Bush tops Baker in Maine Republican straw vote
Former U N ambassador George Bush wins a narrow upset over Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker Jr. 466 to 446 at the Maine Republican straw ballot in Portland. Reagan and Connally trailed as 1,340 delegates eye the April state convention and Maine’s 21 national delegates. Baker praised the result as a sign of a growing moderate GOP vote.
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Pegasus 2 satellite debris sinks in Atlantic Ocean
The Pegasus 2 satellite re entered the atmosphere Saturday and debris splashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Equator northwest of Ascension Island. Spokeswoman Mary Fitzpatrick said the debris landed safely with no damage or injuries reported. The estimated re entry time was 4 20 p m EST and the impact area lies 300 to 500 miles southwest of Guinea Sierra Leone and Liberia. Debris spread over a 60 mile wide by 1 500 mile long mid Atlantic corridor with possible earlier downrange area including Australia Florida and parts of the southern U S.
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