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Recent developments, however, have demonstrated the superiority of optical laser SETI over radio—and Horowitz has helped pioneer this technology...
...DIED. CHARLIE MCCARTY, 88, innovative photojournalist and founder of Reuters News Pictures Service; in Uccle, Belgium. McCarty, who started out as a photographer in San Francisco for a forerunner of United Press International, helped pioneer newspaper use of 35-mm cameras as the United Press photo editor in Dallas. His motto was "Hard work never hurt anyone...
...United and US Airways) struggle with high costs and dissatisfied passengers, small, low-cost airlines like JetBlue, AirTran, Frontier and Spirit have learned to please customers, make money and grab market share, all at the same time. They have become major players in the industry. Low-fare carriers, including pioneer Southwest Airlines and the improved America West, account for 30% of the market, compared with just 5% a decade...
DIED. JAKE HESS, 76, Southern gospel pioneer and early influence on Elvis Presley; in Opelika, Ala. The youngest of 12 children, Hess began singing in 1948 and starred in the seminal Christian music group the Statesmen Quartet. As a teenager in Memphis, Presley often attended Statesmen shows, and Hess later sang backup on the King's albums...
DIED. GEORGETTE KLINGER, 88, fashionable skin-care pioneer of the 1940s whose European facial techniques laid the basis for today's multibillion-dollar spa industry; in New York City. Born in what is now the Czech Republic, she fought acne as a child and began experimenting with her own cures when traditional dermatology treatments failed. Her view that the face is something to be treated rather than just decorated inspired a revolution in cosmetic skin care...