Livermore Moon Rock Tests Probe Moon’s Structure
Livermore Lab scientists plan high pressure and shock wave experiments on moon rocks to study density at depth, mineral types, and interior structure. Dr. Douglas Stephens and Dr. Nicolas Keeler will compress samples to 40 kilobars and use gas gun shocks with projectiles at Site 300. Results aim to clarify crater formation, magnetic possibilities, and whether the moon has crust, mantle, and core.
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Keeler
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California names 200 oldest residents in Bicentennial search
Sacramento calculates the 200 oldest Californians under 100 as part of the Bicentennial celebration Lt Gov Ed Reinecke announced the list. Notable entries include Paiute actress She Dapea born July 26 1949 and others such as Chief Sitting Bull born 1857 and Mike Cordova born in 1911.
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Juuly
South Dakota
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Los Angeles
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Dos Valos
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Muller
Mariposa County
Mike Cordova
Santa Margarita
Reinecke
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State Commission On Aging
U.S. Jet Hijacked Lands In Havana
A U.S. Jet with 49 aboard, Flight 187 from Miami to New Orleans, was hijacked after takeoff and landed in Havana at about 10 45 am EDT. Pilot J Klien reported the hijacking and said the craft held 15 foreign crew members and passengers.
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Orleans
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Havana
Los Angeles to Tel Aviv Airliner Hijack Report Confusing
An LA to Tel Aviv airliner with a scheduled stop diverted amid a hijack, reports varied over whether it headed to Damascus or Tel Aviv. Passengers remained aboard as troops and police positioned at an Israeli airport. later announcements indicated a Damascus landing, then confusion about Heirut.
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Alameda man dies after fall. services pending
A Alameda area man died after plunging to his death. The Alameda County Sheriff's Office reported the incident as they released details. Services are pending at Spenger Mortuary in Castro Valley.
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Book Ban May Cause Walkout
San Francisco teachers threaten a strike over a state warning that reading two books by militant Black authors could cost teachers credentials. Federation leaders demand the books be returned to the black studies list. Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice and Le Roi Jones’s The Dutchman were adopted by the school board on a committee’s recommendation.
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Max Rafferty
San Francisco Federation of Teachers
Rafferty
Washington Hospital Expansion Budget Estimate Rises
The article discusses a proposed expansion of Washington Hospital with costs rising to about 6.8 million dollars. Financing plans include issuance of bonds and potential joint powers agency partnership. Voters face an October election to approve revenue measures and a November 1948 ballot for related bond actions.
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