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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Troops Search Hills For Space Probe Fuel

Hundreds of army soldiers backed by planes searched remote areas in the Andean foothills Friday for pieces of a missing Russian space probe that carried radioactive material.

The soldiers are looking for tiny capsules of radioactive plutonium fuel that could have fallen in southwestern Bolivia or northern Chile, the government said.