Space flight jokes fade as astronautics gains seriousness
Copenhagen August 6. Frederick Durant III of Arthur D. Little says the spaceflight jokes have ended and public regard for astronautics has shifted from science fiction to serious plans. MIT catalog lists orbital vehicles as a new course and universities expand research. Sedov of Moscow agrees on rapid progress in astronautics research.
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Frederick Durant III
Cambridge, Mass
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Durant
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eisenhower
I T
Federation
MIT
California Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Forrestal Research Center
Purdue University
Army
Navy
Air Force
Washington
Russia
Leonid Ivanovich Sedov
University of Moscow
Area Men In Service Knight in Fort Knox unit reassigned
Private Dale C. Knight, 22, husband of Yvonne Knight of Grand Prairie Texas, is in basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky with the Spearhead division now a combat ready unit. Knight, son of Mr and Mrs John Knight of Route 4 Walters, is assigned to Headquarters Battery of the 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
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Dale C. Knight
Yvonne
S.E. Second
Grand Prairie
Tex
Fort Knox
3D Armored Division
Armored Center
Knight
John Knight
Route 4
Walters
54Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Broken Arrow Police Ordered to Resign by Aug 15
Broken Arrow Oklahoma city officials asked Police Chief John Blythe and assistants Cleve Sturgeon and C L Trammel to resign by August 15 after a 60 day survey of local law enforcement by City Manager Morgan Hays.
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Broken Arrow
Okla
Tulsa County
Morgan Hays
Hays
John Blythe
Cleve Sturgeon
C. L. Trammel
Brownell Okays RCA Sears Roebuck Merger
The Department of Justice approves a 130 million merger involving RCA Sears Roebuck and two appliance makers Whirlpool and Seegar. Whirlpool and Seegar pool assets, RCA and Sears acquire part, Sears and RCA hold under 50 percent control. no major impact on competitors expected. Officials say staff will come mainly from merging firms and Sears and RCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Radio Corporation of America
Sears-Roebuck and Co
Stanley N. Barnes
Department
RCA
Whirlpool Corporation of America
Seegar Company
Sears
Whirlpool
Seegar
United Press
Justice Department
Barnes
DuPont
General Motors
Assur
Ances
Two County Men Join State Naval Company in Oklahoma
Oklahoma's naval unit gains two local members Robert Ellis Blois aged 17 of 1803 Dearborn and Samuel Lewis Greb 18 of Chattanooga. The all Oklahoma company has 29 enlisted so far, with recruitment ending August 12. The oath of allegiance will be sworn on the steps of Oklahoma City City Hall.
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Oklahoma
Robert Ellis Blois
Dearborn
Samuel Lewis Greb
Chattanooga
all-Oklahoma
City Hall
Oklahoma City
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