Age of accurate ICBM near at hand for world
The article describes a near term ballistic missile with intercontinental reach and near pinpoint accuracy. It outlines inertial guidance via a gyroscope core, high temperature materials, and shock-tube testing at AVCO Massachusetts for nose cone development on the Titan program. It credits MIT researchers Dr. Draper and Dr. Wrigley and notes Sperry and the U.S. Navy backing.
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Bem Price
Washington
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Charles S. Draper
Walter Wrigley
Sperry
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Avco Manufacturing Corp
Everett
Mass
AVCO
Air Force
Martin Co
Baltimore
Massachusetts Laboratories
Arthur Kantrowitz
Kantrowitz
Sparkman criticizes administration move on housing funds
Sen. Sparkman says the Eisenhower administration is slow to act on the 177 million dollars Congress voted for military housing urban renewal and cooperative housing programs. He chairs the Senate Housing subcommittee and will launch hearings to question the delay and the White House move to release the funds.
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Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Senate Housing Subcommittee
White House
Congress
Sanitation Commission Chief Reports Progress in Ohio Valley Water Plans
The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission reports 7.6 million of 10 million urban residents served by water purification facilities now in operation or under construction. Final plans for 1.1 million more are approved across eight states including Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia and New York.
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Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
Ohio Valley
B. A. Poole
Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New York
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Two Face Charges In Christmas Eve Slayings
In Cincinnati a man and a woman were charged with murder for separate Christmas Eve killings. Clyde Thompson is accused of shooting his wife Virginia, 41, during an argument. Frances Parks, 32, is accused of shooting her husband Charles, 34, as he tried to enter their apartment after she had him arrested on assault and battery. Parks had been released on bond.
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Cincinnati
Clyde Thompson
Virginia
Frances Parks
Charles
Parks
Hillary Heads For South Pole Overland
Sir Edmund Hillary drives toward the South Pole with about 325 miles to go in a potentially first overland crossing since 1912. He abandons plans to link with Vivian Fuchs at Depot 700 but leaves supplies for that party. Fuchs leads a British team from the opposite coast, slowed by crevasses and tractor troubles, and plans to reunite at Hillary’s McMurdo Sound base in New Zealand.
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N. Z
Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
Queror
Mt. Everest
Hillary
Vivian Fuchs
Fuchs
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Millary
McMurdo Sound
New Zealand
Antarctica
Pole
Weather Outlook West Virginia and On1to area
Fair and cold tonight with lows in the 20s to low 30s. Friday sees continued fair conditions with increasing clouds and a bit cooler afternoon highs around 45 in On1to and similar in West Virginia.
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West Virginia
Man Held in Shooting Slaying at Ohio Party
Arnold Calhoun, 36, of near Louisville, is jailed in Licking County for the fatal shotgun killing of Fred Mick, 45, of St. Louisville Route 1. The shooting occurred at Calhoun’s home during a Wednesday party.
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Newark
Ohio
Arnold Calhoun
St. Louisville
Licking County
Fred Mick
Calhoun
Holiday traffic deaths spike. Ohio tops nation in fatalities
Ohio led the nation in accidental deaths during the holiday period with 29 fatalities from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. Twenty six occurred on Christmas Day as rain worsened highway dangers. Four died in a Zanesville fire. a youth and grandparents perished from asphyxia in Youngstown.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Zanesville
Youngstown
Unrecorded Murder Confession Shocks Columbus
Columbus police hold 30 year old Donald Mack of Phoenix Arizona for investigation of murder after he confessed to killing a man in January during a warehouse fight near the railroad station. He says he fled, confessed at a Columbus church on Christmas Eve, and suspects the victim may have only been knocked unconscious.
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Columbus
Donald Mack
Phoenix Ariz
Mack
Phoenix
Tires blaze at Firestone plant shed start
Fire in a shed sparked a large tire fire at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Los Angeles. The blaze spread to two massive piles of used tires covering a square block, alarming crews and prompting firefighting operations.
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Los Angeles
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Congress Faces Distasteful Task in Election Year
Congress returns Jan 7 to hard choices raising defense spending and debt limits. Aims to boost missiles funding and possibly raise Social Security taxes while tax cuts fade. Administration may push education aid focused on science and math as lawmakers face re election pressure.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
House
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Navy Halts Sea Search for Ra dar Plane Crash Survivors
The U S Navy abandoned the two night two day search for survivors of a four engine WW2 radar plane that crashed 25 miles north of Oahu. Only three officers and one enlisted man were saved after being plucked from dark seas. Cmdr Guy Howard of Oakland and Lt John T Kline of Honolulu described the sudden loss of power and flames as the craft failed during a training flight.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Oahu Island
Air Force
Coast Guard
Cmdr
Guy Howard
Oakland Calif
J.g
John Thomas Kline
Jaywalker Triggers Fatal Shot After Confrontation
Roosevelt Busch 30 was driving on Central Avenue when a man jaywalked and Busch shouted from his car. The assailant in a tweed topcoat fired, killing Busch two and a half hours later at St. Vincent Charity Hospital. Police seek suspect.
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Cleveland
JP — Roosevelt Busch
Central Avenue
Busch
Jaywalker
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Christmas Day Activities Worldwide Across War Zones and Palaces
Christians returned to routine while many enjoyed holiday cheer. Amid wars and deployments, 17,000 troops watched Bob Hope and Jayne Mansfield performances as Queen Elizabeth II spoke from Sandringham and Eisenhower celebrated at the White House. Pope Pius XII blessed 50,000 in St. Peter's Square.
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Sweden
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Bob Hope
Jayne Mansfield
Queen Elizabeth II
Sandringham
Eisenhower
White House
Pope Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Year s Biggest Science Meet Opens Today
The five day annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opens in Indianapolis with reports on space flight evolution smoking lung cancer brain chemistry criminology and education. Thousands of scientists present findings and exchange ideas on space travel medical issues and mind and drug research.
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Indianapolis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Christmas Dog Day for LI Pups Born in Livingston
Folly the Norwegian elk hound delivered 11 puppies for the Edsel Hughes family in Livingston New Jersey. The first pup arrived at 10 p.m. Christmas Eve and the last at 10 a.m. Christmas Day.
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Livingston, N. J
Edsel Hughes
Folly
Navy Man Killed in West Virginia Crash
Richard Davis, 21, of Akron Ohio was injured in a Christmas Eve auto crash that killed his companion Hartzell J Biffle 21 Navy man home on furlough in Weston West Virginia.
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Weston
W. Va
Richard Davis
Akron
Ohio
Hartzell J. Biffle
Canada Christmas traffic toll rises to 25 fatalities
A Canadian Press survey shows 25 people died in Christmas traffic accidents in Canada between noon Tuesday and midnight Wednesday night. An additional four deaths occurred in other accident types during the holiday period.
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Toronto
Canada
Christmas Holiday Toll Tops 200 Traffic Deaths
Black crepe covers wreaths as more than 200 people die in holiday road crashes. The 30 hour Christmas period ends with 201 traffic fatalities, plus 26 fires and 21 other accidental deaths for a total of 248. Ohio and New York lead states in fatalities.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
OSU Rooters Headed West for Rose Bowl Trip
Ohio State University sent 1060 students on three trains to California for the Rose Bowl against Oregon at Pasadena. Officials including Gov. ONeill and university leaders witnessed the sendoff at Union Station as two more trains and an alumni train followed, with return trips slated for January 5 and classes resuming January 6.
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California
Les Casanova
Oregon
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Trudy Wood
Pasadena
Southern California Football Writers Association
Columbus
Ohio State University
Union Station
OSU
William O'Neill
Father Finds Two Girls Dead in Bed in Montclair
William Walsh discovered his daughters Jill Ann 2 and Judy Lynn 9 months dead in their bed on Christmas morning after a radiator valve blew off and filled the room with steam. A third child, Cindy 3, escaped the tragedy by being moved to the parents bed earlier.
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Montclair
N. J
William Walsh
Jill Ann
Judy Lynn
Cindy
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