Voyager 2 captures possible Uranus weather pattern
A Voyager 2 camera shows the first atmospheric detail on Uranus with hints of an icy fog near the south pole. Ellis Miner of JPL notes this as the first atmospheric detail seen in the mission images. Voyager 2, launched in 1977, previously studied Jupiter and Saturn and will approach Uranus on January 24 within about 50 000 miles.
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Pasadena
Calif
Uranus
Ellis Miner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter
Saturn
Solar System
National Museum of Anthropology Looted on Christmas Day
Thieves entered the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City unimpeded on Christmas morning and stole 144 priceless pre Columbian artifacts including gold jade and stone objects, shocking a nation proud of Mayan Aztec and other ancient cultures.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National Museum of Anthropology and History
Weather outlook with cloudy skies and cool temperatures
Partly cloudy today with a high in the 50s and tonight's low in the upper 20s to lower 30s. A cloudy and cool pattern is expected to persist through the New Year with page 6A details.
Local Obituaries List Reads Like Family History
A sequence of death notices from North Augusta to Johnston lists Ada Avant Florence Burkhalter Helen Coffey Annie Dozier Marcelle Flatley and others. The page invites readers to see details on Page 6A for full notices and funeral arrangements.
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Ada E.L. Avant
Florence
Elma R. Burkhalter
North Augusta
Helen T. Coffey
Aiken
Annie L.B. Dozier
Batesburg
Marcelle M. Flatley
Belvedere
Larry D. Johnson
Gladys McKnight
Williston
Katherine Nurnberger
Lila Odom
Ruth D. Palles
L.H. Quattlebaum
Wagener
Robert H. Quattlebaum
Rebecca B. Sanders
Denmark
Ada G. Thompson
Johnston
Kenneth C. Vaughan
Ella C. Watson
Rome airport attack raises U.S. fatalities and injuries
Two more Americans died in the Rome Leónardo da Vinci Airport attack bringing US deaths to five and 14 Americans hospitalized of the 74 wounded. Four attackers died and three were killed at Vienna airport in a coordinated assault. Survivors include Michael Sweis of Oak Lawn Illinois who said thank the Lord I'm living.
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Rome
U.S
Leonardo da Vinci
Vienna
State Department
Debbie Cavin
Washington
Vor
Michael Sweis
Oak Lawn
Sant’Eugenio Hospital
Riccardo Infelisi
Palestine
Appane
PLO
Tunisia
Eric Terzuolo
Terzuolo
Natasha Simpson
John Buonocore
Wilmington
Del
Don Maland
New Port Richey, Fla
Frederick Gage
Madison
Wis
Gage
Capital Times Co
Israel
el al
TWA
Pan American Airlines
Schwechat
Austria
Mahmoud
CBS
Death Toll at 15 in Rome Vienna Airport Attacks
Palestinian militants carried out the Rome and Vienna airport assaults killing 15 and wounding 121. Two Americans died, and autopsies showed deaths from explosions and gunfire. A note from the Rome survivor warned of ongoing blood for tears as authorities traced passports and suspect origins while claims of responsibility circulated from various groups.
Lebanon Armistice Signed by Militia Leaders in Damascus
Syria hosted a 3:10 p.m. ceremony where Walid Jumblatt Nabih Berri and Elie Hobeika signed a 23 page armistice pact to end Lebanon's civil war after 11 years of conflict. Syrian Vice President Khaddam witnessed and will guard the accord with observers and possible force if needed. Public reaction in Beirut mixed with skepticism about enforcement. The agreement outlines a mechanism for Syrian monitoring and intervention until Lebanon’s army is rehabilitated.
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Damascus
Syria
Lebanon
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Druse
Walid Jumbahi
Progressive Socialist Party
Nabih Berri
Amal
Elie Hobeika
Lebanese Forces
Berri
Jumblatt
Munir Abu Fadhel
Khaddam
Beirut
Hobeika
Damascus Sheraton Hotel
Hydrogen bomb test backs Star Wars project at Pahute Mesa
In Nevada desert a hydrogen bomb in a boxcar size canister was detonated at 11 a.m. PST as part of Star Wars research. Code named Goldstone, the blast yielded about 150000 tons of TNT, 10 times Hiroshima, registering 5.6 on the Richter scale. officials said the test went smoothly to study laser defense against nuclear attack.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Desert
Desert
Chris West
Department of Energy
Goldstone
Hiroshima
West
Strategic Defense Initiative
Pahute Mesa
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Georgia
Arizona
Ohio State
BYU
Voyager 2
Abby
New England
New York Jets
Tony Collins
ANSA
Mohamed Darvish
Jaser Abbou
Infelisi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tunis
Abdel Aziz Merzoughi
Ben Ahmed Chaoval
Mongi Ben Abdollah Saadqoui
CBS Radio
Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Senate
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Malaga
Spain
Abu Nidal
Arafat
Milan
Scalfaro
Fadaa Malouf
Christian East Beirut
Fatima Suleibi
West Beirut
United States
Soviet Union
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