Minor Missouri quake rattles southeast region near New Madrid
A 3.4 magnitude quake centered about 20 miles west of New Madrid in southeast Missouri shook Malden area, rattling dishes and furniture for a few seconds at 7:48 a.m. No damage or injuries were reported. Geophysicist John Minsch cited uncertainty on fault alignment along the New Madrid Fault.
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Missouri
John Minsch
National Earthquake Information Service
Golden
Colo
Minsch
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas
Illinois
Pan Am checks engines overseas after FAA precaution
Pan American World Airways is rechecking six tumbo jet engines overseas at FAA request. Three engines will be back in service by Sunday, others to be rechecked though not in use. FAA calls the action a precaution and notes no jets were grounded. Separately, police arrested 74 anti nuclear activists at Seabrook reactor sit in, part of a National Day of Nuclear Protest with 40 planned actions nationwide.
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N.H
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
AT&T workers threaten strike over missing wage proposals
The Communications Workers of America warned of a possible strike at American Telephone & Telegraph this week due to AT&T not yet presenting any economic proposals. Union leader Morton Bahr criticized the company for disorganization while AT&T's Herb Linnen claimed proposals will be made that week and progress has been made since April 2.
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American Telephone & Telegraph
Morton Bahr
Communications Workers of America
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Herb Linnen
Linnen
Bahr
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Sakharov’s wife leaves U S for exile life with Sakharov
Yelena Bonner, 64, departed Boston after medical treatment to return to her husband Andrei Sakharov in Soviet exile. The departure from Lagan International Airport at 7:30 p m underscored a family separation with hopes of reunion and a United States impressed by her resilience.
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Yelena Bonner
United States
Andrei Sakharov
America
Bonner
West
Lagan International
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