Viking II Tests Seismology and Photos on Mars
In Pasadena the Viking II lander began marsquake tests and sent color photos of Utopia Planitia. Mission director Tom Young said all systems were fine and soil sampling experiments would start late this week, as scientists note Viking I’s seismometer failure and the need for seismic data to assess life signs.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Mars’ Plain of
Utopia
Tom Young
Viking
Viking I
Gary Latham
Latham
Young
Viking II
Viking 1
Chryse
Viking TI
Mars
Vacation A rest from work to finish what’s begun
A J Today notes a vacation concept as a pause from work before tasks are completed, highlighting the idea of taking time off to finish duties or achieve rest before resuming regular duties. The brief reflects on work-rest balance without detailing specific events or dates.
Ava lanche Journal Publishes One Edition for Labor Day
A single edition of the Avalanche Journal is issued today due to the Labor Day holiday. There will be no evening edition and all evening subscribers receive the morning edition instead. All regular features and comics are combined into the morning edition to let as many employees observe the holiday.
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Avalanche-Journal
Prayer Prayer for Serenity and Trust
A short religious verse asks readers to place trust in God to gain a serene life. It emphasizes overcoming temptations and weaknesses to enjoy a complete life in faith.
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Father
Jet Hijackers Release Hostages To Cypriots
A Dutch KLM DC9 with 81 aboard including three Americans was hijacked by three Palestinians wielding grenades and guns. After four hours circling off Israel they surrendered to Cypriot authorities and were allowed to depart for an undetermined country, reportedly Libya, following negotiations with the PLO.
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Larnaca
Cyprus
UPI
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Libya
Royal Dutch Klm
Mediterranean
Otto Horsting
Selma
Ala
Horsting
Palestine
Amsterdam
Tokyo
Steve Schmidt
Waterford
Calif
Spain
Tarantula Tops Rock as Nations Favorite Status Pet
In Ann Arbor Michigan a local pet wholesaler reports tarantulas replacing rocks as the top status pet. Gary Cohn sells about 100 tarantulas monthly citing easy care and minimal food needs. Detroit Zoo curator Bill Austin and Cohn say spiders thrill owners and are safe with proper handling. Retail prices run around 10 dollars.
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Ann Arbor. Mich
UPI
Gary Cohn
Area Wrecks Kill Two City Women
Two Lubbock residents died in weekend crashes raising the city traffic death toll to 1 and the county toll to 18 for the year. Shirley Jean Dungan 34 of 302 Ave U died in a one car rollover four miles northeast of New Deal on county road 54 after losing control crossing a dip. Services for Dungan are pending. She is survived by her parents a daughter a sister a brother and one grandchild.
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Lubbock
Shirley Jean Dungan
Ave. U
New Deal
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Dungan
Resthaven-Singleton-Wilson Funeral Home
Fox Theaters
Frank Crump
Uvalde
Sheila Bankston
Carlisle
Dolorez Mendez
27Th St
James D. Crump
U.S. Army
Germany
Shooting Incident Kills Lubbock Man
A 32 year old Lubbock man was in police custody after a shooting spree in the 3600 block of E 4th Street. Robert Ramos, 40, of 3600 E 4th Street died at 10 30 p m at St Marys Hospital from gunshot wounds to the abdomen. A ruling in the shooting was expected later.
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Lubbock
4Th St
Robert Ramos
St. Mary's Hospital
Japanese flyer begins 4800 mile bicentennial transpacific flight
Shoji Kawamoto a 51 year old former Zero pilot leaves Tokyo for Seattle in a single engine plane to mark the U S Bicentennial The wartime ace once downed 19 planes at RabauI Air Base New Britain Island He later moved to the United States in 1975 and runs a Long Beach flight school The journey is expected to take about 30 hours In a separate incident Margarito Trevino 48 sustained serious gunshot wounds while an ambulance en route to St Marys Hospital collided with two other vehicles and a police car in an underpass Five others suffered minor injuries
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Tokyo
Seattle
U.S
Shoji Kawamoto
Long Beach
Calif
Kawamoto
Rabaul Air Base
New Britain Island
South Pacific
Air Self Defense Force
United States
Margarito Trevino
Emory
St. Mary's
Trevino
St. Mary's Hospital
19Th Street
Lubbock
EMS
Luther Padgett
Methodist Hospital
Holiday Toll Rises on National Highways for Labor Day
The National Safety Council estimated 300 deaths on the nation’s highways as the Labor Day weekend travel neared its end, with a homeward drive ahead. Officials had predicted 260 to 460 deaths in traffic mishaps during the period.
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National Safety Council
Winners Named In Reese AFB Chili Cookoff
The first Reese Air Force Base Chili Cookoff crowned M. Sgt. HJ Rodriguez and wife Sally and Sgt. Rey Cisneros and wife Sophie as winners. They advance to Goodfellow Air Force Base on Sept 25 to compete for a World Championship bid in Terlingua.
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Esther Longoria
Avalanche-Journal
Reese Air Force Base
Minnesota
HJ. Rodriguez
Sally
Rey Cisneros
Sophie
Air Force
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Angelo
Terlingua
Rodriguez
H.J. Rodriquez
Sophie Reese
Air Force Base
Cisneros
Sally Rodriquez
Gary Davis
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