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Seeking to answer that age-old puzzle, scientists from Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena crammed Mariners 6 and 7 with vastly improved electronic gear, ranging from tape recorders to miniature computers to extraordinarily sensitive infra-red and ultraviolet measuring equipment. The total cost of the Mariners and their launch vehicles: $148 million...
ROBERT E. CANNON Pasadena, Calif...
Died. Herbert Hoover Jr., 65, son of the 31st President, former Under Secretary of State (1954-57), and successful geologist and engineer; of cancer; in Pasadena, Calif. When his father entered the White House, Hoover was 25 and had already set about carving out a career; he made his professional mark in the scientific and administrative sides of mining. Avoiding politics, he sought the ingredients of what he considered a happy life: "The outdoors, far away places, and mining engineering." It was his mining experience that prompted John Foster Dulles to send him to Iran in 1953 as a trouble...
FRANK B. ELLIS Former Director of U.S. Office of Emergency Planning Pasadena, Calif...
With a day's respite from court, defense lawyers began constructing their case for the 24-year-old Jordanian immigrant. However, when a Pasadena, Calif., school official began testifying for the defense that Sirhan's IQ was 89 (a score of 90-110 is the norm), their client exploded again. While Judge Walker hastily sequestered the jury, Sirhan addressed the bench. "I, at this time, sir," he declared, "wish to withdraw my original plea of not guilty and submit the plea of guilty on all counts...