New Data on Sun Heat Hints at Hydrogen Power
Washington reports new solar discoveries by naval researchers using high altitude rockets. Temperatures in the corona reach 60 000 to 65 000 miles from the surface and up to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, producing energetic X rays. The findings suggest possible long term satellite studies to aid fusion energy research for peacetime power.
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Melrose Woman Named Typical Stock Owner by NYSE
Mrs Marguerite Phillips of Melrose was named a typical stock owner by the New York Stock Exchange this week. A mother of a 12 year old son, she works in the executive office of a Boston television station and began buying stock two years ago. Her holdings mix speculative shares with a substantial portion of long term stock, reflecting part of the 47 percent rise in stock buyers nationwide since 1956.
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Marguerite Phillips
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Boston
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Relief for itchy pimples from Petersons Ointment
When skin is irritated with pimples and itching this ad promises fast relief. A 45 cent box of Petersons Ointment is offered at the druggist with soothing application to ease smarting and itching and improve skin feel.
Chapman Valve Sold to Crane Co in Indian Orchard
Four percent stockholders of Chapman Valve Mig Co approved the sale to Crane Co of Chicago for 11,197,377 dollars. At a special meeting 192,375 common shares voted in favor with 2,172 against. two thirds was required. Chapman employs 1,450 locally and will become a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Crane Co
Chicago
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Airlines To Ground Pilots Over 60 Years
Wallington AP report: US airlines back a government plan to ground pilots over 60 while opposing FAA rules to ban pilots over 55 from commanding airliners. The industry voiced the stance in a letter to administrator Finwood Roquesada from William B. Beecher, ATA operations and engineering director.
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Beecher
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Five die on school bus in Texas collision
A bus carrying schoolchildren and teachers collided head on with a diesel truck near Cooper Texas killing seven people five students and two teachers and injuring 23 including 22 children. The Mt Vernon junior high trip occurred on the eastern edge of town with several students trapped and the bus demolished.
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Grand Saline
Tex
Jack Stenry
Mt Vernon
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Melba Meeks
Kenneth Tightower
Rex Weatherford
Zach Taylor
Atdeey Sue Turner
Harvard Criminology Predicts Delinquency by Family Patterns
Harvard Law School researchers Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor Glueck unveiled a predictive system for juvenile delinquency and crime. Their tables, based on five plus years of data, link family dynamics to youths future behavior and note limits while arguing for cautious use by authorities and courts.
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UPI
Harvard Law School
Sheldon Glueck
Eleanor T. Glueck
Glueck
Harvard University Press
Gluecks
Johnny
Air Force Fails to Intercept Discoverer V Satellite
The Air Force tried to intercept the Discoverer V satellite with a ballistic missile launched from a supersonic B58 bomber over the Gulf Coast range from Eglin AFB Florida. The missile failed to return radio data and test objectives were not accomplished. Discoverer V is in an north-south orbit with altitudes between 136 and 450 miles.
Donald M Nelson Dies at 70 War Production Chief
Donald M Nelson, famed wartime production head who helped whip Axis output, died at 70 after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been hospitalized over a month at Good Samaritan Hospital, suffered a prior stroke, and married Lena Peters in February. Born in Hannibal Missouri to a locomotive engineer, he rose to a top Sears merchandising executive before government service.
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Donald M Nelson
Nelson
Good Samariian Hospital
Lena Peters J
Greta Peck
Gregan Peck
Hannibal Mo
Sears
Ford Foundation Funds New United Nations Library
United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjold announced a 6.2 million dollar Ford Foundation grant for a new six story UN library at headquarters. The marble glass building will overlook the courtyard, replace the old storage poor building, and connect to the secretariat via an underground corridor. Completion is slated for 1961 and the library will hold about 400 000 volumes with 285 readers.
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N.Y
Ford Foundation
Dag Hammarskjald
General Assembly
U.N
Secretariat
Hame
Marskjold
Dog Hero Saves U S. Colonel in Arctic Bear Fight
Anchorage report tells of Red the sled dog defending Col. E 1 Feathers at a Beaufort Sea weather station. The polar bear mauled Red yet the dog attacked from behind, allowing staff to shoot the bear. Red suffered severe injuries but survived.
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Alaska
Red
Feathers
Aap Command
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Amherst College President elected vice president of Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Charles W. Cole, 53, president of Amherst College since 1946, was named vice president of the Rockefeller Foundation. He plans to retire soon from Amherst and will direct the foundation's programs in the social sciences and humanities.
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UPI
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Amherst College
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