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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1962
Page
5
Don Holbert, 17, of Kansas City earns Eagle Scout after completing 21 merit badges and lifesaving tests. Despite polio paralysing his waist down, he ran four miles in under the required time and swam half a mile, becoming the first from his old troop to reach Eagle in 27 years.
The United States and other foreign ministers move toward expelling Cuba from the Organization of American States following Punta del Este decisions. The council is expected to formalize the ouster, with Cuban ambassador Lechuga likely to speak, and Washington planning to request Cuba’s departure after action.
At Edwards Air Force Base California NASA conducts manned flights of the UP A fold up glider as a potential recovery system for space capsules and rockets. The PARESEV research vehicle uses a triangular parawing with the pilot seat and landing gear suspended. Future Gemini descents could suspend the capsule instead of a pilot.
Communist Czechoslovakia rewrites its 1962 agricultural plan after missing 1961 targets. The party cites failure to follow cultivation plans and aims for a 6.1 percent rise in agricultural production, versus a 1 percent gain in 1961, per the official news agency.
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