Secret cargo on shuttle Columbia fourth test
A Johnson & Johnson experiment aboard the shuttle Columbia will join seven other cargoes on the final test mission. The payload, suitcase sized, aims to study separating biological materials in zero gravity. Officials keep details tight and expect a Sunday liftoff with Edwards Air Force Base as the landing site.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Columbia
Johnson & Johnson
Pentagon
Jim Merry
Cocna Today
Thomas Mattingly
Henry Hartsfield
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Merry
Earth
Peg Bowman
Haig Calls Soviet No First Use Promise a Bluff
Secretary of State Haig accused Moscow of hypocrisy after the Soviet no first use pledge. He cited missile tests and anti satellite development as evidence the Soviet Union aims to intimidate Europe while promising restraint. Weinberger echoed concerns over Soviet strength and urged serious negotiations at START talks opening June 29.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
New York
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United Nations General Assembly
Haig
Reagan
United Nations
U.S
Caspar W. Weinberger
ABC
David Brinkley
Weinberger
Europe
Five file for 2nd District GOP nomination in Kansas race
Topeka Mayor Bill McCormick entered late in the filing for the 2nd District Republican nomination as Jim Jeffries did not seek re election. Also filing were Dennis Taylor Harold Haun and R R Anderson along with Morris Kay making a five man field. Democratic hopeful Jim Slattery faced no primary opponent while Billy Moray seeks secretary of state. New contenders for governor include Sam Hardage Wendell Lady and Dave Owen.
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Topeka
Kan
Congress
Kansas
Jim Jeffries
Bill McCormick
Billy McCray
Wichita
Moray
Senate
Jack Brier
Louis A. Klemp
Easton
Leavenworth
Bill Huffman
Latvia
John Carlin
Sam Hardage
Wendell Lady
Overland Park
Dave Owen
Olathe
Carlin
Wichita Tavern
Jimmy D. Montgomery
McCormick
Jeffries
Dennis Taylor
Shawnee County
R.R. Anderson
Harold L. Haun
Council Grove
Morris County
Pottawatomie County
Anderson
Haun
Morris Kay
Lawrence
Martha Keys
Ross Freeman
Mrs. Keys
Jim Slattery
Leavenworth GOP selects retired Lt Col William Radtke as running mate
Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp announced veteran Lt Col William P. Radtke 53 of Leavenworth as his lieutenant governor running mate. Radtke retired in 1978 after leading Army Special Forces in Thailand and serving at Fort Sheridan. Klemp, among four GOP candidates with Sam Hardage Dave Owen and Wendell Lady, says they will form a working team for Kansas.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Leavenworth
Louis Klemp
Army
William P. Radtke
GOP
Radtke
Fort Sheridan
U.S. Army
Thailand
Leavenworth County
Klemp
Bill
Kansas
Wichita
Sam Hardage
Dave Owen
Wendell Lady
New Figures Indicate Recession At Bottom
Washington AP reports the US economy contracted 3.7 percent in the first quarter, less than earlier estimates, confirming a second recession in two years. Despite the dip, retail sales and personal income show gains while officials caution rates may rise slightly and the April-June quarter could show a modest recovery.
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Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan
Commerce
Malcolm Baldrige
Commerce Department
U.S
Grain-car availability seen as manageable for 1982 harvest
Kansas elevator operators expect few railcar problems moving grain in 1982. Railroads have spotted cars statewide, with privately owned cars easing peak flows. But a sharp, simultaneous wheat harvest could strain equipment and storage space at terminals, though overall shortages are not expected.
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Ray Hemman
Harris
Kansas
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Cotton Belt
Oklahoma- Kansas-Texas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Gail Sweet
Jim Johnson
Gulf
Sweet
Old Rock Island
Mike Crow
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kyle
Interstate Port Authority
Salina
Texas
Harry Dimmerman
OKT
OKT Shippers Association
Rock Island
Larry Childs
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
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