Kwajalein Base Creates Brisk Wealth Gap On Pacific Island
The Kwajalein missile range houses 3000 Americans with free movies golf and top schools while Marshallese on nearby Edye 73 face poverty disease and crowded slums On-island leaders warn the base brings dependency yet officials say it funds local government taxes and reparations.
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Pacific
United States
California
Edye
George Allen
South Africa
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U.S
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Robert L. Russell
Russell
Amata Kabua
Congress of Micronesia
Ebeye
Ataji Balos
Congress
Marshall Islands
Senate ok exempts school social events from sex rule
Arizona officials praised the 88 to 0 Senate vote approving an amendment exempting mother daughter and father son socials from the sex discrimination ban. The measure also protects Boys State and Girls State events and scholarships linked to Miss America and Junior Miss pageants.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
U.S. Senate
Carolyn Warner
Senate
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
American Legion
Fannin
Scottsdale, Ariz
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Viking scoops Mars soil as life tests advance
The Viking 1 lander scooped a fresh trench on Mars for life detecting tests while Viking 2 orbits and photographs the surface ahead of its Sep 3 descent. Early pyrolytic release results hint at life but could be nonbiological. Tests wrap in about a week with more soil sent to biology experiments starting Saturday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking 2
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