Four new satellites launched by U.S.
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) America put four new satellites into orbit Wednesday two to watch for violations of the nuclear test ban treaty, a new weather reporter that should improve long-range forecasting, and a mapping moonlet.
The U.S. space agency launched a 1,368-pound Nimbus 4 weather satellite aboard a Thor-Agena rocket from Vandenberg Air
Spring Fling replaced with 'Fun in Sun' event
Independent organized living groups and social sororities at KU are replacing the annual Spring Fling this year with a program called Spring Week April 19-25.
Congress passes bill for settlement of possible strike
This year's spring program is
WASHINGTON (UPI) — In rapid succession, the Senate and House Wednesday approved and sent to the White House, President Nixon's plan for a forced settlement of a rail dispute.
The bill, approved by a voice vote in the House an hour after passing the Senate 88 to 3, would impose on four railroad shopcraft unions a contract tentatively accepted by them last December but later repudiated by the Sheet Metal Workers Union.
With a congressionally imposed moratorium on a nationwide rail strike expiring at midnight Friday, Nixon was expected to lose no time in signing the bill into law.
The legislation, bitterly opposed by the Sheet Metal Workers and opposed generally by labor, would be the first time the federal government ever imposed a contract settlement in a labor dispute.
The lowest temperature recorded in the United States was minus 76 degrees at Tanana, Alaska, in January, 1886.
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PATIQUE SET
ArtCarved the Love Ring people
entitled "Fun In The Sun" and marks the first time that Greek and independent living groups have co-sponsored the event.
Force Base in California at 2:18 a.m.
We have Love Rings from Art-
Carved for people who know
that love is what a wedding is
all about. Our Love Rings are
beautiful. Whether you choose
a contemporary sculpture, a tradi-
tional scroll or a ribboned
design, ArtCarved Love Rings are
for you. Come see.
The twin 770-pound Vela satellites, each worth $7 million, will be on sentry duty to watch for and report on any nuclear detonations either in the atmosphere or in space. The satellites can also detect solar radiation concentrations in space which might threaten astronauts.
Proceeds from the carnival and an April 24 drive to gather empty aluminum beer cans to sell back to distributors will go to a local scholarship fund. The scholarships will enable local elementary school children to attend summer classes at KU in biology and ecology.
determining positions on the earth's surface.
Some of the Spring Week events include individual pairing activities April 20-21, an ice cream social April 22 and Spring Sing April 23.
The Air Force followed less than three hours later from Cape Kennedy, Fla. with a spectacular dawn launch of a Titan 3C carrying the Vela nuclear detection robots.
A greased pig catching contest is scheduled for Potter 25 at Potter Lake as well as a balloon toss, an undressing contest, an ice block race, a "bod-passing" contest, a medicine ball game and a tug-of-war across Potter Lake.
Other events scheduled for April 25 are a gymkana at 8 a.m. in Lewis Hall parking lot, a carnival and art sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the deck of Spencer Library and a street dance in Oliver Hall parking lot in the evening.
The Nimbus and its traveling companion went into an orbit over the poles ranging from 679 to 689 miles. Nimbus 4 is the fifth of seven planned space weather observatories.
Riding along as a hitchhiker with the weather satellite was a 40-pound satellite called Topo-A, the first of a series of satellites to be launched for the U.S. Army's Topographic Command.
The Velas went initially into an orbit ranging from 68,912 to 10,-647 miles above the earth. In the next few days, the satellites will maneuver themselves into a circular orbit some 69,000 miles high and on opposite sides of the earth.
The satellite will experiment with new techniques of accurately
The Nimbus will make the most comprehensive study ever undertaken from space of the earth's atmosphere. Scientists hope the information from the new space station will lead to accurate weather forecasts two weeks in advance by the end of the decade.
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