CALIFORNIA
Symposium on Aviation Medicine.—
Medical problems in manned space flight, commercial jet operations, and military aviation will be analyzed by experts at an aviation medicine symposium meeting Oct. 28-30 at the Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica. Physicians, engineers, and scientists at the University of California Extension conference will hear reports on the selection of space astronauts, problems of space radiation, and physical demands on commercial pilots, according to chairman Dr. Bruce V. Leamer, Los Angeles. Speakers will include General Otis O. Benson, commandant of the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine; Mr. Robert Gilruth, director of the Space Task Group, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Mr. John E. Smith, research chief of the Federal Aviation Agency; and the medical directors of major airlines and aircraft companies. Scott Crossfield, chief test pilot for North American Aviation, will address the Oct. 28 dinner meeting. Information and registration forms may be obtained from