Halley's Comet Returns in 1985
Tucson residents learn from University of Arizona astronomer Elizabeth Roemer that Halley's Comet will be fainter in 1985 than in 1910 due to its greater distance from Earth and the Sun. Closest approach is 60 million miles in 1986 with best naked eye visibility in late 1985.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
Elizabeth Roemer
Roemer
Earth
Halley
Bennett
Edmund Halley
Christ
Isaac Newton
State Employees Try Prison Stay In Educational Experiment
Shelton Washington AP 17 state employes were voluntarily imprisoned for three days at the Washington Correction Center to study inmate life. Joe Rinaldi of the Division of Probation and Parole spoke of altered values and the human drive to survive. Center Supt Robert Raines said no special treatment was given and inmates attended seminars and discussions with resident council members.
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Shelton
Wash
Joe Rinaldi
Washington
Rinaldi
Robert Raines
Mushroom Farm Thrives in Old Mine
Worthington Pennsylvania hosts the Butler County Mushroom Farm in a spent limestone mine under 56 degrees and high humidity. The subterranean complex spans 118 miles of corridors and 500 acres of rooms and harvests millions of mushrooms yearly. The operation employs 800 people and forms a major portion of Pennsylvania’s cash crops.
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Worthington
Butler County
West Winfield
Butler
County Mushroom Farm, Inc
Kennett Square
Pennsylvania
Large intestine removal need not impair health
The piece explains digestion where stomach and small intestine absorb nutrients while the large intestine mainly absorbs water. It notes that removal due to tumor or ulcerative colitis can still allow normal life as the end of the small intestine compensates. It ends with a line about San Francisco's Chinatown.
First Mother Enlists in Air Force Training at Lackland
Debi Hahn, 18, from Denver, plans a six week basic training start June 9 at Lackland AFB Texas. She would be among the first women with children admitted for enlistment amid lawsuits over births during service. Hahn is divorced and hopes an Air Force career after training.
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Denver
Colo
Debi Hahn
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Allen
Fires Destroy Three Homes in Metamora Area
Investigators from the state fire marshal and local sheriff officials probe three fires in Metamora Indiana. A mobile home owned by Jerry Masters north of town burned around midnight Tuesday along with the new home of Ralph Lach southwest of Metamora and the home of Sam Marshal, all unoccupied and with causes undetermined.
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Metamora
Ind
Jerry Masters
Here
Ralph Lach
Sam Marshal
Debates on Russia and copyright at luncheon menu
In a hall near staff rooms, a heated debate centered on Russia resisting international copyright accords. An official questioned whether allegiance to copyright groups or freedom mattered more, implying acceptance of widespread theft. The menu item for the English language luncheon included cold sickling pig and underdone horse, provoking jokes.
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Russia
Weed losses to agriculture hit 3.7 billion yearly
The article estimates annual agricultural losses due to weeds at 3.7 billion dollars. It notes factors contributing to this figure and highlights impacts on crop yields and farm economics.
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