Atlas Missile Test At Cape Canaveral Ends In Explosion
A giant Atlas missile rose two miles over Cape Canaveral yesterday before exploding in a fireball at 2 38 pm. Air Force officials said no one was harmed and that valuable data was gained. Observers described it as unlike prior launches, with debris plunging into the Atlantic.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force
Defense Department
Convery Serene
General Electric
Air Force Missile Test Center
Atlas
Moscow
Prayer Memo Pad for a Closer Life
The author argues for keeping a note of meaningful thoughts and prayers to stay close to God. Jotting names of people to pray for and problems God can help solve keeps gratitude and spiritual focus alive, showing that nothing is too small to mention in prayer.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D. D
NEA
Onslow Seeks Disaster Area Designation
Onslow County plans to request a U S Department of Agriculture designation as a disaster area due to tobacco damage from recent rains. Cotton boll weevils alarm growers in both Carolinas as wet weather reduces spraying. Farm Agent D A Halsey reports about 3600 acres of tobacco in Onslow damaged and roughly one third of the crop lost.
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Raleigh
Onslow County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
North Carolina
D. A. Halsey
Roy R. Bennett
North Carolina State College Extension Service
Assembly Ends 1957 Session
North Carolina's General Assembly adjourned sine die at 11:29 a.m. after a shut clock time of 11 o'clock. Lawmakers cleared desks and departed as enrolment staff wrestled with about 120 bills dumped on them Saturday and Monday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Senate
House
Eure
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey Dies in New York Hospital
New York bandleader Jimmy Dorsey died at Doctors Hospital aged 53 after a month of hospitalization for cancer and a lung growth. He was the brother of Tommy Dorsey and had joined forces with him in 1953 after years apart. He had left the band two months earlier for treatment.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Dorney
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy
Aoe
Jimmy
Britain Backs Conditional Open Skies Aerial Inspection
Britain indicated conditional support for aerial inspection as part of a potential first arms control accord with the Soviet Union and the West. A Foreign Office spokesman noted consent from continental nations is required, as U S Secretary of State Dulles urged in Washington. The plan centers on an Arctic open skies zone involving the United States Russia Canada and Denmark, with Britain reinforcing the American position.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
U.S
Dulles
Washington
United States
Arctic
Russia
Canada
Denmark
Greenland
Soil Bank Extended By Senate Amid Large Farm Aid Vote
The Senate passed a $3.67 billion farm bill extending the soil bank program and boosting payments to farmers. A 78 to 0 vote followed by extra-hour sessions to prepare two more appropriation bills for the fiscal year starting July 1, totaling about $8.3 billion for federal agencies and the Labor and Health Education and Welfare departments.
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Washington
Senate
Soil Bank
House
Lyndon B Johnson
D-Tex
Labor and Health
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Paratrooper Dies After Hours Dangling From Plane
An Iowa paratrooper, Pfc. Wayne Flugum, 23, suffocated while dangling from a C123 transport at Fort Bragg N C during a routine airborne exercise. Three crew members fought to free him for over three hours as his parachute entangled in the static line.
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Bragg
N.C
Iowa
Wayne H. Flugum
Leland
Flugum
Gordon Havlinek
Two Rivers
Wis
Salvidor Zumudio
San Antonio
Tex
C. George Nash
Koala
Kan
Thomas Ansberry
Urbana
Ohio
Havlinek
Fort Breas
Mayflower II Reaches Provincetown Harbor After Long Voyage
Mayflower II, replica of the Pilgrim vessel, comes into Provincetown harbor guided by Alan Villiers after a 53 day voyage from Plymouth England. Spectators watch as the ship battles 40 knot southerly winds and rough seas before tying off and preparing to sail to Plymouth.
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Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Villiers
Coast Guard
Cape Cod Bay
Woman Fatally Bleeds After Self-Inflicted Cut
In Moultrie Georgia Bertha Lee Cooper died after stabbing her leg while cutting a chicken. Authorities reported she bled to death from the self-inflicted wound.
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Moultrie
Bertha -Lee Cooper
Ike Hosts Republican Breakfast to Boost School Aid Drive
President Eisenhower greeted 40 House Republicans at a breakfast in Washington as he seeks support for his legislative program including a multimillion-dollar school construction measure. Brown of Ohio said Ike discussed administration plans with attendees.
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Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Washington
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Einhower
Mutual Devotion: Eisenhower’s Valet John Moaney at White House
The article portrays Sgt. John Moaney, Ike’s longtime valet, as a devoted close ally. Moaney handles duties from greeting the general each morning to assisting with meals and golf balls, and he stood by Ike during his illnesses and convalescence. A visit from Moaney’s Maryland church group marks a noteworthy public moment.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Meoney
Meaney
Meaney Steiansie
Eisenhower
Coppers‘ville
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Sgt
John
Moaney
Chesapeake Bay
Easton
Delores
White House
Mooney
Fisen
Stassen Urged to Curb Private Talks in East West Talks
Secretary of State Dulles reportedly told disarmament chief Harold Stassen to slow his private discussions with the Soviet envoy Valerian Zorin amid European complaints. Officials say Stassen may have moved ahead of his instructions, prompting nerves in Britain and France over possible behind the scenes negotiations in the London disarmament talks.
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Washington
Dulles
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
London
Europe
State Department
Zorin
Sheriff Reenacts Shooting in Asheville Court
McDowell County Sheriff Ashley Robinson testified in Buncombe Superior Court describing how he shot Cohen Sprinkle in self defense on January 28 in East Marion. He demonstrated the act with an empty pistol, saying Sprinkle had threatened his life and reached toward his pocket.
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Asheville
N.C
McDowell County
Ashley Robinson
Buncombe Superior Court
Cohen Sprinkle
Robinson
S Gree
Sprinkle
East Marion
Alaska
Hugh B. Campbell
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