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...other night I saw the comet. It was spectacular. I also observed Jupiter and its moons, the nebula stars in Orion's saber, the Pleiades and the Andromeda nebula. I was entranced and mystified. Lee Anne Miles Martinsville...
Other long-festering dangers kept the world in turmoil. Terrorist murders and kidnapings became more brazen: the hijackings of TWA Flight 847 in June, an EgyptAir jetliner in November and the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in October were only the most spectacular incidents. Though governments did finally begin to fight back, their efforts illustrated the complexities and perils of antiterrorist action: the U.S. capture of the Achille Lauro hijackers strained relations with Egypt and Italy, while 60 passengers on the EgyptAir jet were dead after Egyptian commandos stormed the grounded plane in Malta. But in Argentina the elected civilian...
Even high-technology shares, which were severely depressed in 1984, came back to life. Leading the way was IBM, the top computer manufacturer, which rose 26%, to 155½. Smaller companies scored even more spectacular gains. Genentech, the gene-splicing firm, jumped 95%, to 66 5/8. Zenith Laboratories, a drug manufacturer, more than tripled, from 6 1/2 to 20. Other industries with high-flying stocks included drugs, retail clothing, insurance, cable TV, pollution control, and lawn and garden products...
...shortage of avocados in California, which grows 80% of the U.S. crop, has produced a spectacular jump in the price of the fruit and turned the state's groves into a prime target for rustlers. While newly installed fences guard against intruders, plane and helicopter patrols circle overhead. They are on the lookout for rustlers, who have made off with thousands of pounds of the lucrative fruit. The thefts could cost producers up to $3 million by next October. So far, though, no one has been caught...
Part of the adventure for tourists who visit the ancient Mayan city of Tikal is in getting there. The site's famous ruins are buried deep in the Guatemalan jungle, and the 40-min. flight from Guatemala City affords sightseers spectacular views of the lush terrain. But last Saturday morning that journey ended in tragedy as a twin-engine Caravelle operated by the private carrier Aerovias crashed on its way to the airport at Santa Elena, 37 miles south of Tikal. Early reports put the number killed at 90, including six Americans. Some of the passengers had apparently traveled...