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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1957

Page

20

Vermillion Named New Scout Head

Former Long Beach mayor and druggist George Vermillion was elected president of the Long Beach Council of the Boys Scouts of America at Burgess School. He has long served on the Scout board and donated land for Camp Tahquitz near Idylwild. The council reported 12,000 active Scouts and a record 2,000 campers at Tahquitz last summer.

George Vermillion Long Beach Boys Scouts of America Burgroughs Vermillion Tahquitz Will “Winston Stedman Gould Charles Reid Gaylord T. W. Talton C. M. Brakensick Jacobs William E. Kummer Henry Clock Jamies Craig Jr Robinson Reid Virgil Spongberg J. R. Townsend Kimball Walker Francis Humphries Kenneth Farrar Farrar Long Beach Douglas Barton- Flats Council For the Future Harold Arnold Camp Tahquitz Dominguez Lakewood Signal Hill Bell Hower

Nike-Cajun Rocket Fails in Flight

Nike-Cajun rocket, first in the IGY winter tests, launched from the U S Army site at Fort Churchill Tuesday but did not perform satisfactorily in flight. Maj Mark Holmes, Canadian liaison officer, said the apparatus was to measure upper atmosphere air pressures densities and temperatures.

Fort Churchill Bight Mark Holmes

Italian soprano Garren Toschi Carpi dies at 74

Milan dispatch reports Italian soprano Garren Toschi Carpi died at her Milan home on Tuesday after a long illness. The renowned artist often performed in European opera houses with the EB company and was a familiar figure on stage.

Milan Italy Garren Toschi Carpi

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