wiggy to Spend Christmas at Lincoln Regional Center
A.O. Wiggenjost, 75, will await a final hearing on his care and treatment at the Lincoln Regional Center after Lancaster County officials found probable cause. Wiggy was moved from his condemned Pawnee Street home to Lincoln General Hospital and then to the regional center amid concerns of mental disorder possibly linked to malnutrition and a decade of a broken heating system.
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Lincoln Regional Center
Lancaster County Mental Health Board
A.O. Wiggen Jost
Pawnee
Lincoln General Hospital
Lincoln
Fred Soflin Jr
Robert Harrison
Lancaster County Welfare Department
Neligh Snowstorm Creates Zero Visibility and Drifting Odds
A winter storm brought up to four inches of drifting snow with high winds causing near zero visibility in Neligh. Icy and snowpacked roads were reported in Ainsworth Valentine and O Neill along Interstate 80 between Big.
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Ainsworth
Valentine
O'Neill
Interstate 80
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Springs
Grand Island
North Platte
Kearney
Lincoln
Paul Jacobson
Nebraska
National Weather Service
West
East
Genetic research urged careful oversight at UM commencement
Secretary Joseph Califano warned 1,800 University of Michigan graduates that genetic science must be closely regulated, calling for democratic input on recombinant DNA research while noting the field’s promise and potential Pandora’s box risks. He urged transparency and warned against closed doors in science policy.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph Califano
Califano
University of Michigan
Carter Plans Year End TV Interview After Christmas
Washington sources say President Carter intends an hour long live interview with ABC CBS and NBC plus PBS after the Christmas holidays and before a nine day foreign trip starting December 29. The interview would be scheduled once he returns to Plains Georgia.
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UPI
Carter
Public Broadcasting Service
Plains
Hy-Gain posts $24.5 million loss amid CB sales drop
Hy-Gain Electronics Corp. reports a fiscal year loss of 24.5 million on 50.4 million in sales. Chairman Andros cites CB import oversupply from the Far East and FCC 40 channel sets as key causes, with equity down and cash dividends cut. The Lincoln maker eyes long term viability in personal communications.
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Hy-Gain Electronics Corp
Andy Andros
Citizens Band Radios
Far East
Hy-Gain
Andros
Woman taken to Lincoln Regional Center after airport incident
A woman was restrained by police at Lincoln Municipal Airport after driving a van onto a parking apron near the Frontier landing area. She fled toward a loading gate where passengers were boarding, was restrained, and taken to the Lincoln Regional Center. Gov. J. J. Exon was among those boarding at the time en route to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
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Lincoln Municipal Airport
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Frontier
Gov. J. J. Exon
Memphis
Tenn
Federal judge grants new trial to two Filipino nurses
A federal judge on Monday ordered a new trial for two Filipino nurses convicted of poisoning patients at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital. He harshly criticized government prosecutors for their conduct.
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