Sputnik timetable hints at Mars flight and transfer orbit
Sputnik 1 has logged 84 days in space covering over 35 million miles, nearly Earth to Mars at closest approach. Experts say the fuel efficient transfer orbit around the sun is needed, and a third satellite may be launched to extend space tracking. Columbus took 69 days to cross the Atlantic.
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London
Russia
Sputnik
Mars
Patrick Moore
Sputnik I
Earth
Moore
Celestial Mechanics
British Interplanetary Society
Columbus
Atlantic Ocean
Teenage suspects confess to useless killing in Evans case
Houston police report Stew art Lumpkin 17 along with Jimmy Price 17 David Lee Cave 18 and T C Lawson 16 admitted being with Lumpkin when 15 year old Jay Evans was shot. Lumpkin has a five year police record and all three confessed to aiding in the fatal shooting scene near the Evans home before fleeing and later dismantling the toy rifle used.
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Houston
Jay Evans
Stewart Lumpkin
Lumpkin
S. M. Lumpkin
Harry Cole
Jimmy Price
T. C. Lawson
David Lee Cave
Evans
Capt. Cole
Cole
Rice Institute
Price
Cave
Lawson
Girl undergoes appendectomy after father agrees
In Richmond Indiana 11 year old Judy Pippen was treated for acute appendicitis after authorities secured a court ward to allow surgery. Father Arthur Pippen resisted medical care for three days citing religious beliefs of the Full Tabernacle of God.
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Richmond
Ind
Arthur Pippen
Judy
Pippen
Reid Memorial Hospital
Edward Cordell
Cordell
Man in Columbus Admits Not Donald Mack in Untraceable Murder
Rayn bert J. Albert of Lakewood Ohio, 40, insists he killed a man on a drinking spree nearly a year ago and now admits he is not Phoenix blacksmith Donald Mack. Authorities identified him by fingerprints and handwriting and urged his mother Clara Hensley to come talk after his disappearance since Jan. 17. He showed little reaction to her pleas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Raynbert J. Albert
Lakewood
Albert
Donald Mack
Phoenix
Richard Corbin
Columbus Board of Education
Nancy
Cincinnati
St. Louis
el Paso
Tex
Publicity Row Over Fake Engagement Involves Hornung Mowry
Hollywood actress Pretty Pat Mowry accused Paul Hornung of denying their supposed engagement as a publicity hoax. Hornung, a Green Bay Packers player, later said he would not send a ring in a football and called the idea in bad taste. Mowry, Miss New Hampshire 1955, insisted they were not engaged despite letters and dates.
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Hollywood
Pat Mowry
Notre Dame
Paul Hornung
Hornung
Miss Mowry
Green Bay Packers
Louisville
California
New Hampshire
Troopers Quell Orvienner Rebellion at Prison Work Camp
About 70 convicts armed with hatchets barricaded a basement at a Chatham work camp. UPI reports that roughly a dozen troopers deputies and guards forced the inmates back to work with minimal resistance and no further trouble. Camp Superintendent M L Woodson praised the calm conclusion.
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Chatham
M. L. Woodson
End of France's Instability Hinge on Constitutional Reform
Paris Justice Minister Robert LeCourt urged a compromise on constitutional changes to end France's political instability. The cabinet backed a draft plan with key provisions granting the premier power to dissolve the assembly, call elections, and require revenue bills to accompany expenditure, but major parties balked and delay looms.
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Paris
Robert LeCourt
France
National Assembly
Felix Gaillard
LeCourt
Gaillard
Radical Socialist
Assembly
Ike Takes Work To Gettysburg
President Eisenhower left Washington for his Gettysburg farm for a week of rest and work on his State of the Union and budget messages. He travels with Mrs. Eisenhower and brings a heavy briefcase of domestic and world problems to be addressed upon return. He is due back by Jan 3 for the Civil Rights Commission’s first formal meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Congress
New
Civil Rights Commission
Crews Expects Home by Jan 1 After Houston Surgery
J. M. Crews reported he is doing fine while convalescing at Methodist Hospital in Houston after surgery. He expects to return home by January 1, noting steady recovery from the operation.
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J. M. Crews
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Childress
Crews
Babson Forecast To Be Published On Monday
The Childress Index announces Babson's Business and Financial Forecast for 1957 will appear Monday. The paper notes Babson forecasts have earned a strong track record over nineteen years with high accuracy in U S future business trends.
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Babson
Childress
U. S
Texas Violent Death Toll Reaches 105 in Holiday Span
Two San Antonio fire deaths push Texas violent fatalities to 105 since last Saturday. DPS and United Press tallies show 50 traffic deaths, 24 other causes, 31 homicides and personal crisis. Families escape as home burns, while DPS predicts 205 deaths through Jan 1.
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San Antonio
Department of Public Safety
United Press
Pablo Roque
Raul Roque
DPS
Rains Force More Evacuations in Southern Illinois
Heavy rains in southeastern Illinois forced 40 families to flee swelling waterways along the Little Wabash River. Trucks and motorboats moved evacuees to safe ground as officials expected the river to crest at 34 feet. Livestock transport remained a major challenge while neighboring areas saw fewer evacuations. In Murphysboro the Big Muddy River fell 4 inches after recent tornado damage.
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United Press
Illinois
Little Wabash River
Little Wabash
Murphysboro
Big Muddy
Schools Set to Reopen January 2 After Holidays
All Childress students return to regular hours Thursday January 2 1958 per Superintendent John W Hamilton. Rural schools will reconvene on the same date per County Superintendent Wade Kimbrough.
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Childress
John W. Hamilton
Wade Kimbrough
Elvis Granted 60 Day Army Deferment for Movie Work
Elvis Presley received a 60 day deferment from Army service to finish his fourth Hollywood film. The move allows the star to complete ongoing production while remaining in military status.
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Memphis
Tenn
Elvis Presley
Hollywood
Dallas Schools Ordered Not To Integrate In January
The Fifth U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Dallas public schools need not integrate in January. It upheld that Judge Atwell exceeded authority but kept a mandate to end racially discriminatory segregation with all deliberate speed, without fixing a new deadline for desegregation.
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Dallas
New Orleans
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
William H. Atwell
Fort Worth
Ue Simpson Tate
Southwest
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
WT. White
Dallas Independent School
Atwell
United States Plans Long Consultations With Allies
The United States will back up proposals from Paris and delay its reply to Bulganin until mid January after extended talks with NATO allies and a planned conference with 20 Latin American ambassadors to align Atlantic Pact defense with regional groups. The move aims to address allied criticism over excluding partners in handling Soviet proposals.
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Washington
United States
Paris Confernee
Nikolai Bulgenin
Aris
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Suez Canal
U.S
Bulgaria
Moscow
Bulganin
NATO Council
Kremlin
Schoolfield To Answer Tonight In National Appeal
Judge Raulston Schoolfield announced he will respond tonight on radio and TV to charges from the Senate Rackets Committee alleging bribes to quash indictments against 13 Chattanooga teamsters. He vowed a formal, all encompassing statement, saying the matter is national in import and would address calls to disbar and impeach him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Raulston Schoolfield
Chattanooga Teamsters
Senate
Schoolfield
Stores Open Pre Inventory Sale At Childress
Crowd gathers at Childress stores for pre inventory and post Christmas sales. Shoppers waited in line for opening and have remained inside as sales continue through the week and into the new year.
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Childress
Former Resident Pauline Mills Dies in Paducah at 81
Mrs Pauline Mills, 81, a former Childress resident, died Thursday at her son Bob Mills’ home in Paducah from a heart attack. She lived with him 11 years. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Paducah First Baptist. Burial in Como. Born April 19, 1876 in Hopkins County. Survivors: two sons Bob of Paducah and Harold of Fort Worth, daughter Mrs. Fred Kerr of Clarendon, six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren.
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Pauline Mills
Bob Mills
Paducah
Mills
First Baptist Church
Como
Hopkins County
Tom Mills
Royce City
Former Hero to File Suit Against Post
Lt. David A. Steeves, famed Calicifornia Sierra survivor and former jet pilot, announces a breach of contract suit against the Saturday Evening Post in Los Angeles over a cancelled magazine story and planned book. He and his wife Rita, 21, face marital strains tied to Redbook coverage, while their two year old daughter Leisa remains.
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Trumbull
Conn
David A. Steeves
California
High Sierras
Saturday Evening Post
Steeves
Los Angeles
Redbood Magazine
Rita
San Francisco
Leisa
Afro Asians Resolutions Shape Leftist Bandung Echo
Cairo hosts unofficial solidarity meeting of delegates from 37 nations drafting resolutions aligned with anti West themes. Talks push for halt to nuclear tests, denounce imperialism and colonialism, while some delegations show varied positions away from official governments. Egypt leads with 83 delegates, USSR 23, Communist China 45 attend.
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Cairo
Bandung
Turkestan Karash
China
Egypt
Soil Bank Program Saves One Billion Dollars
Washington officials estimate the Soil Bank reduced federal price support payments to about one billion dollars in 1957. Farmers enrolled roughly 21 million acres in the standby reserve, earning around 614 million dollars in subsidies for taking land out of production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Cold Front Brings Winds and Rain Across Texas
Thunderstorms and chilling rain moved into Texas as a cold front approached from the west. Forecasters warned of more storms, especially in central and East Texas, with winds gusting up to 35 mph along lakes in North Texas. Rain and cooler temps followed, with varied measurements across cities and a 65 degree high in Brownsville.
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United Press
Texas
Louisiana
West Texas
Dalhart
Mineral Wells
Dallas
Fort Worth
Cotulla
Texarkana
Waco
Brownsville
el Paso
Alpine
Lufkin
Houston
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Ike
Roger W. Babson
Dallas School Board
District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
NATO
Post
Duvivier
Algeria
Tunisia
NEA
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