Russia Plans Artificial Satellite Within Two Years
A Soviet scientist stated at a news conference that the USSR will create an artificial earth satellite within two years and may launch it in 1957, possibly larger than the U.S. project. He noted the U.S. plan size as about a basketball and spoke at the Sixth International Astronautical Congress in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
Leonid J. Leved
U.S.S.R
United States
Wisenhower
International Astronautical Congress
Sedov
Kansas Gets 588176 For Airport Construction
Washington Secretary of Commerce Weeks allocated 588176 more to Kansas for airport construction this fiscal year. Kansas will receive 882263 in each of the next two fiscal years. The funds come from a 42 million dollar plus 63 million for the next two years. Weeks said the original 20 million to individual airports will be announced soon.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Kansas
Congress
Boeing 707 Jet Transport Seeks CAA Certification
The Civil Aeronautics Administration has received Boeing Airplane Co.’s application for a certificate to operate the 707 jet transport. A CAA spokesman noted a preliminary Seattle visit by Henry Weeks and the formation of an expert board to review the aircraft record before formal certification, which could take years. Boeing’s 707 is also linked to the military KC135 jet tanker project.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
CAA
Henry Weeks
Boeing
Air Force
Wellwood Beall
A. M. Alcorn
CAA Aircraft Engineering Division
Civil Aeronautics Board
Big Dane Joins Jail After Police Roundup
CHICAGO Police officers Deacy and Ludwig handled a stray dog call near the South Side stockyards. A full grown Great Dane weighing about 200 pounds wandered into the squad car and followed a smaller dog to the Deer ing police station, where it ended up in a cell while officers seek the owner. A collar was found but no owner name obtained.
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Chicago
William Deacy
Raymond Ludwig
South Side
Deering
Ovner
Board hires teacher for Honolulu roster in Fort Scott
The Board of Education called Honolulu last night to hire one of six teachers needed to fill the city school roster for this fall. Supt. John Haberbosch announced the board had employed Miss Lillian Tanimura, 22, Hawaiian-born of Japanese descent, to teach physical education for girls in elementary junior high schools. She graduated in June from Pittsburg State Teachers College.
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Fort Scott
Board of Education
Honolulu
John Haberbosch
Lillian Tanimura
Tanimura
Kansas
Pittsburg
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