Jupiter-C poised for satellite launch from Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral a Jupiter-C missile sits ready on the launch pad to propel a 30 pound American earth satellite into orbit. The blastoff is expected Wednesday or Thursday as the army presses its long delayed space effort amid navy and Vanguard comparisons. Weather is reported perfect and workmen cover the tall Jupiter tower.
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Ben Funk
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Navy
Jupiter
Teenagers Suspected in Lincoln Family Slaying
In Lincoln Nebraska two teenagers Carol Fugate 15 and Charles Starkweather 19 are suspected in the killings of Marion Bartlett 57 his wife Welda 36 and their two year old daughter Betty Jean. Bodies found in a decayed building behind the Bartlett home. A hand lettered stay away sign on the door. The suspects reportedly fled in a black Ford. Authorities say Burglaries and lacera wounds found on victims. The case shocks the community as investigators pursue leads.
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Lincoln, Neb
Deecrepitatus
Marion Bartlett
Welda
Lancaster County
Elmer Scheele
Carol Fugate
Barkett
Charles Starkweather
Carol
Harnett
Jeff Lincoln
Black Ford
Nebraska
Appeal for Lesser Term for Greathouse Eyed
Charles Greathouse 18, a confessed bank robber, faces an appeal after Judge W H Antes reduced a life term to 35 years. Attorney David Belin urged a 10 year sentence, arguing the judge erred by considering other charges. Belin notes Greathouse could still face Wisconsin robbery and car theft charges, potentially returning him to prison if sentence was shorter.
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Pacial
the Gazette
Eleader
Charles Greathouse
David Belin
Greathouse
W. H. Antes Mondey
Belin
Antes
Richardsville
Wisconsin
Freight Rate Rise Delayed by Railroads
Washington January 31 The major railroads postponed their proposed freight rate increases from February 1 to February 15. Edward Kaier chief counsel for the railroads said the delay was at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission which asked more time for shippers and other parties to appear during wartime rate hearings.
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Washington
Edward Kaier
Interstate Commerce Commission
Scientists Show Theyre in Hurry in Washington
AP dispatch from Washington notes anxiety among scientists as a National Science Foundation funded notice for a national conference on America’s Human Resources To Meet the Scientific Challenge arrives from Yale for Feb 3-4. The urgency is underscored by an Air Mail marking on the envelope.
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Washington
Yale University
National Science Foundation
Foundation
Associated Press
Air Mail
Squirrel Rampage Damages Warwick Home
Warwick police blamed a marauding squirrel for thousands of dollars in damages at the Caldwell home. Officers found pictures damaged china and glassware smashed drapes strewn about and the animal later tracked down in the bathroom after a chase. The Caldwell family was away on vacation.
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Warwick, R. 1
Warwick
Edwin Caldwell, Jr
Peron Planning Trip to Europe
Ex Argentine dictator Juan Peron arrived in Ciudad Trujillo from Venezuela and said he would sail to Europe to rest. He sought refuge at the Dominican embassy in Caracas after the revolt, with the embassy coming under fire in two separate incidents.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Juan Peron
Venezuela
Europe
Peron
Caracas
Burned-Out Hotel Had No License in Des Moines
A state agriculture department official reported the Olympia hotel in Des Moines, scene of five deaths on Monday, lacked a state hotel license since 1956 due to noncompliance with fire laws. The hotel could not host overnight guests, only weekly or monthly room rentals, under fire safety rules.
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Des Moines
INL
Agriculture Department
Olymia
L. B. Liddy
Dairy and Food Division
Montreal
Tel Aviv
INS
Campy Operation Labeled Success
Baseball star Roy Campanella suffered a fractured neck in an auto crash near his Long Island home. A 4 hour 20 minute operation by seven surgeons was deemed successful and aimed to relieve paralysis from the chest down, with no ruling out a possible return to play.
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Glen Cove
Roy Campanella
Campanella
Los Angeles Dodger
New York City
Long Island
Four siblings die in Oklahoma fire from matches
In Celahoma City four young Wed children aged 1 to 6 suffocated in a bathroom after a clothes closet blaze started by matches. Fire Chief Amberg said the children fled the fire to the bathroom where they suffocated. the apartment damage was about $500.
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Celahoma City
Ane
L. B. Wed
Naomi
Clayburn
Frank
Mattaoelle
Jake Amberg
Jo Suucaggecomu
Amberg
Khrushchev Attacks Summit Plan as Distorted Views
The State Department rejected Khrushchev's Minsk speech and his call for a quick summit. Spokesman Linrāin White said U.S. policies and motives were misrepresented and that lower level talks are needed before a heads of state meeting. White cited Eisenhower proposals and U.S. peace initiatives omitted by Khrushchev.
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Washington
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
Department
U.S
Linrain White
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Iaid White
Minsk
Communist Party
Khrushchev
White
Khrushchev likens talks to a Russian meal at reception
In Moscow Khrushchev urged summit progress by proposing talks unfold like a multi course Russian meal starting with hors d oeuvres and soup and ending with the main course. He warned Western diplomats to limit pre summit expectations and reaffirmed rejection of disarmament subcommittee talks. Guests included Mike Todd and Elizabeth Taylor.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Vikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Indiana
Hie
Russia
Khrushchev
Zakuksa
Amd
Soviet Union
U.N
U.S
Mike Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Todel
Reuther Urges Price Justification for Major Firms
Walter Reuther urged Congress to require large corporations to justify price increases in advance via a public agency. He proposed a consumer counsel to present facts before the agency and other regulators, covering firms with 20 to 25 percent of industry sales, notably General Motors Ford and possibly Chrysler. The plan would publish findings after hearings but allow the firm to raise prices if desired.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Walter Reuther
Congress
Consumers Counsel
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
Kefauver
D-Tenn
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Hoffa Watchdog Plan Faces Court Snag
An unexpected hitch stalled naming of a three member watchdog committee to monitor Teamsters President James Hoffa. Opposing lawyers said no final agreement on monitors existed, and after a session in Judge F Dickinson Letts chambers they were admonished not to discuss it. The judge hoped to announce monitors within two or three days.
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Washington
Teamsters
James Jt. Hoffa
Attorness
U. S
F. Dickinson Letts
McElroy: Defense Position Sound, Urges ARPA Funding
Secretary of Defense McElroy told senators that overall military position is sound and pressed speedy approval of 1.26 billion dollars for ballistic missiles and defenses. He described ARPA as taking control of cross‑agency research and proposed a 15 professional, 10 high‑rank staff, with a highly qualified director to lead the agency.
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Washington
McElroy
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA
Eisenhower to attend brother Arthur's funeral in Kansas City
President Eisenhower plans to fly to Kansas City Wednesday to attend his brother Arthur's funeral. Milton Eisenhower travels with him along with White House aides as they return to Washington after the private services. Edgar Eisenhower is unlikely to attend.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kansas City
Arthur
Milton
White House
Howard Snyder
Col
Wailer Tkach
Cal
Hebert Schulz
Haperty
Mion
Earl
Edgar
Tacoma
Milton Wills Io
Principal Ste falls to death amid Brooklyn school incidents
New York AP reports George Goldfarb a 55 year old principal of Brooklyn public school 210 plunged from a six story building after being scheduled to testify before a county grand jury about conditions in Brooklyn schools. He had appeared last week before the panel and the school had prior incidents requiring police attention. Superintendent William Jansen called Goldfarb one of the citys outstanding junior high principals.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
C County
George Goldfarb
William Jansen Saiks Goldfarb
City of
Czechs To Build Ceylon Sugar Refinery
Czechoslovakia announces a new sugar refinery contract for Ceylon to be built with Moscow support. The plant is due to begin operation in 1959 and machinery construction is already underway, according to Czech radio in Vienna.
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Ceylon
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Middle East
Asia
Betting Run By Bosses In Union Guilty Allegations Air
Washington AP witnesses testified that three Philadelphia Local 542 officials of the Operating Engineers Union ran organized gambling on a Tidewater City Delaware job site. They denied running or organizing the gambling as investigations cited possible misuse of union funds and racketeering ties to Louis Lattanzio and former extortionist Joey Fay.
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Washington
Operating Engineers Union
Delaware
Fred Ferro
Paris “Reggy
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
Buntings
Tidewater
Louis Lattanzio
Wilmington
Tel
Lattanzio
Laltanzia
Ferro
Ibi Simone
Gary Dinlings
William E. Maloney
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Joey Fay
Roy Underwood
Drexel Hill
Fay
Maloney
Underwood
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Hoffa
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A. Healy
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