Mars Is Red as Viking Photos Reveal Martian Desert
Viking color images from Chryse Basin show a terrestrial like desert with a blue sky and reddish soil. Scientists confirm Mars atmosphere contains nitrogen and argon, suggesting earlier conditions could have supported life. biology data expected in weeks.
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Pasadena
VPI
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Mars
Red
Earth
Chryse Basin
Arizona
Moon
Thomas Mutch
Michael McElroy
Harvard
Mutch
Jet Propulsion
McElroy
Earth’s
Hostages Freed as Wisconsin Prison Takeover Ends
After a 14 hour occupation at the Wisconsin State Prison, 16 hostages were released unharmed and the inmates agreed to return to their cells after a search. Gov. Lucey welcomed the settlement with no injuries reported.
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Waupun
Wis
UPI
Wisconsin State Prison
Dublin Embassy Bombing Leaves Ambassador Dead
British ambassador Christopher Ewart-Biggs and a 27 year old secretary were killed when a land mine exploded beside his blue limousine outside his Dublin residence. The attack, likely IRA linked, injured the Northern Ireland secretary and a chauffeur. Prime Minister Callaghan condemned the act as heinous.
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Ireland
UPI
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Northern Ireland
Brian Cubbon
Brian O'Driscoll
Irish Republican Army
Garret
Fitzgerald
Provisional Ira
Sinn Fein
IRA
Ewart Biggs
Irish Republic
Judith Cook
Cubbon
Fatal Bus Truck Crash Near Cordelia Kills One, Hurts Fifteen
A Continental Trailways bus and a semi truck collided on Interstate 80 five miles west of Cordelia California. One person died and about 15 were injured, many severely. The bus carried 43 passengers from Reno to San Francisco.
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Cordelia
Calif
Fairfield
Vacaville
Vallejo
Suisun
Transatlantic Service Expansion Proposed
The Civil Aeronautics Board proposed opening 11 U.S. gateway cities for nonstop transatlantic service and granting two airlines authority for Europe. Ford must approve. Northwest would begin Europe, Delta to London from Texas and Atlanta, with gateways including Cleveland and Dallas Fort Worth.
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UPI
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U.S
Ford
CAB
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Denver
Kansas City
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
Atlanta
New Orleans
Tampa
Fla
Europe
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Delta Air Lines
Texas Cities
London
Sue Seeks First Camping Trip Support in Las Vegas Sun
A brief request from a 9 year old in fourth grade named Sue explains she has never gone camping and asks readers to help. She cites parental divorce and her mother's work to support a family while noting chores justify a family camping trip. Donations are requested to SUN Summer Camp Fund with local donors listed.
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Las Vegas Sun
Sue
SUN Summer Camp Fund
South Highland
Las Vegas
Nevada
Warren Atchison
Nedra Joyce
Dick Kanellis
Mary
Jim Campbell
Jim
Isabelle Anderson
Theda Harrison
Colleen
Oscar Sharp
Ben van Dyke
Mercury
Martha Cumbie
Tina Westerman
el Cortez
Roger & Lou Buffman
Jail Prisoner Sets Fire To Himself
Thomas Bryant, 31, set fire to himself in his Clark County jail cell early Wednesday police said. Arrested July 12 on robbery weapon and kidnapping charges tied to a hijacked truck carrying 125 cases of beer he suffered severe burns and was listed in satisfactory condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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Thomas Bryant
Clark County
Bryant
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Police Seek Warrants in Kidnap Case
Acting Madern District Attorney Charles Hoffman said the preliminary investigation is concluded and police have reached a turning point in the search. Three white male suspects are the focus though arrests are not imminent. Police sought a man named Fred linked to the truck used to imprison the children near Livermore and noted three vans believed to belong to the kidnappers. the truck was bought last November from a Palo Alto moving company.
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Madern
Charles Hoffman
Bates
Jack Baugh
Sheriff's Department
Alameda County
Livermore
Fred
Palo Alto
Burglar Vault Heist Tunnels Into Nice Bank For 10 Million
In Nice France burglars tunneled into a Societe Generale bank vault causing an underground escape via the Paillon River sewer. They rifled 400 safe boxes during a weekend heist worth about 10 million dollars. Investigators found dirt sacks, gloves, boots and a rubber boat with 25 Paris experts aiding the probe.
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France
UPI
Societe Generale Bank
Paillon
Sanitation Department
Paris
Italy
Jacques Besson
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