PASADENA,
Calif.
(AP)
-
The
American
Viking
1
spacecraft
landed
today
on
a
dusty,
plain
of
Mars(to
search
for
life
on
the
red
planet.
In
a
spectacular
space
achievement,
Viking
began
sending
back
f
azorsharp
photos
of
the
planet's
surface.
The
pictures
arrived
dramatically,
appearing
line
by
line
on
television
monitors
after
travelling
213
million
miles
at
the
speed
of
light.
The
failure
of
two
earlier
Soviet
Mars
landing
crafts
had
heightened
the
tension
in
the
project
laboratory.
"The
details
are
just
incredible,"
said
Dr.
Thomas
Mutch,
head
of
the
lander
imaging
team.
"
Itjustcouldn'tbebetter,"hesaid
as
the
first
picture,
a
portion
of
the
surface
directly
under
one
leg
of
the
lander
appeared
on
TV
monitors
at
the
Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory
here.
I
fa
,
Tuesday,
July
20;
1976
VoL-20;
No.
140
'CHILDHOOD
DREAM
COME
TRUE'
It
was
of
the
Chryse
Planitia,
the
Gold
Plain
of
Mars
the
smoothest
place
on
a
planet
marked
by
volcanic
peaks
and
deep
valleys
and
craters.
Later,
the
unmanned
threelegged
lander
will
make
life-detection
and.
soil
sampling
tests.
For
more
than
100
years
scientists
have
thought
Mars
might
harbor
some
form
of
life.
Scientists
cheered
and
hugged
each
other
as
the
1,300-pound
craft
radioed
that
it
touched
down
on
Mars,
at
4:53
a.m.
PDT
(7:53
a.m.
EDT).,
The
signal
took
19
minutes
to
reach
earth.
For
many,
the
achievement
was
a
childhood
dream
come
true
a
Mars
landing.
President
Ford
telephoned
his
congratulations
to
the
project
headquarters,
calling
the
mission
a
"wonderful
and
most
remarkable
success."
.......
Ford
said:1
"I
think
it's
amazing
The
that
in
the
span
of
a
single
lifetime,
the
exploration
of
space
has
'grown
from
the
dreams
of
very,
very
few
individuals
to
such
a
massive
cooperative
reality."
Science
fiction
writer
Ray
Bradbury,
was
at
the
laboratory
for
the
touchdown,
his
dreams
racing
ahead
of
the
Viking
mission.
"I
know
in
the
next
20
years
we'll
have
a
manned
landing
on
Marseventually
we'll
have
colonized
and
taken
over
the
planet,"
Bradbury
said,
i
The
first
picture
showed
an
area
of
soil
strewn
with
what
seemed
to
be
chunks
of
rock
of
varying
sizes.
Mutch
said
it
looked
as
though
some
of
the
rocks
had
tails
of
dirt
formed
by
the
rushing
of
strong
Martian
winds
across
the
surface.
.
,
Scientists
had
expected
the
landing
site,
a
low
plain
where
streams
may
once
have
run,
would
be
covered
by,
a
blanket
of
material
deposited,
by
the,
water,.
Although
the
pictures,
showed
a
rocky
surface;
the
lander
apparently
avoided'
any
geologic
hazards
that
project
officials
had
feared
might
imperil
the
touchdown.
In
the
corner
of
the
first
picture
could
be
seen
one
of
Viking's
round
metal
landing
footpads.
The
rivets
on
the
footpad
were
visible
and
the
footpad
cast
ano
val
shadow
in
the
lateaf-ternoon
sun
as
it
rested
on
the
soil
among
the
rocks,
which
Mutch
described
as
"a
beautiful
collection
of
boulders,"
The
second
picture
was
to
be
a
panoramic
view
of
the
Martian
landscape,
made
by
a
camera
on
the.
lander
with
the
ability
to
sweep
a'
long
path'
across
the
horizon.
Diagram
of
Viking,
page
5
Citizeii
Two
killed
at
crossing
CITY
BREWERY
Ginter
annoyed
with
sale
delay
by
JAN-UDO
WENZEL
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
The
sale
of
Ben
Ginter's
Prince
George
brewery
has
been
delayed
for
at
least
two
weeks.
David
Thomas,
major
shareholder
in
the
firm
which
wants
to
buy
the
plant,
said
from
Vancouver
Western
Brewing
Co.
has
not
yet
received
a
licence
to
operate
a
brewery
from
the
liquor
control
branch.
Meanwhile,
Ginter
said
today
it
costs
him
$1,200
a
day
when
the
brewery
is
not
in
operation.
He
will
make
a
formal
complaint
to
the
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce
about
receiver
Harold
Sigurdson
of
Dun-woody
and
Co.,
in
charge
of
managing
the
brewery.
He
said
the
receiver'
is
causing
him
to
lose
money.
"My
note
to
the
bank
is
higher,
now
than
when
Sigurdson
took
over,"
Ginter
said.
He
claims
the
receivership
has
cost
him
a
great
deal
of
money
since
January.
The
Imperial
Bank
of
Commerce
called
a
demand
note
in
the
amount
of
$3.9
million
and
when
Ginter
was
Unable
to
pay,
S'igurdson's
firm
was
appointed
receiver.
Photo.
by
Tim
Swanky
The
plastic-covered
bodies
of
two
men
killed
when
their
car
collided
with
a
CNR
freight
train
near
Shelley
early
today
a
wait
removal
by
ambulance
personnel.
Dead
are
Andre
Girard
Gagnon,
41,
and
a
28-year-old
man,
whose
identity
is
being
withheld
by
RCMP
pending
notification
of
next
of
kin-.
The
accident
took
place
about
100'yards
from
the
Shelley
sawmill.
Injured
in
the
accident
were
Dominic
Joseph
Fredrick,
25,
and
Larson
Prince,
23.
Both
are
in
"serious"
condition
in
Prince
George
Regional.
All
four
men
were
from
Prince
George.
The
two
deaths
raised
the
area's
traffic
toll
for
the
year
to
14,
compared
to
20
at
this
time
last
year.
"We
had
previous
offers
for
the
sale
of
the
brewery
but
they
were
not
accepted,"
Ginter
said.
Sigurdson
is
in
Prince
George
today
and
was
touring
the
brewery.
He
declined
to
see
a
reporter,
saying
he
was
too
busy,
Ginter
said
the
downpay-ment
made
by
Western
Brewery
was
$50,000.
Price
of
gold
-plunges
again
LONDON
(Reuter)
The
price
of
gold
plunged
to
$106.75
an
ounce
today
as
heavy
selling
gripped
the
bullion
market.
At
the
morning
fix
when
bullion
houses
meet
to
match
bids
and
offers
as
a
guide
for
the
market
the
price
was
set
at
$1
10
an
ounce,
already
$3.65
down
from
Monday.
The
fall
brought
the
total
drop
in
the
price
of
gold
since
last
Wednesday
when
the
International
Monetary
Fund
(
IMF)
held
its
second
gold
auction
in
Washington
to
almost
$16
More
countries
to
leave
Games
MONTREAL
(CP)
M'hammed
Ben
Omar,
chief
of
mission
for
Morocco's
delegation
to
the
Olympics,
said
Tuesday
it
is
probable
his
country's
team
will
withdraw
from
the
Games
following
reports
from
Rabat,
the
Moroccan
capital,
that
the
government
has
ordered
a
pullout.
MONTREAL
(CP)
The
boycott
of
the
Olympic
Games
SLY
THIEVES
SIPPED
WINE
by
African
and
Arab
nations
continued
to
disrupt
competition
schedules
today
as
Egypt
became
the
28th
country
to
pull
out
to
protest
New
Zealand's
sports
links
with
South
Africa,
The
pullout
has
affected
11
of
the
21
Olympic
sports
with
boxing,
field
hockey
and
soccer
most
seriously
disrupted.
Lost
revenue
from
ticket
sales
to
date
is
$311,000
and
a
further
$1
million
lost
by
concessionaires,
said
Louis
Chan-tigny,
the
Olympic
press
chief.
'Sewer
rats'
pull
off
huge
heist
NICE,
France
(Reuter)
Thieves
tunneled
from
a
sewer
into
the
strongroom
of
a
bank
and
settled
down
with
wine,
sandwiches
and
pornographic
,
magazines
to
commit
what
may
have
been
one
of
the
biggest
robberies
of
all
time.
Police
refused
to
estimate
how
much
the
"seWer
rat"
gang
believed
to
number
six
persons
escaped
with
during
the
weekend
after
looting
200
strong
boxes,
But
French
newspapers
and
radio
said
the
total
could
run
into
millions
of
dollars.
After
cutting
into
the
strongroom
of
the
Societe
Generale
Bank,
the
thieves
welded
the
door
shut
from
the
inside.
It
was
only
when
a
bank
employee
found
he
could
not
open
the
door
Monday
that
the
theft
was
discovered.
Empty
wine
bottles,
half-eaten
sandwiches,
pornographic
magazines
and
a
neat
hole
leading
to
a
25-foot
tunnel
to
the
city's
se
wer
system
were
reveal
ed
once
the
door
was
cut
open.
Bank
officials
contacted
customers
who
were
victims
of
the
raid
in
an
effort
to
discover
exactly
what
had
been
The
largest
robbery
of
all
time
was
the
theft
April.
26,
1974
of
19
paintings
from
Russborough
House,
Blessington,
County
Wicklow,
Ireland.
The
raid
by
.
Irish
Republican
guerrillas
netted
an
estimated
$15
million
worth
of
art.
The,
biggest
bank
robbery
was
on
October
20,
1974,
when
the
Armored
Express
strongroom
in
Chicago
was
broken
into
and
$4.3
million
stolen.
The
"Great
Train
Robbery"
which
took
place
Aug,
8,
1963
in
Britain
involved
a
haul
of
$4.5
million
worth
of
used
British
pound
notes:
Viking:
'foot'
is
visible
in
picture
of
planet's
surface.
)5e
Copy
Prince
George,
British
Columbia
'FAT,
FORTUNATE'
'Rural7
ar
get
by
TOM
NIXON
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
,
Rural
and
suburban
residents
of
the
city
were
accused
again
Monday
of
being
"fat",
"fortunate"
and
subsidized
by
bowl
taxpayers
who
pay
more
.than
th.eiriairshare
of
city
I
property
'ta"xes.r
;'Mr,"'
-
City
aldermen
accused
i
their
rural
and
.
suburban
peers
of
favoring
a
tax
system
in
which
outlying
residents
continue
to
take
advantage
of
bowl
area
landowners.
'
After
a
bitter,
three-hour
debate
Monday,
council
voted
to
retain
the
1975-76
system
of
four-level
tax
areas
and
reassess
what
level
different
areas
should
be
classed
in.
..Alderman
Art
Stauble
introduced
a
complicated,
point
system
of
judging
taxation
levels
but
his
scheme
was
not
accepted.
In
1977,
the
Riverdell-Toombs
section
of
the
residential
north
bank
of
the
Nechako
River
and
Hoffercamp
Road
will
be
dropped
from
suburban
to
rural
as
far
as
taxes
are
concerned.
In
addition,
Cottonwood
Island
will
drop
from
urban
to
rural,
the
only
bowl
area
neighborhood
to
be
dropped
from
urban
class.
.
Council's
judgment
on
what
level
an
area
should
be
classed
at
was
based'on
proximity
to
facilities
in
the
city
core
and
on
availability
of
fire
protection.
Road
condition
was
a
-
mirror
consideration.
"You
people
can
sit
pretty
fat
out
there,"
yelled
an
angry
Alderman
Bob
Martin
at
Nechako
aldermen
Art
Stauble
and
Jack
Sieb.
"I
should
move
out
there
too
and
take
advantage
of
the
city
core."
Alderman
Lome
McCuish,
a
core'
representative,
said
the
tax
system
creates
two
classes
of
citizen
"the
core
people
and
the
other
fortunate
ones".
City
treasurer
Chuck
Schat-tenkirk
told
council
it
is
currently
impossible
to
say
how
much
a
resident
of
one
of
the
new
rural
areas
might
save
on
property
taxes.
He
estimated,
however,
that
on
this
year's
tax,
the
drop
might
have
saved
the
average
Riverdell
resident
about
$60.
Riverdell
taxes
in
1976
were
on
the
average
about
$500
to
$700.
Nechako
bench
residents
last
week
protested
loudly
that
they
are
paying
disportion-atelydiigh
taxes
on
their
large
river-front
properties.
Although
Aid;
Stauble's
formula
consistently
rates
bowl
areavresldents
in
the
highest
point
level,
it'
also
increases
the
level
of
every
area
except,
the
neighborhoods
which
i
finally
were
lowered
Monday
to
rural
level.
.
Every
service
of
fered
by
the
city
is
evaluated
in
Stauble's
;
system
and
the
total
points
added.
The
city
core
ends
up
with
710
points
and
other
areas
at
different
lower
totals
See
TAXES,
page
2
tax
TODAY
9
FEATURED
INSIDE
O
The
deported
Leiva
family
has
gone
to
Spain
to
apply
to
the
immigration
department
for
permission
to
return
to
Prince
George.
Page
3.
Feuding
Moslems
and
Christians
have
agreed
to
the
creation
of
a
"buffer
zone"
in
warworn
Beirut.
Page
5.
One
athletic
group
that
isn't
big
in
Montreal
these
days
is
the
hapless
Expos.
Page
17.
Business,
8;
Classified,
19-28;
Comics,
10;
Editorial,
4;
International,
5;
Home
and
Family,
12-13;
Horoscopes,
11;
Local,
and
Provincial
3,
6,
29;
National,
2;
Sports,
15-17;
Television,
11.
rite
The
Olympics
Full
coverage
of
events
on
Day
3,
pages
15
and
16.
THE
WEATHER
Mainly
cloudy
skies
and
af
ternoon
and
evening
showers
are
predicted
for.
today.
Kainiall
recorded
for
Mon
day
was
.3
mm.
Overnight
low
was
13.
Low
tonight,
9
with
a
high
of
20
today
and
Wednesday.
On
July
20,
1975
the
high
was
18;
the
low,
8.
Cloudy
skies
with
a
few
sunny
periods
and
afternoon
showers
are
predicted
for
Wednesday.
Temperatures
page
2
NOW
HEAR
THIS
1
'9
During
the
long,
hot
debate
over
property
taxes
Monday
at
council,
Alderman
Lome
McCuish
made
a
comment
about
tax-sharing
no
one
in,
council
could
argue
with.
"People
in
the
outlying
areas
should
pay
90
per
cent
of
aldermen's
salaries,"
McCuish
said,
"We're
spending
that
much
lime
these
days
arguing
about
outlying
areas'
tax
levels."
The'Prince
George
Chamber
of
Commerce
should
hire
the
lady,
who
put
this
note
on
a
car
with
Ontario
licence
plates:
"Dear
Ontario
resident;
Once
you've
had
a
taste
of
this
beautiful
B.C.,
You'll
never'
want
to
return
home.
I
didn't,
loved
every
minute
of
past
two
years
out
here.
enjoy
your
nonaay,
u.u
unay.