Skylab seeks sun secrets with telescope focus
Skylab 2 astronauts plan eight hours of sun telescope viewing to study bright spots black holes and explosions in the outer gas shell. By Monday they will have 139 hours on the sun observing work during their 59 day Earth orbiting flight. DETROIT UAW negotiators call Chrysler contract offer a mockery as talks resume for an acceptable pact. Chrysler says its offer aligns with 6.2 percent wage and fringe benefits guideline.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Kennecott Proposes National Clean Air Standard at EPA Hearing
Kennecott Copper Corp proposes a national standard to protect air quality at an EPA public hearing. It marks the first industry representative submission at the EPA hearings to implement the court mandated no significant deterioration standard for existing clean air.
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Washington
Kennecott Copper Corp
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Aspin targets census hiring bias in cronyism probe
Rep. Les Aspin says he will push legislation to stop hiring based on party lines at the Census Bureau. He cites a letter from director Vincent Barbara confirming Republicans were preferred when seeking census interviewers, calling it oldtime cronyism and a rotten spoils system.
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Washington
Les Aspin
Census Bureau
Wisconsin Democrat
Vincent P. Barbara
Aspin
Stockholm Bank Hostage Crisis Ends After Tear Gas Entry
Police freed four captives after 132 hours as two gunmen Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson surrendered when tear gas was used to enter the bank vault in Stockholm. The hostages cried out not to be harmed as the ordeal ended.
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Stockholm
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Iowa Railways to Move Grain as Railcar Shortage Grows
Gov. Robert Ray said the Town Commerce Commission has been coordinating with railroads to move last year’s grain to market. He acknowledged possible complaints to ICC Chairman Maurice Van Nostrand and cited an Iowa Farm Bureau survey warning storage space and railroad transportation may be inadequate for the 1973 crop.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Town Commerce Commission
Ray
ICC
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa Grain Marketing System
Police examine 1000 suspected letter bombs in Britain
London AP says British police are checking 1 000 letters and packages turned in by citizens who feared letter bombs. There were no explosions Tuesday. Ernest Bond deputy commissioner of Scotland Yard warns the emergency is not over and more bombs may be out there.
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London
Ernest Bond
Scotland Yard
Drop milk program ends at Oelwein schools
Oelwein elementary students will no longer receive milk breaks as government subsidies end and milk prices rise. Superintendent Arthur Sensor notes only kindergartners and some first graders were served last year and the district will not charge full price of seven cents per carton. Sacred Heart School milk remains in effect with eight cent cartons for kindergarten to sixth grade.
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Oelwein
Arthur Sensor
Senior
Sacred Heart School
Earthquake toll tops 600 as rains hinder rescue work
In southeastern Mexico torrential rains slowed rescuers amid the worst modern quake. Deaths topped 600 across Puebla Veracruz and surrounding areas, with Ciudad Serdan and Orizaba among hardest hit. Government tallies rose to 393 in Puebla and 92 in Veracruz, plus additional deaths as isolated villages were reached.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Sierra Madre
Puebla
Veracruz
Ciudad Serdan
Earthquake Rocks Tehuacan Region With Cracks Across Roads
AP reports a major quake hit southeastern Puebla near Ciudad Serdan Tehuacan leaving cracks up to 100 yards wide isolating towns. Thousands homeless flood into cities as hospitals and Red Cross clinics struggle. communications cut, blackout except downtown Tehuacan. Local officials cite housing refugees and urgent need for blood clothes and medicine.
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Tehuacan
Mexico
Puebla
Ciudad Serdan
Santiago Martinez
Jorge
Miguel Beristain
Beef supply improves as shortages ease in markets
Washington AP reports the USDA sees a narrowing beef shortage with under way buildup and fewer packing houses closed. Beef output in July fell 3 percent from June but matched last July, while total red meat for July was 2.651 billion pounds, down 5 percent from June.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Warmer Weather With Scattered Showers Possible
Weather forecast notes generally warm and fair conditions into Thursday. A few widely scattered thundershowers may occur Wednesday night and Thursday. Lows overnight near 70 for Wednesday night. Highs around 90 on Thursday with about 20 percent rainfall chance.
Iowa Guard Conservation Commission Reach Area Accord
A six point agreement between the Iowa National Guard and the Conservation Commission limits the guard to designated areas and roads at the Volga Recreation site near Fayette, prohibits habitat destruction, and commits future engineer troop involvement while training. Each use prompts a new agreement with no long term commitment, per Col. Paul Woods and Jerry Schnepf.
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Iowa National Guard
The
Conservation Commission
Volga
Fayette
Paul Woods
Woods
Jerry Schnepf
Iowa Conservation Commission
Northwestern Bell to seek Iowa rate increase
Des Moines AP reports Northwestern Bell Telephone Co plans to ask the Iowa Commerce Commission for a rate boost before November 1. General Manager Jack MacAllister cites a possible basic charge rise and notes past adjustments, with current construction of $92 million in Iowa this year and $105 million planned for 1974.
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DES Moines
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Iowa
Jack MacAllister
Iowa Commerce Commission
Northwestern Bell
Commerce Commission
MacAllister
Nixon Tapes Case Heads to Court Amid Jurisdiction Fight
Washington AP reports White House lawyers argue federal court has no jurisdiction to rule on Senate access to Nixon tapes while parallel case by Archibald Cox seeks tapes disclosure. Cox and Nixon agree the ruling will shape government and presidency for years.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Senate
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Sirica
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Senate Committee
United States
Charles Alan Wright
Cox
Oval Office
Delays Possible in Phase 4 Gas Price Rules
The Cost of Living Council signaled potential further delay in Phase 4 gas regulations and noted a plan for a third price freeze extension after a court ruling exempted most stations. Officials cited recent declines in commodities and live animal prices as a factor that could lower retail costs, while small firms may raise prices ahead of big firms.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
William W. Walker
Council
Gasoline supplies improve. AAA reports steadier station hours
The American Automobile Association announced an eighth straight weekly rise in available gasoline. Sixty percent of surveyed stations operated normally, up from 55 percent the prior week, with 3,981 stations in the sample.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
Association
U.S. cargo plane crashes near Madrid killing 24 of 25
A U.S. Air Force C141 Starlifter crashed near Hueva 40 miles east of Madrid while landing at Torrejon, killing 24 of 25 aboard. The lone survivor, William H. Ray, from McGuire AFB, was badly injured. The craft carried crew of eight and 17 passengers including relatives of American pilots. Rescue and investigation teams worked at the scene as officials confirmed no townspeople were affected.
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Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Athens
Greece
U.S. Air Force Base
Torrejon
Air Force At
William H. Ray
N.J
America
Hueva
Air Ministry
U.S
Starlifter Was Attached To the Military Airlift Command
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