Shuttle engines please engineer in Canoga Park
Rocketdyne engineers celebrate the space shuttle main engines after a troubled development that cost 1.4 billion dollars and delayed flights by years. Columbia carries three 7,000 pound engines that burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, delivering 1.2 million pounds of thrust for 82 minutes per mission. Engineers warn durability and metal fatigue remain concerns as the engines enter extensive use.
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Robert Locke
Canoga Park
Calif
Paul Fuller
Rocketdyne
Frank Hallas
Columbia
Florida
Hoover Dams
Hallas
Rockwell International
Los Angeles
Chagra Trial Judge Recusal Ties to Drug Case Tactics
Chagra sought to block the judge from overseeing the 1979 cocaine enterprise trial. The jurist earned the moniker Maximum John for hard-line drug sentences. Jimmy Chagra was convicted and sentenced to 30 years without parole, Harrelson later received 80 years in separate narcotics and weapons cases, and had previously served 15 years for the 1968 killing of Sam Degelia Jr.
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Jimmy Chagra
Wood
John
Harrelson
Hearne
Texas
Sam Degelia Jr
San Antonio man shot in back outside home in 1979 case
ItaA Wood was shot in the back with a high powered rifle on May 29, 1979 outside his San Antonio town home. Raykind said Joe Chagra might know what his clients Jimmy Chagra and Har relson told him. Chagra said he expects indictment and would not rule out a plea bargain if offered.
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Wood
San Antonio
Raykind
Joe Chagra
Jimmy Chagra
Harrelson
Permian Chemical seeks injunctive relief against air pollution suits
McConnico argues Texas Air Control Board has authority to curb the alleged pollutants. State suit against Permian Chemical seeks 88 violations with 1000 dollars each and injunctive relief. If the plea abatement succeeds, parties may pursue relief in other forums. The filing sparks debate over jurisdiction and private nuisance actions.
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McConnico
Texas Air Control Board
Permian Chemical
Texas Attorney General
Air Pollution Control Board
Chemcentral
Air Control Board
Connally
UN talks eyed in Mexico City amid US Nicaragua dispute
United Nations ambassador Porfirio Muñoz Ledo said the United States and Nicaragua planned an April meeting in Mexico City to discuss key questions between them, but US officials called the announcement premature noting no meeting has been agreed. The talks would be at a high political level.
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United Nations
Mexico
U.N. Security Council
United States
Nicaragua
Mexico City
Washington
State Department
Department
Porfirio Munoz Ledo
Boyce bank robbery trial hinges on unidentified suspect
In Boise Idaho two bank employees testified they could not identify Christopher Boyce as the robber. The statements came on the third day of bank robbery and conspiracy charges against Boyce, 29.
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Boise, Idaho
Christopher Boyce
Boyce
Odessa American masthead and postage notice
The Odessa American publishes daily and Sunday editions from Odessa Texas. The notice lists circulation details and mailing address, including a subscription rate of $73 per year and a post office box for address changes.
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Odessa American
Odessa
Texas
P.O Bo
Opessa
Aeti
Simo. Mail
Imo
Weather outlook across Texas with scattered showers
Cloudy conditions with a 20 percent chance of showers in the Permian Basin and scattered showers across South Texas. Temperatures in the 40s to 70s state wide with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Extended forecast shows warm, partly cloudy days in North and West Texas with chances of showers and thundershowers.
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South
Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
North
South Texas
Northwest
West Texas
Big Bend
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