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...ANGELES Correspondent John Wilhelm first seriously considered the possibility of extraterrestrial life four years ago while visiting the mam moth radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Pulsars - radio signals now thought to emanate from rapidly rotating neutron stars in the far reaches of space - had just been discovered. Arecibo Director Frank Drake let Wilhelm listen a audio signals originating light-years away. Recalls Wilhelm: "It was a little like putting a stethoscope to the heart of the universe. Drake did not dismiss the possibility, however slight, that pulsars might in fact be navigation beacons used by an advanced civilization...
...their first inspection, visitors will rely on the 80-ft.-high Skyway gondola cars, or the narrow-gauge, coal-burning open-sided train that circles the area. The crowds head for the six theme areas of the Magic Kingdom amusement complex: Mam Street U.S.A., Adventureland, Frontierland, Liberty Square, Fantasyland, and the not-yet-opened Tomorrowland...
...ward off showers. Government employees buy "holy water" from a medium to bring them job promotions. Malaysian Minister of Works Tun V.T. Sambanthan regularly consults Hindu priests to determine the best days to open new facilities. Cambodian Premier Lon Nol is said to have summoned a monk named Mam Prum Moni. Says a member of the National Assembly: "He is the most important man for General...
...students, and all are rotated regularly in and out their civilian jobs, a practice that makes guerrilla fight ing more attractive and assures Asifa penetration into all levels of civilian life. They undergo formal guerrilla train mg at bases such as the Karamah refugee camp, which was the mam target of last week's Israeli assault. To main tain a semblance of secrecy, Asifa is organized into c. like "elements" of 30 to 40 men, each of which takes orders only from a central high command. It also tor-bids its members to use their correct names, assigns each...
...Mam," he explained, "everyone gets killed in war. It wouldn't be war not to kill people...