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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Bernie Wilson / The Bulletin
January 20, 2009
CARLSBAD, Calif. — It was the final year of a turbulent decade, when Richard Nixon was in the White House, the Beatles were about to release “Abbey Road,” and Neil Armstrong had just taken man’s first steps on the moon.
There was another rocket launch in....