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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1958
Page
4
Senator Monroney of Oklahoma today introduced a bill to require automobile price labeling. He described the measure as a move to end the advantage he says is held by unscrupulous dealers.
A mid page report describes experiments on a small moon probe using solar powered systems. It explains 108.03 megacycles and about 5 milliwatts as outputs while solar cells, chemical batteries, and meteoritic dust interactions measure temperatures and signal temperatures to Earth. The piece notes a first U.S. moon with a traveling companion.
The Monaco ceremony grants the newborn prince a birth certificate and a royal title. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace preside as the child is presented in the throne room and the new title is announced amid palace duties and ceremonial rites.
The Vanguard rocket placed a grape fruit sized satellite into an 18 000 mile per hour orbit after a smooth lift off from Cape Canaveral. Officials said the craft could stay aloft 5 to 19 years and hinted at possible future satellites reaching 240 000 miles. The mission supported the International Geophysical Year and involved Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory scientists examining lunar magnetic fields and the moon’s far side.
Advert claims many hearing losses stem from catarrh and sinus trouble and can be restored with a new diagnostic method in California clinics. First treatment plus full sinus and catarrh exam offered for only $3, with a ten day limit on the offer and a promise not to take back patients if no improvement.
Susan Kurtz, 11, showed marked improvement in recovering from a delicate heart operation last Tuesday at St Ides hospital. Spokesmen said she is responsive, eating well, and has good color. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kurtz of Onsted Michigan, visited daily and are elated by progress. Sixteen units of blood were donated by Onsted neighbors who came to assist during the operation.
In Naha Okinawa early results show pro U S forces with a solid lead in the 29 seat Ryukyu Islands Legislative Assembly. About half the vote counted with 15 of 29 districts reported the pro Communist Minron Front trailing. Right wing Socialists lead with six seats. Conservative independents and Democrats each hold three.
Warehouse locals of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union voted to levy members $14 a month for four months to aid ILWU sugar workers in Hawaii. Officials said the assessment could raise about 336,000. The move came at the union’s annual convention at ILWU headquarters, as plans for contract demands were discussed but final action delayed until March.
The first conference of U S ambassadors in the Far East ended today in Taipei C Y I Walter S Robertson assistant secretary of state for far eastern affairs left for Washington Adm Felix Stump commander of the armed forces in the Pacific accompanied him as far as Honolulu
Reconstruction notes detail the Jupiter-C launch that carried Explorer II a brief flight and compare Vanguard three stage and Jupiter-C dimensions. It contrasts satellite masses from Explorer I to Sputnik series, noting sun powered and battery powered transmitters, operating frequencies and thermal data.
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