Mars red and smoggy first color photos from Viking 1
Viking 1 sent color images of Mars showing red desert plains with greenish rocks and a blue white sky. Scientists note atmospheric scattering, nitrogen presence, and a denser atmosphere than expected, while signaling possible clues to past or present life.
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Peter Boyer
Pasadena
Mars
Earth
Viking 1
Explorer
Arizona Desert
Thomas Mutch
Mar
Hansar
Viking Lander
Mutch
Los Angeles
Mateh
Nateh
Viking
Midas Muller
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lander
Cal Cannery Strike Hints at Urgent Resolution
The canned fruit strike widens as workers walk out at 76 plants, threatening $1 billion in agricultural losses in California. Union demands rise to 83 cents an hour over three years from $4.93, while canners offer 15 cents to $1.45. Brown calls for federal involvement and warns of looming shortages unless resolved by Friday.
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Brown
Washington
Congo
Hiarves Seasing
California Unit Bureau
Ford
Ussery
Collision kills one on I-80 near Vallejo
A Continental Trailways bus collided with a tractor trailer on Interstate 80 east of Vallejo, killing the truck driver Peter Rado vich, 54, of Corte Madera, and injuring the bus driver Michael Sedam, 28, of San Francisco, along with 38 of 39 passengers. Several passengers suffered critical to minor injuries, with four listed as seriously injured.
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Vallejo
Continental Trailways
Interstate 80
Here
Reno
San Francis
Peter Radovich
Corte Madera
John E. Laye
Solana County
Noonan
Bichael C. Sedam
San Francisco
Ay Joanne Brown
Lough Douglas
Elaine Griffin
Oakland
Elsina Winston
Youngstown
Ohio
Motels Owner Dies After Struggle With Bandit
Donald Lynch, 6 year owner of Don's Turf Motel at 4732 Katella Ave in Los Alamitos, died early Wednesday at Los Alamitos General Hospital after being shot in the head during a Tuesday night struggle with an armed robber. His wife Dorothy and grandson Bruce Lynch were present during the incident as the bandit bound the youth and robbed about 50 to 75 dollars from a cash drawer.
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Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos General Hospital
Donald Lynch
Don's Turf
Katella Ave
Lynch
Dorothy
Bruce Lynch
Abduction probe spans Alameda to San Mateo counties
Alameda and San Mateo sheriffs led a caravan of about 11 officers with FBI involvement in a probe tied to a Livermore quarry siege and an underground prison. Reports link two suspects to prominent San Francisco families and a rock quarry owner, with arrests of seven wealthy Peninsula sons anticipated.
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Alameda
San Mateo
Madera
Charles Bates
FBI
San Francisco
Alameda County
Livermore
Oakland Tribune
Sacramento Bee
The
Fresto Bee
McDonald
Madera County
Alameda Canty
San Francisco Peninsula
Wid
Howchins
Ed Bates
Houchins
Asonree
San Mateo County
Redwood City
San Franciso
Saratoga
Chowchilla
Department of Motor Vehicles
Los Gatos
Santa Cruz Mountains
Fresnone
Diplomat Killed In Irish Republic Bomb Blast
A car bomb near Dublin killed the diplomat and three others, wounding two. police said the blast, likely remote controlled, cratered the road and left four occupants trapped. Irish and British officials condemned the attack as terrorists from an extremist group.
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Driscall
Trish
Patrick Cooney
Cooney
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
IRA
David O'Connell
Lee O'Neill
Liam Cosgrave
Elizabeth III
Canada
Bereaud
James Callaghan
House of Commons
London
Ewart Biggs
Oxford
Paris
Cosgrave
Patrick Wood
O'Driscoll
Jinnae
Donal Wills
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