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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1959

Page

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Long Beach Air Pollution Exceeds City Averages

Long Beach ranked among the most polluted U.S. cities its size according to a U S Public Health Service report. Health investigators collected 25 samples of smoke dust fumes and oily droplets from 1958 to measure suspended particles in air at 2655 Pine Ave.

Long Beach U.S. Public Health Service Teport Cincinnati Sush City Health Department Ac Public Health Service U.S Health Department Pine Ave Ild. Litwack Los Angeles

Pickle Packers Are in Rut

CHICAGO UPI The National Pickle Packers Association failed to set a new telephone booth packing record. Only 12 pickle packers fit into a regulation booth. the current record is 34. The report also covers Long Beach air pollution readings with multiple dates and levels, comparing to Los Angeles County and listing monthly suspended particle measurements.

Chicago UPI Angeles County Long Beach

Navy Plane Hunted off Cheju Isle

A U S Navy flying boat with ten crew members vanished while en route between Japan and Korea. Departing Iwakuni Airport in Japan, the aircraft had 14 hours of fuel and was last sighted near Cheju Island, South Korea at 1 15 p.m. Thursday. Patrol Squadron 50 officers and seven enlisted men were aboard. names were withheld.

Tokyo U. S. Navy Japan South Korea Iwakimi Air, Station Navy Cheju Island Patrol Squadron

Super-Swift Boat Engine Marks Fast Travel Day

In Japan a new engine design promises rapid water travel, delivering speeds above 50 mph and drawing attention on the technology pages. The report notes the innovative readouts and potential use in fast small craft as readers digest the A-3 and A-4 sections.

Air Force to launch Discoverer satellite at Vandenberg

Twin event planned next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base as the Air Force aims a Discoverer satellite launch while a Royal Air Force crew fires its first hot missile The schedule targets April 14 for the satellite shot with a Thor firing within days World Congress of Flight runs in Las Vegas that week A Thor burst during a static firing caused no injuries at the new base in California and a U S senator says he will not pursue the 1960 Democratic nomination at this time Elizabeth Taylor plans a minor throat operation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital and Eddie Bracken suffers possible chest injuries after a car incident in Los Angeles

Los Angeles UPS Air Force Vandenberg Air Force Base Royal Air Force Here Thor Las Vegas Aps Washington UPI Stuart Symington D-Mo Democratic Party Symington U. S Europe Elizabeth Taylor Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood

Rubber Co workers strike across the nation today

A spokesman for the U S Rubber Co says workers at percent Manis plants nationwide began a strike at 12 01 am Friday. Plants in Los Angeles and Santa Ana California are among those affected.

New York U. § Rubber Co Los Angeles Santa Ana Calif

Spaceman's Wife Embraces Space Venture Bonding Hope

Rene Carpenter talks about her husband Navy Lt Malcolm Scott Carpenter as he is named to the Mercury space mission. She smiles for reporters at their Garden Grove home and says she and their four children support the voyage and will wait during two years of training and potential orbit.

Garden Grove Rene Carpenter America Navy Malcolm Scott Carpenter Space Aeronautics Space Adlang Project Mercury Earth

Seven married pilots named for Project Mercury crew

Navy Lt. Malcolm S. Carpenter of Garden Grove and six other men were revealed as the final Project Mercury crew candidates for America's first manned space mission. The seven, three Navy pilots, three Air Force jet pilots, and a Marine test pilot, spoke of family support and readiness for the dangerous voyage as NASA announced the lineup.

Navy Malcolm S. Carpenter Garden Grove Calif Rene Washington Land National Aeronautics:and Space Administration Air Force Carpenter Sect Leroy G Yreka Disnetant Cooper Jr Carbondale Virgil Spknst Grissom Mitchell Ind Cmdr Waller M

Spaceman Selectee and Wife Confident

Washington Lt Malcolm S Carpenter of the JSS Hornet was named among seven Americans selected for flight in the first space capsule program. He and his wife say they are confident about the voyage, with their four children ages 9 to 14 and a home in Garden Grove. The astronauts will undergo the most intensive training ever given to US space crews at Langley and other centers.

Washington Aamerica Malcolm S JSS Hornet Ven Altias Carpenter Air Thas Rang-R Vised Residenties and Space Agency Timmy ‘Lane Garden Grove Theo Langley Reansearch Center Virginia Mae Vir

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