Explorer Satell ite Reaches Orbit After Tense 7 Minute Anomaly
In a Pentagon telecon backed launch, the Explorer satellite briefly overran its predicted apogee by 100 nautical miles and perigee by 40 miles while looping Earth. Scientists and generals watched via remote stations in California and Alabama as the craft finally entered orbit, marking the first U.S. satellite.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Satellite Explorer
Earth
Pentagon
Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Explorer
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
ABMA
Huntsville
Ala
California
Earthquake Valley
Temple
San Diego
No Tension Just Tears as Dutch Leave Indonesia
The exodus of Dutch citizens intensifies in Indonesia with 13 000 of 46 000 leaving since December. Families bid farewell at Kemajoran airport and Tandjong Priok harbor while some officials defend actions as necessary for Indonesia.
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Indonesia
Jakarta
Netherlands
West Irian
Dutch New Guinea
Kemajaran
Tandjong Priok Harbor
Local Classifieds Mix of Services and Help Wanted
Fragmented ad page lists painting septic tank pumping and installation Drain cleaning water well drilling and service Income tax prep and bookkeeping Printing and paper hanging Carpentry linoleum carpet and rug work Tree trimming and removal Help wanted male available Readers see notices for services from Kraus McSkimming Jerry Voldingh Kehne and others in the area with phone contacts EM and local exchange numbers.
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Kraus
Dia
O Jannee Milan W
Kehne
Ronnie
H. A
Five Die and 23 Injured in Brazilian Airliner Crash
A Brazilian air liner with 67 aboard crashed Saturday night, killing five and injuring 23, none seriously. Rescue teams searched the wreckage as authorities investigated the cause.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Flag design decision in 1777 by Continental Congress
On June 14 1777 the Continental Congress approved the U S flag design. The article notes the novelty of a national flag and compares with European practices and historic flags of Denmark and Switzerland. It mentions subsequent nations adopting national flags after the United States.
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Continental Congress
United States
Denmark
Switzerland
Eurasians face exile as Dutch liner departs
A passenger warns Eurasians are the ones to pity as an emigration scene unfolds. A Dutch citizen questions staying while the liner leaves the pier. A matron cries, a middle-aged man grim, and a young Eurasian boards his first journey from home.
United Air Lines Posts Best January Business in 1958
United Air Lines manager C. McIntyre reports Cedar Rapids station recorded the best January in its history with gross business up 19.4 percent from a year earlier. Passenger boardings rose 10 percent to 2,731. mail express loads fell while air freight held steady.
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C. McIntyre
United Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
McIntyre
Demand U S Act After 3 Air Collisions
A sequence of three air crashes in Southern California, including a Norwalk collision, spurs calls for immediate action by the secretary of defense and a full congressional inquiry into airway traffic controls. The Norwalk crash killed 41 aboard a MATS transport and 4 others. one survivor. Edith Hernandez, a 23 year old housewife, died in Norwalk. The toll from the weeklong series reached 55 lives.
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Los Angeles
Norwalk
Secretary of Defense
Kenneth Hahn
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Congressional
Knight
Sacramento
Navy
Sheriff’s Office
Edith Hernandez
Ill-Fated Pilot Recalled After Santa Ana Canyon Crash
Los Angeles. Veteran flyer Paul N. Bell, owner of a flying service in Santa Monica, said a pilot cannot always avoid a mid-air collision after learning of the Norwalk crash that killed 48. Bell and four others died in a private plane collision in the Santa Ana canyon 30 miles east of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Paul N. Bell
Ann
Bell
Santa Monica
Norwalk
Santa Ana Canyon
Iowa TV Repairmen Oppose Pay Television
The Iowa Television Repairmen's Association representing 140 shops opposed pay television at a Sunday meeting at the Roosevelt hotel. Groundwork was laid for the June 8 Ames election with amendments changing delegate voting procedures and quadrants for board member appointments.
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Iowa Television Repairsmen’s Association
Roosevelt Hotel
Ames
Truman denies offering to back Eisenhower for presidency
Former President Truman says he never offered to back Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency. He recalled telling Eisenhower at Potsdam that a top military reputation could be smeared in politics and called his advice wise counsel. Truman discussed the incident on See It Now with Edward R. Murrow and noted Eisenhower’s famed 1948 letter.
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New York
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenshower
Europe
Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Edward R. Murrow
Florida Keys
Eisen‘hower
United States
New Hampshire
Strikes Led by Peron Backers Threaten Argentina Vote
In Buenos Aires the Peronist labor wave shadows the February 23 presidential election as government efforts to curb strikes falter. Provisional President Aramburu faces 300000 construction workers still off duty while 60,000 bank clerks and power workers reach settlements. Peronists push for three million blank ballots to voice support for ex-dictator.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peronistas
Pedro Aramburu
Peron
Constituent Assembly
Peronista
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Cali
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East End
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