The Graves Question Facing the Free World
The piece argues the United States faces a serious Soviet threat in science and weapons, citing warnings from military and scientific leaders. It cautions against underestimating Russia and urges a sober, comprehensive national effort to catch up and surpass Soviet capabilities.
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I. I. Rabi
Columbia’ University
Atomic Energy Commission
James H. Doolittle
Air Force Scientific Advisory Board
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Air Inspection Panel
U. S
Russia
Edward Teller
Curtis LeMay
SAC
U.S. Air Force
United States
Crossfield to pilot X-15 beyond speed of sound
Los Angeles based report profiles Scott Crossfield, a measured test pilot set to fly the North American X-15 at speeds above Mach 6 and altitudes over 100 miles. The piece notes his background, limits set by NACA, Edwards Air Force Base testing, and future hopes for aviation progress.
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Archie Teague
Los Angeles
INS
America
Outer Space
Chamber of Commerce
Scott Crossfield
Crossfield
Edwards Air Force Base
Indian mound discovery sheds light on Adena culture
Smithsonian curator Frank Setzler reports excavations of a 20 foot high 110 foot diameter Welcome mound in West Virginia near Grave Creek. The site yields a carved shoveler duck effigy pipe the only bird image from an Adena mound and a rare tubular pipe in Ohio limestone.
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Washington
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
Frank M. Setzler
Smithsonian
National Museum
United States
Grave Creek
Moundsville
W. Va
Setzier
Ohio
Horror Films Return as Teen Audiences Drive Demand
LOS ANGELES AP reports that horror films are surging again with teen viewers shaping trends while adults read or watch TV. Dr. Martin Grotjahn of USC comments on the shift in movie preferences and perceived therapy value of horror for youth.
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America
Los Angeles
Martin Grotjahn
University of Southern California
East Germans Permit Modern Dances Under Socialist Rules
The East German regime lifts bans on dances livelier than a waltz or foxtrot allowing mambo cha cha calypso and boogie woogie if danced rhythmically and aesthetically and without capitalist features as reported by National Zeitung.
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Berlin
National Zeitung
Bird Ventriloquist Found Hiding in Panama Jungles
Dr. Alexander Wetmore details in Isla Coiba Panama a gray headed dove acting as a ventriloquist. The bird feeds on the ground in small groups and perches on logs while calling with a ventriloquial note. Also described are Rieffer’s hummingbird white throat robin and yerbero grassquit in the Coiba forests.
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Panama
Washington
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institute
Smithsonian Research
Isla Coiba
Wetmore
Pacific
Convict Island
Coiba
Rieffer
Dr. Wetmore
Coiba Forest
Coin Collector Pays 4750 for Rare Dime in PA
A 19 year old Penn State sophomore, David Bowers of Forty Fort, Pa, runs a coin business between exams and paid 4750 for a rare 1894 San Francisco mint dime. The coin, one of seven known, was auctioned in New York last November. He has organized a 20000 public coin auction with a Penn New York partner and stores his main collection in bank vaults.
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University Park
Pennsylvania State University
David Bowers
Forty Fort
Bowers
San Francisco Mint
New York
Penn-New York Auction Company
Soviet Claim New Television Telescope Near Leningrad
The Soviet Russia newspaper reports a new type television telescope at Pulkova observatory near Leningrad can snap split second photos and screen outer space images. Attachments being designed will let it track Sputniks and nature rocket flights to the moon. Previously outer space photos were distorted by long exposures.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Pulkova Observatory
Leningrad
Outer Space
Bowl Stars Match Schedules Early Sunday Showdown
The Bowl Stars set a 4:00 p.m. Sunday time for the game airing on Channel 9, marking a same day repeat of the day’s earlier action.
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Bowling Stars
Channel
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