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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1957

Page

3

Solon Urges Super Group for Moon Rocket Work

Senator Mansfield leads a push to strip separate armed services of missile and satellite duties and create one super organization to coordinate space effort. He cites overlapping projects and wasted hundreds of millions, while officials note U S lead remains overall, with Russia achieving the first satellite. Senate probes prepare a basis for broader action.

Solon Washington Sen Mansfield D-Mont Congress Armed Services Noe Montanan Senate Army Navy Air Force Russia Defense Wilson United States

Boeing Cuts Personnel by Five Per Cent

Boeing Airplane Co announces a five per cent reduction in overhead personnel in Seattle effective Oct. 31, about 1,250 jobs affected, with Wichita also applying a five per cent cut. All company areas asked to share in the reduction as studies on canceled Air Force payments continue.

Seattle Upi Boeing Airplane Co Boeing Wichita, Kan Air Force

Khrushchev Declares Bombers Obsolete Says ICBM Dominates

Khrushchev told British MPs Cyril Osborne and Henry Kerby that manned bombers are outdated and that intercontinental ballistic missiles render them obsolete. He warned against treating the United States as if it faces a peasant country and noted the ICBM is one of many Soviet advances.

Moscow Khrushchev Russia Communist Party United States Cyril Osborne Henry Kerby

Asian Flu Closes Bonn Schools and Arrests Linked to Bomb

Police in Amman report arrests in connection with a bomb explosion outside the U.S. consul's residence in Bonn. Authorities closed all Bonn public schools after an Asian flu outbreak forced the move, affecting thousands of students and teachers.

Jordan Amman Bonn Germany CRI U.S

Missile Talks With Russia Backed by Dulles and Stassen

After a 75 minute meeting with the President Dulles and Stassen outlined U S aims for a multilateral disarmament approach through the U N. The Aug 29 package by the Western four proposes a study group to draft a formula for peaceful space uses while Russia rejects the plan. Dulles signaled openness to separate talks at the U N on a Studg group if Moscow agrees. The State Department said Western unity would be required for any action.

Eiserhower Dulles U. S United Nations Stassen U. N. General Assembly U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee United States Britain France Canada Russia Dules U.N Studg

Moon Satellite May Lose Altitude. Scientists Watch

A Moscow radio report said signals may stop as the baby moon satellites batteries exhaust. Observations will continue with optical instruments and ground stations. Scientists in Cambridge and Harvard aim for the first official visual sighting in the continental United States, while others speculate on the satellite’s fate and possible denser air impact.

Moscow London A. A. Blagonravov Washington RCA Communications New York Navy Communist Party Pravda Moscow Radio Mae Cambridge Mass Sci-' Ence United States Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Harvard College Observatory Harvard Sputnik Hans Karl Paetzold

Youth Shooting Hits Plane Near Medford Airport

A 17 year old Medford boy admitted firing at bluejays as a West Coast Airlines plane prepared to land at Medford Municipal Airport. A passenger, David L. White, 40, Kirby, Ore., was struck in the foot by the bullet.

Medford Ore West Coast Airlines Medford Municipal David L. White Kirby

Aftershocks Prompt Directory Supplement in Mexico City

The July 28 quake aftermath lingers as Anglo American directory publishers issue a supplement for the 1957-58 edition. It lists new addresses and phone numbers for displaced North American and British residents and firms.

Mexico City

News Conference Planned by President Eisenhower Today

President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 11 am today in Washington. The event aims to answer questions on national policy and current events, with White House officials confirming attendance and media access.

Washington (P Eiserhhower

Fifty Feared Drowned After Assam Boat Capsize

In Calcutta reports say a tiger boat carrying about 100 persons capsized on the Jaibharali Tejpur River in Assam. Dispatches Tuesday said about 50 people were feared drowned.

Calcutta India UPA Jaibharali Tejpur Assam

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