Viking Spacecraft Launch Sends Mars Mission Toward 1976 Landing
Cape Canaveral reports the Viking unmanned lab blasted off atop a Titan Centaur rocket on a 505 million mile voyage to Mars, aiming for July 1976 landing. Engineers noted a smooth start despite prior delays and a thunderstorm speculation surrounds a power-draining switch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Viking
Florida
Mars
Red Planet
America
Earth
Prospector
Pathfinder
Kennedy Space Center
Glomar Explorer free of tax action for Catalina tests
The CIA submarine grabber Glomar Explorer sails to Catalina Island for nine days of testing after Los Angeles County ties were suspended. The ship, valued with a $7.5 million tax bill, is owned by Howard Hughes' Summa Corp but government filings claim the federal government owns it and that Hughes is an agent.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Central Intelligence Agency
Catalina Island
Howard Hughes
Summa Corp
Los Angeles
Philip Watson
Hughes
Terminal Island
U.S
CIA
Justice Department
Diabetic Pills Questioned As Ineffective And Risky
Dr. John K. Davidson of Emory University told an FDA hearing that about 1.2 to 1.5 million diabetics on oral drugs may not benefit and face higher heart risk. He urged labels and consent forms plus continued weight and diet therapy as alternatives.
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Walington
UPI
John K. Davidson
Diabetes Unit
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta
Davidson
Food and Drug Administration
Hisospital
Sidney Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
FDA
Thais Pillage College Ramps Up Bangkok Unrest
In Bangkok, technical school students used a stolen bus as a battering ram to breach Thammasat University gates looting offices and setting fire to the law building. Police and security forces faced protests as dissidents ramped up with mass gatherings in Lamphun and near Kukrit’s office.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Technical
Thammasat University
Kukat Pramo
U.S
Kukrit
Lamphun
Radio Thailand
VA Fears Killer Loose In Hospital
In Ann Arbor the Veterans Administration Hospital imposes strict controls on suspect drugs as investigators examine a spike in respiratory failures. At least seven deaths in a month prompted FBI and VA probes, with muscle relaxants and succinylcholine eyed as possible causes and 15 cases reviewed.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
UPI
Veterans Administration Hospital
Laurence Foye Jr
Veterans Administration
Washington
FBI
Foye
Ronald Bishop
Arnold E. Mouish
Faye
Scotts Deny Hearst Deal
New York reports say Jack and Micki Scott deny attempting to strike a deal with Patricia Hearst's parents for her return. They dismiss claims of concessions including legal fee payments and Mrs Hearst resigning from the California regents. The couple returned from Harrisburg where subpoenas are under challenge.
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New York
UPI
Jack
Micki Scott
Patricia Hearst
Mrs. Scott
New Yorker Fern Bails Out Of Plane To Impress Movie Backers
Daniel Fern a 49 year old unemployed waiter leaped from a small plane over Manhattan aiming for Lincoln Center but tangled his foot in the door and was hauled into Central Park two blocks from Lincoln Center. He received a summons for unauthorized use of a parachute within city limits.
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New York
UPI
Daniel Fern
Manhattan
Lincoln Center
Fern
Central Park
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Clyde Miller
Utah
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