Navy Studies Atoms Aloft To Aid Interplanetary Travel
Navy backed scientists probe a hot atom layer between 60 and 600 miles up to understand its effect on spacecraft. Dr. Franklin E. Roach reports from Atlas Mountain near Mt. Whitney on the permanent aurora that lights the sky and fuels infrared glow. The layer, a few miles thick, contains oxygen, nitrogen and other unidentified substances and is energized by solar radiation and high energy particles.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Franklin E. Roach
Naval Ordnance Testing Station
Inyokern
American Astronomical Society
Atlas Mountain
Mt. Whitney
United States
Roach
Navy
Salt Lake City
Dr. Roach
Tailor Congressman Runt Bishop Makes Friends By Sewing
Washington reports Rep. C. W. Bishop of Carterville Illinois uses his tailoring skills to build alliances on Capitol Hill. Known as Runt, the 135 pound athlete turned congressman patches garments and pockets for colleagues and staff, joking that sewing creates good will and helps him through four terms in Congress.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Bishop
Carterville
Capitol Hill
C. W
Kunt
Michigan
Clare Hoffman
New York Yankee
Staley
Chicago Bears
New York Yankees
Congress
Sentencing Deferred for Phoenix Robbery Suspect
Joseph N. DeRohwer 18 of Mesa pleaded guilty to robbing a local service station and had sentencing continued to July 6. His companion Denver Ring pleaded not guilty and will face trial in Maricopa County Superior Court on November 9.
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Phoenix
U.P
Joseph N. DeRohwer
Mesa
Denver
George Ring
DeRowher
Maricopa County Superior Court
Nickel Subway Fares Ending After 44 Years
New York ends its longest nickel ride at midnight Wednesday as fares rise to 10 cents on most subways and elevated lines, seven cents on many buses and trolleys, with a 12 cent transfer option. The Federal Reserve orders 20 million new dimes to cover daily ridership and a $52 million subway deficit after a $39,500 wage increase for 39,500 workers.
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New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia Mint
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Rinso
Batte
Plactia
Greenwald
SOUTH
Benson Highway
Hoffman
Clare
Nickel
Homer Lininger Travel Service
Southwest Agency, Inc
E. Broadway
Turson
Patterson's
Optometrists
NEW Philco
Electric Equipment Company
East Jackson
Richfield
Hack Baldwin's
Servicenter
E. Fifth ST
N. Stone Ave
Flowerland
S. Plumer
Ramsey Paint Co
Arizona Neon Advertising, Inc
Broadway
Goodyear Tires
Kermit C. Oestreich
E. Mabel
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Mgr
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