Helicopter Herds Bears at Fort Churchill During Rocket Tests
SAUL PETT reports from Fort Churchill where a helicopter shepherded hungry polar bears away from a Canadian American base as rockets from Aerobees Cajuns and Nike-Cajuns are launched to study the Aurora. The trials include tense countdowns, precise weather needs, and occasional failures before success.
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FT. Churchill
Man
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Fayetteville
N.C
Charlie
Elm
John Siewert
Kankakee
Ill
Reporter Breaks Sound Barrier in F102A Jet Ride
Kansas City Star reporter describes breaking the sound barrier in an F102A fighter with Maj. Gen. Jarred V. Crabb. The flight over Missouri reveals eight miles up, Mach 1.1 speeds, and a smooth landing back at the air base.
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Boom-m-m
Kansas City
Jarred V. Crabb
Central Air Defense Command
Gen. Crabb
United States
Pratt & Whitney 357
Missouri
St. Joseph
Recession Offsets Spare Farm Sector Says AP Survey
A nationwide AP survey finds farms largely unscathed by recession versus cities. Farmers report 1958 mostly unchanged from 1957, with exceptions in the South. In the drought-free Southwest equipment sales soar and optimism grows. Nebraska and Iowa spokesmen cite bumper crops and solid livestock prices as reasons for relief.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Benson
Preston
Idaho
South
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa Agriculture
Deadline Near for UNC Language Contests in NC Schools
Chapel Hill students in North Carolina public high schools must enter the UNC Extension Division Spanish or French language contests by May 1 or May 8 respectively. Contests run May 7 for Spanish and May 9 for French in participating schools, aimed at second year students with little or no prior instruction.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
University of North Carolina Extension Division
E. R. Rankin
University of North Carolina
UNC
Liberals Surge In Britain After Torrington Victory
The Liberal party wins a Torrington by election, marking their first House of Commons win since 1929. Mark Bonham Carter defeats the Conservatives, boosting Liberal hopes and signaling a potential three party dynamic with Labour and Conservatives at stake ahead of a general election. Lady Violet Bonham Carter, his mother, is highlighted as a party pillar with deep Liberal lineage.
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Bureau of
Washington
C.W.C
Everett Bacon
Washington, D.C
Bacon
London
House of Commons
Torrington
Mark Bonham Carter
Princess Margaret
Britain
Bor
Soine
William One Stone
David Loyd George
Harold Macmillan
Labor
Hugh Gaitskell
Aneurin Bevan
Bonham Carter
Devon
Violet Bonham Carter
Herbert Asquith
Indaw Jo Grimond
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Nike
By John T. Alexander
Dita
Tulsa
Liberal Party
Gaitskell
Bevan
Atlantic
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