Alaska Becomes 49th State With Eisenhower Proclamation
President Eisenhower signs Alaska admission and unveils the 49 star flag in a White House ceremony. The move followed an 85th Congress approval after a 42 year Alaska struggle. The state, twice the size of Texas, expands U S boundaries toward the Soviet Union and holds vast mineral and timber resources. Observers witness the ceremony as Eisenhower pledges cooperation across all states.
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Hood
United States
Russia
Alaska
Seward
Texas
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States of America
Congress
Urrutia Installed as Cuba’s Provisional Leader
Manuel Urrutia took the oath as Cuba’s provisional president in Santiago and named Fidel Castro head of the armed forces. Castro's forces surged into Havana as celebrations began, while food shortages and ongoing violence marked a tense transition from Batista rule.
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Cuba
Manuel Urrutia
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Castro
Latin America
Fulgencio Batista
Boy Dies After Heart Is Revived In Icy Lake Rescue
Gary Dahlenburg four died twenty hours after doctors revived his heart from apparent drowning with heart massage. Dr W M Dickerson said brain damage was prevented briefly but the child never regained consciousness. State trooper Glen R Hosier described the revival as miraculous and the family recalled the boys playing near their home.
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Monticello
Ind
Gary Dahlenburg
W. M. Dickerson
Glen R. Hosier
John C. Carney
Dickerson
Douglas P. Dahlenburg
Gary
Dave
Six Killed In Osaka Bus Train Collision
An Osaka bus was struck by a local electric train and dragged 500 yards after a railway crossing barrier reportedly failed to lower in time. The bus was then hit by an express train, killing six and injuring fourteen passengers.
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Osaka
Japan
Solo Stunt Ends Flight of Pilotless Plane
A Civil Air Patrol L-16 Aeronca flown remotely traveled over 100 miles at 16,000 feet before crashing near a farmhouse seven miles north of Chillicothe in Ross County. Jets from the Ohio Air National Guard tried to intercept but could not touch the aircraft as it glided and broke apart without fire.
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Chillicothe
Here
Aeronca
Rising Sun
Ind
Ohio Air National Guard
Kingston
Ross County
Rollins
Preston
Wright-Patterson Air Force
Nomads Join Cooperatives Under Communism in Mongolia
Tokyo AP reports Peiping radio that Se percent of Mongolia's nomadic herdsmen have switched from roaming to cooperative farming since 1955 under communist policy.
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Tokyo
Mongolia
Peiping Radio
Soviet Moon Rocket Sparks Western Debate on Space Power
London AP reports world astonishment and cautious optimism as the Soviet Union launches a moon rocket. British scientists praise Soviet reliability while Western commentators warn of military implications and envision international control ideas. East German coverage notes production quota celebrations.
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Soviet Union
Europe
Moscow
East Germany
Red China
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Russia
United Nations
Herman Oberth
U. S. Army Rocket Project
Huntsville
Ala
Oberth
U. S
ADN
East Berlin
Newborn Baby Kidnapped From New York Hospital
Garments found by two boys in a vacant Brooklyn store are linked to a newborn girl abducted from St. Peter's Hospital on a fourth floor nursery. FBI and police sweep bars and lodging houses as a blonde woman 30 to 35 in a black coat is sought.
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Brooklyn
Mary Kevin
St. Peter's Hospital
Frank D. Chionchio
FBI
Eee Tae Wow
Frances
Port of New York Authority
Tootsie Falls Victim to Dryer Mischief in Ephrata
In Ephrata Pennsylvania the Missley family wakes to a dog named Tootsie tangled in a clothes dryer cycle. The pet emerged unharmed after a night of laundry drying, as maid Mary Staufer heard noises, checked the machine, and found the animal inside.
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Ephrata, Pa
Tootsie
Henry Missley
Missley
Mary Staufer
New Flag Unfurled To Welcome Alaska And A 50th Star
President Eisenhower unveiled the new U S flag with 49 stars in seven rows at a White House ceremony proclaiming Alaska as the 49th state. The old 43 star flag will remain in use until July 4 next year. a 50th star will be added for each new state.
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U. S
Eisenhower
White House
Alaska
Gettysburg
Secretaries of State, Defense
Treasury
Fine Arts Commission
Army Quartermaster Corps
New Mexico
Arizona
Hagerty
Archaeologists Find 4000 to 5000 Year Skeleton Near Tehran
In Tehran area archaeologists report discovering a human skeleton about 50 miles from the capital. Radiocarbon tests place the remains in a 4000 to 5000 year old period, shedding light on early Iran civilizations.
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Tehran
Iran
Soviet Moon Rocket Aims To Become Sun Orbiting Satellite
Moscow announced that the 3,239-pound rocket passed its nearest point to the moon at 9 59 p m EST and would become the first artificial planet as it orbits the sun. Khrushchev hailed the milestone while US observers cautioned about uncertainties.
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D. C.martin
British International Geophysical Year Committee
H. S. W. Massey
Britain
IGY
Jodrell Bank
Moscow
Russia
Oscow
New York
Space Laboratory
Moscow Radio
Alexander Topchiev
Academy of Sciences
Earth
Topchiev
Nikita Khrushchev
Lunik
Yakovlevich Martynov
Khrushchev
Communist ‘Party
Minsk
Tass
United States
U. S. Air Force
H. 8. W. Massey
International Geophysical Year Committee On
London
Soviet rocket edges toward sun’s gravity to become a man made planet
The Soviet space effort aims to place a probe in solar orbit to study gravity. At launch the craft would escape Earth’s gravity and be drawn toward the sun, using planetary gravities to alter its path. The concept treats gravity as a key unknown, with the probe acting as a test of celestial mechanics and propulsion.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Sputniks
Explorer
Earth
Moon
Sun
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