Airman Ready for Space Test in 3x5 Foot Capsule
Airman James Farrell, 23, will enter a space chamber at Randolph Air Force Base for a seven day test to study human adaptation to space life. The trial uses eight pounds of air, purified water, and no sound or leg movement, with measurements taken on blood pressure respiration and other bodily conditions.
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San Antonio
Tex
James Farrell
School of Aviation Medicine
Air Force School
Department of Space Medicine
Randolph Air Force Base
Farrell
James A. Farrell
Bronx
N. Y
Corinth
Air Force
Randolph Officers’ Club
New York Faces 644 Suspended Pupils Dilemma
New York officials wrestle with 644 public school suspensions aimed at curbing juvenile delinquency. Parents and groups demand a legislative inquiry while debates split between viewing suspensions as a cure and a failure to provide alternatives. State officials plan a rapid review to aid a constructive solution.
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New York
Board of Education
United Parents Assn
James E. Allen
Albany
William Jansen
New York City
Cancer Society grants lifetime research funding to Dr Paul Talalay
The American Cancer Society awarded a $587,344 grant to University of Chicago scientist Dr Paul Talalay to fund his cancer research and salary until retirement. It is the largest single grant the society has ever given for one researcher and amounts to a significant share of the 1957 nationwide research budget. Maj Gen Edmond Leavey explained the plan to support elite researchers at institutions.
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Chicago
American Cancer Society
University of Chicago
Paul Talalay
Talalay
Society
Edmond H. Leavey
Crusade
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Special Election Watch in Minnesota's 1st District Primary
In Minnesota's 1st District several candidates from both parties contend for a special congressional primary next Tuesday. The district faces a February 18 runoff to fill the seat vacated by the death of August Andresen. Dairy policy and Benson price supports dominate campaign lines with Albert Quie endorsing a Washington trip to oppose cuts while Eugene Foley urges rejection of Bensonism.
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Minneapolis
Flo
Minnesota
Congress
August Andresen
Benson
Albert Quie
Washington
Eugene Foley
Syria accuses Israel of fresh aggression at frontier
Syria files a protest with the United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission accusing Israeli troops of entering the southern frontier zone and firing on Arab villagers at Kafar Hareb. No Syrian casualties were reported. This is Syria’s third complaint since February 1.
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Damascus
Syria
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Demilitarized Frontier Zone
Kafar Hareb
Union Leaders Urge Tax Cut Amid Economic Tensions
The article frames union leaders pressing for a tax cut as Western capitals watch Eastern Europe for signs affecting Soviet policy. It notes East German purges and liberal factions, with U S and Soviet envoys preparing for possible summit talks, and Menshikov and Thompson engaging in credentials and disarmament discussions.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Russia
White House
Mikahil A. Menshikov
Eisenhower
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
Menshikov
Bulganin
Frier
Poison Bread Fatal to 29 in Cairo Case
Egyptian police arrested five people in a Cairo bread poisoning case where 29 people, mostly children, died after eating bread made with flour containing white phosphoric element. The bread came from a single Cairo bakery. arrests include two owners, two employees, and a flour merchant sourcing material outside government channels.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sadek el Mahdi
North Carolina Business Mixed As Slump Hits Textiles Tobacco
North Carolina shows uneven recovery with unemployment rising among unskilled workers. Eastern areas reliant on textiles and tobacco face sharper downturns, while construction and defense spending offer cautious optimism. Statewide tax receipts slip as delayed readings push concern to page two.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Country Club
Fulbright Seeks 10 Year Space Age Education Campaign
Sen. Fulbright of Arkansas urged a ten year national educational drive to advance America into the space age. He spoke in Washington on February 8 calling for a coordinated program to raise science and technical literacy and prepare citizens for future space endeavors.
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Washington
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
America
Klan Rally Plans Hit New Snag in Burlington
Burlington NC reports persistent delays for a Ku Klux Klan rally led by Grand Wizard James W. Cole amid weather and legal hurdles. Cole postponed the Jan 25 event to Feb 15 or later, while bond was posted in Lumberton on riot charges.
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Burlington
N.C
James W. Cole
North Carolina
Maxton Dan
Cole
Thurman Wagoner
AFL-CIO urges tax cuts and extra spending to spur economy
MIAMI BEACH, Feb 8 AFL CIO leaders urge cutting taxes and lifting the $600 personal income tax exemption by 100 to boost consumer buying power. They call an emergency Washington conference in March 1945, demand a $10 billion annual defense-spending boost, aid to distressed areas, school construction, and raising the minimum wage to $1.25. They promise vigorous collective bargaining to raise wages.
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Miami Beach
Fla
CIO
America
Afl-Cio
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Afl-Cio Executive Council
France Defends Tunisia Strike as Local Military Incident
Paris cites the February raid on Saket Sidi Youssef as a local defense action. French planes bombed and strafed the village on the Algerian frontier, killing about 100 and wounding 82, while Tunisian officials press for withdrawal of roughly 20,000 French troops.
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Paris
Jacques Chaban Delmas
Tunisia
Foreign Office
Saket Sidi Youssef
Algeria
France
Habib Bourguiba
NATO
Bizerte
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