Wrist radiotelephones on sale within a decade
A House space subcommittee heard that Americans could buy Dick Tracy type wrist radios for about ten dollars within ten years. A satellite ten times larger than present ones would enable nationwide talk, with Space industry analysts predicting wide use and space industrialization potential. The plan involves NASA funding and Shuttle launch use for assembly in orbit, with high anticipated returns.
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Washington
House
Advanced Space Mission Studies
Aerospace Corp
Subcommittee On Space Science and Applications
Ivan Bekey
Bekey
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Color satellites could aid rail, nuclear tracking and weather
Bekey predicted color could aid tracking of railroad cars and nuclear material both stored and shipped by 1985. McDonnell Douglas Astronautics said large in orbit Earth observing satellites could yield 2.4 billion yearly by 1990 through crops timber fisheries and mineral surveys and weather prediction. The firm also cited NASA work claiming space processing could yield purer anti hemophilia drug by thirty times.
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Bekey
P. L. Smith
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co
Smith
NASA
Earth
Lava Wall Races Toward Kalapana Hawaii Villages
A 30 foot lava wall from Kilauea sped toward Kalapana Hawaii threatening 120 homes and two churches. Geologist Dan Dzurisin said the flow was accumulating a mile from the village and avalanching toward the hamlet as residents evacuated.
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Kalapana
Hawaii
UPI
Kilauea
Dan Dzurisin
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Susan Hughes
Civil Defense
Dzurisin
Deregulation Fight Nears Victory In Senate Gas Plan
The Senate stalled in a two week filibuster as the Pearson Bentsen deregulation plan for newly produced natural gas won a 50 to 44 test vote. Leaders see eventual passage amid ongoing amendments and House opposition.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sen
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Senate House
James Pearson
R-Kan
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
House
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Thomas O'Neill
Chamber
Robert Byrd
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Pearson-Bentsen
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Abourezk
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Judge Allows Pulling Teen Life Support at Mendota Hospital
Dane County Judge Robert Pekowsky ruled the teen, committed to Mendota on his 18th birthday, is legally dead under a brain death standard. Doctors will disconnect the respirator and perform an autopsy to preserve organs for transplants as per the order.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
Mendota State Hospital
James Doyle
Dane County
Robert Pekowsky
Pekowsky
Mendota
Wisconsin
American hostage rushed to hospital amid Dacca hijack crisis
An American hostage on the Paris to Tokyo hijacked jet was moved to Red Cross hospital in Dacca with serious chest pains during a 78 hour standoff. John Gabriel, a California banker among 141 aboard, faced possible execution if ransom and prisoner releases were not met. The hijackers demanded 6 million dollars and the release of nine jailed comrades.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
UPI
Red Army
California
John Gabriel
Red Cross
Gabriel
Foreign Ministry
Tokyo
Abdul Gaffur Mahmood
Carter Orders High Ag Official to Quit Lobbying
President Carter says an assistant agriculture secretary, Robert Meyer, must stop lobbying related to an irrigation dispute over his 2600 acre Imperial Valley California land. He noted no illegal action but warned against using official position for financial advantage.
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Carter
Washington
UPI
White House
California
Robert Meyer
Farm Editors of America
Meyer
Imperial Valley
Bob Meyer
Pakistan postpones elections and bans politics nationwide
Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, head of Pakistan's martial law government, announced the indefinite postponement of national elections slated for October 18. He also banned all political activity nationwide, saying the country's existence and integrity are at stake and that political activity threatens law and order.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Mohammed Zia ul-Haq
Zia
Pasadena man creates world first manpowered aircraft
A Pasadena resident has built the world’s first successful human powered aircraft, marking a notable aviation milestone. The claim appears on page 14 with weather notes and other notices mentioned elsewhere in the edition.
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Pasadena
Calif
No service transfer data leaked says Air Force
The Air Force reports a four month probe found no evidence that personnel transfer lists were leaked to Bellevue real estate firms. The investigation, started May 23, examined 400 personnel and NEACP moves from Andrews Air Force Base to Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha.
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Air Force
Nebraska
Lincoln Journal
Bud Ross
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Andrews
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Bellevue
Ruling may void faculty pacts at state colleges
A Court of Industrial Relations ruling in a Chadron State College case may void faculty contracts at all four state colleges. The ruling finds the State College Board of Trustees acted with illegal labor practice by recognizing a minority union for campuswide bargaining. The decision orders disestablishment of HEAN and its Chadron unit pending further action, with potential wide consequences until clarified.
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Jack Kennedy
Court of Industrial Relations
CIR
Chadron State College
State College Board of Trustees
Chadron
CIA
Spencer
Nebraska
State Education Assn
Teacher Association
Ted Kessner
Industrial Relations Court
Kessner
HEAN
Chadron State College Education Assn
Richard Bringelsen
State College Board
Savings bond sales suspended as debt ceiling clash stalls Congress
The Treasury Dept suspended sale of U S savings bonds after Congress failed to agree on a debt limit rise. Senate approved a 752 billion ceiling for six months, House proposed 773 billion for a year.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Dept
U.S
Congress
Senate
House
Carter
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Newhouse News Service
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Harry Frey
Ann Landershop
Lincoln
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