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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1959

Page

4

Space Candidate Roster Down to 7

Washington UPI reports the Federal Space Agency disclosed seven finalists from 550 volunteers for Project Mercury, narrowed from 110 pilots and 69 interviews. All are married, highly qualified, and NASA plans to announce names soon before Langley tests and training as astronauts for the first US manned spaceflight planned for 1961.

Washington UPI Federal Space Agency Ameri Hardee Langley Research Center Hampton THE Space Agency Air Force Navy Marine National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA

Soviet Kurdish soldiers aboard Graziol sail to Basra

Egyptian Port Said reports a Soviet ship Grazial with 855 armed men of Kurdish origin sailing through the Suez Canal bound for Iraq. Observers describe the crew as Soviet Kurds en route to Basra to join leftist premier Abdel Karim Kassim's forces, signaling a new Cold War threat amid Iraqi turmoil.

Port Said Suez Canal Iraq Middle East Egypt Grazial Georgia Tost Soviet Union Basra Persian Gulf Abdel Karim Kassen

Nutrilite Given Choice to Sell to M C or Not at All

Superior Judge Joe Ray Craft issued an injunction allowing Nutrilite Products Inc to sell its food supplement only to Mytinger & Casseherry Inc at 1700 Santa Fe Ave and barred other sales. The injunction lasts until trial of M&C's suit for a similar permanent order.

P Nutrilite Products Inc Mytinger & Casseherry Inc Santa Fe Ave Joe Raycraft M&c

Asylum Driver Declared Insane in Monza Bar Incident

Monza Italy January 22 1960 Ted erico Villa aged 45 longtime bus driver for the local asylum was declared insane after he began incoherent speeches while talking with friends in a bar. Authorities said he had transported patients for 200 years.

Monza Italy UPI Tederico Villa Villa

My Happy Life with Art Linkletter recalled in April McCall's

Lois Linkletter recounts courtship and marriage to Art Linkletter revealing family tensions with his fame. She shares her view of his conceit, life on the road, and her unconventional formula for a happy marriage in April McCall's featured piece.

Art Linkletter Lois Linkletter Art Lois McCall's

Chessman Appeals Denied Case Heads to State Supreme Court

Daryl Chessman shrugged when told the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal. The high court sent the case back to California for further review, with no opinion. Chessman, dubbed the red light bandit, was convicted in Los Angeles in 1948 for kidnapping and rape.

Chessman SAN Quentin UPI Daryl Chessman San _Quentin U.S. Supreme Court Fred R. Dickson Dickson Supreme Court State Court A. L. Wirin American Civil Liberties Uniian Los Angeles California Supreme ‘Court Wirin

Ireland's O'Kelly Calls U.S. Visit Pleasant Career End

President Sean T. O'Kelly of Ireland said during a Monday visit to the United States that he considered his trip a very pleasant ending to his career as chief executive. He spoke in Plymouth, England, during the UPI report.

Plymouth England UPI Sean T. O'Kelly Ireland United States

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