Viking 1 science tests hint at life on Mars
Viking 1 scientists report the robotic arm is repaired and ready to dig again as pyrolytic release tests yield radioactive carbon uptake in Mars soil. Dr. Norman Horowitz cautions results are not conclusive and a control run will follow. In other news, Enrika Rae Fox born in Audrain Medical Center and Eduardo Mata named Dallas Symphony music director with Kurt Masur as principal guest conductor.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Viking
Mars
Earth
Harold Klein
Norman Horowitz
Horowitz
Enrika Rae
Edwin Fox
Laddonia
Audrain Medical Center
Mr. Fox
Mexico Lumber Co
Mexico City
Eduardo Mata
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony
Kurt Masur
Gewandaus Orchestra
Leipzig
East Germany
Mata
Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra
Masur
Komische Opera
Berlin
Train Crashes Church Bus Kills Nine in Stratton Neb
A Burlington Northern freight train struck a church bus at a rural Stratton crossing killing nine people on the bus bound for Sunday school. Seventeen aboard, fourteen were children, eight survived injured. The Rev. Thomas Nerren and several children named among the dead. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to inspect the fatal crash site.
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Stratton
Neb
Ron Longaine
Thomas
Nerren
Stratton Church
Floyd Wesch
McCook
Longsine
Paul Carlson
Burlington Northern
Shirlene
Denver
Cindy Jo Minary
Debra Minary
Kenneth Minary
Julianna Scarrow
Steven Lloyd Scarrow
Jennifer Scarrow
Cecil Scarrow
Holly Schoenberger
Daniel Schoenberger
William
Wesch
National Transportation Safety Board
Ford Praises Life Value at Catholic Congress
In Philadelphia 100000 attendees heard President Ford say he shares the church’s concern about irreverence for life. He spoke at the International Eucharistic Congress as Pope Paul VI joined via satellite, urging unity in faith and service. Cardinal Knox presided at a grand closing mass with hundreds of clergy present.
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Philadelphia
Ford
International Eucharistic Congress
U.S
Miguel Rodriguez
Arecibo
Puerto Rico
Walter Curtis
Bridgeport
United States
James Cardinal Knox
Vatican
Drought Like 1200s Could Return in Midwest
UW Madison researcher Reid Bryson connects current drought patterns to North America’s 1200 1400 drought. He notes similar atmospheric circulation, dry summers, and weak Gulf moisture, citing a western Iowa settlement study and European data as supporting parallels. He warns a 200 year drought in North America remains possible.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Midwest
North America
Reid A. Bryson
Institute For Environmental Studies
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Europe
Bryson
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Karpov May Renounce Title If Fischer Wins Match
BIENNE Switzerland AP Anatoly Karpov would renounce the world chess title if beaten by Bobby Fischer in a proposed 5 million dollar exhibition match, per the International Chess Federation president. Dr Max Euwe doubted the match will be played, noting Fischer's demanding terms and Karpov's freedom to refuse. The federation stripped Fischer of the title last year after he refused to play under Russian rules, and it was awarded to Karpov.
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Russ
Fischer Bienne
Switzerland
Anatoly Karpov
Bobby Fischer
International Chess Federation
Max Euwe
Tokyo
Chess Federation
Fischer
Karpov
Cleanup Begins In Colorado's Death Canyon
In Loveland Colorado two firms with government contracts start debris cleanup in Big Thompson Canyon as searchers add two bodies raising the death toll to 86. Officials fear as many as 100 more may be buried. Authorities patrol the canyon and enforce roadblocks to curb looting while a six month moratorium on new construction is set to study the floodplain.
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Loveland, Colo
Big Thompson Canyon
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's
Auburn
Ala
Starr and Sons
Canyon
Tompkins and Co
Oklahoma City
Larimer County
Robert Watson
U.S. 4
Big Thompson River
North Fork
Body of Mobster Found In Miami Bay In CIA Plot Ties
Authorities investigate possible links between the murders of John Roselli and Sam Giancana, once tied to a CIA plot to poison Fidel Castro. Roselli’s decomposed body was identified from a drum in Biscayne Bay, with investigators noting “gangland style” killings and noting Giancana’s death in Chicago in 1975.
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Miami
John Roselli
Sam “Momo
Giancana
Fidel Castro
Roselli
Biscayne Bay
Dade County
Chicago
Julio Ojeda
Charles Zatrepalek
Senate Intelligence Committee
John F. Kennedy
FBI
Plantation
Wright
Rod Steiger Recovers After Delicate Heart Surgery
Inglewood California AP Rod Steiger is doing well after a cardiac bypass operation at Daniel Freeman Hospital doctors say. The 51 year old actor of In The Heat of the Night No Way to Treat a Lady and The Pawnbroker was listed in very good condition and progressing as expected Sunday after transfer from intensive care to a private room.
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Inglewood
Calif
Rod Steiger
Daniel Freeman
Steiger
Rhodesia Installs Its First Black Catholic Archbishop
In Salisbury Rhodesia the Most Rev Patrick Chakaipa aged 44 becomes the first black Roman Catholic archbishop in the territory. He is installed as Archbishop of Salisbury before about 20 000 people at an open air Mass in Highfield, a black township.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Patrick Chakaipa
Highfield
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