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Astronaut's widow dedicates new Gus Grissom Park Mrs. Virgil Grisson, widow of one of America's first astronauts, arid her 20-year-old son, Scott, flew into Orange County from their home in Seabrook, Texas this week to dedicate the new Virgil "Gus" Grissom Park in Fullerton. In a special "tree planting" ceremony attended by civic dignitaries, Mrs. Grisson was assisted by Fullerton Mayor Jerry Christie and William Lyon, president qf Wm. Lyon Development Company, international real estate subsid- Arrives iary of American Standard Inc. -- the building firm which donated the 17-acre park to the city. Â· Following the design of a traditional community park, planting of the first large tree by Mrs. Grisson marked the beginning of development for the grassy, landscaped area. THE PARK is located in Fullerton's Sunny Hills area near Rosecrans' and Euclid Streets, adjacent to Lyon's executive homes development, Sunny Hills West. The park was named as a memorial to Major "Gus" Grissom who lost his life, along with astron a u t s Kdward W h i t e and Roger Chaffee, on Jan. 27, 1967 in the United States space program's only fatal accident. A former Air Force officer, Grissom was one of the seven original Mercury astronauts assigned to the space program in 1959. He won distinction as Die pilot of Gemini 3 and was the first mail in history to make two voyages into Â· outer space. Olson firm sets 'career' night ~ c