US Rule Of Pacific Atoll Hurts Islanders
Kwajalein Atoll split between a U S missile base and Marshall Island natives. Americans enjoy jobs money and privileges while 7000 Marshallese on Edge 73 face crowded conditions and health challenges. Officials say base funding supports the region yet leaders see Kwajalein as a liability over the long term with protests over access and reparations.
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Pacific Atoll
United States
California
George Allen
South Africa
Kwajalein
U.S
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Lagoon
Vandenberg Air
Kwajalein Missile Range
Robert L. Russell
Russell
Col
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Ebeye
Viking 2 targets Utopia for Sept. 3 Mars landing
Viking 2 heads toward Utopia in northern Mars after two preliminary sites proved hazardous. Project Manager James Martin says landing is set for Sept. 3 around 1 p.m. EDT, with Utopia about 4,000 miles from Viking 1 and 1,000 miles from Viking 2's original zone.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Utopia
Mars
Viking 1
James Martin
Martin
1976 A Deadly Year For Quakes
Washington AP reports 1976's quakes killed tens of thousands across Guatemala Italy Bali Philippines and China and may become the deadliest year since 1970. USGS notes 10 major and three great quakes by midyear with deaths possibly rising to hundreds of thousands.
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Washington
U.S
U.S. Geological Survey
Usgs National
Peru
Turkey
Guatemala
Italy
Bali
Philippines
USGS
China
Soviet Union
New Guinea
Ralston Purina reports improper foreign payoffs
Ralston Purina Co says in the past five years it acceded to extortionate demands by local officials in six foreign affiliates, paying about 154000 in improper payments. A former division executive was reimbursed about 500 for dinners to California or federal campaigns. Findings increased federal tax liability by 19000. actions halted and reports turned to SEC and IRS.
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St, Louis
Ralston Purina Co
California
Securities and Exchange Commission
Internal Revenue Service
R. Hal Dean
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LeRoy Follweiler
Las Vegas
Follweiler
Amata Kabua
Congress of Micronesia
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Congress
Marshall Islands
Michael Carr
Ebye
Lawrence Edwards
Marshalls
Edwards
Hep. Balos
Ures
Tangshan
Peking
Tientsin
Discount Center
Hiway
Ottawa
Tate
Hoover
First National Bank
FO Ning
Printy
North Main
William and
Harold
Printy and Son
Jean Printy
Smart Saxony
Galida
Saxony
MON
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Eloseout Carrer
Sixth
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kansas
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