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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1978
Page
3
The Civil Air Patrol aims to have the craft ready for flight by December 17, the 75th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight. The design mirrors the original, based on sketches and historical data.
Professor Vladimir Dorofeyev reports experiments showing high frequency sound waves triple yields for some cereals and improve frost resistance in others. Tass says government plans large scale seed processing with powerful sound generators.
A Dublin to Belfast passenger train was struck by three bombs near Belfast, killing one and wounding three, as Lord Killanin rode aboard returning from a banking directors meeting. Police suspect IRA involvement. no group claimed responsibility. The Portadown Samaritans unit received a call about ten bombs on the train.
The official mourning period for Pope John Paul I ends today as preparations for selecting his successor near completion. The Vatican reports ongoing ceremonies and conclave planning as cardinals prepare to elect a new pope.
The 1978 medicine prize goes to Daniel Nathans and Hamilton O. Smith of Johns Hopkins University and Werner Arber of Basel for restriction enzymes that cut genes into fragments. They share 165000 dollars. The move highlights U.S. dominance in Nobel awards with prior literature and hormone researchers noted.
In Beirut, Armenian neighborhoods in East Beirut suffered heavy damage as Syrian and Christian gunfire raged. About 90 Armenians were killed and over 500 wounded in ten days of fighting before a cease fire. Armenians sought interior shelters and maintained neutrality amid sectarian clashes.
Cardinal Ugo Poletti speaks of mourning ending as 112 cardinals prepare to vote for John Paul II's successor. Vatican Radio notes lockup areas readied, ballots burned with flares to signal the first smoke. Cardinal John Kroll dismisses foul play claims, citing full Vatican investigations if any warranted.
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