Sea Quest for Mouse Called Off
CAPE CANAVERAL The air force called off the search for Laska the white space mouse and her Thor Able nose cone in the South Atlantic after 12 000 mile flight and 22 minutes of telemetry. The mouse wore tag No 49 and had oxygen water and a potato fragment in her watertight chamber. The mission data indicated a normal heartbeat as the craft traveled 20 to 30 times speed of sound, leaving open the chance the mouse could be alive at sea still.
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Cape Canaveral
Laska
Air Force
South Atlantic
Ascension Island
Africa
The
Thor-Able
M. E. Griffith
Air Force Project
Lasha
Griffith
Goldfine Says Quiz Consists Of Pry Spy
Bernard Goldfine on a Boston weekend trip to respond to Rep Bennett statements said the investigation has been a smear pry and spy. He warned of contempt risk but argued Congress should legislate not act as a detective agency.
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Goldfine
Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Congressional
Sherman Adams
Boston
Rep
Bennett
R-Mich
House
Congress
Lover
Adams
John R. Steelman
President Truman
Eisenhower
Steelman
Goldfine’s
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Boston Common
National Security Resources Board
O’hara
R-Minn
Adlai Stevenson
Khrushchev Uses Altar Figure To Hit West Plan
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev accused the West of sabotaging disarmament by demanding controls. Speaking at a Soviet Czechoslovak friendship rally, he compared Western inspection rights to priests at an altar and warned that limits would let outsiders peek into the Soviet Union. He contended Western terms force Moscow to grant trust before it is earned.
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Moscow
UPI
Khrushchev
East Germany
Soviet Union
Copper Deposit Found in Szechuan Province
Tokyo report from Radio Peiping outlines a discovery of one of the world’s richest copper deposits in Nos Szechuan province. The claim lacks corroborating details and could not be independently verified.
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Tokyo
UPI
Radio Pei- Ping
Nos Szechuan
Trainmen Propose Consolidation With Conductors
In Cleveland AP dispatch the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen urges uniting all conductors and brakemen of the U S and Canada into one force. The proposal, published in Trainman News, was sent by president W P Kennedy to the Miami Beach convention. The plan awaits action by new Conductor and Brakeman officers August 1. The Trainmen boast 218 000 members. the Conductor and Brakeman order 50 000 to 60 000. Kennedy warns of perilous times, dropping railroad employment and looming consolidations. The reply from R O Hughes of Cedar Rapids notes reception June 23 and transfer to incoming leaders J A Paddock and others.
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Cleveland
U.S
Canada
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Trainman News
Brotherhood
W. P. Kennedy
Miami Beach
R. O. Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
J. A. Paddock
Senate Approves Housing Measure
The Senate approved and sent to the House a $2.47 billion omnibus housing bill expanding FHA mortgage insurance, urban renewal, low rent housing, elderly mortgage insurance, rental housing, college housing, and new government loan programs. The largest item is $1.8 billion for urban renewal over 60 years, exceeding Eisenhower’s request.
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Washington
Senate
Eiserhower
Eisenhower
Nuclear blast fired at Eniwetok proving grounds
Washington AP reports a new U S nuclear detonation at Eniwetok in the Pacific Friday night marking the 13th test in the ongoing series. No further details were released.
Never-Say-Die Chennault Vows He'll Whip Cancer
Major General Claire L. Chennault, 67, vows to fight lung cancer after returning from treatment in February. He is joined by family in a bedside reunion as Mme Chiang Kai-shek visits, praising his resolve and life as a defender of airpower and China’s cause. The former Flying Tigers commander continues to lead Civil Air Transport from Formosa while facing ongoing illness.
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Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
The
Flying Tigers
Chennault
Army Air Corps
China
Mme. Chiang
Col
Jack Chennault
Air Force
Commerce
Texas
Billy Mitchell
Rosemary
Gen. Chennault
Victoria
B.C
UPI
Cess
Margaret
Canada
Asj
Lonadviser
Chiang
Don
Goose Bay
Chinese Aviation Labrador
Vancouver
London
Royal Canadian Air Force
Patricia Bay
Here
General Massey
Pearkes
Ottawa
Gov. Ross
British Columbia
Empress Hotel
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Formosa
Anna Chan
Civil Air Transport
McCardell Bested on 38th Hole in Iowa Amateur Final
Waterloo golfer Jack Rule, 19, won the Iowa Amateur in a sudden death playoff at Fort Dodge. The University of Houston sophomore sank a three foot birdie on the second playoff hole to defeat Bud McCardell, 25, of Newton after a 36 hole regulation match. Rule led at halfway, McCardell tied on hole 33, and the pair stayed even until Rule’s birdie secured the title. This marks Rule’s first Iowa championship while McCardell twice fell in finals, having lost to Jack Leahy in 1956 and beating Leahy in the semi finals this year.
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Gazette
Fort Dodge
Jack Rule
Waterloo
Iowa
Rule
University of Houston
Bud McCardell
Newton
McCardell
Eisenhower to tour Central America for policy review
Dr. Milton Eisenhower begins a goodwill and fact finding tour of Central America visiting Panama Honduras Costa Rica Nicaragua Puerto Rico El Salvador and Guatemala. He travels with state and treasury officials to study agriculture industry health and other issues and envisages a new look at U S policies.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
White House
Central America
Ruth Eisenhower
Milton
Washington
U.S
Panama
Ane
Panama City
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
San Jose
Costa Rica
Managua
Nicaragua
San Juan
Puerto Rico
San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala City
Guatemala
State and Treasury Departments
Export-Import Bank
Development Loan Fund
Decorah Blast Victims Burned In Fire At Tire Service
Clarence Read dies from injuries after an explosion at Barlow Tire Service in Decorah. Herbert Barlow Isadore Barlow and John McFadden burned and hospitalized in Rochester. Fire Marshal probes heater versus vulcanizing equipment as cause. building basement and first floor damaged.
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Gazette
Decorah
Cedar Falls
Clarence Read
Waterloo
Herbert Barlow
Isadore Barlow
John McFadden
Barlow Tire Service
McFadden
Read
Rochester, Minn
Smith Memorial Hospital
Bob Hentges
Alta Vista
No Gearshift, He Resorts to Pliers
Waldo Sanchez, 36, received a 240 day jail term for his sixth drunk driving arrest since 1950. Police said he used a pair of pliers to shift gears due to no gearshift lever and he lacked a valid driver's license. He was also fined $250.
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Los Angeles
Waldo Sanchez
Sanchez
Blonde Naps and 7 Autos Smashed
Beverly Hills police report Yolanda Cancelmi a 26 year old hotel receptionist fell asleep at the wheel causing a chain of crashes on Wilshire boulevard seven cars most ex pensive to burn. Damage estimated at 30000 dollars. She suffered a head cut but no charges were filed.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Yolanda Cancelmi
Wilshire Boulevard
Miss Cancelmi
Thunderbirds
Chicken Journeys 20 Miles on Axle
A chicken escaped a poultry yard in King North Carolina, climbed onto a truck and rode for 20 miles along a highway to Winston Salem, perched on the axle. Authorities recaptured the bird unharmed after its unusual journey.
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KING
N.C
UPI
Winston- Salem
Not Enlightened in Philadelphia Library Call Laugher
Fred Reedy of the Philadelphia Bulletin library answered a call Friday asking the capital of Alaska. "Juneau" was the reply. The caller retorted that if he knew the answer he wouldn't be calling.
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Philadelphia
Fred [Reedy
Philadelphia Bulletin Library
Alaska
Juneau
Reedy
Lealler
Cedar Rapids native pilots notable trans-continental trip
Major Jack Andrews from Fort Belvoir Virginia flies with Dr. Eisenhower for a significant journey. Mrs. Andrews, formerly Irene Antles, hails from Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Jack Andrews
Fort Belvoir, Va
Dr. Eisenhower
Andrews
Irene Antles
Soviet satellite attempts counted at thirty
PASADENA AP A U S space scientist says Russia needed 30 tries to place three satellites in orbit. Dr Samuel Benesch cites intelligence circle figures and notes the United States can monitor Russian rocket firings with long range radar and other methods.
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Pasadena
U. S
Samuel Benesch
Typhoon Hits Iwo Jima Fringed Winds Up To Ninety
A typhoon battered Iwo Jima on Saturday with fringe winds reaching 90 miles per hour. The U S base reported no serious damage and continued operations afterward.
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Tokyo
UPI
Iwo Jima
U. S
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Williams
Caoentine
Jack Lotto
Mildred Paperman
Baron Shacklette
Lotto
Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Anderson
Shacklette
Lotto’s
West
Eniwetok
Cancer
Princess Meg
Jim Dowling
New Orleans
Claire L. Chennault
Jack
14Th Air Force
Peggy
Latin America
State Department
Johns Hopkins University
Nixon
South America
Department
Lowan
Hubert Bakken
Henry Bakken
Winneshiek Count Fairground
Clifford Opsahl
Howard Wendeland
Opsahl
C.R
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