Postal Service admits machines damaging mail
The Postal Service disclosed a large cache of damaged mail at Chicago, revealing 3.7 million articles, mostly books, torn from wrappers by new bulk mail machinery. The agency will process heavier book parcels by hand and tighten wrapping materials after internal reviews and congressional hearings.
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Washington
Postal Service
Chicago
Capitol Hill
House Post Office Committee
House
Charles H. Wilson
D-Calif
Detroit
Battle Over National Solar Energy Research Center
The Energy Research and Development Administration opened bids to manage the first stage of the Solar Energy Research Institute. The center would become the nation’s leading solar energy R and D agency, employing hundreds and attracting federal funding. States including Arizona California New Mexico Florida Texas New York and the New England coalition vie for the project.
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Washington
National Solar Energy Research Center
The
Energy Research and Development Administration
Solar Energy Research Institute
SERI
Solar Energy Research and Development
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Florida
Texas
New York
New England
Scotland Yard closes in on Irish terrorists in London
London detectives search for the hideout of an Irish terrorist group after a man bombed a subway train in the East End. The attacker drove the bombing as Irish Republican Army links are blamed. one bomber is in critical condition after shooting himself.
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London
Scotland Yard
Dirnday
Cockney East End
Cmdr
Roy Habershon
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Northern Ireland
Callaway aide denies ski resort wrongdoing
President of the Crested Butte ski area Ralph Walton says investigations into expansion lobbying will clear Callaway. FBI and Agriculture Department probe possible bribe to win Forest Service approval. New York Daily News cites additional meetings with federal officials.
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Denver
Howard
Bob Callaway
Ralph Walton
Callaway
Crested Butte
FBI
U.S. Forest Service
Gunnison
Agriculture Department
New York Daily News
Researchers may watch brains work in near future
A Bethesda doctor outlines a method to observe brain activity by injecting a radioactive glucose analog and tracking its metabolism in the brain. The approach, presented to the American Society for Neurochemistry in Vancouver, offers a possible alternative to electrode probing for mapping brain function.
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Vancouver
B.C
Bethesda
Louis Sikoloff
National Institute of Mental Health
American Society For Neurochemistry
Sokoloff
U S Suspends Ties With Equatorial Guinea Over Diplomatic Row
The United States cut diplomatic relations after Equatorial Guinea barred two American diplomats Ambassador Herbert J. Spiro and Consul William C. Mithoefer Jr amid an insulting letter and a subsequent persona non grata decree. The visit occurred March 4 to 9 under President Francisco Macias Nguema.
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Washington
United States
Equatorial Guinea
Menartmant Cave
U.S
Herbert J. Spiro
William C. Mithoefer Jr
Cameroun
Anoth
Vermont
Africa
Angola
Francisco Macias Nguema
Spiro
Mithoefer
State Department
Santiago Ensobiya Nehama
Santiago
Lebanese rebels fire warning shot at presidential palace
In Beirut a force opposing President Suleiman Franjieh fired a warning artillery shot at the hilltop palace as a remedy to push his resignation. Forces led by Lt. Ahmed Al Khatib pressed toward the palace while Palestinian Saiqa guerrillas and Syrian backing influenced the scene.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Ahmed al Khatib
Khatib
Aziz Ahdab
Franjieh
Raouf Samad
Mt. Lebanon
Ahdab
Saiqa Organization
Hafez Assad
Syria
Saiqa
Samad
Hamdoun
Cloge
Rashid Karami
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Solar Energy Research Center
Eee Gee Etewes
Forest Service
Ford
Army
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Ronald Reagan
Nelsen
Gunnison Country Times
Prince George's
Wilkins
William R. Cole
Thomas Nikir
Charles R. Norris
Rt. 1. Thurmont
Hi-Lo Oil Company
Norris
Trust
Vietnam
UniBank
Aspen Hill
Chevy Chase Pen Hil Shopping Center
Wisconsin Avenue
Hethesda
Fin Street
College Park
Hariwick Houe
University National Bank
Chevy Chase
Wayne Avenue
Hooker
Gaithershure
Walnut Hill Shopping Center
Ofer Olmy Shopping Cemer
Rile Giant Shopping Cotter Rockvile Pike
Mt. Airy Quine Orchant
Rockvile
Mt. Airy Shopping Center
Quince Orchard Shopping Center
Rockville
Riventak
Riverstaht
Keirath Avene
Silver Spring
Myer
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