Eisenhower Calls for Urgent Action Against Soviet Missile Advances
President Eisenhower urges renewed national effort and names Dr James Killian to coordinate MIT led defense program focusing on long range missiles. He warns against complacency as Soviet satellite launches hint at rocket capability and stresses the need to maintain nuclear superiority and global freedom.
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America
Eisenhower
James R. Killian, Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Earth
World Changed by Satellite Victory and Fear
After the first Soviet satellite launch on October 4, the U S faces a new strategic and political world. The West must outpace Soviet long range missiles while building global faith in liberty and countering fears of nuclear tyranny and Communist expansion.
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United States
Soviet Union
West
Russia
The Ambrose Lightship Crew and their Quiet Station
A profile of Ambrose Lightship off New Jersey and Long Island reveals Boatswain Eric G Bragg and engineer Ray Miller guiding a dozen sailors who live ashore 21 days at a time. The ship's rotating beacon, radio bearings, foghorn, and steadfast anchor define a life of monotony and duty.
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Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
Long Island
Ambrose
Eric G. Bragg
Ward Bond
Bragg
Diane
New York
Perth Amboy
Ray Miller
Sandy Hook
Manasquan
Miller
Blackie
Coast Guard
New York Harbor
Bayshore Parkway
Brooklyn
Rosalie Savarino Teaches Pupils Musical Detectives in Birmingham
Case history of Rosalie Savarino a 22 year old popular Birmingham Michigan public school music teacher who uses dramatized lessons. She notes Mitch Miller arranged instrumental background for Jimmy Dean's Little Sandy Sleighfoot and praises orchestral colors by Ray Ellis.
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Rosalie
Mitch Miller
Rosalie Savarino
Birmingham
Mich
Joe
Sandy Slighfoot
Dr. Crane
Mrs. Crane
Jimmy Dean
Ray Ellis
The Civilized Status of Having One's Picture Taken
A humorous survey of fears about photos. Men dread the camera as an invasion of self while women often embrace it. The piece traces reactions from childhood jokes to yearbook portraits, wedding photos, and passport shots, noting a late-life shift toward acceptance. It also discusses music education as cultural nourishment and urges parents to use modern music alongside classics.
Capote Meets Reader who Wrote His Favorite Book
Truman Capote, then a cherubic youth, attracts an elderly reader at the New York Society Library. She invites tea at Schrafft's and reveals she authored My Antonia in 1957, recounting Capote's surprise at the claim and nearly paying the check.
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Gree
Truman Capote
New York Society Library
Schrafft's
Truman
Antonia
Biblical Quiz Brain Game Answers
The quiz asks for Joseph’s buyer Egyptian official, Ishmael’s desert companion girl, Cain’s eldest son, the men in the furnace with Meshech and Abednego, Saul’s son ally of David, Isaiah’s role, Lot’s wife, and David’s son killed in revolt. The provided answer string is garbled and unreadable.
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Joseph
Ishmael
Cain
Babylon
Meshech
Saul
David
Isaiah
Brain Game
Political parties in flux as 1960 hints emerge
The piece argues early presidential planning risks fatigue, notes Meyner's New Jersey win, and analyzes shifting party lines. It questions the strength of Republicans and splits among northern and southern Democrats over integration and A. D. A. policies, suggesting a possible new party divide by 1960.
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Robert Meyner
New Jersey
Malcolm Forbes
Eisenhower
Meyner
Bernard Shanley
Forbes
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
United States
Wall
Eisenhower Republicans
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
New York City
Fkisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Warren Harding
Supreme Court of the United States
Democratic Party
South
Sen
Eastland
Mississippi
Douglas
Nlinois
Humphrey
Minnesota
Olin Johnston
South Carolina
The Family Doctor on the common cold season
The article notes expected similar cold numbers to last year and discusses viruses, incidence, and incubation. It reports that only about half of volunteers exposed to the virus developed colds, and transmission to others in close contact was not clear. It advises rest as the best practical remedy to shorten symptoms and reduce discomfort.
Horoscope and social notes from Columbus and surrounding areas
The column offers zodiac guidance for tomorrow and the year ahead, noting emotional harmony and opportunities in July 1958 with travel and social gains in August and September. It mentions birth insights and family themes, plus several local visit notes among the Weede, Doolittle, Mace, Power, and Dunlap families in Ohio towns Columbus, Hamley Run, Athens, Nelsonville.
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Wilburn Weede
Columbus
Sylvia Doolittle
Hamley Run
Lizzie Doolittle
Nile
Nolan Mace
The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger and Sunday Messenger publish daily and Sunday editions with set copy prices and mail rates. Subscriptions range from seven weeks to one year, with special Ohio and West Virginia mail rates noted.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Ohio & W. Va
Ohio & W Ve
Athens
Ohio
THE
Associated Press
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Barrymore
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Rossini
Paul Dukas
John Erskine
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King Features Syndicate
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