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...Harvard astronomer said yesterday that a comet sighted earlier this year by Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek is in fact two comets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Astronomer Here Knocks Kohoutek's Comet Counting | 3/19/1975 | See Source »

Instead, the stars of the Southern Cross faded faster than the much ballyhooed, but extremely feeble comet Kohoutek. The American challenger Courageous swept the best of seven series, 4-0, on the waters of Rhode Island Sound. What was to be a monumental struggle with the crew from down under, turned out to be a breeze for the sleek, white-hulled American defender...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: 1974 America's Cup Challenge: Bond Bombs in Newport | 9/24/1974 | See Source »

Freelandia planned a trip to Venezuela in December to get a good look at comet Kohoutek, but the flight, like the comet, cancelled--not enough people signed up. You might think that a seat on Freelandia is as hard to come by as a stolen Fogg coin. Not so; in fact, Freelandia needs more passengers to stay alive...

Author: By Sarah K. Lynch, | Title: Flying High on Air Freelandia | 2/27/1974 | See Source »

...caliph, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, and loosening up their sex ethics enough to lure new members. Only a few hundred of the 3,000 or so hard-core members remain in the U.S. The reason, according to Founding Father David Berg, alias "Moses David," has to do with the comet Kohoutek, which was supposed to herald catastrophe to the nation beginning on or about Jan. 31. In the weeks before doomsday, some of the Children of God appeared in red sackcloth at United Nations Plaza in New York City warning Americans to flee. A good many of the Children took their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Children of Doom | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...earth, made four long space walks and watched the sun rise and set more than 1,300 times. In their Apollo ferry ship, they will be carrying 900 lbs. of scientific experiments, thousands of pictures of the earth, sun and that elusive visitor to the solar system, the comet Kohoutek. Magnetic tapes holding scientific data about the earth alone could stretch for 19 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: A Farewell to Skylab | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

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