South Pole Flag Elevation Marked End of Polar Night
A dispatch from Expedition Deepfreeze reports 16 wintering personnel at the South Pole watched the Stars and Stripes rise at sunrise, completing six months of darkness since March 21. The ceremonial flag raising occurred last Thursday as temperatures hovered around 65 to 70 degrees below zero in AUCKLAND and nearby.
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South Viet Nam executes three for sabotaging aid tractors
In Sadec province two American aid tractors were blown up and four more damaged last May at Phuoc Xuyen development center. Three of six Communist agents were sentenced to death by two special military tribunals. two received life terms and one was given twenty years. The tribunal prosecutor described the sabotage in Sadec southwest of Saigon.
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AEC to Spend $19.5 Million in Nevada in FY 1960
UPI reports Senator Alan Bible states the Atomic Energy Commission plans to allocate nineteen million five hundred thirty five thousand dollars to Nevada projects in fiscal year 1960. The figure reflects the AEC's budget priorities for the state's atomic development program.
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