Heaviest Satellite Put In Orbit By Saturn 1 Flight
CAPE KENNEDY AP The Saturn 1 rocket lifted the largest satellite yet to orbit proving U.S. lead in the space race. The 164 foot tall rocket used 425 tons of propellant and its second stage delivered an 84 foot long satellite weighing 37 700 pounds. The test showed full first stage thrust of 1.5 million pounds and 90 000 pounds of thrust from the second stage. Total rocket cost was 17.3 million dollars.
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Cape Kennedy
U.S
Russia
Bridge Job Awarded to D M Firm
At a city council meeting a $1,177,690 bid won the contract to reconstruct the Second avenue bridge. Des Moines Bridge Co led bids, $10,710 under the engineer’s estimate. Paulson Construction and Hobe Engineering also bid. traffic restrictions apply until the First avenue bridge opens. The project expands the bridge from 30 to 60 feet and includes a $288,075 reinforced concrete deck bid.
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Second Avenue
Des Moines Bridge Co
Ned Ashton
Iowa City
Paulson Construction Co
E Avenue NE
Des Moines
Bob Johnson
First Avenue Bridge
Chiang Outfox Mao On French Recognition Deal
In Taipei observers say Chiang Kai-shek maneuvered around Mao Zedong as France recognized Communist China. Paris kept ties with Taipei, while Nationalist officials warned Paris of risks and followed U.S. guidance to tread cautiously amid the Paris Peking dispute.
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Taipei
Formosa
France
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tze-tung
Chiang
Paris-Peking
de Gaulle
Red China
Foreign Ministry
Paris
Peking
U.S
Government targets smoking health risks campaign
Surgeon General Luther Terry announced a Public Health Service education push to inform the public about health hazards of smoking and deter youths from starting. The plan includes research on why people start smoking and how to make smoking safer, plus methods to help current smokers quit.
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Washington
UPI
Luther Terry
The
Public Health Service
House Tobacco Subcommittee
Terry
Eisenhower Defends Missiles and Comments on 1960 Race
Former President Dwight Eisenhower challenged Barry Goldwaters claim that missiles are less reliable and stated we have just as good missiles as the world. He indicated no personal GOP candidate and declined to oppose any current contenders, while noting he would attend the San Francisco convention to speak. He criticized France recognition of Red China as a bad mistake and cautioned against stone throwing.
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Detroit
UPI
Dwight Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Johnson Administration
Defense
McNamara
G.O.P
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Romney
San Francisco
Bobby Baker
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Baker
France
China
Three American Officers on Board Dead
Washington reports the state department protested the shooting down of a U S jet trainer over East Germany. The Soviet note claimed the intruder ignored signals and was downed after entering East German airspace, killing Lt Col Gerald Hannaford Capt John Lorraine and Capt Donald Millard.
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Washington
State Department
East Germany
Wiesbaden
Germany
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Air Force
Weimar
Gerald Hannaford
John Lorraine
Donald Millard
Engine Out Plane Lands Safely in Omaha
A United Air Lines DC-6 on a Denver to Chicago flight made a precautionary stop in Lincoln after an engine failure. The emergency landing occurred at Omaha where the aircraft was grounded. Thirty three passengers and five crew members were aboard and travelers for Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Chicago were rebooked on another flight.
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Omaha
United Air Lines
Denver
Lincoln
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Americans and Russians Reach Satellite Message Link
UPI reports United States and Soviet scientists communicated for the first time via Echo 2 satellite. Messages were sent between AFB California and a Russian facility marking a new era of space aided dialogue.
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Vandenberg Air Base
Calif
Upi
U. S
America
All Time Peak Announced for Cost of Living
December price gains lifted the cost of living to an all-time peak as the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent to 107.6 of the 1957 59 average. Frost damage to crops was cited as a major factor alongside modest December rise and a five year high 12 month increase. Manufacturing workers saw weekly spendable earnings reach 89.52 dollars with three dependents and 81.63 dollars without dependents, up about one dollar.
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Labor Department
Sinclair daughter wins divorce from Prince M'Divani
Virginia Sinclair M'Divani daughter of the late oil magnate Harry Sinclair won a divorce Tuesday from Prince David M'Divani former husband of Mae Murray film star.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Virginia Sinclair
M’divani
Harry Sinclair
Prince David
Mae Murray
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service in Irvington Marks Historic Event
An Episcopal minister, a Roman Catholic priest, and a Presbyterian clergyman led a joint Thanksgiving service in Irvington New York. The event featured invocation sermon and benediction and is noted as the Hudson River community's first interfaith Christian worship gathering in a town tied to Revolutionary War history and Washington Irving lore.
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Irvington
N.Y
Hudson River
Washington Irving
Ecumenical Unity Tide Grows in U S and World
Billy Graham in a Catholic setting at Belmont Abbey calls ecumenical movement the beginning of something fantastic that could reshape Christianity. Leaders from the Vatican and National Council of Churches cite Pope John XXIII era openness and Council aims aiding interfaith harmony.
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U.S
Billy Graham
Belmont Abbey College
Charlotte
N.C
National
World Council of Churches
John F. Kennedy
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Rome
William Norgren
New York
Department of Faith and Order Studies
National Council of Churches
John XXIII
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
Chicago Theological Seminary
John
Straup Resigns As Fire Marshal In Iowa
Iowa State Fire Marshal R. J. Straup resigns effective Saturday due to health pressures. Straup, 49, from Melcher, was appointed in August 1962. Wilbur Johnson of Ottumwa becomes acting fire marshal, with Straup returning to deputy fire marshal at Carroll.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
R. J. Straup
William Sueppel
Straup
Melcher
Wilbur Johnson
Ottumwa
Sueppel
Carroll
Newcomer Dawson Joins Office Ranks Under Boss's Son
The piece introduces Dawson as the boss's son starting at the bottom in the office, signaling an onboarding period. It notes his entry and initial placement without onward details.
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Young Dawson
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