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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1959
Page
4
Police nabbed a burglar who broke into a bar at 1601 Sawtelle Blvd in West Los Angeles. Bartender Stanley Miller found the suspect, Joe Rivas, sleeping on the floor with a paper bag containing an electric razor and $30 in coins taken from the jukebox.
The Defense Department announced creation of a NASA affiliated civilian space unit led by Maj. Gen. Don R. Ostrander to supervise launch vehicle programs. The unit will coordinate with Wernher von Braun and German rocket experts for Saturn and Nova rockets aimed at lunar and planetary missions.
Cape Canaveral reports another Atlas intercontinental range test success. The 85-foot missile reached 15000 mph and dropped a dummy warhead on target off Ascension Island. It marked the sixth straight success since Atlas became operational last September with 13 successes and one partial since July.
GREAT BEND Kansas UPI reports mass immunization appeared to halt a diphtheria outbreak. Barton County health director Dr William Evans said no new cases were reported and the situation was under control though schools remained closed and inoculations continued. A 6 year old boy died Monday and officials noted one other confirmed case and three very likely instances.
A labeled bottle listing Straight Bourbon Whiskey eight years old with 86.8 proof from Hiram Walker & Sons Inc. of Peoria Illinois. The entry notes producer details and alcohol strength.
A government examiner recommended granting BOAC rights to operate a London to Los Angeles flight over the North Pole. The report notes additional fatalities in Oklahoma and Missouri amid a large mass immunization program underway in the area.
A Kaman H43B helicopter piloted by Maj. William J. Davis set a new world altitude record of 30 000 feet for the United States Air Force at Edwards AFB. Co pilot was Capt. Walter L. Hodgson. The flight crew reported the record to the field but officials say verification and calibration steps are pending.
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