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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1959
Page
7
The Air Force outlines progress on the Minuteman, a solid propellant three stage ICBM intended for underground silos. It aims to reduce manning from about 100 per Atlas or Titan to seven per Minuteman and stresses easier dispersion, faster readiness, lower ground support needs, and lower costs.
A Boeing 707 on a New York to Los Angeles run faced delays as storms on both coasts and issues at Sky Harbor in Phoenix slowed operations. The flight, initially planned to depart, waited hours before takeoff, finally landing 12 hours 3 minutes after leaving New York. Authorities cited weather and operational constraints.
An official report states thirteen miners died in a coal mine explosion near Quetta, Pakistan, on Monday. Unofficial accounts raise the death toll to 34 with 21 rescued.
Vital Statistics records births at Osteopathic Hospital Griffith and SANCHEZ Hospital among others. numerous entries show parents names and addresses in Torrance Wilmington Garden Grove and surrounding cities with birth dates in January February and a mix of boys and girls.
OCR text fragment mentions names and places with unclear roles. It includes references to Artesia and a person named Richards, with dates and monetary terms that are partly garbled. The readable items suggest a personal notice or informal record without clear context.
At New Orleans Audubon Park zoo, Josephine the whooping crane laid a new egg while Crip baths and tends it. Officials report Josephine has laid another egg as the pair continue their efforts to beat extinction. If the second egg appears on schedule, it will be removed for artificial incubation to boost young crane production.
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