Pioneer Venus 2 launches to probe Venus atmosphere
The second American Venus mission sails from Kennedy Space Center to scatter five probes into Venus atmosphere aiming to assess if a water-rich Earth-like life may exist. Pioneer Venus 2, costing about 225 million dollars, travels a direct route to reach Venus by December 9, joining a sister craft already en route.
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Mountain View
Calif
Venus
Florida
Kennedy Space Center
Earth
NASA
Viking
Mars
Red Planet
Alvin Seiff
Ames Research Center
Basic necessities drive higher inflation in second quarter
An inflation study by Gar Alperovitz and Jeff Faux for the National Center for Economic Alternatives finds basic necessities food shelter medical care and energy rising 15 percent in the second quarter. Energy up 12.3 percent food 20.9 percent shelter 12.8 percent medical care 7.5 percent.
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Washington
Gar Alperovitz
Jeff Faux
National Center For Economic Alternatives
Paul Tibbets recalls Hiroshima mission in new book
Columbus aviation firm head Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, recalls the Hiroshima bombing in The Tibbets Story. He describes the atomic blast, defends the mission’s necessity, and reflects on wartime decisions, Truman’s words, and the postwar nuclear age.
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Columbus, Ohio
Paul Tibbets
Hiroshima
Tibbets
509Th Composite Group
White House
Truman
Air Force
Europe
North
Africa
Dwight Eisenhower
Gibraltar
Army Air Corps
University of Cincinnati
Quincy
Krr
Claud Fatherly
Eatherly
Nagasaki
Bikini Atoll
Soviet Baptists sentenced for Sunday school in Kirghiz republic
Two Soviet Baptists in the Kirghiz Republic were sentenced to labor camp terms for organizing a Sunday Bible class for children from Kant and Lyuksemburg. The Soviet Kirghizia newspaper reported the convictions, with copies arriving in Moscow Saturday.
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Moscow
Kirghiz Republic
Soviet Kirgizia
Gorpenyuk
Mook
Kant
Lyuksemburg
14 year study links smoking to lung and heart disease
CHICAGO AP A 14 year study funded by six major tobacco firms concludes cigarette smoking contributes to chronic obstructive lung disease and heart disease while nicotine may trigger ulcers AMA sponsored and releasing a 369 page report calls the research supportive though not new Industry backers say conclusions were based on inconclusive earlier work and funded a global research effort involving 844 researchers across 5 US and 13 foreign institutions with contributors American Brands Brown and Williamson Liggett Lorillard Phillip Morris and Reynolds.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
AMA
Frank Chappell
Tobacco Industry
U.S
American Brands, Inc
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp
Liggett Group Inc
Lorillard Co
Phillip Morris Inc
KJ. Reynolds Industries
Flood death toll climbs in Texas after tropical storm Amelia
In ALBANY and nearby towns volunteers searched flood swaths across central and north western Texas for more victims. Officials reported a rising death toll with 21 dead by Saturday as rivers crested and more areas faced renewed flooding downstream. Albany counted at least four dead and two missing after a 20-foot wall of water surged through a dry creekbed.
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Albany
Texas
Amelia
West
Hill
Bandera
Comfort
Center Point
Grandparents Day cards scarce ahead of debut
National Grandparents Day is Sept. 10 after Congress proclaimed it and the President signed the bill on July 28. Card makers race to meet lead times with Hallmark shipping early, American Greetings planning wait until 1980, while industry sales reach about 1.4 billion dollars annually.
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Cleveland
Jackie Roddy
Congress
Bokun
Hallmark
American Greetings Corp
Robert Fulton
Fulton
Carter backs loans and anti smoking drive in tobacco country
President Carter told a Wilson North Carolina rally that a $30 million federal anti smoking campaign can run alongside financial help for tobacco farmers. He praised ongoing health research and defended a low cost federal price support for tobacco as long as he is in the White House. He mocked HEW Secretary Califano while touring the tobacco region and urged support for a Senate candidate opposing Jesse Helms.
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Norfolk
Navy
Washington
Wilson
Carter
Joseph A. Califano, Jr
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Thad
Joe Califano
Califano
Weather shower likely with cool, thundershowers possible
A day of showers and cool air is forecast with a chance of thundershowers. High near 70 with cooler trends into Monday as clouds increase and a high around 75 is expected.
80-year-old Middletown artist returns to painting
An 80-year-old Middletown man, Robert Stewart, resumes painting after years away to support himself, now blending art with an interest in history. Jeri Izer and Bob Wendt provide the illustrated feature on page 33, highlighting a revived hobby and its past.
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Robert Stewart
Middletown Area
Jeri Izer
Bob Wendt
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Gary Thornerfelt
Escondido
Enola Gay
Baptists
Committee For Research On
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National Association of Greeting Card Publishers
Hallmark Cards Inc
Fred Bokun
Peter Bourne
Senate
Jesse Helms
JOB Opportunities Inc
John Leach
Middletown City
Tom Muchmore
Fido
Felix
Ginger Williams
Erma Bombeck
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