Careless Attitude, Bickering Lost Satellite Race For U.S.
United Press recounts the early space race with the United States as the hare and the Soviet Union as the tortoise. It notes missteps, politics, and interservice rivalry that slowed U.S. satellite efforts after World War II, while Russia leveraged German rocket expertise and centralized goals to push ahead.
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Robert Musel
United Press
London
Aesop
United States
Russia
James Forrestal
Welt
Barcelona
Spain
Soviet Union
America
West Germany
Peenemaende
Holger Toffey
Redstone Arsenal
Ory
Alabama
Army
Navy
L'Ib
Columbus
Cail
Space medicine chief says US equal to Russians
Dr. Hubertus Strughold, head of Randolph Air Force Base aviation medicine, stated the United States is not behind the Russians in space medicine. He cited a stationary cabin and long test runs simulating space conditions and said readiness for space flight could come quickly once satellite flight occurs.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Vanguard
United Press Bureau
Moscow
Sputnik
San Antonio
Department of Space Medicine
Randolph Air Force Base
Hubertus Strughold
School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph
Strughold
Sputnik II sighted over Washington by Navy scientists
Two Navy scientists Dr. Raymond H. Wilson and Howard M. Caulk reported sighting Russia's Sputnik II early Wednesday over the Washington area. They described the satellite as a first magnitude star and visible to the naked eye as it passed over the capital around 5 a.m. eastern standard time.
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Washington
Navy
Russia
Raymond H. Wilson
Howard M. Caulk
Capital
S A.m. E.s
Governor's Driver Nabs Wild Motorist
Patrol Lt. Weldon Wood, chauffeur for Governor Raymond Cary, chased two teen-agers in a big black car near the Oklahoma State Capitol. He activated the siren but the youths weaved through traffic. Wood forced the official car to nudge the other vehicle off the street and turned them over to state patrol.
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Oklahoma City
Weldon Wood
Raymond’ Cary
Capitol
Wood
Oklahoma’s official hostess to move to St Louis
Oklahoma’s official hostess Hallie Johnson is moving to St Louis after marrying Peter James Ward, a Frisco railroad official. Governor Gore Raymond Gary announced the change as part of the state’s semi centennial observance.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Homa
St Louis
Hallie Johnson
Oklahoma
Gore
Raymond Gary
Peter James
Ward
Covington man indicted for felonious assault with intent to rape
Covington Tennessee farmer Jesse H. Scott Sr., 44, was indicted on two counts of felonious assault with intent to rape. Sheriff Ben Billings said the charges stem from an alleged attempted assault on two sisters aged 8 and 10.
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Covington, Tenn
Jesse H. Scott Sr
Tipton County
Ben Billings
Scott
Code Intact Air Force Denies Sputnik Signal Breakthrough
The Air Force said no coded Sputnik signals were identified and no positive conclusions reached after comparing Russian telemetry with U S signals. At Holloman AFB New Mexico analysts monitored and analyzed Sputnik signals linked to a dog heartbeat, clarifying initial claims of a breakthrough.
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Washington
Air Force
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamargordo
N.M
Sputnik
Taylor declines Alabama hunting invitation from Folsom
Army Chief Gen Maxwell D Taylor says he cannot attend Gov Jim Folsom's November 1 hunting trip to Alabama due to a schedule change. The invitation followed the Birmingham Veterans Day Committee cancelling Taylor's November 1 speaking engagement amid reaction to the Little Rock integration dispute.
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Washington
Army
Maxwell’ D. Taylor
Alabama
James E. .Kissin' Jim
Folsom
Taylor
Birmingham Veterans Day Committee
Little Rock
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