Discovery astronauts chase Syncom 3 salvage in spacewalk plan
At Space Center Houston, Discovery crew led by Joe Engle and Dick Covey fired 12 rockets to close on Syncom 3. They aim to fly in formation about 35 feet from the 7.5-ton satellite for a salvage attempt, with Eugene van Hoften and William Fisher set for spacewalks to bypass a failed circuit.
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Wer Space Center
Houston
Discovery
Joe Engle
Dick Covey
Engle
Syneam
James van Hoflen
Mission Control
David Leestma
van Hoften
Mike
Earth
Gulf of Mexico
Elena
Key West
Fla
Greene
Cocaine seizures lead to fine for Eastern Airlines
U S Customs fined Eastern Airlines about 1.4 million dollars after 1,722 pounds of cocaine were found aboard two Boeing 727 jets arriving in Miami from Colombia. Seizures were on flights from Barranquilla and Cali with a temporary suspension of Barranquilla service under review.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Colombia
U.S
Edward Kwas
Customs Service
Miami International Airport
Barranquilla
Kwas
Cali
Customs
Edward Kittredge
Washington
Eastern
Glenn Parsons
Parsons
Spy dust used in U S may have been used here
Rep. Dan Mica says State Department believes the Soviet tracking chemical nitrophenylpentadienal or NPPD has been used outside Moscow and possibly once in the United States. He notes there is no evidence of U S agency use and details were not provided.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
U.S
Moscow
United States
Dan Mica
D-Fla
House Foreign Affairs International Operations Subcommittee
Mica
Housing sales reach two-year high in July
U S housing data show July sales up 1.4 percent to a 704,000 annual rate for new single family homes, the strongest pace since December 1983. Government revisions lift April to June figures, with June up 2.2 percent and May up 4.6 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Hughes Aircraft Co
Navy
Hughes
NASA
van Hoflen
William ‘Fisher
Syncom 3
World At Large
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