Viking Mars Lander Tests to Seek Life on Red Planet
The Viking probes built at a cost of 50 million dollars will land on Mars around July fourth and Sept fourth with tiny lab payloads to test for life. Three major experiments will use soil samples to probe metabolism, growth and carbon exchange while scientists caution that results may take weeks or months to confirm.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Viking
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Red Planet
Fred Brown
TRW Systems
Mariner 9
Grand Canyon
Brown
Earth
Carl Sagan
Laboratory For Planetary Studies
Cornell University
Clara Maass honored on 13c U S stamp in Belleville
A commemorative 13 cent stamp honors Clara Maass the nurse who died aiding yellow fever research. Issuance is Aug 18 in Belleville New Jersey near the Clara Maass Memorial Hospital. The design shows a nurse in uniform with Miss Maass name and life inscription. A Bermuda stamp set marks the Tall Ships Race Fleet arrival aiding the U S Bicentennial and a July 4 parade of sail is planned in New York.
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Clara Maass
U.S
Belleville
N.J
East Orange
Newark German Hospital
U.S. Army
Philippines
Cuba
Walter Reed
William Gorgas
Maass
Miss Maass
Bermuda
New York
Manhattan Island
Today in History highlights for June 28, 1976
Events listed mark anniversaries across history including the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914 and the Monmouth Battle in 1788. Notable notes cover the Versailles Treaty in 1919 and King Hussein meeting with Lyndon Johnson in 1967. The page also notes past events in 1950 and 1941 as well as a 1971-72 context and Rodgers birthday.
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Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
N.J
Molly Pitcher
Britain
France
Yugoslavia
Seoul
Hussein of
Jordan
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
U.S
Dominican Republic
U.S. Supreme Court
Beirut
Lebanon
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AP News
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Katherine
Katherine’s
the Newton Kansan
Mon
Richard Rodgers
Cou Pont
Aessant Spray
Scotchgard
Ieital
Wavesinly Godey
Lotte Esser
Sonwal, Hent
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Beautyrest
Simmons
Mmone
Hanna
Entens
Upnslave
DuPont
Simmons Maxipedic
Feratione
Alors Coombay
Main ST
Newton
Kansas
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