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Balloonists Launch 96 Hour Upward Flight Challenge
A 64 foot balloon aims to stay aloft for 96 hours beginning today in Palestine Texas. Project leaders include G A Rhoads Kurt Stehline and Don Overs with backers Life magazine Interior Department and the Helium Centennial. The journey may cross several states and reach 5000 feet altitude while using radar to avoid other aircraft.
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Palestine
Tex
UPID
G. A. Rhoads
Kurt) Stehline
Washington, D.C
Don Overs
Pittsburg
Penn
Rhoads
al. Shipley
The
Research Center
Life Magazine
Department of the Interior
el Centro
Calif
North Carolina
Mexico
Louisiana
Arkansas