Nuclear Blast Simulator Nearing Completion at Navy Lab
The 2400 foot conical shock tube at the U S Naval Weapons Laboratory near Fredericksburg Virginia will simulate nuclear blasts to test ships engines shelters and electronics at altitudes up to 100000 feet First tests expected later this year with 1000 pounds of TNT per shot used across four gun barrels to create shock waves inside the tube
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Dahlgren
Potomac River
Hiroshima
U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory
Fredericksburg
Navy
Department of Defense
Nuc
Sun Shipbuilding Co
Chester
Five Navy airmen still missing after helicopter vanish
Virginia Beach AP report says seven ships and several planes search for five missing Navy airmen whose helicopter disappeared Wednesday off the North Carolina coast. Names listed include Lt. Peter J. Nelson, Lt. William Foley, Lt. Thomas Angros, ADR-2 Arthur Hanson, and ATN-3 George Takla.
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Virginia Beach
Navy
North Carolina
Peter J. Nelson
Wrafigell
Alaska
J¢ William Thomas Foley
Lakehurst
N.J
Thomas Lee Angros
Arthur Raymond Hanson
Franklin
Mass
Bible Headlines Spark Student Interest in Bible Study
Pittsburgh area Sunday school teacher Nelson A. White uses Old Testament headlines to engage high school pupils at Sunset Hills United Presbyterian Church. He says dramatic headlines boost reading interest and attendance, covering stories from Tower of Babel to Potiphar's wife with sports-minded options for learners.
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Pittsburgh
Nelson A. White
The
Sunset Hills United
White
Tower of Babel
Joshua
William E. Med Greary
Reagan Unruh clash over California tuition policy
Berkeley AP report on a showdown between Governor Reagan and Assembly leader Jesse Unruh at a University of California Board of Regents meeting. Reagan proposes delaying action amid a 73 million dollar deficit while Unruh pushes for a vote on tuition, with regents seeking to keep enrollments open and cut costs.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Democratic Assembly
Jesse M. Unruh
California
University of California Board of Regents
Reagan
Regents
Unruh
University of California
UCLA
Six year old refuses goose over goose pimples tale
Syracuse child Mark Virginia refuses to eat the goose his father shot. He tells his parents he does not want goose pimples. The Virginia family, Donald and Mrs Virginia, explain the quip as the boy cites his fear of goose pimples.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Mark Virginia
Donald P. Virginia
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By John Goolrick
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Crider & Shockey
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Leah
Potiphar
Rahab
Samson
David
Goliath
Phils
Demo Clash
Mercury
COMET
Daytona
Cape Horn
Fairbanks
Cyclones
W Motors, Inc
Lincoln
Maryland
West Va
Shenandoah
Potomac Edison
Allegheny Power System
Conversion Heating Dept
Potomac Edison Co
E. Washington St
Hagerstown, Md
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