Second Soviet Propaganda Victory Won
London observers and British and French commentators hailed the second earth satellite launch as a major propaganda victory for the Soviet Union. Echoes of a possible moon rocket and H bomb threats shaped urgent calls for Western scientific cooperation and joint efforts to overtake Soviet progress.
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Soviet Union
United States
China
Pei- Ping
London
Daily Mail
Britain
America
the Mail
West
London Daily Herald
Labor Party
London Daily Express
Soviet announce largest passenger aircraft in operation
The Soviet government says it has put into operation the largest passenger plane in the world, with four prop jet engines and a 120 passenger capacity from Moscow to New York in 10 to 12 hours. Sputnik I and II details follow, including orbits, weights, and instruments, with notes on signals heard in Tokyo and a dog reportedly involved in the second satellite’s mission.
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Moscow
New York
Sputnik 1
Tokyo
A. A. Blagonravov
Soviet Union
Earth
Reds Fire On Quemoy Island Harassment Raid
Communist artillery shelled Little Quemoy off Amoy Island Sunday night. Nationalist Chinese defenses on the small island reported no casualties and said no return fire occurred.
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Taipei
Amoy Island
Little Quemoy
Défense Ministry
Court upholds injunction barring union president Hoite
The U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed lower court orders barring James R. Hoite from taking office as teamsters union president. The ruling prevents him from assuming the role amid charges that his election was rigged and election misconduct was involved.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
James R. Hoite
Teamsters Union
Parents Hunt City Boy 15
City police assist in a weekend search for James Frederick Swindler a 15 year old boy missing since last Wednesday morning from Lawton Oklahoma. Parents Mr and Mrs Orville Swindler report he was dropped at Fort Sill Blvd and Cache Road to attend Lawton Senior High School but did not appear. He is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing 13 pounds with brown hair brown eyes and wearing blue jeans a red shirt and a dark brown coat.
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Orvile M. Swindler
N. 25Th
James Frederick Swindler
Fort Sill Blvd
Cache Road
Lawton Senior High School
Hoffa Perjury Trial Delayed To Wednesday
The Hoffa perjury trial was postponed at least until Wednesday as defense motions to dismiss the indictment and suppress wiretap evidence are pending with Judge William B. Herlands. Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan noted no trial plan until those rulings.
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New York
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
William
Herlands
Bryan
Walter Advanced To Major General
Brigadier General Mercer C Walter, former Commanding General of Troops at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center Fort Sill, was advanced to two star rank as of November 1. He left Fort Sill last August for an assignment as military assistant to the Advisory Group to Yugoslavia. He reportedly departed the United States October 95 for overseas duties.
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Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Fort Sill
Walter
Yugoslavia
Norton Opens Two Day Taipeh Visit
Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Navy for air Garrison Norton arrived in Formosa for a two day official visit.
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Taipel
Garrison Norton
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Air
Formosa
Potatoes Stolen From City Trailer And Burglary Spree
Ralph Wertz of Wertz Fruit Co reports two 100 pound sacks of Colorado potato were stolen from a trailer truck parked in front of the Warehouse during the day. Police logged two burglary reports over the weekend including a break in at Pairlane Drive Inn where a glass door was broken but entry unclear. Douglass High School at Larrance and Gore Blvd was entered Saturday night through a window. lunch room items may be missing. This marks the sixth school break-in in two weeks.
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Ralph Wertz
Wertz Fruit Co
East Dield
Colorado
John Sadberry
Absent Students Reported At Sill School On Post Reservation
Principal Mrs. W J Becker says 124 students were absent from Post Children’s School today with illness cited, while five were sent home. Sixth grade instructor Mrs. Joe Curb also reports flu, and enrollment stands around 770 with about 160 absent last week due to flu.
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W.J. Becker
Indu
Ehza
Joe Curb
Post Children's School
Little Theater Ticket Report Slated At Tuesday Meeting
Lawton Little Theater captains and team members will report on ticket sales at a Tuesday meeting. The group will organize technical crews for the play Three Men On A Horse, slated for November 22 and 23, at the home of Perry Alston, 12034 Lake, in a session led by Mrs. Earl Deskins.
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Lawton
Perry Alston
Lake
Earl Deskins
Icy Blasts Strike U S
Wet cool weather spread across much of the nation with snow freezing rain and showers. A belt from Central Texas to the northern Plains brought snow and cold with 16 inches on the ground at Lander Wyoming. Flurries persisted in the central and northern Rockies as readings dipped into the 20s and 30s across western Nebraska eastern Wyoming and northeastern Colorado.
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Associated Press
Texas
Plains
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Lander
Wyo
Rockies
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
New England
Louisiana
Alabama
Knight May Reveal Senate Plan Soon
Sacramento report says Governor Goodwin J Knight will meet President Eisenhower and announce a bid for the U S Senate in next June's primary leaving William F Knowland as the lone Republican candidate and Edmund G Brown as the Democratic contender. No comment from Knight's office.
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Calif
Goodwin
J. Knight
Eisenhower
U.S. Senate
Sacramento Union
Knight
William F. Knowland
Edmund G. Brown
Army Orders Visited Jorders by the Army Department
The Army Department in Washington issues orders listing personnel moved or assigned. Maj Gen Edward H. McDaniel travels from Chambersburg to OCOFORD USA Washington DC, Brig Gen Frederick G. Walters moves from Chambersburg to OCOFORD USA Washington DC, and Lt Russell M. McGraw transfers to Ft Lawton Seattle. Other officers relocate to Damascus Syria, Frankfurt Germany, and Ft Sam Houston Texas, with several retirements and official reassignments noted for multiple individuals across locations in 1957.
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Chambersburg
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Ington
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Lawton
Seattle
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Skolse
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Bliss
Tex
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Sil
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Sam
Houston
Ase
Saudi Arabia
William W. Cover
Monterey
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Syria
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Warren
Milwaukee
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Arlington
Meights
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Staten Island
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Radbert C. Barks
Arlington Heights
Edward H. Miller
Wis
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A_ Morgan
Hurshat G. Powers
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Ellsworth
AEB
Thomas C. Sanders
Ellsworth Afb
Richard C. Taylor
Ft Magara
Kenneth E. Wolf
Ill
Daniel J
Treadan
Fr Sill
Roy A. Crews
Hales Corners
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Ala
Ramac Accounter to Manage Air Line Reservations
San Francisco based Ramac, an IBM developed electronic computer, is to be used at United Air Lines headquarters in Denver to catalog and recall five million facts. The unit will maintain flight check reservations and track available space on individual flights.
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Ramac
Denver
International Business Machines
San Jose
Calif
United Air Lines
Moonwatchers Meet at Fort Sill for Satellite Observation
Moonwatchers at Fort Sill prepare for a briefing on a new satellite. Malcolm Shaw and volunteer spotters planned to meet at 7 30 p m for a weekly session. The Cambridge Observatory is coordinating data and sending a larger telescope to assist visibility. Weather may hinder daylight passes despite the satellite being larger and farther away.
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Fort, Sill
Fort Sill
Smithsonian Astrophysical ,Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Malcolm ‘Shaw
Salt
Bridge
Shaw
Shawn
Cambridge Observatory
Civil Service Exams for Stenographers and Ty pists
Local U S Civil Service announces examinations for stenographers typists and dictating machine transcribers to be employed in federal agencies in the area. Salaries range from 2690 to 33415 with a minimum age of 17. Further details available from Robert Pierce at the Post Office building.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Robert
Pierce
Bears to be used by Air Force at Holloman base
Four black bears weighing 120 to 200 pounds each were shipped from Catskill game farm to the Air Force development center in Mexico then flown to Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico. Owner Roland Lindemann said he did not know the bears’ exact use or price, noting the farm sells animals to industry and government for research.
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Catskill
Air. Force
Mexico
Roland Lindemann
Lindemann
Albany
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Air Force
Wife Of Civil War Veteran Dies In Houston
Mrs. Ella Missouri Williams, 82, wife of the oldest surviving Civil War veteran, died Saturday in Houston. Her husband, a Confederate veteran, was noted in a remembrance from November 14.
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Tex
Ella Missouri Williams
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