U S Sends Monkey Sam Aloft In Space Capsule Test
A 7 pound 30 month old monkey nicknamed Sam rode a Little Joe capsule to 55 miles altitude in a NASAsponsored test aimed at future manned spaceflight. The capsule parachuted into the Atlantic off Virginia, recovered by the destroyer Borie and Navy plane, with all systems including radio telemetry functioning. Experiments included radiation effects on barley film plates, nerve cells from a rat, mold cultures, beetle eggs, and weightlessness tests. An ocular motor device near the monkey’s eyes measured disorientation during descent.
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Washington
United States
Sam
Atlantic Ocean
Wallops Island
NASA
Millstone
Boston
School of Aviation Medicine
Hodges Seeks Settlement in North Carolina Art Society Dispute
Gov Hodges called for an end to a split within the State Art Society at a Raleigh news conference. He noted differing views on leadership with Edwin Gill backing James Byrnes and Robert Humber proposing an outsider head. He also reiterated support for two consecutive gubernatorial terms and warned about state power dynamics.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Edwin Gill
James B. Byrnes
Art Society
Robert Lee Humber
North Carolina
Holcombe To Head Labor Cops
John L. Holcombe, a lawyer and career government administrator, is picked to head the labor bureau policing anticorruption provisions of the new labor law. Secretary James P. Mitchell says he will run down complaints and violations by unions and employers. Holcombe, 48, served as a World War II colonel and comes from the Defense Department where he created a unified budgeting and reporting system.
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Washington
John L. Holcombe
James P. Mitchell
Holcombe
Labor Department
Defense Department
Office of
Editor Blames Parents for Poor Schools in Raleigh Speech
An eastern North Carolina editor, Henry Belk, blamed low quality schools on weak parental and citizen support during the 59th annual meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. He urged PTAs to push college pathways and proposed broader college enrollment and extended programs. The session opened amid centennial observances for Charles B. Aycock with various society meetings afterward.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry Belk
Goldsannes
North — Literary and Historical
Ose
Charles B. Aycock
David J. Rose
Goldsboro
Aycock
Belk
Assa
Trujillo Faces Internal Challenges With Defiant Resolve
Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo, 68, governs the Dominican Republic with a lonely, defiant stance. Surrounded by risks, he keeps a revolver on his desk as exiles plot against him. The regime reports 50 million dollars spent on armaments this year amid growing internal criticism and wall slogans.
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Morris W. Rosenberg
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Generalisaismo
Rafael Trujillo
Caribbean
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
United States
Trujillo
Tar Heel Authors Win Prizes at North Carolina Literary Luncheon
At a subscription luncheon of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association winners were named for poetry juvenile literature and history. Olive Tilford Dargan of Asheville won the Roanoke-Chowan Award for The Spotted Hawk. Corydon Bell of Sapphire received the American Association of University Women Award for Captain Frost. Francis A. Logan of A and T College Greensboro earned the R D W Connor Award for The Economic Status of the Town Negro in Post Reconstruction North Carolina. Eleven honorary life members were announced and Gov presented Cannon Cups for historical preservation.
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North Carolina
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
William T. Laprade
Durham
Frank P. Graham
New York
W. T. Couch
Gertrude Weil
Goldsboro
Gov
North Carolina Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
Teen Ager Begs Forgiveness For Shooting Foster Mother
In Brooklyn a 16 year old, Robert Murphy, confessed after shooting his 39 year old foster mother Marie Murphy in her home. He cried and asked for forgiveness as she lay critically wounded. He later surrendered to police, saying he planned the act after disputes over a girlfriend and flashy clothes. The family reunited briefly at the station as they prayed.
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Robert
Bobby
Marie Murphy
Brooklyn
Murphy
Mass Funeral Planned for Malpasset Dam Victims
In Frejus France rescuers search for victims of the Malpasset Dam collapse. Officials report 200 dead with 110 expected to be buried in a mass funeral at Frejus Cemetery as about 100 people remain missing and 5 000 troops plus helicopters aid survivors.
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Frejus
France
Malpasset Dam
Reyran
Frejus Cemetery
Frejus Hospital
Rebels Hide Out Deep in Brazilian Amazon Amid Coup Ambitions
Defiant air force officers fled deeper into the Amazon as rebels opposed to President Juscelino Kubitschek seized five planes and retreated to Aragarcas. The group, estimated at 17 to 27 members, may move to Jacareacanga or Cachimbo, while public support for the regime showed signs of rising.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Amazon
Kubitschek
Aragarcas
Rio
Air Force
Benson Undergoes Gall Bladder Surgery at Walter Reed
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson underwent a gall bladder removal operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The hour and a half procedure was performed by Lt. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton and team of the Army Surgeon General.
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Washington (Ap
Ezra Taft Benson
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Th Army
Leonard D. Heaton
Lehman Cites North Housing Discrimination Crisis
Former Sen. Herbert H. Lehman says housing discrimination in the North rivals the South and demands action. He spoke to the Anti-Defamation League urging leadership from the Jewish community to address the broader national problem.
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Lehman
North
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
D-Ny
South
Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Good Will Mission Launched in Rome Visit
President Eisenhower arrived in Rome on a 22 000 mile mission of peace and good will. Locals and Communist banners greeted him as he prepared talks with Italian leaders on peace with justice and broader friendship between nations. The landing followed cautious ground control and an anxious Atlantic crossing.
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Rome
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight Eisenhower
Giovanni Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Gronchi
Urbano Cioccetti
Atlantic
Smoking Cancer Tie Probed Again
Dr. Oscar Auerbach of East Orange New Jersey was to report before the American Medical Association clinical session on a series of lung tissue studies done on patients who died at a veterans hospital. Dr. John Cashman, a U. S.
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Dallas, Tex
Oscar Auerbach
East Orange
N. J
American Medical Assn
John Cashman
U. S
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