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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1959

Page

16

Long Beach Drives Ahead with Doorstep Driver Licensing

California's Long Beach DMV launches home license testing for electric vehicle operators aged 32 to 94. An examiner follows in a car, observing tests conducted near 700 E Broadway to ease jitters. Of 50 first applicants in the area program none failed. five percent denied at the Long Beach office.

California Department Ofjhave Long Beach DMV E. Broadway Electtric Carset William Caplinger Caplinger

Reflection of Rocket Balloon Seen From Coast to Coast

A NASA test in Washington on a 130-pound inflated sphere reached about 250 miles up aboard a 100-foot balloon launched from Wallops Island. The payload, packed in a 20 inch container, was designed to reflect radio waves and study satellite communications as observers from South Carolina to Maine reported seeing the ascent.

Washington NASA Big Ocean Espen Paint Island Atlantic Oceans National Aeronautics Land Space Agency South Carolina Maine Wallops Island

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