Vanguard program ends shaping future U S space effort
The Vanguard program is officially closed marking a mixed legacy. Vanguard I II and III provided data and experience for NASA and the tracking network while the program exposed organizational flaws and a need for better management. The Martin Co engines remain core to future space vehicles as the nation builds toward moon missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Vanguard
U.S
Vanguard I
Vanguard II
Vanguard III
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Martin Co
Baltimore
Navy
NASA
Deane Mentioned as Possible Baptist State President
Former congressman C B Deane of Rockingham is regarded as the likely candidate for president of the Baptist State Convention to be held in Greensboro November 10 through 12. The 129th annual convention will elect new officers as Rev A Leroy Parker Jr concludes his second term.
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Greensboro
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Baptist State Convention
Deane
A. Leroy Parker Jr
The
North Carolina Baptists
Lions Gift Adds Dormitory at Boys Home of NC
North Carolina Lions Clubs announced a gift of a new dormitory for the Boys Home of North Carolina at Lake Waccamaw. The addition, valued around 50 000 dollars, will double housing from 16 to 32 and include house parents.
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Elizabeth City
N.C
North Carolina Lions Clubs
North Carolina
Lake Waccamaw
Norman Trueblood
Army Signal Corps Museum houses 20 000 relics in New Jersey
In Fort Monmouth New Jersey the Army Signal Corps Museum displays more than twenty thousand communications relics from wigwag flags to satellite models. The exhibit traces a century of signalling history begun as a post museum in 1942.
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FT. Monmouth
N. J
Army Signal Corps Museum
Inspirational Messages and Special Music Across Three Days
A three day event features inspirational messages and special music programs. Organizers collaborate with speakers and musical groups to motivate attendees and highlight community values.
Salvage Profits Shrink For African Queen Crew
In Norfolk Virginia a theater ceremony honored 13 Tidewater men who raised the African Queen from a sunken wreck. Rep Porter Hardy Jr praised the feat as the Queen edges toward a public auction on November 30 with a minimum $250 000 bid while salvage expenses top $100 000 and rise. The Queen was towed to Norfolk from near Ocean City Maryland.
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Porter Hardty Jr
D-Va
Tidewater
Prise
Ocean City
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Sadler
Tobacco Prices Fall Across Belts as Auction Season Ends
The tobacco market ends the week with the Old Belt steady to down slightly as volume and quality shift. Sales reach 25,245,795 pounds at 54.86 per hundred, Virginia sales 14,496,320 pounds at 55.35, North Carolina 10,759,475 at 54.20, with about 10 percent going to the Stabilization Corp. Middle Belt declines 1 to 4 per hundred and Eastern Belt shows declines up to 7 per hundred as final sales approach next week.
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Associated Press
Virginia
North Carolina
Stabilization Corp
Middle Belt
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Soviet Union
House Appropriations Committee
Baptist Post
Signal Museum
Phillip R. Dixon, C.P.A
Robert E. Hauser
C.P.A
Dixon and Hauser
Certified Public Accountants
High Point, North Carolina
Dorothy Gray
Harllee’s
Norfolk
Paul Kam
Henley Doughtie
Banks M. den Lean
Walter J. Hill
Belden N.ley Reed
A. E. Sadler
Ronald Mummies
Soerait
S. Main ST
Caraway Baptist Church
Flint Hill
Stanley Baromirski
J. W. Kanoy
Orion
Banton
Pank & Shop
Arilees
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