Stanford Gets Iran Satellite Planning Contract
Stanford University in Palo Alto receives a $978,000 three year contract from Iran to aid in planning a domestic communication satellite system for rural telephone and educational TV. Principal investigators are Bruce Lusignan and Edwin Parker with five NIRT technicians joining Stanford staff. The note mentions the United States recognizing the Soviet Union on November 17, 1933.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Iran
Bruce Lusignan
Electrical Engineering
Edwin Parker
Communications
NIRT
Stanford
Wanted Old Couch Got Hotel At Auction
Fredrick Rick Alexander went to an auction hoping to buy an antique velvet couch but ended up with a hotel instead according to reports from Superior Nebraska. The mix up stunned him as he inspected the winning bid and noted the unexpected purchase.
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Superior, Neb
Fredrick
Rick’ Alexander
Alexander
Union Hotel
Anna of
Hardy, Neb
University of Nebraska
Notable historic dates and a hotel auction in Nebraska
Today in history notes events on August 19 including Hitler's rise in 1934 and Salem witch trials in 1692. A Union Hotel auction in Lincoln, Nebraska, saw 21 rentable rooms and a couch sold for 3 000 dollars while owner Maurice Kilgore recalls private lavatories. George London appointed general director of the Opera Society of Washington.
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Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenberg
Salem
Mass
U.S
Constitution
Old Ironsides
North Atlantic
Africa
United States
Connecticut
Turkey
South Vietnam
da Nang
Hungary
St. Stephen
The
Union
Maurice Kilgore
Mississippi River
London
Opera Society OF
Washington
George London
Opera Society of Washington
Ian Strafogel
Europe
America
Vienna Opera
Metropolitan Opera
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Iran TV
Soviet Union
Idaho Capital
China
Abed
Berlin
Hope
S. Gardner
Psuttetrin
Omar
Alain
Dirk
George Eliot
George Washington
Thomas Gage
Rodger Davies
Nicosia
Cyprus
Willie Shoemaker
World Council of Churches
Philip Potter
Kilgore
United
Rica
Ray
Mnigarte
S. Loudoun St
Clark’s Decorating Center
SYNE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Virginia
FDIC
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Amherst ST
Amherst
Berryville Ave
Berryville
Valley
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