Conquest Of Space Opens With 1957 Rocket Plans
The piece notes 1957 as the year man begins space conquest with test-firing rockets to place a small satellite, about the size of a basketball, into orbit, visible as a faint dot at dawn or dusk. It ties this to the International Geophysical Year and reports expected 1956–57 advances across medicine, vaccines, antibiotics, and atomic energy research.
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Associated Press
Mann” Ahant
South Pole
Atomic Energy and
Hbombs
Pacific Atoll
Atomic Energy Commission
Mars
Finalists Competing For Maid Of Cotton
MEMPHIS Tenn. The annual Maid of Cotton contest begins with 23 finalists from the Cotton Belt. Events include briefings, a luncheon, and a dinner dance. Kay Holloway Atlanta Sandra Joy Kelley Huntsville Ala Susan Perry Miami Fla among contestants.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kay Holloway
Atlanta
Sandra Joy Kelley
Huntsville
Ala
Susan Perry
Miami
Fla
First Self Starter on Cadillac Appeared in 1911
A historical note places the first self starter for automobiles on a Cadillac in 1911 marking a turning point in car operation. The invention streamlined starting engines and influenced later automotive design.
Tucker Dies at 53 After Tucker Torpedo Hopes
Preston Tucker of Capac Michigan died at a Ypsilanti hospital at age 53 after three weeks illness from cancer and pneumonia. The auto designer gained fame after World War II for plans of a rear engine Tucker Torpedo with a tear drop design and 130 mph potential, aluminum and plastic body, front fenders turning with wheels, and a target price around $1,000.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Preston Tucker
Capac
Tucker
Radio and TV Schedule Highlights Across Decatur Day
A detailed log lists radio and television programming across Decatur stations including news at 5:35 and 6:05, morning shows, church programs, farm reports, music hours, soap operas, game shows, and late-night sign offs. Notable entities include WMSL AM FM TV channels and programs like Gospel Jubilee, Bob and Ray Show, and The Big Payoff.
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Rotd
Southern Farm
Alabama Wranglers
Alabama
Marrief
Monroe Parker
Mary Blaine
Jimmy Fidler
WMSIL
Robert F
Josh
Gabriel Heatter
Decatur
Bob and Ray
Hollywood
Fulton Lewis Jr
Virgil Pinkiey
Studio X
A.P. News
Wmsl-Tv
Church of Christ
Doug Edwards
Bob Cummings
Lawrence Welk
Showtime
Cowboy Playhouse
WRRC
Douglas Edwards
Sgt. Preston
Jim Bowie
Badge
Amos ‘N
Andy
Five Star
Will Rogers
Garry Moore
Alabama U S. A
West Point
Crusader
the Whistler
Mystery Playhouse
Powell says Rayburn seeks to purge him over ticket split
New York representative Adam Clayton Powell, who backed Eisenhower, accuses House Speaker Sam Rayburn of intent to purge him. Powell says Rayburn sent a December 4 letter denying Powell a new set of congressional offices despite Powell’s seniority.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Eisenhower
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Powell
Rayburn
Con Says 3 Drowned During Angola Escape Attempt
In Shreveport Louisiana Wallace McDonald a recaptured convict claims two Angola inmates drowned while swimming the Mississippi River in an escape attempt on December 5. Warden Maurice Sigler doubts the death toll noting at most one drowning. One fugitive named Frank Gann is listed as 30 from Prichard Alabama. McDonald was arrested walking on a Texas highway near Weskom Texas after escaping with three others who dug their way out of the penitentiary earlier this month. Only McDonald has been recaptured.
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Shreveport
Wallace McDonald
Angola
Mississippi
Maurice Sigler
Frank Gann
Prichard
Ala
Caddo Parish
McDonald
Texas
Louisiana
Mexico
Homer Bryant
Weskom
Tex
Jewel of New Spain nickname for Panama City
The text notes Panama City was called the Jewel of New Spain in pioneer days due to heavy gold and jewel shipments from South America to Spain.
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Panama City
New Spain
South America
Spain
End of the Czars in 1917 Time of Revolution
The Russian monarchy fell in 1917 with the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II amid a revolutionary wave. Historians cite the February and October crises as turning points ending centuries of imperial rule.
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Russia
Nicholas 2Nd
Mail Order Bride Demands Return to Spain in Court
In El Cajon California a mail order bride, Adelaida de Leon y Ender ica Arocha, 52, won a Municipal Court ruling ordering her husband Salvadore Arocha to pay for her return to Spain. She testified they married by proxy in Seville four months earlier.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Spain
Adelaida de Leon Y Enderica Arocha
Salvadore Arocha
Seville
Automatic waterpower fuels flour bagging and shipment
The finished flour was bagged and stacked for shipment. Waterpower furnished the umph and all the work was done automatically.
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Official Detective
Mr. Collins
World and Alabama
Virgil Pinkley
A. P. News
Fice
Dave Garroway
Ding Dong Scheel
Balloon Geea
Riley
Walter Winchell
Bob Hope
Crossroads
Educational Network Channel
France
Con
Betty Coggin
Cap
Bessie Dodson
Decatur General Hospital
Bertie Jackson
Mandela Pitts
Dewey Harvey
Essie Henry
Frances Mason
Lillie McKee
Ida Wade
Betty Quick
Laverne White
Martina Brown
Danville
Danville High School
Highway 31 Drive-In
Fred King
Carl
Doris Woodard
Euel
Ramona James
Waymen
Nina Johnson
Jack
Margarite Garner
Edwin
Elsie Pike
Billy
Helen Hogan
Hank
Dorothy Smith
Fairbanks-Morse
Carrier Corp
Syracuse
N.Y
Oliver Evans
Philadelphia
Mrs
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Arbor Hills Drive
Jackson 7
Robinson
Alway's Shop
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