Balloon Preview Aims for 80 000-Foot Flight Wednesday
Two Navy balloonists Cmdr Malcolm D Ross and retired Cmdr M Lee Lewis report a 20 hour isolation test in a small gondola for a flight planned to reach about 80 000 feet on Wednesday. They weathered minor technical issues and plan later flights to study cosmic rays and Mars atmosphere with telescope spectrographs.
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Ex-Teacher Begins Jail Term After Theft Conviction
Robert Edward Prowell, 35, started a county jail term after being granted a brief delay to arrange his affairs. Superior Judge Ralph K. Pierson sentenced him on four counts of receiving stolen property tied to a hi fi purchase from a source related to a biology teacher. Prowell, of 2800 Chestnut Ave, faces three years probation following the term.
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Pedestrian 10th to Die in Traffic
Long Beach records its 10th traffic fatality of the year when 66 year old Nena Elizabeth Walker of 5927 Atlantic Ave was struck by a car on South Street near Linden Avenue late Sunday night. Police identified the driver as James Olds of 771 Janice Drive who was not cited. The death raised the citys annual traffic toll to fourteen.
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Ford Reports Sharp Loss in 2nd Quarter
Ford Motor Co reports a dramatic earnings drop for the first six months of 1958 compared with the previous year. Consolidated six month sales totaled 1.987 billion dollars, down four percent from 3.009 billion dollars. Earnings fell from 171 million to 5.4 million, with earnings per share at 19 cents versus 3.15 dollars. The decline stems mainly from reduced sales and higher labor and material costs.
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VA Ends Routine Temperature Taking At Long Beach VA
The Veterans Administration declares routine temperature, pulse, and respiration checks obsolete across its 172 hospitals and 103 clinics. Doctors say data can be inaccurate and time wasted, shifting to patient-specific orders for information. The change saves time, with about 1,200 daily readings now versus 6,200 previously, while surgery and TB wards still use some checks.
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Navy Fighter Pilot Killed in Accident
The Navy reports the death of Lt. Jr. Peter J. Oneles in an aircraft accident off the Yorktown near San Diego. He was practicing landings at sea aboard the carrier and was a native of Bellingham Washington.
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