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July 24, 1948

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WHITE SANDS

REPORTER AT LARGE About the White Sands Proving Grounds & experiments with rockets. The U.S. Army captured 100 2-v rockets at Nordhausen & was also able to…

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SWAT THE FLY! - II

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PROFILE of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, who at 85 is the natio most relentless worker in public health. In his early years he practiced medicine in Dodge City,…

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