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...game pro sets in the doubles matches. A brisk wind helped the Crimson to sail away with an easy victory, as Roberts and Funara won, 10-3, and Muscatine and Fulton aced, 10-2. Olney's back caused her default a second time in the number three doubles tilt to round out the score...
...Tilt Meters. Geologist Robert Castle, who with colleagues at the U.S. Geological Survey discovered the Palmdale bulge while examining old geodetic records, is keeping an open mind on the subject. The swelling could be caused by dangerous strains and dilatency, he says, or might be merely a "false pregnancy," resulting from other, less menacing geological quirks. He points out that there have been instances of land rising-including an earlier uplift south of Palmdale at the turn of the century-without subsequent earthquakes...
...find out just what is occurring around Palmdale, scientists are now installing additional tilt meters, seismometers, magnetometers and other instruments in the little-monitored bulge area. These efforts have so far been badly handicapped by a lack of funds, but President Gerald Ford, after a plea from USGS scientists, has authorized an additional $2.6 million for earthquake research in fiscal 1977-$2 million of it specifically for studying the bulge...
...number four singles tilt had the makings of a super match, but Rita Funaro added a ho-hum effect when, down 4-0 in the frist set, she proceeded to take twelve consecutive games...
...nation's capital was opened to the public last week-40 months behind schedule. In some ways the delay seemed worthwhile. The silver-and-chocolate-colored trains, guided by computers, glide at speeds of up to 75 m.p.h. on cushioned rails. For security, there are TV cameras that tilt, pan and zoom, as well as cops on every train. Many of the stations will feature $1-a-day "Park & Ride" lots for motorists, "Bike & Ride" racks for cyclists and even "Kiss & Ride" lanes for commuters who are driven to the train and dropped off. What with inflation, the system...