Odd Orbit For Newest U S Satellite
Cape Canaveral reports Explorer III, the newest U S satellite, following an unusual orbit dipping to about 110 miles and reaching 1 700 miles, with a likely short life of two weeks due to atmospheric drag and gravity. Maj Gen John B Medaris and Wernher von Braun cite scientific value and early rocket history includes Vanguard and prior Sputniks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
John B. Medaris
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Wernher von Braun
Medaris
Explorer
Navy
Vanguard
Russia
Pleasant but cool weather across Kenosha area
Weather map shows 33 degree overnight low in Kenosha the state’s top reading. Milwau kee registered 30 while noon readings reached 40 downtown 41 at American Motors and the Sewage Treatment plant. La Crosse posted 51 temper for Wednesday. Forecast calls for fair skies with little temp change tonight and Friday with lows 25 to 32 and highs 40 to 45. Sunrise 5 43 sunset 6 11.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Mercury
American Motors
LaCrosse
Coast Guard rammed freighter. rebels seized off Texas
A Coast Guard cutter rammed a Nicaraguan freighter loaded with guns off the Texas gulf coast and a U S boarding party seized 36 Cuban rebels. Congress voted Easter recess from April 3 to April 14. UAW President Reuther charged Kohler Co refused to recognize labor law and aimed to undermine the union by bargaining motions.
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Brownsville
Tex
Coast Guard
Texas Gulf Coast
U.S
Washington —K
Congress
Washington
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Kohler Co
Reuther
Kohler
West German defense panel approves Matador missile purchase
Bonn defense committee approves buying 24 U S Matador guided missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead within 600 miles. The decision does not require full Bundestag approval.
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Bonn
Germany
Bundestag
Lake Geneva Fishermen Rescued From Ice Breakup
About 100 ice fishermen were directed to safety on Lake Geneva near the south shore after drifting floes broke up. Three men crossed eight feet of water to shore and alerted others as fire units and Walworth County crews devised an ice bridge lit by floodlights and loudspeakers. Local witnesses watched the rescue as authorities noted unusually thick ice from a harsh winter.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Walworth County
Wisconsin Lake
Lake
Girl's Leg Freed From Drain Pipe
Patricia Ann Palmer aged two was rescued after her right leg became lodged in an unused four inch drainage pipe. Madison firefighters worked nearly two hours using airhammers to cut a hole in the cement foundation and lift the pipe free. The child remained calm, eating an apple and talking with her father Michael during the ordeal.
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Madison
Patricia Ann Palmer
Michael
Khrushchev Becomes Premier and Party Leader in Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet ousted Nikolai Bulganin as premier and elected Nikita Khrushchev to replace him in a dual role, making him the Soviet Union's most powerful figure since Stalin. Bulganin submitted his resignation. Khrushchev was acclaimed by 1,378 deputies and tasked to form a new government.
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Spi
Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Bulganin
P. A. Lobanov
Soviet of the Union
Stalin
Communist Party Presidium
Soviet of the Nationalities
Lobanov
Kliment Y. Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Frol Romanovich Kohlov
Alexei Illarionovich Kirichenko
Kozlov
Kirichenko
Townsend and Princess Margaret Still Not Set to Marry
Margaret Townsend visit headlines indicate no intention to wed the 43 year old WWII hero. Townsend, via lawyer Alan Phillpotts, denied grounds for a possible reunion, while Margaret persists in duty over romance despite renewed meetings at Clarence House and Delft reports of old‑friend status.
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London
Peter Townsend
Princess Margaret
Alan Phillpotts
Townsend
Margaret
Clarence House
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Delft
The
Daily Mail
Board approves major expansion of midwest Florida air service
The Civil Aeronautics Board on Wednesday voted to expand airline service between midwestern cities and Florida, signaling a broad upgrade in routes and capacity. This move aims to improve connectivity and boost travel options across the region.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Florida
Plan Rockets To Vicinity Of Moon
The United States will attempt up to five unmanned lunar probes using ARPA funds starting with about eight million dollars. ABMA and BMD teams at Huntsville and Los Angeles will launch earth satellites and lunar probes using modified Jupiter-C rockets. A naval facility at Inyokern will build a ground scanning system for crude lunar imaging. No timetable or dates were announced.
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Washington
United States
White House
Defense Department
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
ABMA
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Los Angeles
Calif
BMD
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Inyokern
Moon
Alec Guinness and Joanne Woodward Lead Top Oscars Night
Alec Guinness and Joanne Woodward won the leading Oscars at Hollywood's 30th Academy Awards for The Bridge on the River Kwai and The Three Faces of Eve. Red Buttons captured supporting actor for Sayonara, Miyoshi Umeki the supporting actress honor, and David Lean along with Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen received top honors as presenters and composers.
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Alec Guinness
Joanne Woodward
Hollywood
Britain
Red Buttons
Buttons
U. S
Miyoshi Umeki
Miss Woodward
Dior
Don Lopez
Guinness
Jean Simmons
England
Miyoshi
David Lean
Kwai
Sammy Cahn
Jimmy van Heusen
Blast Kills 3 Firemen In Chicago
Three firemen died and seven were injured when a gasoline vapor explosion buried responders under debris at the South Shore Lincoln Mercury showroom. The five alarm blaze damaged about 50 cars, with damages estimated at 200000 dollars. Victims tentatively named Babich Krotty and Sheehan.
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Chicago
T. Babich
Morris Krotty
Phillip Sheehan
Robert Quinn
Jackson Park Hospital
South Shore
Lincoln-Mercury
Adlai's Manager Finnegan Dies at 51 in Philadelphia
James A. Finnegan, 51, longtime Philadelphia political figure and campaign manager for Adlai Stevenson in 1956, died of bronchial pneumonia. He was hospitalized at Misericordia after a sudden deterioration following a brief illness. Finnegan had served as Philadelphia Democratic chairman and former City Council president and had been named secretary of the commonwealth by Gov. George M. Leader before taking leave to run Stevenson’s pre convention campaign.
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Philadelphia
James A. Finnegan
Adlai Stevenson
Finnegan
Misericordia Hospital
Commonwealth
George M. Leader
Stevenson
West Berlin arrests students over leaflets on arms issue
Police in Berlin West arrest 30 East Berlin University students sent across the border to distribute leaflets attacking West Germany's nuclear arms program. An additional 328 East Berlin students and workers were detained for similar activity, then released with warnings. West German lowers house approves arming forces with nuclear weapons.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
West Germany
Goldwater and Reuther Clash in Kohler Strike Proceedings
Walter Reuther head of the United Auto Workers testified as a possible final witness for the Senate Rackets Committee in a probe of violence during the Kohler Co. strike. Barry Goldwater pressed questions as Kohler challenged union representation amid a long running dispute with the UAW and allegations of mob violence and illegal boycotts.
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Goldwater
Reuther
Washington
Walter Reuther
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
United Auto Workers
Senate
UAW
Kohler Co
Long
Long Range
Auto Workers Union
Mundt
R-Sd
Curtis
R-Neb
Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler
Wisconsin Rapids Reports Derailment Stoppage at Adams Depot
A freight train derailed early today near Adams Depot in Adams County. Four cars left the track spilling molasses from a broken tank car causing a sticky derailment aftermath 30 miles south of Wisconsin Rapids.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Chicago & North Western Railway
Adams Depot
Here
Adams County
Crippled Bomber Makes Landing in Mindanao
A U S Navy twin engine bomber made a forced landing at Susa Airport in Davao Province Mindanao due to engine trouble. The crew escaped unhurt though the plane was damaged with holes in the body and the radio destroyed. Commander Mendenhall led the crew who were in complete battle gear.
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Manila
Susa
Davao Province
Mindanao
Philippines
Philippine News Service
PNS
Cmdr. Mendenhall
Boy 10 Wins Battle To Keep His Tonsils
Cincinnati youngster Claude Keenan ten years old resisted tonsil surgery amid a hospital chase. He fled cold outdoors barefoot, was pursued by a doctor and teen helper, hid in a grandmother’s room, then surrendered to return home. Doctors will wait if he feels very sick.
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Boy
Cincinnati
Claude Keenan
Claude
Millard Catron
Traffic Mishaps Take Two Youths
Two youths from Sussex, Ronnie Schley aged 18 and Carl Racich aged 17, died in a crash on Hy 83 near Chenequa in Waukesha County. A second victim, Walter Purvis, 83, of Par deeville, died after his car left Hy 22 and hit a tree in Columbia County.
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Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Ronnie Schley
Carl Racich
Sussex
Chenequa
Walter Purvis
Rt. 2
Pardeeville
Columbia County
Appleton Names Hendricks Police Chief
Appleton Wisconsin Fire and Police Commission named acting Police Chief Walter J Hendricks as permanent police chief. Hendricks succeeds the previous chief, with the selection formalized today by the board in Appleton.
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Appleton Board
Hendricks
Appleton
Wis
The
Fire and Police Commission
Walter J. Hendricks
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