Primary races in Wyoming and Utah shape party chances
In Wyoming eleven candidates vie for governor successor as the economy strains from farm and oil downturn. Seven Republicans and four Democrats contest the governorship after Ed Herschler declines a fourth term. In Utah, Terry Williams faces Craig Oliver for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Garn, with Garn set for a third term and no GOP opposition. The Vatican restricts dissent and sexual practices by limiting American Catholics, declaring Charles Curran unfit as a theologian and ending his tenure at Catholic University.
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Utah
Senate
Jake Gann
Ed Herschler
Terry Williams
Craig Oliver
Garn
Washington
Vatican
Catholic University of America
Charles Curran
Curran
U S B-52 Bomber Modification Under SALT II Clash
Air Force Chief Gen. Larry D. Welch confirms the 131st B 52 bomber is in modification to carry cruise missiles, signaling a move toward exceeding SALT II limits. Work reportedly began recently and could take about 90 days to complete, with no exact start or finish dates released.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Larry D. Welch
White House
Pentagon
Welch
Evacuation After Engine Fire On Republic DC-9 Flight
Passengers aboard Republic Airlines DC-9 Flight 478 from Dallas Fort Worth to Memphis evacuated via emergency chutes after an engine caught fire on landing at Memphis International Airport. The plane landed at 9 50 p m and flames were seen from the left engine as firefighters reported a smooth evacuation.
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Republic Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth
Memphis International
Francene Gafford
Memphis
Jack Barker
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
Ray Tyer
Memphis Fire Department
Inmate dies as fire fight spreads across five states
Hundreds of reinforcements head to fire lines in Washington where an inmate was killed battling one of the week’s wildfires that scorched about 398000 acres across Idaho Montana Utah Oregon and Washington. Fire centers report progress with 120 of 154 fires contained and crews moving to central Idaho as temperatures near 100 degrees hinder operations.
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Washington
Lee Poague
Boise Interagency Fire Center
Forest Fire Command Post
West
Poague
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Oregon
Anne Jeffrey
Boise National Forest
Anderson Creek
Boise
Jeffrey
Idaho-Oregon
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Department of Natural Resources
Julianne Crane
Cashmere
Sedro Wooley
Skagit County
Nobel laureates oppose creationism in schools case
A group of 72 Nobel Prize winners and 24 scientific organizations urge the Supreme Court to keep creationism out of classrooms. They argue that labeling religious ideas as science harms education and misleads students about scientific inquiry in the Louisiana law mandating balance in evolution teaching.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Murray Gell-Mann
California Institute of Technology
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Stephen J. Gould
Harvard University
Gould
America
Tropical Storm Charley Heads Out To Sea
Tropical Storm Charley moved into the North Atlantic after a hurricane encounter off the East Coast. At 5 a.m. it was about 115 miles east southeast of Nantucket, moving northeast at 15 to 20 mph. Warnings were discontinued as it weakened from 104 mph gusts to 50 mph and three people died in a Chesapeake Bay plane crash linked to the storm.
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Nantucket Island
Mass
National Weather Service
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