Pacelli High Students Plan Parachuting Mouse Rocket
Austin Pacelli High School science club members with Sister Duns Scotus pursue Mousenik II an improved rocket. They aim to eject and parachute a mouse from peak altitude, after Mousenik I smashed on return. New ideas include a modified mouse trap launcher and other ejecting devices, with national TV filming planned for the launch.
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Pacelli
Austin Rocketeers
Earth
Pacelli High School
M. Duns Scotus
Gary Solyst
Gary
Paul Germer
Richard King
Duns Scotus
Gary, Paul and
Richard
Bob Maile
Robert Simon
Gary Hintsmann
Central
Calvin Raby
Concordia College
St. Paul
Steve Johnson
Rose Creek
Austin Rocket Society
Youths Get Inquiries About Rocket Clubs
Nearly 100 letters arrive for the Austin Rocket Society after nationwide publicity from their mouse-powered rocket launch. Clippings show coverage from New York, Kansas City, Boston, Washington, Milwaukee and other cities across the nation.
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Austin Rocket Society
New York
Kansas City
Boston
Washington
Milwaukee
Students Heat Zinc Sulphide Explosion At Home
A zinc sulphide tracing powder overheated during a Mousenik I rocket project at 1611 Park causing a powder explosion in the basement. No injuries or fire damage. dented air duct and burnt powder on Bunsen burner and ceiling.
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Austin Fire Dept
1611 Park
Richard King
Gary Solyst
Mousenik I
King
Department
Clelander Derailed At Penn Station
The Pennsylvania Railroad train The Clelander derailed as it pulled into Pennsylvania Station in New York. No passengers were injured.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Station
Weather Readings From Herald Site at Fire Station
Official readings report a cloudy day with temperatures between 10 and 28 degrees across the last 24 hours. The early measurement shows 24 for the low and 28 for the high with a 8:30 update.
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U. S
Herald Weather
Rocketeers Seek Stainless Pipe For Mousenik II
Austin Rocket Society members struggle to assemble Mousenik II needing a 1.5 inch outside diameter and 1/16 inch thick stainless steel tube. They seek a local machine shop for multi hour sessions after Donald Ingram allows daily half hour access to the Austin High School shop. They rely on scrap parts due to limited club funds.
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Austin Rocket Society
Donald Ingram
Austin High School
Carriers to Receive Cash And Prizes In Envelope Drive
Austin Daily Herald carriers begin annual civic project by delivering envelopes for United Fund solicitations with the Monday night Herald. On Tuesday they collect envelopes returned with contributions, paying carriers five cents per envelope. Top three carriers win substantial prizes.
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Austin Daily Herald
Herald
Fire Damages Tonawanda Fabricator. Loss Over 150000
A blaze at Welding & Steel fabricating Co. in Tonawanda Friday night wrecked half the plant and caused more than 150000 dollars in damage, the company president said today.
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Buffalo
N.Y. W
Welding & Steel Fabricating Co
Tonawanda
Forgery Suspect Captured by FBI in Chicago
Kenneth Shields 30 of Wauwatosa Wis captured by FBI in Chicago on a fugitive warrant believed to be involved in transporting a $312 forged check across state lines to buy an airline ticket. Authorities say the Stillwater Prison inmate previously released Nov. 7 had stolen and cashed about $1451 in bogus warrants.
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Minneapolis
Stillwater
Chicago
FBI
James E. Milnes
Kenneth Shields
Wauwatosa
Wis
Shields
Minnesota
Milnes
California
Milwaukee
Husband Charged in Slaying of Wife in Wisconsin
Independence Wisconsin Roman Kwosek 24 charged with first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of his wife Frances 37. He will be arraigned at Whitehall on December 10 Trempealeau County authorities said. Kwosek a road construction worker was picked up in Gilman Wisconsin after the body was found in the living room of the family's upstairs apartment Friday.
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Independence
Wis
Roman Kwosek
Whitehall
Trempealeay
Kwosek
Gilmanton
Frances
Experts Debate U.S. Satellite Launch Setback
Washington reacts to the Cape Canaveral failure as officials and scientists warn against overreaction. President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon seek full reports while Congress debates the pace of U.S. missile progress ahead of Soviet advances.
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Washington
Congress
America
Russia
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
No Evidence Sputnik Part Fell in United States Says Scientists
American scientists say there is no evidence that part of Russia's Sputnik I rocket fell in the United States as Khrushchev claimed. Moscow radio says the rocket remains aloft. Khrushchev questioned U S officials with the allegation and a Moscow scientist warned the satellite may burn up or drop debris.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
Moscow
Ergueni Klinov
Local Man Joins International Sewage Board
W. J. Fullen chief sanitary engineer at Geo. A. Hormel & Co named member of the Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Committee an international group addressing industrial wastes He has 38 years with Hormel and directs research on packinghouse waste treatment The appointment links him to a roster from industry schools and government with access to broad scientific know how.
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W. J. Fullen
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Federation of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Committee
Fullen
Hormel Company
Vanguard satellite launch failure details kept from public
Defense officials released a preliminary report to President Eisenhower on the Vanguard failure but White House aides withheld details. Dr. Hagen of the Naval Research Laboratory cautioned the damage may be limited, with two more test launches planned prior to larger missions.
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Gettysburg
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Vanguard
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walsh
Washington
John P. Hagen
Project Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
Hagen
Cape Canaveral
Plans for New Vanguard Test After Explosive Failure
Military and scientific personnel prepared to hold conferences to determine the cause of the Vanguard rocket failure. The 72 foot missile launched yesterday exploded in a large fireball before achieving liftoff. A new test satellite identical to the doomed payload was readied for flight, with another complete three stage Martin rocket on hand at the Missile Test Center hangar.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
J. Paul Walsh
Martin
Martin Co
Missile Test Center
AFL-CIO and Exiled Teamsters Deny Labor War Plans
The AFL-CIO and the exiled Teamsters Union disavowed any intent to start a labor war after the Teamsters were ousted from AFL-CIO membership by a 5-1 vote. Meany said the door remains open for return if Hoffa is ousted. Hoffa, in New York on wiretapping charges, said the union would continue business as usual.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
George Meany
James R. Hoffa
Meany
Federation
Hoffa
New York
Einar O. Mohn
Washington
Dave Beck
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