Viking 2 enters Mars orbit as life-hunt tests stir debate
Viking 2 slips into an elliptical Mars orbit as scientists report puzzling readings from Viking 1 suggest possible biological activity. The labeled release and pyrolytic tests show unusual radioactivity peaks and carbon uptake, prompting cautious optimism about life signs without conclusive proof.
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Pasadena
UPI
Mars
Harold Klein
Sleam
Klein
Norman Horowitz
Earth
Uganda Kenya sign peace documents halt hostility
President Idi Amin on Uganda Radio says Henry Kissinger is the sole obstacle to restoring relations with the United States after Uganda and Kenya end hostilities. Amin claims if Kissinger left Ford the nations would normalize ties as Uganda notes American friendship and trade. Eva Stahl loses husband arm and unborn child in Tal Zaatar Lebanon rescue by Red Cross.
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Angen
Kenya
Idi Amin
Henry A. Kissinger
Kampala
United States
Amin
Uganda
Kissinger
Ford Administration
America
Eva Stahl
Tal Zaatar
Lebanon
Palestine
Odeee
Red Cross
Beirut
Page
Kissinger reveals Iran arms plan and trade boost
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discloses Iran intends to buy 10 billion to 16 billion dollars of U.S. weapons by 1990 to modernize its forces. The figure follows a deal to raise U.S.-Iranian trade from 10 billion to 40 billion for 1976–1980, with military estimates adding 2 to 3 billion dollars annually.
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Henry Kissinger
Iran
Kissinger
Explosion at Billy Carter station injures three in Plains Georgia
An electrical short in a soft drink machine caused a blast at a Billy Carter owned service station injuring three teens and damaging the building while Billy Carter and his brother Jimmy Carter were nearby. Secret Service restrained both Carters as fire crews controlled the blaze.
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Billy
Jimmy Carter
Billy Carter
Christopher Hereford
Shawmut
Ala
Kathleen Smediey
West Paint
Olga Marie Dunn
Lanett
Americus‘Sumter County Hospital
UPI
Gene Gibbons
Gibbons
Hereford
Manning
Huguley Congregational Christian Church
Plains
C.L. Walters
Cos Cola Co
Billy Sims
Star party lights up Del Valle Park with star tales
In Livermore at Del Valle Regional Park a star party draws about 60 to 70 people. Naturalist Joanne Dean and astronomy instructor Stuart Inglis entertain a young audience with myths and science about Mars and the night sky. Aids include slide projector and three large telescopes as the crowd walks to a meadow to view celestial objects.
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Joanne Dean
del Valle Regional Park
Livermore
Ms. Dean
East Bay Regional Park
Stuart Inglis
Chabel College
Inglis
Mars
Paul Bunyan
Jury Cannot Reach Verdict in Harris SLA Trial
In Los Angeles, the jury hearing the SLA case involving William Harris and Emily Harris could not decide after eight hours of deliberations. They requested a rereading of testimony about the May 1974 incident at Mel's Sporting Goods, including the theft of socks and alleged kidnapping, robbery, and assault tied to Patricia Hearst.
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Los Angeles
UPI
SLA
William
Emily Ars
Ine
Mel
Harris
Harrises
Patrica Hearst
Carroll Huet
Mel's Sporting Goods
Huett
Miss Hearst
Reagan vents success in Northeast delegate push
Ronald Reagan returns to Los Angeles from a four day Northeast trip described as productive. He says he gained pledged support from additional delegates while publicly confirming seven, two, and one gains in New Jersey New York and West Virginia. He dismisses Rolling Stone rumors about wealth and a land sale.
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Nglis
North Pole
Cassiopeia
Draco
Virgo
Earth
Hercules
Inglis
Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Northeast
Reagan
International Airport
Nancy
Sen
Richard Schweiker
R-Penn
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Ford
Rolling Stone
Rolling Sone
Santa Monica Mountains
Twentieth Century-Fox
California
Fox
Phillip Myers
Myers
Legion deaths level off after Pennsylvania incident
In Harrisburg, UPI reports Legion fever deaths steady at 75 with scientists attributing a single exposure to airborne or chemical agent. The Pennsylvania incident tied to 135 cases linked to the American Legion convention in Philadelphia July 21 24 with fever and pneumonia. most remain critically ill and no new cases since Tuesday.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachmen
Philadkelphig
Ford
Plana
Philledelphin
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