Mars landing marks first color photos from Viking 1
Viking 1 touched down on Mars at 4 53 a m PDT on a dusty plain named Chryse Planitia. First color images showed soil and rocks with wind tails as scientists hailed the historic achievement and anticipated life-detection tests.
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Peter J. Boyer
Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
America
Mars
Red Planet
Viking
Thomas Mutch
Jetropulsion Laboratory
Chryse Planitia
Earth
Ford
Ray Bradbury
JPL
Beach school moratorium faces extended deadline
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Governor Longley suggested the state moratorium on school construction may extend beyond July 7 1977 as communities like Old Orchard Beach press for a $4.3 million revamp. Local leaders criticize Millett claiming taxes will rise, while urging the governor to heed genuine educational needs and support communities with approved projects.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
James Longley
Longley
United Press International
H. Lawin Millett
Mark Snow
Millett
Snow
Jerome Plante
Saco driver back on job after kid free street vow
Milton Burgess, a Saco sanitation worker, is back at work on his Brentwood Circle route after resigning following harassment of his truck by neighborhood children. Residents proposed measures to keep kids away during garbage collection, and Burgess received a portable radio and police-handling plan. He recalled a past incident when a child ran into the truck, left unblamed, and said he would quit rather than risk another injury. The city paused collections on Brentwood Circle until the issue is corrected, with warnings delivered to residents.
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Aken
Brentwood Circle
Saco
Milton Burgess
Burgess
Sanitation Department
North St
Richard Murray
John Dexter
On This Date in History July 20 1976 Highlights
Today July 20 marks events from 1969 moon landing by Armstrong and Aldrin to Colombia's 1810 independence declaration and Civil War sessions in Richmond. Also notes Turkey Cyprus invasion in 1974 and Vietnam era war references across decades.
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Associated Press
Oday
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Colombia
Spain
Congress of the Civil War Confederacy
Richmond
Turkey
Adrianople
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thailand
France
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Pike Defends Intel Panel Over Leaks to CBS
Congressmen on the House intelligence committee deny leaking a secret report to CBS newsman Daniel Schorr and say they do not know who did. Rep Otis Pike, D NY, chairman of the panel, testified before the House ethics committee yesterday. Page 8 contains full details.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
CBS
Daniel Schorr
House Ethics Committee
Otis Pike
D-N.y
Pike
Investigators Decide on Dig for Missing 11-Year-Old
Investigators in Kennebunk have chosen to continue digging the cellar for the body of an 11-year-old missing nearly 12 years. After three days last week only a third of the concrete-floored cellar had been excavated and only eyeglasses and animal bones were found. Reporter Peter Kingsley notes the decision and location on page 14.
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Kennebunk
Peter Kingsley
Food prices spark political quip on dinner costs
A shopper quips that if food prices keep rising politicians won't be the only ones dining at $25 a plate. The Biddeford Saco Journal's content area includes market notes, classified sections, editorial opinions, and regular features across pages 12 to 28 with cartoons and puzzles.
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Solar System
UPI
Viking I
Dunce
Missy Goudreau
Biddeford
Missy
John Ewing
Journal
Abby
Maine
New England News
Weather
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