NASA Lab Jet Crash Ends Major Ames Research Venture
An in flight collision destroyed NASA’s Convair 990 jet near Moffett Field killing sixteen scientists technicians and crewmen. The loss jeopardizes future research programs with no replacement aircraft available. The plane carried one million dollars in equipment and was testing oceanographic camera gear after a Bering Sea survey.
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Mountain View
Calif
Space Agency Laboratory
National Aeronautics and de Administration
NASA
Navy
Moffett Field
Hans Mark
Ames Research Center
Ames
Galileo
U.S
Mark
Beirut refinery attacked as two oil tanks blown up
Two 100000 barrel tanks at the Mediterranean Refinery Co. and Tapline facility were blown and set ablaze near Beirut. The Lebanese Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility vowing more attacks, while government officials said other charges were disarmed and casualties were unconfirmed.
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Harry Dunphy
Associated Press
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Lebanon
Abanese
Mobil Oil
Caltex
Mediterranean Refinery Co
Trans-Rabian Pipeline
Tapline
Lebanese Revolutionary Guard
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lack of Space and Staff Strains VA Hospitals Nationwide
VA hospital officials nationwide say they lack sufficient staff and space to deliver high quality care. Many report patchwork repairs, persistent fire hazards, and extreme summer heat. 167 facilities cited their most pressing needs in a House Veterans Affairs Committee survey.
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Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Hospital
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Albany, N.Y
Quake Report Strong Near Nicaragua Area
The National Earthquake Information Center reports a strong quake about 120 miles southeast of Managua. Geophysicist Carl Von Hake says the 6.7 magnitude quake struck at 3:34 a.m. EST and lasted several seconds. He notes prior December quakes measured 6.2 and warns of possible damage if villages are affected.
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Boulder, Colo
Managua
Nicaragua
National Earthquake Information Center
Carl von Hake
Center
von Hake
Meat boycott threats ripple nationwide
The National Consumer Congress in Washington pledged a two week boycott in May if Congress does not roll back food prices to the January 10 level. In Los Angeles Fight Inflation Together says a second boycott will run April 30.
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Washington
National Consumer Congress
Congress
Los Angeles
Consumer Congress
June Donavan
FIT
Freeing veteran Astorga tied to freeway ram assault probe
Jose Manuel Astorga 21 and Esteban Peraza Garcia 22, both of San Diego, were arrested in a freeway ram assault investigation after being released Friday following bookings for displaying a weapon in a threatening manner. Astorga, an Army specialist fifth class and former helicopter gunner, was freed March 4 following a Viet Cong captivity.
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San Diego
Calif
Jose Manuel Astorga
Astorga
Esteban Peraza Garcia
Letterman Army Hospital
San Francisco
U S pressers Lebanon to curb Palestinian guerrillas
The United States pressures Lebanon to restrain Palestinian guerrillas encamped within its borders. Washington aims to cool Arab support by public campaigns while maintaining dialogue with Arab governments. State Department spokesman Charles W. Bray criticizes Yasir Arafat for linking Israeli raids to U S officials amid regional tensions.
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United States
Israel
Lebanon
Washington
Washington Daily
Middle East
U.S
Beirut
State Department
Voice of Palestine
Charles W. Bray
Department
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Armin Meyer
Bray
Arafat
Middletown Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Weekend Ahead
The Middletown area is set for mostly sunny and warmer conditions with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Clouds will increase Sunday with a chance of late afternoon showers and tonight’s lows in the low to mid 40s.
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Middletown
London factory worker vows to raise sunken Titanic
Douglas Wooley 38, a nylon-stocking factory worker, marks the Titanic's 61st anniversary by claiming he will raise the ship this year. He cites a new Hungarian descent method using bathyspheres and hydrogen lifts, plans a May Hong Kong pilot, then a summer attempt off Newfoundland to recover jewels worth about 200 million and restore the liner as a floating museum in Liverpool.
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Fred Coleman
Associated Press
London
Douglas Wooley
Woolley
Budapest
Ambros Balas
Laszlo Szaszkoe
Danube
Hong Kong
Liverpool
Marine College
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