Vanguard launch nears with test gaps filled
Engineers near dawn prepare America’s first space satellite for launch at Cape Canaveral. Final fixes include a reversed valve on ground cooling gear and noise suppression in the second stage. Grand Central Rocket Co. officials express hope for a successful flight and note solid propellants’ reliability.
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Verne Haugland
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Vanguard
Charles FE. Bartley
Redlands
Calif
Grand Central Rocket Company
Jefferson High Will Not Open for Second Semester
Cedar Rapids school board announced Jefferson High will not open at the start of the second semester on January 20. The building committee cited construction delays and the need to preserve full use of facilities as reasons, with plans to possibly finish midyear if conditions allow.
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Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
West Side
Jefferson
Washington High School
B. A. Jensen
Wilson and
Roosevelt
Jensen
Beck Quits Post In AFL-CIO Unit
Atlantic City AP reports outgoing Teamsters Chief Dave Beck resigns as a vice president of the AFL CIO Building and Construction Trades department. The letter dated Nov 27 explains the move tied to his decision not to seek re election as Teamsters president. The department lists 10 vice presidents among 19 unions.
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Atlantic City
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Department
Beck
Richard J. Gray
Runaway Lovers Told To Split Up
A London judge ordered Tessa Kennedy and Dominic Elwes to end their romance and return from Scotland, citing public interest and legal worries about the couple’s relationship.
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London
Tessa Kennedy
Dominic Elwes
Scotland
Divorce Granted After Husband Refuses To Work
In Nottingham England on Monday Beryl Hooton was awarded a divorce after testifying that her husband refused to work for fear she might be unfaithful while he was away.
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Nottingham
England
Beryl Hooton
Roy Hardendorf Dies at Age 67
Cedar Rapids news notes the death of Roy S. Hardendorf 67 owner of Hardendorf Camera shop at 310 Third Avenue SE since 1914. Born October 10 1890 in Binghamton New York he married Maude Peet December 31 1914 in Rock Island. Survived by wife a son Owen F. of Reading Pennsylvania and brothers Irving Bend Oregon and Theodore Kansas City Missouri. Services pending at Turner chapel.
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Cedar Rapids
Roy S. Hardendorf
Hardendorf
Third Avenue SE
Mr. Hardendorf
Binghampton
N. Y
Maude Peet
Rock Island
Methodist Church
Elks Club
the Goodfellows
Viola
Owen F
Reading
Irving
Bend
Ore
Theodore
Kansas City, Mo
Turner Chapel
Eisenhower Plays 15 Minutes of Golf After Stroke
One week after a slight stroke President Eisenhower practiced golf on the White House lawn for 15 minutes with 20 yard pitching shots. Presidential physician Howard Snyder and other doctors consulted before approving the session. Press secretary James Hagerty said doctors recommended the brief practice for the kind of shots planned.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Howard Snyder
James Hagerty
Duke of Windsor Attends Funeral of Aide Edward Metcalf
London AP reports the Duke of Windsor arrived from France on Tuesday to attend the funeral of his former aide de camp Major Edward Metcalf.
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London
Duke ‘of Windsor
France
Edward Metcalft
Stevenson Says Ike Would Welcome Adlai At Paris NATO Meet
Adlai Stevenson said after a White House briefing that President Eisenhower would be happy to have him attend the NATO summit in Paris. He may decide in a week or 10 days after working with Secretary Dulles on preparations. the President’s own attendance remains uncertain due to his health. Stevenson described his role as a consultant on NATO matters and noted the final form of American plans could influence his decision to go.
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Adlai Stevenson
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
Dulles
Stevenson
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
White House West Executive
Nixon
Bridges
Youth Rocket Club Flies Mouse Passenger 1642 Feet
In Austin Minnesota the 10 member Austin Rocket Society aged 14 to 17 launched a four foot ten inch rocket with a mouse aboard reaching 1642 feet. The craft traveled up to 221.5 mph before crash and mouse death. Three youths designed the craft with Sister M Dunnscotus as adviser. Materials cost about 3.60 dollars.
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Austin, Minn
Russia
Austin Rocket Society
Richard King
Paul Germer
Gary Solyst
M. Dunnscotus
Pacelli High School
Dunniscotus
Oelwein Mail Truck Driver Killed in Crash
Henry Nauhaus 71 of Oelwein died when his pickup was struck after a milk truck jackknifed into its path on highway 150. The milk truck driver Don Sargeant 42 of Arlington was unhurt. Nauhaus had long served the Oelwein post office on a star mail route. he is survived by five children. Services pending at Hintz funeral home.
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the Gazette
Oelwein
Henry Nauhaus
Here
Don
Sargeant
Arlington
Highway 150
Nauhaus
John
Algona
Robert
Summer
Herbert
Hawkeye
Raymond Long
Maynard
Ruth Rhodes
Bakersfield
Calif
Hintz Funeral Home
Selection of Beck Jury Under Way
A second panel of 30 jurors was called Tuesday to help select a jury for the grand larceny trial of Dave Beck. Beck, once Teamsters president, is accused of embezzling 1900 dollars from the sale of a 1952 union Cadillac.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
Benson vows to stay in post and push farm policy
Secretary Benson declared he will remain in office and fight for his farm policy views despite political criticism. He spoke at a news conference to clear speculation on his tenure and said his statement aimed for resolution not resignation.
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Washington
Benson
Congress
White House
Republica
State Council Trims Travel Costs in Milwaukee Meeting
Iowa Governor Loveless and the Executive Council moved to curb travel expenses after a plan by the Conservation Commission to send eight employees to a Milwaukee meeting. The council authorized gathering more information on large travel groups and considered stopping excess convention travel.
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State Council
Des Moines
Iowa Executive Council
Herrschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Milwaukee
Chet Akers
Walter Ruther
New Orleans
The
Conservation Commission
Executive Council
Grant Cunningham
Plans Told To Leaders In Congress
President Eisenhower outlined to congressional leaders a plan for a two billion dollar defense budget increase focused on missiles and anti-submarine gear. He proposed 3.94 billion for foreign aid, lifting the defense budget above 40 billion, with current year spending near 38.4 billion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bridges
N. H
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
White House
Congress
Snowy Sweep Hits East Iowa Roads Slippery Highways Warned
Light snow flurries moved across central Iowa delivering up to three inches in Elkader and snow packed patches on highways in southeast and northeast Iowa. Roads remained mostly normal elsewhere with scattered areas of packed snow north central and in protected zones near Fairfield. Temperatures ranged from 16 up to 38 with forecasts calling for fair to cloudy skies and lows in the 20s Tuesday night.
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Nlows News
Iowa
Jearly
Elkader
Weather Bureau
State Highway Commission
North Central
Fairfields
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Ottumwa
Burlington
Lamoni
Marine Acquitted Of Mistreatment In Japan Court Martial
A U S Marine Pfc Owen J Booth 22 of Scranton Pa was found innocent on charges of choking and punching prisoners at the Sasebo navy brig in southern Japan. He pled not guilty and was the eighth leatherneck tried with four convicted and four acquitted. eight Marines still face trial as former warders at the base prison.
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Yokosuka
Japan
INS
U.S
Ina Navy
Yokosuka Naval Base
Pfc
Owen J. Booth
Scranton
Booth
Sasebo Naval Base
Foreman Joe Deemed Low Down on Outside
Two workers joke about foreman Joe describing him as low down on the outside and mean, but underneath he is the opposite, mean and low-down. Copyright.
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Joe
Navy Orders Pacific Fleet to Take Part in Alertness Drill
In San Diego and Long Beach the navy ordered all officers and men of Pacific Fleet ships to return to their units for an alertness test named Operation Branding Iron. The exercise aims to measure how quickly ships and aircraft can be readied. Liberty personnel were recalled, but those on leave were excluded.
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San Diego
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Long Beach
Winter storms kill 19 in northeast Mediterranean
Athens dispatch says a winter storm system in the northeast Mediterranean has killed about 19 people and blocked roads and rail routes with heavy snowdrifts. Shipping routes are disrupted as vessels seek shelter.
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Athens
Mediterranean
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