Satellites forecast wheat yields in Russia and beyond
UPI reports in Washington that the LACIE program using NASA Landsat data aims to forecast wheat production with about 10 percent accuracy 90 percent of the time in a three year test across the Great Plains Canadian Prairies Soviet regions and selected others. Officials say the work remains experimental and unlikely to replace ground surveys, though it could later aid global crop monitoring and price planning.
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Viking 2 lands Friday on Mars in search of clues
Viking 2 is scheduled to land Friday on the northern plains of Utopia near the 48th parallel, after scientists at JPL selected the site from four options and 1,857 photos to follow up Viking 1. The mission aims to explain Earth scientists puzzlement over carbon dioxide bursts and possible microbial life in Martian soil.
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September 1 1976 in history and notable events
This date notes events and birthdays including journalist James Gordon Bennett born 1795 and Aaron Burr being acquitted in 1807. It recalls Japan’s 1923 earthquake with vast casualties and Britain and France issuing a war ultimatum to Hitler in 1939 before World War II. The moon and planets positions are listed for the day.
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France
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Food stamp costs trimmed in new congressional estimate
Congressional Budget Office projections show the food stamp program may cost about 450 million dollars less in fiscal 1977 than earlier forecasts. The 1976 total was 5.7 billion and would drop to roughly 5.55 billion if current rules remain, while reform bills and court delays cloud final costs.
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UPI
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Senate bill faces veto risk over cost and aid
Washington Evening Journal reports the bill’s high price, with President Carter or successors weighing veto possibilities. Sen Robert Dole backs the measure in the Agriculture Committee and Senate floor to aid needy people. Nearly 18 million already participate in the stamp program with partial income-backed coverage and bonus stamps. A separate notice notes glaucoma risk for those over 35 and offers a free brochure from Prevent Blindness.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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