Search goes on for 7 lost in Nevada floods
Rescue workers continued the search for seven missing after a weekend flash flood at Nelson Landing on Lake Mojave. Two women died in the flood. officials said the seven missing are presumed dead. Gov. O Callaghan arrived to coordinate the response as crews used heavy equipment and a Las Vegas police helicopter to search the debris-choked shore and lake for victims.
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Nelson Landing
Nev
UPI
Lake Mojave
National Parks Service
Parks Service
Marian Carter
Santa Ana
Calif
Nadine Peterson
Las Vegas
Mike O'Callaghan
O'Callaghan
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Santa Rosa
Mounta
el Dorado Canyon
Colorado River
Davis Dam
Otto Ravenholt
Clark County
Nuclear power urged as sole ready alternative to oil
Sigvard Eklund of the IAEA told the Vienna general conference that nuclear power is the only ready alternative to meet rising global energy demand. He noted cheaper electricity from nuclear power even if oil prices fall, and cited safety concerns and financing as major issues. He welcomed a more positive World Bank stance on nuclear financing.
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Vienna
UPI
Sigvard Eklund
International Atomic Energy Agency
Eklund
Vienna Habsburgs
United Nations
Atoms For Peace
World Bank
Meat grading change may bring tougher beef for diners
The Department of Agriculture considers expanding the choice category to include too good meat, signaling leaner tougher cuts for consumers amid western overproduction and a shrinking corn crop. Farmers from Illinois report reduced cattle fattening plans as grain prices rise and profits drop, with five-year production once again in question.
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Jane Glenn Haas
Copley
Department of Agriculture
Midwest
Walter Mander
Lincoln Meat Co
Chicago
Mander
USDA
Illinois
Kane
McHenry
Alexander MacArthur
Barrington Hills
MacArthur
Kiva School Parents Eye Orientations and Activities
Kiva area holds parent orientation nights for grades one through eight this week with teachers in their rooms 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Kiva Teepees host coffee and mingle with new parents as the Teacher Parent Group plans dance lessons for seventh and eighth graders. Girl Scouts recruitment and volunteer needs are announced as the school seeks parent help in events, newsletters, and fundraisers.
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Betty Reedy
Kiva
Kiva Teacher Parent Group
Teepees
Dee Hostetler
Cyrille Melrose
Girl Scouts
Jean Macdonald
Cocopah
Teacher ‘Parent Association
Marcy Heniz
Britons eye unmanned star mission Daedalus study
Space researchers in Britain explore Project Daedalus a feasibility study for an unmanned probe to Barnard's Star 6 light years away. Nuclear pulse propulsion could power a 500 ton craft over a five year burn then 35 years coast at about 0.17c with flyby transmission to Earth. The study lasts two more years attracting international interest.
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London
UPS
British Interplanetary Society
Barnard’s Star
Society
Kenneth Gatland
The
New Scientist
Barnard's Star
Gatland
U.S. Department of Defense
Barnard’s
Earth
Space shuttle as passenger carrier deemed uneconomical
Frank J. Dore, space engineer, argues NASA estimates 3 to 6 thousand dollars per passenger flight are inflated by optimistic shuttle use. He cites a billion-dollar launch facility bill and civil range safety needs, saying commercial intercontinental passenger service via the shuttle is impractical and prohibitively costly.
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Frank Macomber
Copley News Service
Federal Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frank J. Dore
Space Engineering
America
Convair
Congress
Dore
NASA
London
Paris
United States
Europe
France detonates atmospheric nuke. protests rise in Pacific
France set off another nuclear blast over the South Pacific at Mururoa Atoll, drawing protests from Australia and New Zealand. Australian Foreign Minister Don Willesee said Canberra will lodge a protest amid strong concern, as France's 43rd test in the atoll near Tahiti was disclosed by Willesee and New Zealand Prime Minister Wallace Rowling.
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Canberra
UPI
France
South Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Don Willesee
Ment Will Lodge
Desert Shadows PV Schools to Open New Middle School
Desert Shadows Middle School in Paradise Valley School District will house 1200 students in grades 6-8 with Dr. James Gleason as principal and Thomas L. Cultice as assistant principal. Double sessions continue at Desert Shadows Elementary until the new middle school opens by late October.
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Desert Shadows
Paradise Valley
James Gleason
Thomas L. Cultice
M Guthrie
Charter Oak
Kris Smith
Cholla
Roadrunner
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Nevada
Massachussetts Institute of Technology
Cherokee Area
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Bill Lesiak
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New York
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Bank- Americard
Bill Haley & the Comets
Beach Boys
Lettermen
Elvis
Johnny Mathis
Nat King Cole
the Platters
Drifters
Coaster
Little Anthony
the Imperials
FUNN
ASU
Shea
Scottsdale
Marilyn Mason
Desert Shadows Pto
Indian Bend
Amy Chester
Barbara Morley
Chris Peebles
Dana Joslin
Brian Gilchrist
Gordon Oliver
Nadine Dail
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