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...everywhere proclaimed such slogans as I'M O.K. WITH THE U.K. When the count was made, only 44 of the 12,237 voters opted for reunion with Spain. The rest-an astonishing 99.2%-preferred to retain their unique status as British subjects in the last colony on European soil...
Back came new moon-surface pictures. In came data that would reveal the composition of the lunar soil. Ad mirable scientific achievements but, for scientific drama, the most exciting accomplishment of Surveyor 5 last week was making it to the moon...
...Distant Orders. Tilted at a 20° angle on the side of a small crater, Surveyor almost immediately began transmitting high-quality photographs of the surrounding landscape, including a shot of its own footpad covered by lunar soil kicked up by the landing. On orders from distant Pasadena, it again briefly fired its verniers while its cameras peered at the surface to observe blast effects...
...delicate sensors recorded the number and velocities of alpha particles rebounding from the surface material and relayed them to earth via Surveyor's radio. By analyzing the pattern of the rebound particles, scientists hope to be able definitely to identify compounds and elements in the lunar soil. "If the experiment succeeds, it will mark the first time," said Hughes Aircraft Surveyor Program Manager Robert Roderick, "that man has been able by direct contact to analyze the composition of a celestial body...
...begun in February. Among the archaeologists on hand were Professors Maurice Euzennat, 40, who also serves as director of antiquities of Provence and Corsica for French Minister of Culture André Malraux, and 30-year-old François Salviat. As the power shovels bit into the rocky grey soil, more and more of Massilia's fortifications began to appear. To Euzennat, it soon became apparent that a greater expanse of ramparts remained intact than anyone had estimated when fragments were unearthed earlier in the century. Moreover, the walls were definitely Greek rather than Roman, and far more important...