Early guided missile work on Long Island timeline
A historical overview traces the 1917 U S Navy and Sperry guided missile program from covert beginnings to public tests on Long Island. It notes 30 mile target reach by August 1917 and 90 mile demonstrations by 1922, highlighting Lawrence Sperry’s radio controlled unmanned flights and the project’s wartime-bypeacetime shift.
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United States
Long Island
Amityville
Old Island Motor Parkway
U.S. Navy
Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry
Lawrence
Navy
Lawrence Sperry
English Channel
U.S
Frye Jailed on Marijuana Charge in Watts Riot Era
Marquette Frye, a 23 year old man linked to the Watts riots after his 1965 arrest, was jailed again Saturday on marijuana charges. A municipal court judge previously labeled him “a symbol of lawlessness.”
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Marquette Frye
Watts
Frye
Lennox Sheriff's Station
Cerell Walker
Walker
Harold Ray Brown
San Dimas
John Hamilton
Daniel W. Morrison
Tommie Evans
Los Angeles
Ronald
California
Peru denounces U S halt in foreign aid
Peruvian leaders denounce the United States decision to cut foreign aid over Peru buying French and British warplanes. President Fernando Belaúnde Terry calls the move intolerable and rejects aid tied to sovereignty threats in a widespread editorial response.
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Peru
U.S
Lima
UPI
United States
Fernando Belaunde Terry
Sky door from helicopter lands in Carson driveway
A gray aluminum helicopter escape door weighing 15 pounds and with a plexiglass window fell from one of three helicopters over Dave Mirro's home in Carson at noon. Deputies believe it may belong to a Navy or Coast Guard helicopter and it remains unclaimed among found property at the Firestone station.
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Firestone Sheriff’s Station
Dave Mirro
Carson
Mirro
Aero Reserve
Coast Guard
Graham Opens Northwest Crusade in Portland
Evangelist Billy Graham began his 10 day Northwest Crusade in Portland drawing more than 18 000 people to Memorial Coliseum Friday night ending with a large turnout and opening remarks by Graham.
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Graham
Portland
Ore
UPI
Billy Graham
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James William Russell
Will
Stranger In the Mirror
Harold Heifetz
Jeremiah Thunder
Long Beach
Vanity Fair
Broadway
Santa Ana
Newport Center
Fashion Island
Palos Verdes Hawthorne At
Silver Spur Rd
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Pacific Coast Hwy
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Graywood
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