Shuttle Columbia Countdown Ready For Classified Launch
NASA announced the space shuttle Columbia was ready for its Tuesday flight to deploy a covert reconnaissance satellite. Liftoff windows from 7 30 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. local time were given with a 20 to 40 percent weather interruption risk.
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Lisa Malone
Space Agency
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California
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Middle East
Bush Tours Virginia for Defense Birthday Scout Jamboree
President Bush marks the 200th anniversary of the War Department now Defense, reviewing troops at Fort Myer Arlington and planting a tree. He flies by Marine One to Fort AP Hill Bowling Green where more than 25,000 scouts from across the nation and world attend the 12th National Boy Scout Jamboree.
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Blacks at War With Drug Dealers Says Urban League Leader
National Urban League President John Jacob declared at the 79th convention that blacks are at war with drug dealers and will lead a community driven effort to purge neighborhoods. He warned that drugs devastate Black families and children more than poverty or hate, urging decisive action against dealers. FBI data show 1988 violent crime hit a record high with 20,675 murders and a 4.5 percent rise in violent crime rates.
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National Urban League
Urban League
John Jacob
Ku Klux) Klan
Civil Rights Group
Jacob
FBI
Uniform Crime Reports
Overseas information leaks assailed by congressional report
A General Accounting Office study warns foreign nations are gaining access to U S government technology that could aid atomic weapons programs. It cites leaks of detonators explosives and firing sets obtained via routine energy department orders. Countries named include Iraq Israel Pakistan India Argentina South Africa South Korea Taiwan Bulgaria and China.
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General Accounting Office
Congress
Iraq
Israel
Pakistan
India
Argentina
South Africa
South Korea
Taiwan
Bulgaria
China
U.S. Energy Department
The
Associated Press
Soviet planes make historic stop in Anchorage Alaska
Soviet MiG-29 fighters and a Soviet An-225 transport landed at Elmendorf Air Force Base en route to a Canada sales mission. It marked the first Soviet fighter over Alaska since 1945, with observers watching as the aircraft posed near journalists and spectators before heading to the Abbotsford International Air Show in British Columbia.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Sutley
Elmendorf
Air Force
Vancouver
British Columbia
Thomas McInerney
Alaskan Air Command
U.S
Fire Buckles Interstate 78 in Newark Causeway
A blaze at a Newark recycling plant caused Interstate 78 to buckle, closing the road in both directions. No injuries were reported as the section dropped about three feet. the fire burned debris under control. Authorities noted no vehicles on the affected span.
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Newark
N.J
Blind bicyclists start 450 mile coast ride to Los Angeles
Thirteen blind cyclists begin a 450 mile two week journey along the California coast from Golden Gate Park to Los Angeles. They ride tandem bikes with sighted guides issuing commands as the group travels under gray skies and morning fog.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
California
Los Angeles
Laser show lights up with Star Wars and Tchaikovsky set
Laser artist Mel Drumm of Page Engineering explains the family oriented program Lasers in the Square. The show blends John Williams space themes with Shostakovich and West Side Story while Image Engineering handles live lasers and pre taped segments. The SSO rehearsal leads into a weather aware performance with quick on the fly changes in 20 to 30 seconds.
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Mel Drumm
Page Engineering
John Williams
Richard Strauss
Elvis Presley
Darth Vader
E.T
Arenes
Dmitry Shostakovich
George Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
Tchaikovsky
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SSO
Lasers
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Maria
Loebel
Cincinnati
St. Lows Symphony
Image
Drumm
Bill Hedden
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