U.S. Launches Pioneer V to Solar Orbit Between Earth and Venus
The United States launched the Pioneer V space probe from Cape Canaveral at 8 a.m. EST aboard a Thor-Able rocket. The 90-pound instrument sphere aims to orbit the sun at about 74.7 million miles at its closest approach, testing solar communication for future missions.
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Washington
United States
Earth
Venus
Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fila
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Space Messenger
SUN
Fla
Outer Space
Teacher Defends Whippings in Pittsburgh Class
AP reports Bohdan Pashkowsky, a Langley High School social sciences teacher, defended paddling about 30 eighth grade boys after a four to five day unit on the Middle Atlantic States. He said students chose detention or a single paddle stroke. no girls were paddled and one student was excused for very low IQ or weakness.
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Pittsburgh
Bohdan Pashkowsky
Langley High School
Pashkowsky
Middle Atlantic
Harry Book
Ukraine
America
U.S
Kings College
Wilkes Barre
Army and Air Force Publicize Post Exchange System
The Army and Air Force issue a joint 10 page public relations handbook signed by Gen. Lemnitzer and Gen. White. It outlines objectives to inform the public and avoid abuses of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service while advising personnel on what information can be released.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Army-Air Force
L. L. Lemnitzer
Thomas D. White
Congress
United States
Army and Air Force Exchange
18 Trapped Miners Hampered By Slate At Logan
Rescue efforts to reach 18 trapped coal workers through a side tunnel were blocked by slate. State mines director Crawford L. Wilson said the only route may be the main passageway where heat and fumes endanger crews. Pumps poured water as the four day battle continued with no word on the miners’ fate. One trapped man is safety inspector William Donaldson.
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Logan
W. Va
Crawford L. Wilson
State Mines
Wilson
William Donaldson
Moose Lodge Gets Unusual Sentence
Thomasville judge L Roy Hughes imposes a suspended sentence on the Thomasville Moose Lodge and manager Bill Rice after guilty verdicts for liquor and gambling law violations. A $15,000 fine and court costs are suspended for five years, with conditions and a $3,000 Good Citizenship Fund to be paid.
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Frank Warren
Enterprise
Thomasville
L. Roy Hughes
Thomasville Recorder's Court
Moose Lodge
Doerfer Quits As FCC Head
Washington AP John C Doerfer resigns as FCC chair amid controversy over accepting hospitality from a broadcasting executive The President named Frederick W Ford as his successor Ford a former Clarksburg attorney takes over next Tuesday Congress members praise the appointment noting Doerfer’s resignation serves the public interest Doerfer previously acknowledged flying to Florida on a plane owned by George W Storer and spending six nights aboard Storer’s yacht Storer owns a radio and television chain subject to FCC regulation Doerfer said his contacts with industry are needed but friendships should not harm integrity
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Washington
John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
Eisenhower
Doerfer
Frederick W. Ford
Ford
Clarksburg
W. Va
Congress
Florida
George W. Storer
Storer
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee
White House
Commission
Isolated North Carolina Families Reach 600 Amid Snow
A fresh snowstorm hampered rescue workers trying to reach 600 isolated families in Ashe Watauga Avery Alleghany and Wilkes counties. One man died in Boone as crews battled two to three feet of snow with five to six more inches forecast.
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West Jefferson
N.C
North Carolina
Boone
Winston-Salem
Ashe, Watauga
Avery
Alleghany
Wilkes Counties
Westward Storm Brings Snow and Freeze Across North Carolina
Snow swept into North Carolina for the third time this month as rescue crews struggled to deliver supplies in the northwest. Roads were hazardous, schools closed, and major routes required clearing. The Weather Bureau forecast a hard freeze tonight with a generally cold, fair Saturday and possible Sunday precipitation. Asheville reported four inches, Greensboro five, Charlotte three, Wilmington one, West Jefferson eight. Over three inches fell in northwestern South Carolina including Columbia, with Charleston also receiving snow.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Northwest
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Wilmington
West Jefferson
South Carolina
Columbia
Charleston
Midwest and South Hit Again by March Snowstorm
A third winter storm in nine days blanket ed the nation from the Mississippi Valley to the Carolinas. Bowling Green Kentucky saw 23.9 inches of snow with Guardsmen aiding emergency services while North Carolina towns faced 500 isolated families. Georgia and Illinois registered fresh accumulations as cold and thunder disrupted travel.
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Mississippi Valley
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Bowling Green
Illinois
Cairo
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Atlanta
Augusta
Arkansas
Oakland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Newark
Blind 17 year old fire heroine saves Overbrook students
Theresa Hayes a blind student at Overbrook School for the Blind stayed at a braille switchboard to summon help during a deadly fire. She helped guide nurses to evacuate 329 students while Fire Lt. William Adgie died and six other firefighters were injured.
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Philadelphia
Theresa Hayes
Overbrook School For the Blind
William Adgie
Theresa
Four Year Old Reading Prodigy Faces School Entrance
In California four year old Jimmy Engelhardt, praised for reading newspapers and a junior encyclopedia, may enter first grade next September. His father Edward Engelhardt says Jimmy reads nightly, prefers mud play, and enjoys TV Westerns, while officials weigh schooling now rather than later.
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Cupertino
Calif
Jimmy Engelhardt
Jim
Edward J. Engelhardt
San Jose
San Francisco
Jimmy
New Jersey
Alice Marie
Richard Combs
Alice
Ents
New Jersey Welfare Board
Glenn Atkinson
California
Engelhardt
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George Calvin Trivette
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W. R. Watkins
Watauga County
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Carson M. Keyes
Dog Creek
Ashe Memorial Hospital
National Guards
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