U S Plans Up to Five Moon Space Probes From ARPA
The United States announced up to five unmanned lunar probes with ARPA directing programs across Army Navy and Air Force teams. An initial eight million dollars funds the project to launch earth satellites and lunar probes using modified Jupiter C and Thor Vanguard systems. Facilities at Huntsville Inyokern and Los Angeles coordinate probe design including a ground scanning TV device to image the moon’s far side.
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Department
Defense McElroy
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
McElroy
Roy W. Johnson
ARPA
Army
Ballistic Agency
Huntsville
Ala
ABMA
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
BMD
Los Angeles
Calif
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Inyokern
Defense Department
Moon
Ten-Year-Old Wins Battle Of Tonsils
Claude Keen, 10, fled an operating room at General Hospital to avoid tonsil surgery. He dodged nurses and a surgeon, ran barefoot in 40 degree air, and hid at his grandmother's house until police and parents located him. Doctors later said they might wait if he remains frightened.
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Cincinnati
Claude Keenan
General Hospital
Claude
Millard Catron
Day Of Disappointment In Life Of Porky Hamm
SAN FRANCISCO It was a day of great disappointment for Porky Hamm a rotund photographer who had photographed Truman as county judge in Missouri. He covered Jantzen 1958 swimwear, noting higher necklines and lower backlines than expected while praising the fabrics and designs including the Depth Charge and other styles as California’s early season pick despite his wish for more minimal swimwear.
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San Francisco
Porky Hamm
Hamm i
Harry Truman
Missouri
Mr. Hamm
South America
Mr.Hamm
California
Townsend Denies Marrying Princess Margaret
London reports say Peter Townsend told his lawyer there are no plans to wed Princess Margaret. The 43 year old WWII hero rejected speculation after a public meeting, stressing no change to the 1955 declaration by the Princess that duty comes first.
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London
Peter Townsend
Princess Margaret
Alan Phillpotts
Townsend
Margaret
Aiken Mother Reacts to Jo Woodward Oscar Win
Mrs. R. L. Carter of Aiken expresses astonishment and joy as her daughter Joanne Woodward wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for Eve in the film Three Faces of Eve. She praises Woodward's acting and recalls earlier hopes and moments with Paul Newman.
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Aiken, S.C
R. L. Carter
Aiken
Joanne Woodward
Eve
Joanne
Mrs. Carter
Paul Newman
CITY PIONEER Oscar Kearns Dies at 89 in High Point
Oscar E. Kearns 89 pioneer builder and business leader of High Point dies after fall complications. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Memorial Methodist Church with interment Oakwood. Survived by son Tom J. Kearns sister Mrs J Allen Austin brothers Gurney H Kearns Henry C Kearns. Born Dec 6 1868 Five Points, formed Beeson Hardware, Kearns Furniture, Hosiery plant with son Tom Kearns Jr. and grandson. active Monday. MORE ON PAGE SIX-A.
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Oscar E. Kearns
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
E. Washington Street
Memorial Methodist Church
C. C. Herbert Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Tom J. Kearns
O. E. Kearns and Son Knitting Company
R. R. Ragan
Beeson Hardware Company
Kearns
Kearns Furniture Company
Tom Kearns Jr
Inspection at High Point Memorial Hospital Expansion
Final inspection of the new High Point Memorial Hospital expansion involved officials from the North Carolina Medical Care Commission trustees architects and contractors. An open house is set Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6 for the public to tour the enlarged 240 bed facility including a dedicated Heart Center. Move of patients from the old building begins next week as extension work continues in the main section.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
C. C. Hartmann
I. Paul Ingle
J. S. Kendall
North Carolina Medical Care Commission
W. R. Peters
Gray Ladies and Hospital Guild
City Officials Question Out of Town Heroism Bonus
San Francisco controller Harry Ross questioned the Police Commission’s $50 heroism bonus to Sgt. William Keays for saving a girl on the Russian River outside city limits. Supervisors agreed the city should not pay a heroism award for actions out of town.
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San Francisco
Harry Ross
Treasury
Police Commission
William Keays
Ross
Russian River
Khrushchev Named Premier and Party Leader in Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev became premier of the Soviet Union replacing Nikolai Bulganin and also took the post of first secretary of the Communist Party. Khrushchev now heads both government and party, a power level rivaling Stalin. Bulganin resigned at a joint session of the Supreme Soviet, and Khrushchev expressed gratitude and resolve to serve with strength and health.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Bulganin
Supreme Soviet
Klementi Voroshilov
Voroshilov
President Cuts Crude Oil Import Allotments
President Eisenhower ordered cuts to voluntary crude oil imports and barred noncomplying firms from government contracts. The move tightens foreign oil intake from April 1 as a national security measure, reducing overall imports from 771 400 to 713 000 barrels daily beyond the Pacific Coast region.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cabinet Committee
Pacific Coast
Arizona
Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Explorer Ill satellite ventures unusual orbit from Cape Canaveral
Explorer Ill, the latest Army satellite, reached a rare orbit dipping to 100 miles above Earth and extending to about 2,100 miles. Maj. Gen. Medaris said it may last two weeks while NASA researchers eye new data on air densities and fringe atmospheric regions. Wernher von Braun cited a premature ignition of the second stage as a factor in the orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Explorer Ill
Ili
John B. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Aerobee
Wernher von Braun
Medaris
Explorer
Woodward and Guinness Take Moviedom's Top Oscars
Joanne Woodward and Alec Guinness win Hollywood's 30th Academy Awards for The Three Faces of Eve and The Bridge on the River Kwai. Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki earn supporting acting honors, with Lean winning Best Director and the song team B. Cahn and J Van Heusen claimed Best Song All the Way.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Joanne Woodward
Britain
Alec Guinness
Rive
Kwai
Red Buttons
Buttons
U.S
Miyoshi Umeki
Jean Simmons
Guinness
England
Miyoshi
Grand Canyon
Ee Lean
Bob My Cahn
Jimmy van Huesen
NBC
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U. S
Elton C. Fay
United States
White House
Defense
Janet Teague
Clarence House
Oscar Kearns
Nikita Khrushchev
Miss Woodward
Dior
Don Lopez
Deborah Kerr
Georgia
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