Europa Could Harbor Ocean Beneath Ice Crust
NASA consultant Richard Hoagland argues Voyager 2 data point to a global ocean beneath Europa's five mile ice crust. He suggests early solar system warmth may have fostered life precursors, with Galileo in the mid 1980s offering closer study and eventual human exploration to confirm Europa's potential as another Earth.
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Europa
Jupiter
Richard C. Hoagland
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Hoagland
Star & Sky
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NASA
Galileo
Inflation's impact shifts as borrowers ride inflation wave
Inflation once benefited borrowers as wages rose faster than prices and debt costs stayed low. Now rising borrowing costs and delayed improvements threaten spendable earnings, shrinking demand. Economists warn inflation may ease slowly and that Uncle Sam bears the burden, complicating a quick return to price stability.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Topeka Reports Record Increase in Crime in Nine Months
The FBI Uniform Crime Report shows Topeka leading Kansas' large cities in crime rise from January to September 1979, with 7,285 total crimes reported. The counts cover violent offenses and larcenies, reflecting a sharp urban crime expansion.
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Washington
Topeka
Kansas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Colorectal Cancer Risk Up Slightly Nationally
Census period shows a 9.8 percent rise in colorectal cancer risk, outpacing the national 9 percent gain. Wichita reports a 3.9 percent uptick, Kansas City Kansas 5.5 percent, Topeka crime counts shift with murders down but assaults and rapes up, Wichita murders rise to 26 and rapes to 123 while burglaries fall. Motor vehicle thefts rise in Kansas City Kansas.
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Wichita
Kansas City
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Topeka
Gold prices hit new European highs amid world tensions
Gold surged to above 510 an ounce in Europe as fear of a Soviet buildup in Afghanistan and the Tehran embassy siege persisted. London opened at 507.50, peaked near 511, with Paris hitting a record 523.96. Dollar weakness and oil worries added to the jump and traders eyed higher levels into January.
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Commodity Exchange Inc
Republic National Bank of New York
Vincent Tese
James Sinclair & Co
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
U.s.-Iran
Iran
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Lawrence Plant Locks Its Doors
In Lawrence Kansas union workers at Stokely Van Camp were barred from entering the canning plant after the company blocked the entrance with a truck. Company spokesman Robert Cochrane said the plant would not reopen until a contract is reached with Teamsters Local 696, with about 50 workers involved and over 80 total workers represented by the union. Lou Wardlow of the Job Services Center noted about 40 unemployment applications were filed, though Kansas law typically denies benefits during labor disputes.
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Lawrence, Kan
Stokely-Van Camp
Lawrence
Robert Cochrane
Teamster
Cochrane
Stokely-Van
Lou Wardlow
NRC Approves Plant 84 Hour Work Week
NRC officials see no issue with an 84 hour week for about 200 of the 2400 workers at the Wolf Creek nuclear plant near Burlington. Crews work 12 hour days seven days a week to ready the reactor building for four steam generators due mid January. Outdoor crews will drop to 40 hours as winter arrives. completion is planned for 1983.
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Wichita, Kan
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Chet Oberg
NRC
Arlington
Texas
Robert Rives
Kansas Gas & Electric Co
Kansas City Power & Light Co
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