Plague Forecast Shadows New Mexico This Year
Seven bubonic plague cases are reported in New Mexico this year matching 1974, with one child’s death. Epidemiologist Jonathan Mann notes the disease’s long residence in the state, “The Land of Enchantment,” and cites historical and regional fatal cases in California Colorado Utah and Arizona.
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Anchovy Invasion Stuns Santa Cruz Harbor
At Santa Cruz harbor crowds deplore a sudden influx of dead anchovies. The foul smell fouls bottom paint and angers yacht owners. The cause remains a mystery as the city worries about tourist impact from the anchovy invasion.
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Informant Walter Scott recants Hearst sightings claims
Walter J. Scott, a key FBI informant in the Patricia Hearst case, told a UPI reporter he lied about seeing Hearst twice and about family involvement in harboring her. He said he drank and took pain pills under FBI pressure and retracted most prior statements in Philadelphia.
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Viking mission aims for Wednesday Mars launch
Engineers at Cape Canaveral prepared the Viking orbiter and lander atop a Titan Centaur for a Wednesday liftoff after two initial postponements. Health checks and system replacements followed a sequence of valve, battery, and switch issues blamed on potential lightning effects from a Kennedy Space Center storm.
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