X-15 Project Completed After Historic Flight Series
At Edwards Air Force Base NASA announced the X-15 program ended after 199 flights begun June 8, 1959. The final mission was October 24 with a planned 200th flight canceled due to weather, ending a 12 year, $300 million research program testing atmospheric re entry for future space travel.
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EDWARDS _AIR FORCE BASE
Calif
U.S. Space Agency
Flight Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Global sea level rises 300 feet since last ice age
A historical note states that sea levels are about 300 feet higher than 18 000 years ago and continue to rise at roughly 9 inches per century, indicating long term coastal change.
Entertainers Bring Yale Spirit to Vietnam Troops
Bob Hope Billy Graham and Archbishop Cooke joined U S troops in Vietnam delivering Christmas spirit Hope shrugged off an engine failure on the C 135 aircraft before performing for 30 000 at Long Binh Army base Graham preached in monsoon rain at Phu Bai and urged support for the mission Cooke praised the troops and prayed for peace during a five day visit joining Ambassador Bunker and General Abrams in Saigon
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Billy Graham
Saigon
South Vietnam
Col
Bob Hope
Archbishop Cooke
Yale
Vietnam
Billy Grap
Terence J. Cooke
U.S
Hope
Rosie
Roosevelt
Long Binh
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Paris
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Da-Nang
Phu Bai
Graham
Raquel Welch
United States
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Burglar's Best Friend Tracked by Dog in Whitehall
In Whitehall Montana a ranch owner reports a burglar entered his home and stole watches a TV sets radios tools and tool boxes. The thief also took three wheels and ties from the pickup and the family dog allegedly accompanied the intruder.
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Whitehall
Mont
Danny Hanson
Hanson
20 Lashes For Burglary
Oklahoma City AP reports a teenager chose 20 lashings by belt over five years in prison. Scott Grandstaff defended the judge who offered the option calling it a bold move. The District Judge Carmen C Harris sentenced the youth to the whipping by his brother in law for burglary tied to Cone Merchants theft case.
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Oklahoma City
Carmen C. Harris
Cone
Harris
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