Skylab team scouts African swamp and South American formations
Skylab astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma shift from a six hour failed dehumidifier leak search to airborne documentation of Okovanggo Swamp in Botswana and Bolimia and the Patagonia Desert in Argentina. They will use solar telescopes and test a one man flying machine while Neil Hutchinson reports progress and plans next steps.
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Houston
UPI
South America
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Garriott
Okovanggo
Botswana
Bolimia
Patagonia
Argentina
Bean
Lousma
Neil Hutchinson
Skylab
Hearings Set On Auto And Steel Price Increases
United Press International reports the Cost of Living Council will hold hearings next week on auto price increases from General Motors Ford Chrysler and American Motors and on steel price hikes for August 30 and 31. The price raises follow the lifting of price controls under Phase IV. Economists Hymans and Shapiro of the University of Michigan foresee 1974 as a year of slow growth with a rebound later in the year. Retailers released second quarter results with Sears Roebuck posting record sales and earnings up 17 percent. Kresge and Lerner also reported gains. Crown Zellerbach Canada cited pollution controls for a $10 per ton newsprint price rise.
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United Press International
Cost of Living Council
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
University of Michigan
Saul H. Hymans
Harold T. Shapiro
Sears Roebuck Co
Sears
S. S. Kresge Co
Lerner Stores
Test tube babies predicted in coming generations
UPI reports biologist James Bonner of Caltech said in a lecture at California State University, San Francisco that test tube births could scale massively within two or three generations. He argued fears of engineered drones or super soldiers are unfounded and warned humanity must use science to bypass the genetic lottery to avoid extinction.
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San Francisco
UPI
James Bonner
Bonner
California Institute of Technology
California State University
Atlantic raft voyage ends after 100 days at sea
Cozumel Mexico reports the Acali raft crew of five men and six women completes a 5000 mile Atlantic crossing. The voyage, guided by Maria Bjornstam, faced Hurricane Brenda and ended with medical debriefing and isolation for psychological study.
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Cozumel
Mexico
UPI
Yucatan Peninsula
Acali
Maria Bjornstam
Canary Islands
Caribbean Sea
Brenda
Enlisted men to be servants
The Pentagon issued a regulation permitting admirals and generals to use enlisted personnel as servants. Volunteers may serve as valets cooks waiters and social secretaries. The directive also allows officers below flag rank to request enlisted aides where representation requires.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Defense Department
Defense
William P. Clements
Armed Forces
Defense Secretary
Marion Illinois City Drops Property Taxes After Surplus Growth
Marion Illinois with a 13 000 population council decides not to pass a property tax levy this year effectively wiping out the tax. Mayor Robert L Butler notes seven tax cuts in nine years while the city funded major projects and built a substantial surplus.
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Marion, Ill
UPI
Illinois
Robert L. Butler
Marion
Chicago
Butler
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Vancouver
B.C
Crown Zellerbach
Robert G. Rogers
Paulin
Armstrong
West Ocean — RE
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America
Starlite
General Telephone
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