Air Force Tests 1700 MPH Bell Plane Breaks Sonic Barrier
In Buffalo, the Air Force reports Bell Aircraft’s X-1A faster than sound with speeds over 1700 mph. The plane, an improved Bell X-1 variant, weighs 16 000 pounds, has a 28 foot wing span, and fuels for 544 minutes using a Reaction Motors rocket engine burning liquid oxygen and alcohol water.
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N. Y
Bells
Edwards
Calif
U. S. Air Force
Smith
Samian Institution
Washington
D. C
Reaction Motors, Inc
Rockaway
N. J
All Sizes Dinosaurs: record sizes cited in creator range
A fragment notes that All Sizes Dinosaurs produced a size range greater than other creators with giants reaching 100 feet and the smallest at about 2 feet, though details are unclear. The report emphasizes extreme lengths among the dinosaurs described.
Judge Barnes Chosen to Be Asst. Att. Gen.
Judge Stanley Nelson Barnes of Los Angeles named by President to be assistant attorney general in charge of the antitrust division. A native of Baraboo Wisconsin, Barnes has served on the Los Angeles Superior Court since last year and held the post of deputy attorney general in Earl Warren’s administration.
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Washington
Herbert
Los Angeles County
Pawnell Ac
House
California Supreme Court
Two Jail Escapees Captured Near Palos Verdes Estates
Two 15 year old inmates from South Gate jail were captured in a canyon near the Palos Verdes Country Club after an all day chase by residents and police. The Bell Gardens youths escaped Saturday and cruised downtown Los Angeles to Redondo Beach and Palos Verdes Estates. They said they had lived in the open since Sunday and raided a home near the country club Tuesday morning.
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Palos Verdes Estates
South Gate
Palos Verdes Country Club
Bell Gardens
Los Angeles
Redondo Beach
Youths Stolen Food Incite Police Posse Pursuit
An owner frightened youths who broke into a nearby house and stole food. They were seen filling a waste basket with provisions before a routine patrol officer confronted them in a remote lane. The officer called a posse after the suspects evaded capture.
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Taft's Son Approved as Envoy to Ireland
Washington The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved the nomination of William Howard Taft III, son of Senator Taft, as ambassador to Ireland. The action clears the way for Senate confirmation and positions Taft to represent the United States in Dublin.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William Howard Taft III
Sen. Taft
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