IGY Report Card Shows Nature's Traps Yield Secrets
The IGY ended after 18 months of global science with 30,000 researchers from 66 nations observing the sun, space, and Earth. Rockets revealed X rays from solar flares, the atmosphere’s density at high altitudes, and meteoric dust daily. Vanguard and future weather and communications satellites promise new geographic and navigational insights and global links.
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I Johnny Torch Cantelmo War Orphan Raised by GIs
Whittier resident Vic Cantelmo helped Johnny Torch Cantelmo, once a Filipino war orphan smuggled into Japan era barracks, become a Long Beach City College student. The wartime tale reflects loss, aid from GIs, and a hopeful American life.
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Bar Bomber Granted Stay
Justice Jesse W. Carter granted a stay of execution to Manuel Chavez of Los Angeles, delaying his Jan 16 gas chamber death at San Quentin to allow a U.S. Supreme Court review. Chavez and Clyde Bates were convicted in 1957 of pouring gasoline and igniting a tavern fire that killed six people. Bates seeks no stay.
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Test Pilot Killed in Alamogordo Air Crash
Francis E. Parker, 37, chief test pilot for Convair at Holloman AFB, died Monday in the crash of a fighter aircraft during a test flight. The accident occurred near Alamogordo, New Mexico, as Parker conducted official testing work for the Air Force base and company.
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