Artificial meteors fired from Aerobee rocket reach for moon
Two aluminum fragment bursts launched from an Aerobee rocket over New Mexico were aimed at the moon but likely drawn into the sun due to misaligned position. Air Force physicist Maurice Dubin called it a potential first step toward outer space, estimating fragments possibly exceeding 1000 in number and bearing bearings about the size of small balls.
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Cambridge Research Center
Outer Space
Maurice Dubin
Fear 8 Dead in Slides at Prince Rupert
Vancouver radio ham reports eight dead and seven missing after landslides wreck three homes at Prince Rupert B C two days after storms. A child’s body was recovered and communications with the town were cut. Moderate damage reported 500 miles north of Vancouver.
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Here
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Kit
Ketchikan
Alaska
Denise Darcel engagement and rescue drama reported
Fragments from Birmingham News describe Denise Darcel amid heavy rains and winds striking the area. Rescue workers pulled an eight month old girl from rubble as Darcel arrived with actor Bob Eaton for presentations of the musical Can Can.
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Birmingham News
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Murray
George
Can
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Vandall
Wind driven flames roars through hills near Los Angeles
A wind driven fire roared through brush and timber north west of downtown Los Angeles, burning 7,000 acres Friday and 18,000 more Thursday, driven by hurricane winds. The U.S. Forest Service estimated 25 million dollars in damage with 1,400 firefighters on the Angeles National Forest blaze. Eastern flank partly under control, but general control unlikely before tonight or Sunday. Evacuations occurred at Camp Hi-Hill on Mount Wilson, Long Beach, as 75 pupils were moved briefly before returning home.
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Azusa
Duarte
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San Gabriel Mountains
U.S. Forest Service
Powe
Lowell
Long Beach
Ugh
Angeles National
Forest
California
Sputnik I Rocket Fall Seen Soon
Cambridge Massachusetts report notes Sputnik I's rocket may re enter within 24 hours. Smithsonian scientists expect a death dive by Dec 21 with moonwatch teams not alerted yet. Expert projections place the fall in the northern United States, with possible irregular landing paths as meteoric behavior outlined by observers.
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Cambridge
Mass
Britain
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Smithsonian
J. Allen Hynek
Observatory
Knowland Criticized Over China Policy In Campaign
In a letter from Los Angeles the paper contends that Knowland opened himself to charges of injecting international politics into the state campaign by challenging Pat Brown on China’s UN membership. The piece labels the move a false issue and questions Knowland’s policy judgment, noting his past backing of Chiang Kai-shek and calls for a blockade of China.
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Atute
Pat Brown
Red China
United Nations
Fay
Chiang Kai-shek
Incidents Flare Across Middle East Tensions Rise
Reports from Beirut to Cairo describe renewed friction. Lebanese security blocks border crossing by Syrian parliament members. Jordan airline denied entry to Cairo with a 20-person delegation for an Arab education conference. United Air Lines orders 10 additional DC8 jets and 11 Boeing 120s, totaling 133 DC8s planned, with aimed delivery through 1980. Jordanian-Israeli strains surface amid Khrushchev interview context.
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Amman
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Los Angeles Officials Swarmed by Threats Over Taxes
City and county officials faced a surge of irate citizens threatening a new Boston Tea Party style protest amid high taxes. In Denver, police tightened a dragnet after tracking a dangerous escapee who released an abused businessman Friday night.
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Los Angeles
Denver
Thief Escapes With 65 Dollars From Atlantic Theater
A thief handed a note demanding money to cashier Joyce Boswell at the Atlantic Theater on Atlantic Ave and fled north with about 65 dollars after receiving the cash. Police described the suspect as a man who approached the box office Friday night and claimed to have a gun.
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Atlantic Ave
Joyce Boswell
Atlantic “Ave
Carmelitos Tenant Told His Eyes Can Live at Home Blind
Cornelius P. Bellflower and his family in the Carmelitos Housing Project at 84834 Via Wanda are allowed to keep his guide dog Pepper after a dispute over animals. The housing authority initially demanded Bellflower move or give up Pepper following a four week training course at San Rafael. The Carmelitios assistant manager Mrs. Engstrom said strict rules barred animals, but Millay overruled and allowed the dog to remain.
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Via
Wanda
Carmelitos
Alex’k. Millar
Eee
Chesapeake ‘Etrievity
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Pepper
San Rafael
Vna Engstrom
Carmelitos Project
Carmélitos
Millay
Minnie
Reds Again Spurn UN Arms Talks
United Nations New York UPi Soviet delegation Friday night said Russia will not participate in the U N disarmament commission. It argued the move is not a bluff and charged the United States and other Western powers seek to expand the commission to 25 members next year to justify aggressive military blocs and atomic war plans. The General Assembly approved a Western sponsored resolution for expansion earlier this week.
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N.Y. Upi
Russia
U.N. Disarmament Commission
United States
General Assembly
Aps
Nixon to Name Press Assistant for Vice Presidency
Vice President Nixon plans to appoint a full time press agent to handle media relations. William G. Key, 47, ex newspaperman and current head of public relations at Fairchild Aircraft, will resign December 8 to take the post as administrative assistant focused on press work. Key brings experience from the Atlanta Constitution and Aircraft Industries Association in Washington, with emphasis on racial integration and missiles.
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Washington
Nixon
Tial
William G. Key
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
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Fairchild
Independent Washington Bureau
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North
Mercer, University
Macon
Atlanta Constitution
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Constitution
Aircraft Industries Assa. It
Aviation News
Thoroug‘ly
Real galsere: wm a flop at the piano
Bandits robed a Sacramento junk firm of 3800 dollars Friday night wearing coveralls and goggles with nose flaps. Two suspects escaped as witnesses recalled the scene and the tense moments.
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Real Galsere
Sacramento
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