Voyager engineers brace for days of Saturn repair
Pasadena AP reports Voyager 2, nearing Uranus after a Saturn flyby, faces days of work to repair a jammed camera aiming platform. Chief scientist Ed Stone warns the fix must be careful to avoid jeopardizing future scans, with possible loss of Phoebe photos set for Sept. 4. Esker Davis notes movements remain jerky but improving as engineers attempt high torque maneuvers to unstick the unit.
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Pasadena
Calif
Saturn
Esker Davis
Davis
Voyager
Uranus
Ed Stone
Phoebe
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
State Fair Opens With Packed Schedule And Major Acts
The State Fair showcases daily free attractions like the Hailamore Clydesdales and horse shows at noon and 6 p.m. Admission fees apply for separate events, including Ronald McDonald Circus at $2 for adults and $1 for children. A $3 million upgrade fuels new exhibits and stages while Richard Nader’s Rock & Roll Spectacular and Chubby Checker headline over the weekend. Thomas Young cites restored buildings and ongoing preparations as grounds open at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Ronald McDonald Circus
Youth Activities Center
State Veterinary Medical Society
Empire Court
Miller Brewing
Richard Nader
Freddie Cannon
Belmonts
Drifters
Chubby Checker
Philadelphia
Center of Progress
Art & Home Center
Thomas Young
Ticket refunds offered for Nelson concert at State Fair
Fair ticketholders may return cancelled Willie Nelson tickets for a full refund minus a 70 cent service charge at Ticketron outlets. For Marshall Tucker Band replacements, buy at the State Fair Box Office to avoid the service charge. The band performs at 8 pm Tuesday in the grandstand.
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Willie Nelson
Ticketron
Nelson
Aged Soviets Air Woes At Embassy
A Russian man Vasily I Nazanov age 54 and his 74 year old mother Natalya drove into the U S Embassy in Moscow escorted out after more than three hours of discussion with American officials. They left with diplomats at 6 30 p m and were followed by journalists and Soviet police in unmarked cars. An Embassy source said they hoped for a sympathetic hearing on personal grievances.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Vasily I. Nazanov
Natalya
Solnechnogorsk
Reagan Defends Fed Rates As Bus Crash Injures 38
Reagan urged lower interest rates blaming the government for crowding the private capital market. He cited the Fed as independent and noted inflation pressure and a planned Oct. 1 budget tax cut start. In the Libyan air clash, he said no life lost and Khadafy not yet returned. A Gray Line bus tour crash in Sonoma injured 38 with possible driver fatigue.
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Reagan
Fed
Federal Reserve
White House
Larry Speakes
Paul
Administration
Muammar Khadafy
Sonoma, Calif
UPI
Gray Line
California
Wine Country
California Highway Patrol
M.R. MacNeil
11 Town Officials Targeted in Alleged Death Plot
Fort Scott Kansas police seek five drifters for questioning in an alleged elaborate plot to gun down 11 city officials and business leaders. Police say the plan was intricate and being pursued by residents warned by an inmate and informants. Protection for the target list expanded as officers work long hours to investigate. Three alleged accomplices are described as silent partners, with one already questioned. Names of informants and suspects remain unreleased.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas Town
James Carnes
Carnes
Child slayers get 25 years each
In White Plains AP reporting a woman, Jana Lee Bruen, 26, and her former boyfriend Wesley Fisher, 31, were sentenced to the maximum manslaughter terms of 18 to 25 years and 12 1 2 to 25 years respectively for beating Kristie Bruen, a 4 year old, to death last October. Judge Gerard Delaney called the sentence a warning to others.
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White Plains
Peekskill
Kristie Bruen
Westchester County
Gerard Delaney
Jana Lee Bruen
Wesley Fisher
Adamson slayer sent to prison
A Kenyan court convicted Paul Nakwale Ekai of malicious stabbing Joy Adamson, author of Born Free, on January 3, 1980. Though found guilty, the judge ruled Ekai a juvenile, averting a death sentence and imposing an open ended term at the president's pleasure.
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Nyeri
Kenya
Joy Adamson
Matthew Muii
Paul Nakwale Ekai
Adamson
Ekai
Muir
Autopsy rules out beating death of Dennis McNell
An autopsy in Augusta Maine found Dennis McNell did not die from assault or beating. Authorities say he died of natural causes linked to alcoholism after fainting at his Queens residence on May 31 and dying the next day. Further tests on tissue samples will be available next week.
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New York
Dennis McNell
CIA
McNell
Augusta
Maine
McNeil
Forest Hills Cemetery
Bridgton
Elliot Gross
New York City
John J. Santucci
Queens
Queen's Elmhurst General Hospital
Washington Post
Max C. Hugel
Hugel
Thomas
Samuel McNeil
FBI
Thomas MecNell
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Zurich
Switzerland
Volcker
Libya
Autopsy
Scott
Sardano & Pomeranz
South
Warran Street
Syracuse
Orme
Wtawn & Garden
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