America's Viking 1 lands on Mars in triumph
Viking 1 touched down gently on the Martian lowland after a 18.8 minute descent. The control center released the first photographs showing a rocky sandy desert and a horizon lit by the setting sun. Officials hailed the landing as a remarkable success and a new frontier in space exploration.
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Calif
UPI
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Mars
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Earth
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Space Agency
Viking
Moon
Thomas Mutch
Mutch
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking Control
Ford gains 16 GOP delegates toward first ballot lead
Ford's campaign says 16 more GOP delegates boost him within 11 of the nomination. Baker disputes Reagan aide tallies claiming 1140 delegates for Reagan. In Cleveland, Marvin Miller is named meteorologist in charge of the Weather Service Forecast Office succeeding Richard Fay.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Hunter
Jim Baker
Ronald Reagan
Baker
Cleveland
Marvin Miller
Cleveland National Weather Service
Richard Fay
Miller
Albuquerque rider dies in helmet law protest crash
Bruce Paton 23 of Albuquerque rode bareheaded to Santa Fe to protest helmet rules and died at the scene from massive head injuries after a return crash with a van. Passenger Robin Tinkle 21 suffered two broken legs as state police describe the protest statement by Paton prior to the crash.
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Jack Crosswhite
Coshocton Patrolman Slain After Stand Outside Station
Coshocton Ohio Patrolman Sanford Stanley age 46 was shot twice by a man outside the police station around 9 30 p m He died at Coshocton County Memorial Hospital The suspect was taken into custody and faced charges later today Stanley served 18 years and is survived by a wife and three children.
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Coshocton, Ohio
UPI
Sanford Stanley
Stanley
Coshocton County Memorial Hospital
Weather Outlook and Local Births and Deaths
Thundershowers possible tonight with lows 60 to 65. A shower chance and cooler Wednesday with highs in the 70s. Winds westerly 10 to 20 mph. Births include girls and boys to Culley, Oney, Enders and Arnold in Willard and Norwalk. Death reported: Ellenora C. Barman, 80, Monroeville.
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Thomas Culley
Norwalk
Providence
Bobby Oney
Willard
Willard Area
Dennis Enders
George Arnold
Ellenora C. Barman
Monroeville
Ohio Bell Measured Service Question Piques Readers
In Monday's Opinion section readers are asked whether they would accept Ohio Bell Telephone Co. measured service rates if offered locally. The poll asks for public interest in updated pricing and usage options.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Public Opinion on Pay Phones and Space Missions
Voters split on home pay phones with 39 percent supporting the idea for lower phone bills and elderly emergency use, while 61 percent oppose as a profit scheme. A reader questions home pay phone installation costs and asks if Mars probe missions are worth the expense.
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Telephone
Ohio Bell
Bell Telephone
Soviet Fencer Onischenko Disqualified For Cheating
Boris Onischenko of Russia was disqualified from the Montreal Olympics after his epee failed a metal test and was found rigged to register touches without contact. Judges, led by fencing chief Carl Schwende, said the weapon had been tampered with and he was stripped of his Olympic status.
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Montreal
UPI
James Bond
Boris Onischenko
Onischenko
Jim Fox
Fox
Carl Schwende
Schwende
Rhodes Calls Ohio Special Session Over Medicaid Shortfall
Governor James A. Rhodes issued an executive order for a special session on July 27 to find funding options for a projected Medicaid deficit. He stated the fund needs 127 million dollars before June 30, 1977 to stay fully funded and warned of loss of vital services if not solved.
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Columbus
UPS
James A. Rhodes
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio
Rhodes
Memorial Lake Reservoir Water Level Drops Near Foot
Memorial Lake water level fell by 84 inches in two weeks, seven feet below full. Reservoirs one and two are near full. use has slowed due to rain. Water is pumped from a Harris Street well yielding 300000 to 350000 gallons daily.
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Memorial Lake Reservoir
Charles Sweet
Sweet
Harris Street
Memorial Lake
Freddie Meek the child radio prodigy on WUIC FM
Fredericka Meek, six on Aug 30, hosts brief radio commentaries on her father Revé Meek's WUIC FM program at University of Illinois Circle Campus. She covers topics from current articles to politics and art, while studying piano guitar flute and typing.
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Chicago
UPI
Africa
Richard J.) Daley
Fredericka Meek
Wuicfm
University of Illinois’ Circle
Fredericka
College of Music
Roosevelt University
Russell Meek
Freddie
Teall
Meek
Willard Derails Plan To Let Trains Block Four Crossings
Willard council rejected a proposal by City Manager Paul Capelle to allow Chessie System trains to block First to Fourth Streets for up to thirty minutes. The motion failed for lack of a second amid a petition by 48 residents opposing the ordinance and local opposition to the idea.
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Willard
Chessie
Richard Bower
Paul Capelle
Willard Police
Capelle
Front Street
George Snyder
Motson
Snyder
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