Carpenter wins grueling Iditarod in Nome Alaska
Rick Mackey of Wasilla wins the 1157 mile Iditarod in 12 days 14 hours 10 minutes 44 seconds earning 24000 dollars. Eep Anderson of Takoma finishes second in 13 days 2 hours 50 minutes taking 16000 dollars from a 100000 purse for top 20 finishers.
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Nome
Alaska
Carpenter
Rick Mackey
Wasilla
Anchorage
Mackey
Eep Anderson
Takoma
Anderson
Mackey Overtakes Anderson At Iditarod Finish In Front
Mackey and his lead dogs Jody and Preacher overtook Anderson in the final miles at the Iditarod finish under the carved leg arch. Anderson finished 6 miles behind, with Smith claiming third place in 12 days 20 hours 19 minutes, earning $12,000. Spectators braved 20 degree cold as Adkins and Legaard trailed on the trail, while Swenson, the four time winner, watched from the field.
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Anderson
Larry
Smith
Nome
Dawson City
Yukon Territory
Mackey
Jody
Preacher
Terry Adkins
Sand Coulee
Boy Discovers Nearly Million-Dollar Gold Jewelry Hoard
A 15-year-old boy found a bag with over 50 pieces of real gold jewelry on railroad tracks in Hollywood Florida and handed pieces to friends before his guardian reported the find. Police valued the loot at about 1 million dollars and noted no link to any pending cases.
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Hollywood
Fla
Eric DeWild
Tony Alderson
Miami
U.S
DeWild
Eva Trost
Alderson
Challenger set for April 4 maiden space flight
NASA reports Challenger is ready for its long delayed launch after fixing leaks and cleaning cargo. April 4 launch time 12 30 p m. Commanding Paul J. Weitz with Karol Bobko as pilot. Peteson and Musgrave as mission specialists to deploy tracking relay satellite and perform a space walk.
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Washington
NASA
Space Agency
Air Force
James A. Abrahamson
Earth
Paul J. Weitz
Karol Bobko
Donald H. Peterson
Story Musgrave
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