Air Force Aims Mile A Second Plane And Nuclear Rockets
Secretary James H. Douglas told the Senate Preparedness subcommittee that the Air Force plans a mile a second aircraft as a step toward a manned satellite and is accelerating missiles in response to Soviet satellites. He outlined the X 15 with altitude over 100 miles and speed near 3600 mph, and said production tooling for Thor and Titan missiles is underway with Atlas in reserve.
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Washington
James H
Air Force
Douglas
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Subcommittee
America
Atomic Energy Commission
Ile
Titan
Atlas
Edwin L. Weiss
United
Nehru Commends NATO Speech and Calls for Peaceful Cold War Approach
New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru praised a portion of President Eisenhower's NATO speech as "pregnant, very right words" and urged extending the same approach to the cold war. He spoke in Parliament urging NATO deliberations to foster peace and end old rivalries.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Eisenhower
NATO
Ist Flight Ceremonies Scheduled
The Wright brothers 1903 flight is honored at Kill Devil Hills North Carolina with ceremonies and a moon bearing a dog figure passing overhead. Officials include Conrad Wirth Peter J Schenk Gen O P Weyland and Christopher Crittenden with awards like the General Electric Air Trophy to Capt. Robert E Sheridan amid 50th Air Force anniversary ties.
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Kill Devil Hills
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
Wright Brothers National Monument
Te Air Force Assn
U.S. Air Force
Wirth
Peter J. Schenk
Air Force Assn
Gen. O. P. Weyland
Tactical Air Comp
Langley Air Force Base
Christopher Crittenden
North Carolina State Department of Archives and History
Schenk
Robert E. Sheriden
Subway Motormen End Eight Day Strike in New York
Subway service returned to normal as the Motormen's Benevolent Association called off the walkout after state leaders promised fair treatment. The strike cost the Transit Authority over two million dollars in lost fares as 1,500 MB A members went back to work amid looming legislative action over bargaining rights and union representation.
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Theodore Loos
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
New York City
Augustine J. Johnson
New York
Transit Authority
Independent Motormen’s Benevolent Assn
Robert F. Wagner
iGov
Averell Harriman
MacNeail Mitchell
Manhattan Republican
MBA
Transport Workers Union
Subway
Mitchell
State Labor Relations Board
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Quill
Atlas Intercontinental Missile Lift Off From Cape Canaveral
U S Air Force launches an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral at 12 39 p m The takeoff appeared initially successful as the missile rose slowly then accelerated Its flight produced a loud roar heard along the coast while ground haze obscured later views The missile vanished into overcast after a brief visible arc with engines firing for over four minutes
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Russia
Wright Brothers
Orville
Wilbur
Dayton
Ohio
Orville Wright
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S. Air Force
Eee
Soviet Says Much Learned From Sputnik
Moscow radio quoted Prof. Yuri Pobendonostsev saying science learned more about cosmic space from Sputniks than in all prior history. He claimed moon flights could occur next decade and Earth satellites will help answer whether life is possible on other planets.
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London
Moscow Radio
Yuri Pobedonostsev
Yunost
Earth
Army to test missiles between bases at Fort Sill
Maj. Gen. Thomas DeShazo says Redstone tests will be limited to safe corridors with automatic destruction if off course. No nuclear or high explosive charges. testing to be in nonmilitary areas when safety and accuracy are proven. Army eyes land north of Fort Sill as impact area for launches from Fort Bliss.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Army
Thomas DeShazo
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Here
Air Force
Alamogordo
Wendover
Utah
Altus
John C. Hayden
Eisenhower Delays Start But Attends NATO Session
President Eisenhower arrived 42 minutes after NATO chiefs began the session in Paris after canceling a formal dinner. James Hagerty said he would join later if substantive matters arose as discussions focused on drafting ideas and proposals.
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Paris
Fisenhower
NATO Chiefs of Government
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhower
Dulles
Macmillan
NATO Sounded Out On Talks With Reds
At the Paris NATO summit the United States seeks European appetite for rapid talks with Russia and a compromise on nuclear missile bases in Europe. Dulles and foreign ministers weigh Bulganin’s peace proposals and a potential alliance plan to advance missiles while exploring new East-West settlements. The council may task Gen Norstad to survey allied positions ahead of a ministerial meeting next spring.
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Paris
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
U.S
Bulgaria
Europe
Dulles
Bulganin
Middle East
NATO
Africa
Lauris Norstad
Dissension in NATO spotlighted by Soviet press
Soviet propaganda portrayed the Western alliance as divided over policy. Pravda criticized Eisenhower for balancing public opinion with military plans that could turn Europe into an atomic graveyard. Moscow radio lamented NATO's opening speech as failing to offer a new peace pathway.
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Pravda
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Luke's Legacy of Luke The Nativity Series Begins
The six part series The Legacy of Luke opens tomorrow tracing how Luke sought the Nativity details some 60 years after the event. George Cornell notes Luke's role as a gospel writer and aids to Paul shaping most Christmas passages.
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Luke
Paul
George Cornell
Associated Press
Jesus
Rembrandt
Titian
Rubens
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mercont Morgan Library
Cornell
Stevenson Would Guard Freedom
The United States says Adlai Stevenson must guard freedom more than ever while catching up with Soviet technological gains. He argues there is no choice between freedom and survival and that national policies should ensure survival without sacrificing liberty.
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Chicago
United States
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Carnations Chosen For Coty Eisenhower Dinner
Paris selects carnations as the sole floral decor for President Coty’s stag dinner honoring President Eisenhower. The carnation theme covers red white and pink blooms at the Elysee Palace. Mrs Eisenhower will sit in Elizabeth III’s armchair amid formal protocol. The main dish will be pheasant.
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Paris
France
Rene Coty
Eisenhower
Elysee Palace
Coty
Elizabeth III
NATO
America
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