Mariner 9 Faces Possible Mission Cut due to Design Flaw
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports a design error in Mariner 9's electronic circuit causing the attitude stabilization system to use nitrogen faster. It should not affect the initial 90 day Mars orbit starting November 13 but could shorten the extended mission from nine months to six if nitrogen use cannot be reduced.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Red Planet
Flemish Paintings Stolen at Belgian Villa
Three Flemish paintings valued about 60000 dollars were stolen from a villa in Le Zoute. Police report two works attributed to the school of Peter Paul Rubens and one to Peter Bruegel the Younger.
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LE Zoute
Belgium
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Bruegel the Younger
Pharmacists urge legible writing stamp signatures
Virginia pharmacists at their annual convention approved a resolution urging doctors to use rubber ink stamps along with readable signatures on prescriptions. The move aims to reduce dispensing errors and improve patient safety across the state.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia
Glass Factory Spared Amid Bridge Blast in New York
Robert Albright owner of Albany-Rensselaer Paint and Glass Co smiles despite a missing front window. Explosions from Hudson River bridge wrecking work between Rensselaer and Albany razed a bridge tower and shattered about 10 windows in the two cities, yet the glass firm's stock nearby remained undamaged. Albright said business should improve.
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Rensselaer
N.Y
Robert Albright
Albany-Rensselaer Paint and Glass Co
Hudson River
Albany
Albright
Mexico Floods Hit Multiple Regions Prompting Homelessness
Unofficial reports indicate thousands homeless across northern western and central Mexico with at least ten deaths. Guanajuato state towns Leon and Guanajuato hardest hit as crops destroyed and damages near 400000 dollars. Mexico City also flooded after Monday night rains.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Leon
Guanajuato
Tamaulipas
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Nationwide Heat Sweat and Thunderstorms Tighten Grip
The Nation reports a fourth day of heat and humidity across the country with scattered thundershowers offering brief relief. The Northwest stays cool in the 60s and 70s while a cooling trend is seen for the mid continent by Thursday. Severe storms hit Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota with mobile homes toppled and farms damaged as winds reached 90 mph in Mankato and heavy rain in Grand Island.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Mid-Continent
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mankato
Minn
Grand Island
Neb
Great Lakes
Atlantic
States Near 38 Vote Milestone for 18 Year Olds
Illinois completed ratification, bringing the tally to 35 states as five more legislatures prepare to act. The measure would grant 18 year olds voting rights in all elections, becoming the 26th Amendment upon reaching 38 ratifications.
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Washington
Illnois
U.S
Refugee Cremations Continue as Diseases Aid East Pakistan Crisis
AP reports Baduria India's mass cremations for East Pakistan refugees. Cholera had been the main killer in early June. now bronchial pneumonia fever chicken pox and measles spread through overcrowded camps 45 miles from Calcutta as monsoon rains begin.
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Baduria
India
East Pakistan
Calcutta
Appeal Route Seen For Two Murderers
Rene A. Guzman and Leonardo Ramos Lopez face automatic appeals after a Dallas jury sentenced them to death for killing Ellis County Deputy A.J. Robertson and wounding two other officers. The 11 jurors and a woman returned the verdict in Bell County, the last death sentence there since 1957, as supporters praised the ruling and witnesses detailed the February 15 shooting on a Trinity River bank.
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Belton
Tex
Rene A. Guzman
Leonardo Ramos Lopez
Texas
Lopez
Guzman
Dallas
Ellis County
A.J. Robertson
Dallas County
Robertson
Samuel Infante
W.D. Reese
H.G. Reese
Reese
Trinity River
Bell County
Henry Wade
Jack Ruby
Wade
R. T. Scales
Galindo Rites Are Pending
Funeral rites are pending for Hielario Galindo at Pecos Funeral Home after he was shot to death in Los Angeles California about 3 30 yesterday morning. His body was expected to arrive in Pecos today and arrangements will be made for the funeral mass.
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Pecos
Hielario Galindo
Los Angeles
Calif
Merchants Preview Ten Six Pecos Plan Promotion
Pecos merchants will hear the Ten Six Plan during a July 9 general session at the Community Center. The plan aims for a 10 percent sales gain in the last six months of 1971, with the Planning Committee guiding adoption at the July 9 meeting.
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Ten Six Pecos
Pecos
Paul Randolph
Don Doan
Ford Love
Garland Matthews
Carlton Williams
Harold Meyer
Total Merchants Committee
Four Shows Scheduled Here Through Saturday
The West of the Pecos rodeo opens tonight at 8:30 at the Pecos grounds with top national cowboys competing for prize money. Events include bareback saddle bronc bull riding calf roping steer wrestling and team tying over four nights plus a wild horse race. A $3,200 purse adds to entry fees. 159 contestants last year vied for a $13,600 purse.
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Pecos
Pecos Rodeo Grounds
RCA
Tommy Steiner
Old City
Tommy Peer
Carl Herring
Golden Girls
Rodeo
Rankin Earns PH.D from Rice in Engineering
Robert L. Rankin son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence K Rankin earned his Ph D in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University He held a UT El Paso B S in May with a mathematics minor He graduates first academically in Mechanical Engineering at UT El Paso He will become associate professor at Arizona State University on Sept 1 teaching Mechanical Engineering and applied mathematics Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers southeast portion High 102 Low 55
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Robert L. Rankin
Lawrence K. Rankin
Rice University
University of Texas At el Paso
Rankin
Tau Beta Phi
UTEP
Rice
Arizona State University
Texas
Pecos
Motel Guest Dies Suddenly at Local Motel
James Delmar Johnson 38 was dead on arrival about 4 49 am at Memorial Hospital after a heart attack while staying at a local motel. City police ruled natural causes due to prior heart trouble. His body was flown to Abilene where his parents and sister reside.
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James Delmar Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Abilene
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