Tower launches broad probe into Defense Department efficiency
Senator John Tower chairing a Senate inquiry seeks major reforms to streamline the Defense Department, questioning civilian bureaucracy and Joint Chiefs of Staff structure. He aims to begin hearings July 26 with Caspar Weinberger as lead witness, exploring whether the office and services are correctly organized to advise the president and Congress and control costs.
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Charles W. Corddry
Baltimore Sun
Washington
John G. Tower
Texas
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Tower
Army
Navy
U.S. Air Force
Congress
Senate
Gilbert W. Fitzhugh
Fitzhugh
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Military High Command
David C. Jones
JCS
Edward C. Meyer
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Texas Republican
Adm
H. G. Rickover
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Weinberger
Joint Chiefs
Office of the
Fizzleville name change push aims to boost town profile
In Fizzleville Ohio residents push to have the town's historic name Hiett officially changed. Local booster Al Rhonemus notes the town lacks map presence despite a general store a paper and an annual horse show. The campaign features bumper stickers and a booster hat as locals seek recognition.
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Fizzleville, Ohio
Fizzleville
Hiett
Tle
al Rhonemus
Rhonemus
Aberdeen
Rhonemous
Chamber of Commerce
Fizzleville USA
Mary Holloway Tells of Bottled Message Return
Three years after tossing a note in the Pacific Mrs. Holloway received a reply from a Filipino fisherman near Mindanao. The 80 year old former Cottage Hospital clerk mailed seven times the promised reward, giving Palma seven dollars to honor his seven children as she had planned.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Mary Holloway
Mindanao
Antonio Torre Palma
Balloon observer Zip Zimmerman notes weather balloon use
Cape Canaveral Florida observer Zip Zimmerman operates a weather balloon to gauge atmospheric conditions around the space center as the space shuttle Challenger is expected to land there with weather reports crucial to a safe touchdown.
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Zip Zimmerman
Cape Canaveral
Fla
The
Space Center
Goat virus may illuminate human arthritis research
Washington State University scientists with the University of Washington Medical School cooperated on identifying caprine arthritis encephalitis, a goat virus causing chronic arthritis, a finding the Agriculture Department cites as potentially shedding light on rheumatoid arthritis in people. Dr. D Scott Adams of ARS Pullman notes it is the only virus proven to cause chronic arthritis in mammals.
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Agriculture Department
D. Scott Adams
Department
Agricultural Research Service
Pullman
Wash
Goats
Adams
Washington State University
University of Washington
Medical School
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