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The independent Offices Appropriation Act 1956, appropriated "$10 million to remain available until June 30, 1960," for the U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY program.

Program to gather daily weather data over the Pacific, North America, and the Atlantic with use of transonde balloons was inaugurated with the release of first balloon from NAS Iwakuni, Japan. Preset to float at 30,000 feet, balloons carried instruments which reported pressure and temperature every 2 hours in a 5- to 8-day flight terminating short of the European coast.

Considerable effort devoted to determining the causes of the malfunctions that resulted in the explosion of four out of five Atlas missile Atlas missiles launched before June 30.

''Los Angeles'' (ZR-3) decommissioned by the Navy for economy reasons after 8 years of service and over 5,000 hours in the air.

Navy issued contract to Martin for XPBM-1 two-engine flying boat, the initial prototype for the PBM Mariner series used during and after World War II.

Joint Army-Navy project contract given Northrop for design of an aircraft gas turbine developing 2,500 hp at a weight of less than 3,215 pounds.

Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle awarded the 1942 Guggenheim Medal "for notable achievement in the advancement of aeronautics."

In meeting at Wright-Patterson, AAF and National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA representatives agreed to divide responsibilities for Bell X-1 X-1 flight testing: AF exploit maximum performance in a few flights; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA acquire detailed research information.

United States terminated its V-2 missile V-2 program, 67 V-2 missile V-2 's having been flown since the first American launch of a V-2 missile V-2 on April 16, 1946.

Department of Defense Reorganization Plan No. 6, transmitted by President Eisenhower to Congress under the Reorganization Act of 1949, abolished the Research and Development Board, the Munitions Board, the Defense Management Agency, and the Office of Director of Installations.

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