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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1963

Page

8

Frog in pay phone prank becomes Sacramento repair tale

At the state fairgrounds a boy stuffed a frog in a public phone coin chute. The frog crawled into the box and needed a repairman to dissemble the unit and rescue it. The incident ended with the frog alive and the repairer left with a rattled but grateful story.

Sacramento UPS Pacific Telephone State Fairgrounds Charlie Frank Frank

Navy Tests New Polaris Missile

Cape Canaveral reports the Polaris A 3 rocket test with nine successful launches, the 30 foot missile reaching Atlantic targets 1,500 miles away. The A 3 will later be fired from submerged submarines, extending range to 2,880 miles and delivering 600 pound warheads for global reach.

Cape Canaveral Atlantic Ocean Cape Canaversis United States

Stork Race Lost Again

Mrs Leslie Marshel 24 and her husband 27 welcomed a baby in their car after a race with the stork. The Navy family already has five children: Leslie six born in a Corpus Christi hospital elevator Yvonne five born in a Norwalk hospital lobby Timothy three born in an ambulance en route to an Oakland hospital and Robert two born just before reaching Paradise Valley hospital.

San Diego Calif UPI Leslie Marshel Stork Navy Leslie Corpus Christi Tex Yvonne Norwalk Timothy Oakland, Calif Robert Paradise Valley Hospital

Scientists Explore Weather Control Through Cloud Creation

Washington researchers, led by Dr. Bart G. Droessler, discuss cloud formation as a potential weather control method. A National Science Foundation report to President Kennedy urges an international research program and space-based solar radiation manipulation to alter the balance of heat reaching the surface.

U. S Bart G. Droessler Atmospheric Sciences National Science Foundation Kennedy Foundation Atomic Energy Droessler Gulf of Alaska

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