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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 2, 1963 reads "Members of the California Rocket Association have designed and built an 85-lb. solid-fuel rocket which will be launched Feb.23 in Nevada. Society members, pictured above with one of the rockets which will be fired later this year, are Willie Knox, 17, Panorama City; Jerry Fields, 17, Sepulveda; Ed Penfold, 18, Reseda; Pet Brearey, 17, Canoga Park; Dan Griffin, 17, Woodland Hills, and Tom Knox, 17, Reseda. They work under the close supervision of professional scientists and engineers."
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California Rocket Association Young men--California--San Fernando Valley Teenagers--California--San Fernando Valley Rockets (Aeronautics)--California--San Fernando Valley Solid propellant rockets Associations, institutions, etc.--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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