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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1958

Page

5

Drag Race Ends In Two Deaths In Redwood City

Two drivers and a pregnant bystander killed in a drag race along a quiet Redwood City street. Victims. Robert J. Bruschi 21 from San Mateo and Mrs Teddie Jean Hunt 17 from Menlo Park. Drivers John Miller 22 and Fred Beccaria 21, both Redwood City, held on manslaughter suspicions.

Redwood City Robert J. Bruschi San Mateo Teddie Jean Hunt Menlo Park John Miller Fred Beccaria

Atomic rocket engine eyed for space flight

Air Force plans design of an atomic rocket to power sustained space flight and moon missions. Rocketdyne under Wright-Patterson contract would develop a one stage engine using a reactor to heat propellants, offering two to four times thrust of current rockets and enabling controlled space travel. Canoga Park comments note hundredfold payload increases claimed for nuclear-powered rockets.

Air Force Earth Moon Space Ecom Aeo Congress Wright Fly Development Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Canoga Park Rocketdyne North American ‘Aviation, Inc Washington

Nuclear Rocket Engine Concept Outlined by Rocketdyne

A schematic from Rocketdyne shows a nuclear rocket concept using a reactor in the combustion chamber to yield extreme energy and high-temperature gases. The design aims for propulsion far beyond chemical rockets, with potential single-stage spaceflight. Dr Gunn, Rocketdyne engineer, notes engines for Atlas Thor Jupiter Redstone missiles.

Rocketdyne North American Aviation, Inc Pouteel Sion Intul Av. Gunn Air Force Atlas Convair San Diego Thor Douglas Army Jupiter Redstone Carysler

Keep a true Lent daily study classes at Unity Chapel

Announcement lists daily Lent study classes at Tl A.M. Unity Chapel located at 935 E Broadway. The notice emphasizes regular participation and the venue for community Christian education during the Lenten season.

Unity Chapel Broadway

East German Labor Uprising Deepens Regime Split

In East Berlin reports describe growing worker resistance amid Ulbricht s purge of three senior officials. Premier Grotewohl reportedly protested the ousters and departed for an extended period, possibly Moscow. The dismissed are Karl Schirdewan Fred Oeissner and Ernst Wollweber, each removed from top posts.

Berlin GPI Hoss Walter Ulbricht East Germany Ulbricht Communist Party Poland East Berlin Otto Grotewohl Karl Schirdewan Fred Oeissner Ernst Wollweber Schirdewan Oeissner Wollweber

Bavarian Prince Killed in Andes Crash report

Bavarian Prince Heinrich Franz Wilhelm, 3% of Bavaria, died Thursday in a German car crash in the Andes. Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria, his sister and brother-in-law escaped with slight injuries. Ludwig is a grandson of Louis II who relinquished the Bavarian throne in 1918.

Buenos ‘Aires Heinrich Franz Wilhelm Bavaria Andes Ludwig I of Ludwig Louis JC

Masterson Going Behind Iron Curtain on KNX

Radio host Paul Masterson travels to the Soviet Union for his Don't You Believe It program at 2 30 pm on KNX. He investigates the Bolshevik party under Lenin and doubts its size and influence in the USSR.

Long Beach Western Airlines San Francisco Los Angeles Western Paul Masterson KNX T Masterson Bolshevik Party Lenin Soviet Union

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