Astronautics Office Formed By Air Force War Watchers
The Air Force creates a Directorate of Astronautics to manage space warfare programs distinct from aircraft and missiles. Brig. Gen. Homer Boushey heads the unit, with initial transfers including the Big Brother satellite concept and the Wizard anti missile effort. Weather control research for defense draws Eisenhower attention. The piece also notes cautionary views on weather modification risks and a separate aside about San Blas Islands and Gibraltar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton ¢. Fay
Washington
Air Force
Directorate of Astronautics
USAF
Donald L. Putt
Eisenhower
Advisory Committee On Weather Control
Air Force Directorate
Army
Homer Boushey
San Francisco
Weather Control Advisory Committee
Henry Houghton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Russia
Seasonal Drop In Pork Prices Reflected In Market Offerings
Seasonal decline in pork prices shows in supermarket offerings with pork loins shoulders chops and sausage meat listed as top items. Eggs and chickens also lower, while vegetables offer uneven value with lettuces onions potatoes and greens among the notable buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S
Virginia
Carolinas
Idaho
Testimony Indicates Negro Shot In Back By Birming ham Cop
A Birmingham pathologist testified that bullets killed 29 year old Jerry Moses Faison Jr. were fired into his back. The trial of John Pyron 51 a veteran Birmingham police officer includes FBI testimony and witness accounts claiming the officer shot Faison as he walked away.
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Birmingham
Albert E. Casey
Jerry Moses Faison Jr
Faison
U. S. District Court
John Pyron
Clark Brown
FBI
Casey
Squire Hull
Minnie Brown
Pyron
Hull
Shuttlesworth
Brown
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Birmingham Teens Endangered Over Stolen Dynamite Caps
Birmingham police urged parents in the Boyles area to monitor teens after 400 to 500 dynamite blasting caps were stolen from Cahill and Oman Construction Co. The caps pose severe risk, with potential to kill or injure and possibly destroy a house if exploded together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Boyles
Cahill and Oman Construction Co
L&n
Hoover Became Orphan at Eight, Early Life Note
The report notes that Herbert Hoover lost both parents and became an orphan at the age of eight, shaping his early life before later rising as a prominent American figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Notice of Final Guardianship Settlement in Alabama Probate Court
In Morgan County Alabama the Probate Court handles the estate of James L Case. Guardian Ben L Britnell requests final settlement of guardianship accounts vouchers and statements. The hearing is set for January 7 1958 at 10:00 AM. You may appear and show cause if any why settlement should not be passed. Judge T Almon signs the notice December 11 1957.
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Alabama
Morgan County
James L. Case
Ben L. Britnell
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Astronautics
The
Air Force Programs In Astronautics
San Blas
Panama
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Boys’ Club
Walter Evans
Decatur Civitan Club
W. F. Frazier
Boys’ Club Board of Directors
Decatur
Dan DuBose
Boy’s Club
Civitans
Sanfords
H&h Walgreen Drugs
2Nd Ave
Ala
Lifetime
Anta
DOWN
B‘ham
Almon
Fleetway
Pleetway Pajamas
Vie
Esquire
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