Solar cells make major efficiency leap in sun powered energy
Sandia Laboratories with Varian Associates report a prototype solar cell converts 28.5 percent of sunlight to electricity, surpassing the previous 23 percent high. The goal is 6 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour by 1986, boosting solar energy toward consumer competitiveness and energy independence.
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Sandia Laboratories
Albuquerque
Varian Associates Inc
Palo Alto
Calif
Department of Energy
Sandia Labs
Earth
Civil defense urged as Roswell seen as nuclear target
Roswell officials stress civil defense planning amid fears of a nuclear strike. Civil defense director Owen warns casualties could be high without better preparation while noting Roswell's status as a top New Mexico target near key air facilities.
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United States
George Bowen
Chaves County
Civil Defense
Roswell
New Mexico
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Walker Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command Base
Owen
Civil Defense Director
Soviet Union
China
Public Forum Boy Seeks American Pen Pal
A 15 year old Belgian boy Geert De Maerschalck from Boom seeks correspondence with an American girl about his age to practice French and German. He provides his Antwerp street address for contact.
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Belgium
Geert de Maerschalck
Antwerpsestraat
Independence Day weekend in Roswell with Derby and closures
June 30 1953 Roswell readies for a long weekend as banks and post office close Saturday for Independence Day. The Soap Box Derby debuts with about 50 entrants while East Second Street construction causes minor disruptions. A Womans Club recital featured pianist Ethel Lynn Phillips and soprano Cornelia Magee. Marilyn Monroe imprints passersby at Graumanns in Hollywood. Teen Town Theater from Chaves County Memorial Youth Center to perform Extra by Wilbur Braum for the American Legion at Laura Ingalls Memorial Home Monday.
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Roswell
Retail Merchants Association
Second Street
East Second
Teh Womans Club
Ethel Lynn
Wilbur Braum
Washington killers rendezvous link to Latin dictators shocks exile
Former Chilean foreign minister Orlando Letelier was killed in a Washington car bombing on Sept 21 1976. An American linked to Chile's secret police and anti Castro Cubans were indicted for the murder. Juan R Ferreira Uruguayan exile and WOLA worker faced threats from anonymous callers and police probes as he testified about abuses in Uruguay and Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, DC
Orlando Letelier
Embassy Row
Chile
Juan R. Ferreira
Uruguay
Ferreira
Office
WOLA
Joseph Eldridge
FBI
Baliwick
Eldridge
Cyrus Vance
State Department
District of Columbia Police Department
Metropolitan Police
Letelier
Department
Secretary of State
Capitol Hill
James Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Computer dependence grows in New Mexico capitol
A Santa Fe observer warns state government’s growing reliance on computerization is at a historic peak with nervous staff, resignations, and rising paperwork. He notes finance and administration, energy and minerals, and attorney general offices facing strain as boards struggle with joint powers, data gathering, and election tabulations amid ongoing computer adoption.
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Santa FE
Capitol City
Steve Malnar
Department of Automated Data Processing
Malnar
Maxine Gerhart
Finance and Administration
Star Trek
Bruce King
Joe Skeen
State Board of Finance
State Energy and Minerals Department
Department of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Board of Finance
Brezhnev’s Detente View Revealed To Tito And Allies
The Moscow embassy reports Brezhnev told Tito in Belgrade and leaders in Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, and Berlin that detente is a tactical device with Soviet aims to gain political leverage while maintaining hostility to the United States. He warned America’s lifestyle is soft and predicted the U S would crumble.
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Moscow
Secrtary
Cyrus R Vance
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
East Berlin
Erich Honecker
Gustav Husak
Prague
Janos Kadar
Budapest
Edward Gierek
Warsaw
Nicholae Ceausescu
Tito
Josep Broz
Belgrade
White Palace
Yugoslavia
Order of Freedom
Red Underground
Balkans
New York State
Pennsylvania
Vagna
Adriatic
Brion
Galpin
United States
Red
Middle East
Mediterranean
Southeast Asia
Chile
Cuba
Latin America
Kremlin
Lenin
Ussr
Siberian
Soviet Union
America
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Small Society
Jack Anderson
Argentina
Ferreiras
Juan Ferreira
Toba
Michelini
Acosta Y Lara
Escuadron de la Muerte
Human Rights Commission
Organization of American States
Brzezinski
Vance
Congress
Ernie Mills
Lincoln County
Dick Bosson
Bosson
Merry Round House
Henry J. Taylor
KGB
Spain
Spiridon Mehas
Ottawa
Canada
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