Shuttle Ready For Second Test To Include Dive
Edwards Air Force Base California reports the Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Enterprise are prepared for a second test flight with a 6000 foot dive and two astronauts aboard. The piggyback craft will reach about 19000 feet before a separation maneuver and a 3000 foot per minute dive.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
Joe Engle
Mojave Desert
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Manned Space Laboratory
Soviets Test Interceptor to Challenge B1 Bomber
UPI reports intelligence sources believe the Soviet Union is testing a new interceptor, potentially a follow up to the MiG 25, that could challenge the B1 bomber when it becomes operational in the early 1980s. Analysts warn about radar and jamming tech as Congress debates funding for five B1s.
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Congress
Defense
Harold Brown
Carter
House
U.S
United States
President Perez Arrives for White House Talks on Oil and Rights
Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez met with President Carter in Washington to discuss oil energy trade and human rights. The talks focus on Panama Canal negotiations hemispheric relations and Perez planned United States visits to New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Perez is a key U S ally and Venezuelan oil supplier within OPEC.
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Washington
Carter
Caracas
Perez
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Venezuela
U.S
OPEC
Rosalynn Carter
United States
Visitor Confirms Prelude to Arson at Maury County Jail
A jail visitor admitted giving cigarettes to a 16 year old runaway who started a fire in a padded cell. The blaze killed 42 people including five members from two families. Authorities charged Andrew Zinmer with arson and potential manslaughter counts.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Maury County
William Buck Rowland
Rowland
Calvin
Janice Golden
David Pullen
State Penitentiary
Andrew Zinmer
Wisconsin
Zinmer
Pullen
Jerry Wayne Dickey
Dickey
William Earl Duke
Nixon Denied Tapes Custody by Supreme Court Ruling
Supreme Court rules government owns Nixon tapes and executive documents, in a 7 to 2 decision. Justices reject Nixon's claim of personal property and address privacy, secrecy, and separation of powers issues tied to the 1974 law.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Congress
William Brennan
Warren Burger
William Rehnquist
Burger
Brennan
Rehnquist
Herbert Hoover
Prsidential
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