NASA Reveals Earth Satellite and Moon Mission Plans
NASA outlined plans for a series of earth satellites in the year ahead and future lunar and planetary exploration. Edgar M. Cortright of the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory detailed targets including Earth orbit within two years and moon landing within six to ten years, with Mars missions not expected for 10 to 15 years.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
Edgar M. Cortright
Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
Cleveland
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Cortright
Earth
Mars
Two Cincinnati Men Buy Bankrupt Rail Line
In Middletown New York two Cincinnati men paid final bid of 2 876 000 dollars for nine sections of the bankrupt New York Ontario and Western Railroad. They handed over a check for the final payment on the purchase.
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Middletown
N. Y
Cincinnati
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Weather outlook and regional forecast summary
Fair and cooler tonight with lows near 50 across Ohio and West Virginia. Thursday remains fair and cool with daytime highs near 60. The five day forecast shows normal highs around 77 to 80 and lows around 56 to 58 with light rainfall totaling two tenths of an inch or less, mainly Friday night into Saturday.
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West Virginia
OHO
Eisenhower Seeks 2 Percent Cut in Federal Workforce
President Eisenhower urges a at least two percent reduction in federal civilian employees this year to offset a 950 million pay rise. Budget Director Maurice Stans sent the directive to agency heads as the Pentagon delays funding four new missile submarines. Navy Secretary Gates offered no immediate submarine plans. Defense Secretary McElroy cited need for further testing and development.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Maurice Stans
Pentagon
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas Gates
Senate
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
Atomic tests to open fall nuclear series with balloon shot
LAS VEGAS Nev atomic device to be detonated from a balloon marks the start of the AEC fall test series. The first shot is not before Sept 16 with a balloon shot after Sept 20 and a 50 foot tower detonation in October followed by underground tests in October.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Envoy Comes Home After State Department Call
U S Ambassador James Langley left Karachi Tuesday night for Washington after being recalled for consultations. Pakistan opposition parties have intensified anti Western attacks with the United States as the main target.
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Karachi
Pakistan
U.S
James Langley
Washington
State Department
United States
Young Ideas Pay Backyard Amusement Park Opens in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills reports Arthur Robbins and four youthful partners turned a back lawn into a midway with games and a scare ride. For 3 cents ping pong and darts, 8 cents the portable pool, a dime for miniature golf, and a 310 profit in the first three weeks.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Arthur Robbins
Arthur
Rose Robbins
Disneyland
Ten State Primaries Signal Democratic Gains Across Nation
Democrats posted record turnout and gains in ten state primaries including Florida Wisconsin Minnesota Utah and Arizona. Key results saw Spessard Holland defeating Claude Pepper in Florida and Ernest McFarland leading in Arizona while Arthur Watkins and William Proxmire won decisive intraparty bouts. Georgia Rhode Island primaries follow with governor and House contests.
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Arthur V. Watkins
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Arizona
Colorado
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Spessard Holland
Claude Pepper
U.S. Senate
Ernest McFarland
Senate
Rhode Island
Georgia
The Leaves Decision To Adams
A Republican official said Eisenhower left the decision on Adams resignation to Sherman Adams. Adams faced controversy over gifts from Bernard Goldfine, with renewed calls after Maine election defeats for Payne who also linked to Goldfine. Eisenhower urged Adams to initiate any change, while a GOP survey weighed party reaction to Maine results.
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Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Boston
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Payne
Goldfine
GOP
Senate
Adams-Payne
New England
Strike at GM plant halts production in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio third shift workers refuse to cross picket lines signaling a new wild cat strike at the GM Tern stedt plant. Local 969 of the United Auto Workers had struck last month over retooling for 1959 models. Pickets cited local grievances since the contract expired May 29 including production demands time and work studies and the no contract issue. The plant with 4500 workers makes accessories for General Motor vehicles.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Motors Ternstedt
United Auto Workers Union
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Child suffocates in Canton home under plastic cover
Seven month old Jack Potts died after being left alone on a sofa with a plastic cover over his face. Parents were out visiting at the time of the incident in Canton Ohio.
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Canton
Ohio
Jack Potts
Suspect Surrenders in Slaying of Estranged Wife in Columbus
George Ward, 30, of Columbus, turned himself in at police headquarters Tuesday admitting he fatally shot his estranged wife Shirley Ward, 26, outside a home she was staying at after police had pursued Ward since the shooting Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Ward
Shirley
Ward
Lake Nearer Reality advances in Ross County land buys
The Ohio Division of Wildlife reports a 135 acre Ross County lake project moves forward after the Ohio Wildlife Council approves three land purchases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Ross County
Ohio Wildlife Council
LeMay Reaches Tokyo
Gen Curtis LeMay vice chief of staff of the U S Air Force arrived in Tokyo to confer with American and Japanese officials.
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Tokyo
Curtis LeMay
U. S. Air Force
Adams Denies Resigning as Ike Aide
Newport bulletin reports Sherman Adams, accused in the Bernard Goldfine case, denied a published claim that he has resigned as President Eisenhower's chief aide.
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Newport
White House
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
Dae's Trip Fails to Secure Full Middle East Truce
Beirut report says Dag Hammarskjold failed to arrange a Jordan UAR truce or U.S. and British troop withdrawals. In Cairo Baghdad and Amman he has only produced a cooling-off pause, with Nasser's position unclear and Jordanian leaders wary of US or British troop changes.
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Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Jordan
United Arab Republic
U.N
Cairo
Baghdad
Amman
Hammarskjold
U.S
Fuad Chehab
Camille Chamoun
Chehab
Hussein
Samir Rifai
Iu.a.r
Nasser
Rafai
Ram Jet Missile Hits Over 2600 MPH
The Air Force reports Lockheed's X7 ram jet missile tests reached speeds over 2,600 mph, launched from a modified B50 over the New Mexico desert. The system is described as a major aerial defense weapon with high Mach performance.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Air Force
Lockheed
New Mexico
FBI Grabs Convict In Gun Battle
DAYTON 1955 escapee from the Arkansas State Penitentiary is held in the city jail after a gun battle with four FBI agents. Gordon Henderson 36 of Jeff Kentucky was wounded in the hand while grabbing a 14 year old boy as a shield during the pursuit. Henderson and Beulah Bridgeforth 36 of St Louis were chased from a car and fled. Henderson was arraigned on assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and unlawful flight to avoid confinement for robbery with bond set at 50000. Bridgeforth faces harboring a felon with bond at 20000.
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Arkansas State Penitentiary
FBI
Gordon Henderson
Jeff, Ky
Bob Himes
E. D. Mason
Henderson
Beulah Bridgeforth
St. Louis
Mason
Himes
U.S
Robert Snell
Bridgeforth
Codfish War Flares Again in Iceland Britain Clash
In Reykjavik Iceland the codfish war flared as coast guard charged British trawlers with ramming Icelandic gunboats to dodge arrest. Iceland moved to enforce a 12 mile unilateral sea zone and Foreign Minister Gudmundur Gudmundsson rejected a new conference while Gudmundsson proposed U N General Assembly action on September 16.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Coast Guard
Britain
Gudmundur Gudmundsson
Gudmundsson
U. N. General Assembly
Integration Gains Break Through In Two Areas
Integration made two breakthroughs Tuesday in the South. In New Orleans two Negro students registered at a Louisiana State University branch, and a federal judge ordered Negroes admitted to white schools in Charlottesville Virginia. Justice Department offered full cooperation to prevent violence at Little Rock if the Supreme Court orders prompt integration. Attorney General William Rogers sent letters outlining a cooperative plan stressing state and local responsibility and injunctive action against unlawful resistance. In Van Buren Arkansas white students agreed to return to class but warned the boycott would resume if Negroes stayed.
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Louisiana State University
New Orleans
Charlottesville
Justice Department
Little Rock
U. S. Supreme Court
William Rogers
Rogers
Clinton, Tenn
Hoxie
Ark
van Buren
13 Servicemen Die in Crash of Transport
An Air Force C47 transport crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska during takeoff, killing 13 servicemen and injuring seven. Initially 12 of 19 aboard were reported dead. one more body was found during the early investigation. Survivors were treated at the Elmendorf hospital. Names of the dead were not released.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Military Air Transport Service
Elmendorf
Amish Children Enroll in Public School After Truancy
Twenty two Amish children in Savannah and Adams county enrolled in public school after a week’s delay ending a truancy dispute. They reported to Savannah and Adams schools instead of continuing a plan to meet at an Amish farmer’s home pending a new parochial school south of Savannah.
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Ashland
Ohio
Savannah
Adamto
14 Month Old Girl Strangled by Chair Cord in Ohio
In Columbus a 14 month old girl named Sarah Elizabeth Hafer died after a cord about 15 inches long twisted around her neck when she fell from a high chair. Her mother Mary Hafer, 36, found the unconscious child in the backyard and notified police.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sarah Elizabeth Hafer
Mary Hafer
Quemoy and Matsu under heavy bombardment amid wind stalled supply runs
In Formosa Strait bad weather blocked U S naval escorted supply runs to Quemoy and Matsu for a second day, while Communist artillery pounded the islands. Nationalists vow to hold the outposts, viewing the offshore islands as a bridge to retake the mainland and resist surrender under U S diplomacy with Red China.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
U. S
Sen
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
United States
Matsu Islands
Red China
Matsu
Quemoys
Defense Ministry
Little
Tatan
Satao
Reds Charge Air Violation Over Chinese Waters
Peiping radio quoted a Foreign Ministry statement saying a U S Navy plane violated China’s territorial air over its waters. China called the intrusion a criminal act infringing sovereignty and a war provocation after U S warships challenged China’s 12 mile sea border.
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Red China
China
Peiping
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Quemoy
Answer Right But Contestant Stuck With Stuck Door
John Burns trapped in an isolation booth on ABC TV after a door stuck. Cindy Lindt aided from outside as stagehands removed hinges and freed Burns after about 12 minutes. Burns and wife Lorraine had won 3000 dollars on Who Do You Trust before the incident and will continue on the program.
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John Burns
Cindy Lindt
Johnny Carson
Carson
Burns
Lorraine
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