Lost Satellite Triggers Buzz in TV Satellite Plans
AP writes on RCA Satcom III loss causing ripple effects in satellite TV. Anaheim meetings gather cable executives and planners to discuss satellite telecommunications, orbital rights, and shopping for replacements while tracking lists the missing satellite as a notable blip on screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Boyer
Los Angeles
Orbital
RCA
Anaheim
Ted Turner
Atlanta
Satcom
Ilfl
Satcom I
WOR
New York
Showtime
BBC
Home Box Office
Monroe Geothermal Project Spurs Townwide Heat Plan
Monroe Utah aims to switch from coal to geothermal heat with a city owned system. The DOE has funded 900000 dollars for wells and infrastructure, with overruns cited at over 17000 dollars. If successful, 1500 feet underground water at 600 gallons per minute will supply heat to schools, offices, and homes, starting next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Utah
Sevier County
Duane Nay
University of Utah
Terra Tek Inc
Salt Lake City
Bob Chappell
DOE
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Chappell
Nay
Mark Chatti
Cigarette brands show rise in low tar and nicotine levels
An FTC report on 176 brands finds 103 with less than 15 mg tar and 101 with under 1 mg nicotine. Low tar brands reach 59 percent, up from 40 percent a year ago and 31 percent in 1977, with Carlton and Benson & Hedges among the very low readers and English Ovals topping the high readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
National Cancer Institute
Carlton
Benson & Hedges
Iceberg
Triumph
Chesterfield
Beef Numbers Show Two Sides
Kansas cattle in feedlots totaled 1.27 million, down 11 percent from a year earlier, while October red meat production rose 8 percent to 202.7 million pounds dressed weight. Milk output fell 4 percent to 109 million pounds in November, with butter and cheese production down but ice cream up. Wheat pasture as of Dec 1 shows only 9 percent of full-seeded wheat in western Kansas satisfactory for grazing, moisture generally adequate but with regional shortages and erosion risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roger Harrison
Terra Tek
Jeffrey Reiss
Satcom III
Turner
Time-Life Television
Tobacco Industry
Bridgestone
Rane Sao Tak
Ips
Aridgestone Tire Company of America, Inc
Eran
Ottawa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!