Fireworks Production Rooms Busy Ahead of July Fourth
E H Robertson president of Longhorn Manufacturing Co in Roswell NM says workers toil in two shifts to meet peak demand before the Fourth of July. The plant occupies a former Air Force base arsenal now considered a safe site for making fireworks.
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E.H. Robertson
Longhorn Manufacturing Co
Roswell
Robertson
Walker Air Force Base
Air Force
Defense Department
South
Three youths and skipper survive 41 days at sea
Fred Shropshire, 46, and crew Mike Fountain, 19, and Richard Nims, 17, spent 41 days adrift between Hawaii and the West Coast. They ran out of food after 20 days, drank salt water, and ate barnacles to stay alive until a Coast Guard helicopter rescued them 167 miles southeast of San Diego. The vessel Tom Cat had sails torn and damaged gear after two storms and becalming.
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San Diego
Calif
Hawaii
West Coast
Fred Shropshire
Mike Fountain
Huntington Beach
Richard Nims
Honolulu
Navy
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Shropshire
Lanai
Los Angeles
Mars marsh eyed as Viking lander targets life search
Pasadena scientists study over 7000 Mariner 9 images and other data to locate a wet landing site in Xanthe Chryse near the equator. The goal is to place Viking probes on low damp terrain with potential past water to maximize life-detection chances before Mariner 9's end of mission.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
America
Viking
Mariner 9
Earth
Viking Project
Robert Schmitz
Space Agency
Schmitz
Labor chief raps utility request in Montana
Helena AP report says James W. Murry executive secretary of the Montana AFL CIO urged the Montana Public Service Commission to weigh Montana Power Co. rate increase requests against its improved operating income. He said 35 000 union households he represents struggle with inflation.
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Helena
Montana
State Public Service Commission
Montana Power Co
James W. Murry
Aflcio
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