New snag delays space shuttle flight
The first space shuttle launch is delayed at least a month beyond the March 17 date. Insulation panels on the external fuel tank for Columbia loosened during tanking, risking engine reliability. NASA and Kennedy Space Center officials weigh potential damage as tile installation had earlier slowed progress.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Associated Press
Kennedy Space Center
Space Agency
Columbia
Earthquake insurance plan : $13.4 million for Marion VA center
The Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion faces a $13.4 million proposal to reinforce its 40 year old building against earthquakes. Officials say planning is preliminary and not yet in the 1982 budget, with bid deadlines unsettled and scope potentially affecting ornamental stone work. The project targets interior exterior walls and mechanical systems to meet quake standards in a zone rated 3 on a 1 to 3 scale.
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Cathy A. Monroe
Southern Illinoisan
San Fernando Valley Military Hospital
Veterans Administration Medical
Horseshoe Lake
Cairo
Hosinski
Marion
Pabst
Medical Center
Medical School
Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Bilingual education rules dropped by Education Dept
Washington AP The Department of Education withdraws heavily criticized bilingual education rules pushed by the Carter era. Bell says the rules would require ED to mandate teaching in native language and English, stirring sharp opposition from school boards and education groups. Cost estimates range from 180 to 591 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Department of Education
Carter
T.H. Bell
Congress
Bell
Shirley M. Hufstedler
The
Education Department
Moscow accuses U.S. over terrorism charges in war of words
Soviet leadership publicly calls Washington's terrorism accusations deliberate political subversion and summons U.S. diplomats to the Foreign Ministry here for a formal session. Moscow and U.S. officials confirm embassy officers were summoned recently to discuss the issue.
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Moscow
Washington
Kremlin
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Groundhogs in Southern Illinois weather report and folklore
Mild winter may keep groundhogs from emerging in Southern Illinois as SIUC researchers question hibernation. Weather outlook shows a few days of cooling with forecasts from 3 to 8 degrees above zero, then gradual warming into Friday. Groundhogs, also called pasture poodles, may damage soybeans, while Hunts occur for younger animals and researchers track movements with radio transmitters.
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Southern Illinois
Steven Piltz
Putz
SIUC
W. D. Klimstra
Klimstra
Linois
Robert Frank
Jackson County
Illinois
al Balliette
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Center
Carbondale
Frank
Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow Predicts Six More Weeks
Punxsutawney Phil emerged from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney Pa seen shadow signaling six additional weeks of winter according to his interpreter Charles Erhard president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club A crowd of several hundred braved wet snow and cold to hear the forecast amid boos and festival lore
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Punxsutawney
Phil
Sco-co-colese
Eeny Meeny Ming Mo
Charles Erhard
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Erhard
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
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Wright
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