Halley's Comet Memories Gathered for 1985 Return
Joseph M. Laufer, an associate dean at Burlington Community College, collects firsthand accounts from 1910 observers as Halley’s Comet returns in 1985. He notes fear and folklore from past sightings, including coal miners avoiding shafts and pills sold in Texas, while others toasted champagne atop a Chicago hotel in 1910. The 1985 approach promises less spectacle than 1910, with viewing best in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Pemberton
N.J
Joseph M. Laufer
Burlington Community College
Laufer
Earth
Oliver Johnson
Sacramento
Calif
Wilkes- Barre
Texas
Chicago
Carl Wheaton
Boonsboro
Public TV chief resigns in protest
Edward J. Pfister, head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding arm since 1981, resigns after the board votes 6-4 against his plan to attend a Soviet trade mission. He slates a move to Moscow as political, while chairwoman Sonia Landau cites no state controlled TV role for PBS.
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San Francisco
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Soviet Union
Edward J. Pfister
Public Broadcasters
National Public Radio
United States
Police close tampering probe in Kennedy case
Prosecutors say they have nearly finished the investigation into possible tampering with evidence in David Kennedy's 1984 drug overdose death. Police had noted room disturbance at the Brazilian Court Hotel with no syringes found, though fresh puncture wounds and drug traces appeared. Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, had Demerol, cocaine, and a tranquilizer in his system.
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Kennedy
West Palm Beach
Fla
David Kennedy
Pablo Perhaes
John E. Born
Palm Beach
Robert Kennedy
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