Artificial Meteors Revealed After Rocket Event
The report describes detached segments reaching about 35 miles up and a 4 foot long shiny metal form called an artificial meteor or pellet. Photographs allegedly show meteors fired successfully, with confirmation from tracking-camera records that the objects escaped Earth’s gravity. Elvis the lion figure is oddly noted as part of the scene, with the event occurring around 10:13 pm on October 16.
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Elvis and Dietch Escort to Festival of Pets Draw Crowds
NY motorists glimpse Elvis and Bob Dietch of Fair Lawn on a trip to the Coliseum for the Festival of Pets. Details mix in with other brief items: Flynn and Maura Fitzgibbons cleared of a drunken charge after a Riviera incident. a bank robbery in Farmersburg yields a $10.32 coin return. Fritz Zwicky cautions artificial meteors orbiting the sun. and a note on glued trousers from Moscow.
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Physicist Sees Missile Trap in Air Force Meteor Experiments
Physicist Ralph E. Lapp says Air Force tests of artificial meteors indicate a crash program to build space based defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles. He describes a defensive cloud at high speed and pellet ejecting missiles that could form a protective umbrella. He notes the required lower speeds for a usable shield and that the speed is controllable.
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Housing Project Chief OKs Blind Tenant's Guide Dog
Bellflower, a blind man, wins permission to keep Pepper, his guide dog, in a new housing project after conflict with rules. Mrs Engstrom aided the decision, noting Pepper will be recorded as part of Bellflower's tenancy. The couple expressed relief and gratitude amid the scrutiny of public housing dog policies.
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Knight denies withdrawal from 1958 Senate race in Puerto Rico talk
Gov Goodwin J Knight said there is no possibility he will withdraw from the 1958 U S Senate race. He spoke at his first news conference since returning from Puerto Rico and said he will not resign from politics or join another position. Knight pledged to support the GOP ticket if Knowland is nominated but would not say he will actively back Knowland for governor. He and Knowland remain opposed on right-to-work legislation, with Knight opposing the union shop while Knowland supports it.
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Tidal readings and times for today and Sunday
The forecast lists high tides at 8.4 feet at 6 A.M. and 4 feet at 11:13 A.M. Low tide reaches -0.9 foot near FA.M. High tide Sunday is at 10:06 A.M. with other tides showing 2.2 feet at 3:57 A.M. and -0.6 foot at 26 p.m.
Solons Push Faster U.S. Missile Plan in Senate Probe
In Washington two Senate leaders urged a quicker U.S. missile program. Senator Johnson of Texas and Senator Bridges of New Hampshire argued current target dates are too modest. Johnson heads the Democratic policy committee and Bridges chairs the GOP policy panel. Johnson will lead a Senate preparedness subcommittee investigation opening Monday into American missile progress.
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Snow coating Texas closes roads and schools
Snow continued to fall across Texas with up to eight inches in the state's upper region. Rain and mist persisted in other areas as high winds whipped snow and sleet on ice coated highways. The snow line stretched from Texarkana in the northeast to the Big Bend-Davis Mountains in the west, blocking roads in the Panhandle and South Plains.
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