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Thursday, November 13, 1980, The Evening Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa. B9 Comets scatter seeds? By AL ROSSITER JR. UPI Science Editor about the wandering gathered at the University Wickramasinghe did not masses of gas, dust and ice of Maryland recently for address the question of that orbit the sun. two days to review what is where the bacteria came ACCORDING TO the gen- known about comets and to from in the first place. But COLLEGE PARK, Md.

erally accepted theorv opcvmaic uu aujr uiin uicjr ue sdlU lilt CUeiUlCaiS UI Hie may have to the origin of did not originate on Earth life. and thus there is no reason Probably the most con- to assume that life began on Earth. iroversiai meory aiscussea One scientist suggests proposed by Harvard Un-comets are "cosmic storks" iversity astronomer Fred that spread primitive life Whipple, a comet's nucleus throughout the universe, is a dirty snowball a Another concludes that the mixture of dust and frozen chemical building blocks of water and ices of other life rained from comets chemicals, onto Earth more than 3 Comets may contain ma-billion years ago. terial undisturbed since the Still another idea is that birth of the solar system 4.6 comets were responsible for billion years ago. much of Earth's water and Astronomical observa-atmosphere and thus pro- tions of comets in recent vided the medium in which years show that, with the oreanic molecules pvnlvwl pvcpnt inn rtf nhncnhnmic oil was a proposal of rred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe of Britain's University College in Cardiff, Wales.

They believe comets can disperse life throughout the universe. Wickramasinghe called these comets "cosmic storks" and said they could well have brought micro- nprnp2s: Wvi xl till -x-i. into living things. the elements necessary' for organ'sms to Earth 3.8 Such speculation about life exist in comets. These uimun veari asu- ne.

comets and their hypotheti- are hydrogen, carbon, cal role in the development nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, of terrestrial life is possible Some of the world's because so little is known leading comet specialists gested that some of the "dust" grains in comets are in fact bacteria enclosed in a protective shell of graphite formed from the degradation of biological Biologist Richard Young of Rockefeller University, a former space agency official, said it is difficult to accept the idea that life arose from comets because of the absence of liquid water in comets and the deadly radiation environment of space. Cyril Ponnamperuma, director of the University of Maryland's Laboratory of Chemical Evolution and the conference host, said there is no doubt that comets contain many of the ingredients of life. But he said he did not believe Earth life needed any help from comets. Scientists hope to get their first hard information on the makeup of comets when Halley's comet makes its once-every-76 years swing past the Earth in 1986. The European Space Agency, the Soviet Union and Japan are planning spacecraft proe the comet.

The U. S. space agency may have to forego the opportunity because of a lack of money. service news Evening Sentinel UPI For sale HE AND HOYLE estimated the Earth receives large numbers of viable cells every year from cometary particles that survive their fall through Earth's atmosphere. "Of those that survive, the various environments on the Earth, we believe, simply pick up the types that are best suited for replication under the conditions that prevail," he said.

work of Francois Pascal-Simon Gerard (1770-1837) and shows Emperor Napoleon I in his full coronation dress. It will also be auctioned. The marital bed of Emperor Napoleon I is to be put on auction soon in Bern, Switzerland. The bed is made of mahogany with gold painted bronze figures and is valued at about $70,000. The painting is the Col.

Forrest E. Kissinger, Carlisle, retired recently from the U.S. Air Force after 31 years and three months of continuous active duty. He began his military career in 1949 as an enlisted man and was commissioned a second lieutenant and awarded a pilot rating during the Korean War. He also served as a plans and programs staff officer with Headquarters, USAF, in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

He served overseas in North Africa and Alaska, completed a combat tour in Vietnam, and served as Senior Air Force Advisor to U.S. Army War College, U.S. Naval Academy. His wife, Loretta, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Elwood C.

Duncan, RD1 Landisburg. David A. Shutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry R.

Shutt, 823 Herman Drive, Mechanicsburg, was promoted to airman first class in the U.S. Air Force. A protection specialist for RAF Upper Heyford, England, he is a 1979 graduate of Mechanicsburg High School. Patti A. Lees, daughter of Sgt.

(Ret.) and Mrs. John 0. Lees. 108 Woodland YKJKi UP Carlisle Barracks where he Drive, Mechanicsburg, was was recently awarded the commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.

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Raymond D. Nevius son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Nevius 22 E.

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Lt. (junior grade) Anne L. Humer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R.

Humer, 230 S. College St. was promoted to her present rank at Naval Communication Area Master Station, Wahiawa, Hawaii. She is a graduate of Carlisle High School, West Chester State College, and Naval Officer Candidate School. Navy Sonar Technician Third Class Randolph E.

Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Long, 4831 E. Trin-dle Road, Mechanicsburg, returned from a deployment in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. He is a crewmember aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Truxtun, homeported in San Diego.

He is a 1979 graduate of Cumberland Valley High School. Marine Cpl. Kenneth W. Weary, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Jesse J. Weary, RD5, was promoted to his present rank while serving at New River Marine Corps Helicopter Air Station, Jacksonville, N.C. He is a 1975 graduate of Carlisle High School. Marine Pfc. John Brown son of John Brown 64 E.

Louther St. and Rose Mary Brown, Bloomfield Avenue, Newport, and Marine Pfc. Michael E. Kunkel, son of Frederick M. Kunkel.

Plainfield, completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Both are 1980 Newport High School graduates. Navy Lt. William M. Morrison recently participated in a rescue at sea.

He Is a weapons officer of the destroyer USS Hewitt, homeported tn San Diego and currently operating as a unit of the U.S. 7th Fleet In the Western Pacific. During operations in the South China Sea, Hewitt personnel sighted a small boat and upon Investigation, manuevered the vessel with 12 people aboard, to safety. He is a 1973 graduate of AO He is now serving at Fort George G. Meade, Md.

Michael E. Gazell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gazell, 919 Trindle Road, Mechanicsburg, was promoted to technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.

He is a digital flight simulator technician at Randolph Air Force Base, Tex. Airman Michael L. Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs Donald J. Burton RD4 Newville, completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.

He is now assigned to Chanute Air Force Base, 111. Pvt. Kevin B. Gantz, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Walter H. Gantz, RD1 Newville, Pvt. Lee A. Runshaw, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Glenn K. Runshaw, RD4 Newville and Pvt. Joseph E. Frey, son of Sallie J. Frey, 2H Hilltop and John W.

Frey, 401 Front West Fairview, completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Ga. Pvt. Mark A. Zimmerman, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harry D. Zimmerman 111, 1208 Allendale Road. Mechanicsburg, completed training as an armor crewman under One Station Unit Training at U.S. Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Ky. Barry L.

Browne, son of Mr. and Mrs. David G. Browne, 21 Broadmoor Drive, Mechanicsburg, was promoted to Army sergeant while serving as a military policeman with the 2nd Battalion at Fort Devens, Mass. Pfc.

Pamela L. Burton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Burton RD4 Newville, completed basic training at Fort Dix, N.J.

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