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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1976
Page
4
New York theater scene shows actor George C Scott and his wife Tah Van Devere backstage at the Broadhurst Theatre after the opening of Sly Fax. The report notes lighthearted moments as Scott enjoys the play while the couple remains offstage.
Pasadena reports scientists discuss a Solar Sailor concept to grab a Mars surface sample with a lander and a robotic fetcher then return it to Earth orbit aboard a sun powered sail. The plan envisions a craft launching in 1962 with a later mission to intercept Halley's Comet in 1988 using light pressure for propulsion.
Reports from friends say Dr Wernher von Braun is seriously ill and could die within weeks from cancer. Fred C Durant of the National Air and Space Museum notes a drastic blood change but doubts he is beyond help as colleagues recount his wartime and postwar career with German rocket research and U S forces.
A fragmentary Nevada notice reports an exotic Tamjet nuclear engine, once tested 12 years ago, to be scrapped. It notes uranium fuel removal from the reactor core and recovery in Idaho, with an estimated value of 53.5 million in enriched material.
A powerful lime bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded in Baghdad International Airport customs hall killing at least three people including a Saudi national and injuring scores. Reports say up to 10 may have died and around 400 wounded. the blast occurred at 7:15 p.m local time. Investigators found seven area TNT grams on the device, linked to a Cairo-origin flight via Damascus.
Providence report shows 17 year old John Williams with no arms completing the road test using a special wheel knob. Police examiner Inspector Salvatore Mallore comments on speed as he issues a scorecard of 39 out of 100 and directs license pickup location.
Jung Soper resides in a cedar and canvas tepee she constructed in Traverse City Michigan. The dwelling uses a small electric heater and a fire pit for cooking. She keeps a telephone inside and says it is the first tepee phone in the United States.
Washington based ad regulator says Lorne Greene commercial for Alpo Beef Chunks Dinner implies the product is all meat. NARB finds the claim misleading and says the ads overstate meat content and nutrition. Allen Products defends disclosure of soy ingredients and two year airings to dispel any all meat implication.
In Decham Massachusetts Meyers age 22 admitted burning to death a teammate's dog infested with fleas. He was found guilty of the crime.
Peter Christian and his 4 year-old son Nicholas won first prize of 255 dollars in the Norfolk and Suffolk Angling competition on the River Yare. Their smelt weighed one sixteenth of an ounce and was the sole fish caught during the four hour contest in Norwich area.
Frasy Weta and Rizaldo Huser, from Pennsylvania, celebrated their 17th anniversary with a champagne welcome in Honolulu. Pompe, 42, an engineer for Dravo Corp, became Hawaii’s 1976’s 11th visitor and the first to reach that monthly total. They arrived after delays and were escorted to Magic Island and the Orchid Suite at the Cinerama Reef Hotel, with a VIP escort arranged for their weeklong stay.
A brief note appears to announce an event titled When in Rome Sunday to be covered by The Daily Review. Details are sparse in the readable text.
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