Advances In Astronomy Shapes New Portrait Of Mars
Washington reports astronomers led by Carl Sagan view Mars as more Earthlike than before. A Mariner flyby in 1965 shocked scientists and a closer mission is planned for 1969. An eight month flight could bring humans to Mars with gravity about 40 percent of Earth’s and wind water and sunlight shaping a hospitable yet hostile environment.
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Martian Life Question Sparks Space Lab Experiments
Dr. Sagan notes laboratory experiments hint Mars could harbor life despite a carbon dioxide atmosphere and no oxygen. He cites terrestrial microbes surviving harsh Mars conditions and suggests organisms might hide under limonite grains to shield from ultraviolet radiation.
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Court Voids Section of Law on Defense Plant Hiring
The Supreme Court invalidated a section of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 that barred members of Communist action groups from defense plant work. Chief Justice Warren ruled the provision unconstitutional for abridging First Amendment rights by guilt by association. Justices White and Harlan dissented.
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Youth Dies From Sniffing Spot Remover
In East Providence Rhode Island a 16 year old, Joseh Martin, died from heart and respiratory failure after inhaling fumes from a cleaning fluid. He was found unconscious Saturday night with a plastic bag and saturated tissues wrapped around his nose and mouth.
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