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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1960
Page
2
The article notes a continued report on missiles and space-probe vehicles with reference to the Atlas program. It mentions a Norvel development and discusses the base’s security relaxation being explained by officials while addressing questions about the decision to lift the curtain on missile progress.
Police hunted a 30 year old man in Newark today after a theft of secret British navy documents aboard a ship near Wake Island. The burglar stole $368 and navigational papers. British authorities called the loss minimal, stressing the material was coded and not strategic.
San Francisco Mayor George Christopher and his wife attended services in Moscow as Tass reported. In California, Titan missile facilities at Vandenberg AFB reveal underground launch caverns, large cap slabs, and tunnels linking to control centers as it progresses toward future Minuteman deployment. The Atlas and Titan programs show a centralized aerospace focus with Discoverer probes and automated countdowns marking ongoing space efforts.
Reports from London say a 120 mph typhoon struck the British colony of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean killing ten. The storm, the worst there in 68 years, wrecked crops and buildings as British authorities ordered the cruiser I mbia to assist from Trincomalee. Relief efforts by the British Red Cross and RAF were planned, with winds gusting up to 160 mph during peak hours.
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