Polluted air mass traced from St. Louis to Iowa
A helium balloon mission traced a city pollution plume from St. Louis to Iowa, suggesting urban emissions can foul distant rural air. EPA officials cite evidence of long-range drift and rising questions for clean-air strategy amid proposals to ease stack emissions. Crew reported respiratory irritation as they observed ozone persisting at 2,000 feet and drifting toward the Midwest.
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Iowa
Washington
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Earth
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Jimmie Craig
U.S. Naval Weapons Center
China Lake
Calif
Vera Simons
Washington, D.C
Otis Imboden
National Geographic Society
Rudolf J. Englemann
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency
NOAA
Boulder
Cole
Engelman
Miss Simons
Consumer Reports Bread Verdicts Stir Up Taste Buds
Consumer Reports May issue ranks 33 breads on nutrition and price in New York and Washington tests. Safeway Premium White Enriched Bread tops quality yet is cheap at 39 cents per pound, while Pepperidge Farm Sprouted Wheat and Wonder Enriched fall mid to lower ranks. Thomas Rite Diet Bread previously topped the rat tests but was discontinued, leaving researchers puzzled over the fate of the favored loaf.
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Washington, D.C
Safeway Premium
Pepperidge Farm
Lucky Safeway
S.B. Thomas Inc
Totowa
N.J
New York
Bakers.Franchise Corp
Safeway
Why not Reagan
A columnist muses on whether Ronald Reagan could be President, tracing how America once prized practical invention and national unity through railroads and education, then shifted to image and media packaging. The piece contrasts past leaders like Garfield Carnegie Whitman Twain and Grant with today’s focus on televised appeal, ratings, and marketable personas as the nation questions its identity and leadership.
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Ronald Reagan
United States
Smithsonian Institute
America
James A. Garfield
Andrew Carnegie
Panama Canal
Barbara Walters
Mark Twain
Ulysses S. Grant
Henry Adams
Adams
Grant
Charlie Chan Dog Scared by Thunder in Closet
A narrator wakes to a squeaking closet door and a thunderstorm as Charlie Chan trembles in the bathroom. The 95 pound shepherd with a basso bark is frightened by lightning, forcing the narrator to confront the intraperson intruder in a tense domestic moment.
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Charlie Chan
Kelly
Old John Robinson Show Draws Crowds In Tent
Column recalls a crowded tent show noted as tip top yesterday with both afternoon and evening crowds. Included are nostalgic bits from decades past and local anecdotes about dogs, TV, ERA debates, and garden patio scenes, reflecting village life and memories.
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John Robinson
Today in History June 21 1976 highlights
Today marks June 21, 1976, the 173rd day of the year with 193 remaining. Notable events include the U.S. Constitution taking effect after New Hampshire ratified it in 1788, Cyrus McCormick patenting the reaping machine in 1834, and key World War II moments such as Tobruk’s fall in 1942 and Okinawa's surrender in 1945.
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New Hampshire
Cyrus McCormick
U.S
Cuba
Scapa Flow
Scotland
Tobruk
Libya
Okinawa
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