White Sands prepares as shuttle backup site rises
Northrup Strip at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico moves to primary landing site for the Columbia mission after Edwards AFB rain delays. Technicians bustle to ready the gypsum flat for March 29 shuttle touchdown while crews conduct dress rehearsals and transfer equipment from Edwards.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Northrup Strip
Edwards Air Force Base
U.S. Army Missile Range
White Sands
Columbia
Earth
NASA
California
Florida
Alex Paczynski
Northrup
Tillet
Edwards
Nonprofit hospitals face withdrawal from Social Security
The Reagan administration echoes union concerns about nonprofit hospitals pulling out of Social Security. A Health and Human Services spokesperson said an increasing number of entities want to leave the retirement program, while the American Hospital Association denies urging withdrawals. In Detroit, UAW backs AMC plan to invest raises in product development, with 10 percent interest starting 1984. In Los Angeles, a CDC report notes abortion linked health benefits and unsettled questions on long term effects.
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Washington
Health and Human Services
Richard S. Schweiker
Claire Dorrell
Service Employees International Union
SEIU
John Sweeney
Schweiker
Ms. Dorrell
American Hospital Association
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
American Motors Corp
Raymond Majerus
UAW
AMC Department
AMC
AMC Council
U.S
Majerus
Lloyd Northard
William Cates Jr
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Cates
Valley High School Shooting Grips Las Vegas
Two Valley High School students and a teacher were shot just before classes, with the students in critical condition. Police said a student opened fire and an officer shot another youth nearby. details and identities were not immediately released.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Valley High School
Fibers Link Williams to Slain Teen in Atlanta Case
Investigators report two fiber types found on the clothing of a murdered black teenager appear to match fibers from Wayne B Williams home. A source says the evidence is a significant link to Williams, already convicted in related killings.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Patrick Rogers
Williams
Odessa American postal and delivery notice details
The Odessa American publication information lists address and mailing details including Fourth Street Odessa Texas and a post office designation. It notes daily and Sunday publication for 73 dollars yearly, and provides post office box 2952 for address changes and home delivery references.
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Odessa
Fourth Street
Texas
Odessa American
P.O
Windy Conditions With Cooler Air Tonight Across West Texas
A brisk west to southwest wind grips the region with highs in the low 80s today and cooler nights mid 40s, then Saturday highs near the low 70s. A tornado west of Spearman in the Texas Panhandle damaged farms and a barn, toppled power lines near Gruver, leaving areas including Gruver without electricity. Forecasts from Midland L Regional Airport note no precipitation in past 24 hours and no month to date totals.
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Permian Basin
Spearman
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Gruver
Amse
West Texas
Panhandle
NASA crews pack gear for landing
Rain and hail pelt Edwards Air Force Base as crews load 23 flatcars with recovery equipment for a 32 hour train to White Sands Missile Range New Mexico. The shuttle will land there after its third mission March 29 and ground crews secure gear amid weather shifts on the Mojave Desert lakebed.
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White Sands
NASA
New Mexico
Northrup
Florida
Edwards
Robert Locke
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
White Sands Missile Range
N.M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California
Les Reinertson
Dryden Flight Research Center
U.S. Army Missile Range
Kennedy Space Center
Dryden
Lee Adelsbach
Water Scarcity and Pollution Foreshadow Texas Water Fight
At a Midland hearing residents warned scarce surface water and the Ogallala Aquifer shortage threaten cities and farms. Naomi Chambers cited polluted irrigation wells from petrochemical and sewage plant discharges, while critics urged state action on groundwater regulation and oilfield water use.
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Ogallala
Naomi Chambers
Monahans Draw
Midland Regional Air Terminal
Odessa
Chambers
Brian
Vernon
Chamber
Environmental Protection Agency
Bob Derrington
Department of Public Works
Kathy Kohls
Glasscock County
June Naylor
Odessa League of Women Voters
Department of Water
League
High Plains
Naylor
State of
Texas
Reform plan calls to curb primaries and curb chaos
The University of Virginia panel led by Melvin R. Laird and Adlai Stevenson III argues to reduce primaries to 16 and schedule regional dates by time zones. It favors a commission with office holders and party leaders as uncommitted delegates to national nominating conventions.
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University of Virginia
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Democratic Party
Laird-Stevenson Commission
Congress
Commission
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Presidio
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Stephenville
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Texarkana
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Wink
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