Santa Fe’s 1610 Founding Celebrated by 350th Festival
Santa Fe New Mexico marks its 350th anniversary with a ten day festival in Old Santa Fe. The city’s history spans Indian Mexican Confederate and US rule with celebrations tied to Our Lady of the Assumption and the De Vargas reconquest tradition.
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Rio Grande Val
St. Francis Cathedral
Mexico
Cap
United States
Santa Fe
Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lajan Ponce de Leon
Spain
Central America
Wonders Of The Universe Tiros Feeding Us Information
Tiros I, the weather satellite, circles the sky and relays weather patterns to Earth. About 100 scientists from NASA, the Air Force, and the Weather Bureau are mobilized to interpret the pictures the satellite sends, facing a challenging data task.
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Earth
Tiros
Tiros I
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
Air Force
Weather Bureau
Stevens Plans 10 Million Christ Film Shoot in Hollywood
Director George Stevens explains choosing Hollywood for The Greatest Story Ever Told to exploit dramatic landscapes. He cites western sites in Utah and California as matching historic Holy Land contrasts and notes competition with Spain's King of Kings. He also discusses satellite weather data from TIROS enhancing storm tracking and hurricane observation.
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Hollywood
George Stevens
Ace
Holy Land
20Th Century-Fox
Stevens
Jerusalem
Rome
Florence
Venice
Amsterdam
MGM
Spain
Field Hospitals Given To Chile After Earthquake
Washington AP reports two Army field hospitals were flown to Chile and handed to the Chilean government to aid earthquake casualties. U S Ambassador Walter Howe said aid was warmly received and noted extensive damage figures and rescue efforts amid the disaster.
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Chile
U. S
Walter Howe
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Red Cima
Everest
Iers
Nepal Reasserts Everest Claims
In a token assertion of sovereignty Nepal issues a stamp showing King Mahendra over the south slopes of Mt. Everest. The stamp depicts a view of snow with the monarch superimposed, reaffirming Nepalese claims to the area.
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Nepal
Mt. Everest
Mahenda
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