Icarus Asteroid Nears Earth at 20000 MPH Closest Since 1949
Navy astronomers report the pip squeak asteroid Icarus about a half mile wide is speeding toward Earth at 20000 miles per hour and will pass within four million miles on June 14. No danger of collision is expected, though some scientists warn an eventual course change could occur due to planetary gravity.
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Icarus
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Tucson Tonight Tomorrow Public Events List
Tonight and tomorrow in Tucson many events open to the public. The Beta Sigma Phi state meeting runs through Sunday at the Ramada Inn with 350 delegates, while the Tucson Inn hosts a Arizona Scout convention and other meetings. Circus by the Polack Brothers at Sabbar Shrine Rodeo Grounds opens tonight with multiple showtimes tomorrow and Sunday. International Folk Festival at the University of Arizona features Balkan and other dances. Mums Sale supports city beautification at El Con Shopping Center. Music Festival hosted by UA School of Music at Crowder Hall runs 2 to 4 PM. Santa Mariachi performances take place at the Olympic Pavilion near city hall with a children's program.
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Ramada Inn
Tucson Inn
Toastmasters International District No
Statler-Hilton Inn
Arizona Department of Reserve Officers Association of USA
Aztec Inn
Sabbar Shrine Temple
Polack Brothers Circus
Rodeo Grounds
South Sixth
University of Arizona
Modern Languages
el Con
UA School of Music
Cr ‘Owder
Santa Mariachis
Mexico
Olympic Pavilion
City Hall
Cubans Hijack Sugar Train to Seek U S Asylum
Twenty Cubans hijacked a sugar train and escaped toward the U S Guantanamo base after a gunfight with Cuban forces. Ringleader Conrado Vazquez, wounded, said they rode the train to the base area. four others were captured. U S planes evacuated the group to Miami. One of Vazquez’s sons was killed during the escape attempt.
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United States
Conrado Vazquez
U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Vazquez
Erroneous NAU dorm slayings rumor unsettles campus
Northern Arizona University students in the K dorm housed sorority members were unsettled by a circulating but unfounded forecast of a mass slaying. Officials found no source for the Jean Dixon claim and implemented security measures while stressing there was no panic.
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Northern Arizona University
Jean Dixon
Southwestern College
Northern Arizona
Lumberjacks
Wallace Hughling
NAU
University of Oklahoma
Court Sentencing of Adelina Saurez in Auto Theft Case
Adelina Saurez, 20, was sentenced in the Superior Court yesterday on auto theft and grand theft charges. Judge John P. Collins invoked three years of probation.
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Superior Court
John P. Collins
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