Space dog Laika proves valuable for human spaceflight studies
Pravda reports Laika endured well aboard Sputnik II and that data from the mission informs future interplanetary flights. The article notes a protective cone on the satellite and describes the pressurized cabin with air conditioning, life-support instruments, and systems to monitor heartbeat, respiration, and blood pressure.
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Laika
Communist Party
Pravda
Earth
Izvestia
Russia
Wez
Moscow
Datu Tt
Sputnik
Sputnik Tt
Air Force Okays Kidney Operation for Pilot at Cost of Wings
Lt. Sam Merriman of Oklahoma City, in flight training at Hondo Texas, may donate a kidney to his ailing twin Billy but must give up piloting. The Air Force will keep him in service but he will not be qualified to fly. The operation is scheduled for next month and follows appeals to officials after initial orders to resign.
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Washington
Air Force
Oklahoma City
Sam Merriman
Hondo
Air Force Base
Tex
Billy
Merriman
Oklahoma City Dispatch
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Billy Merriman
Navy
Confidential magazines end expose era with format shift
Confidential and Whisper magazines drop celebrity expose stories starting with the March 1958 and April 1953 issues. The magazines say the change does not violate laws and will please readers. Superior Court Judge H Burton Noble dismisses a conspiracy to commit criminal libel charge against 11 individuals and corporations connected to Confidential and Whisper. prosecution does not object.
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Los Angeles
A~confidential
Whisper Magazines
Confidential
Whisper
Sds
Magaznes
Superior Court
Burton Noble
Ezid
Appreciation Days On Tap This Week
A preview of Thanksgiving and Christmas gifts will be displayed Thursday and Friday, the last in a series of three Appreciation Days sponsored by local merchants. Lawton firms stay open until 9 p.m. Thursday for sale as shoppers browse. Jack Raulston chairs the Chamber of Commerce retail committee and notes ads in the Constitution & Morning Press show a variety of merchandise and bargains for the final 1957 Appreciation Days.
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Lawton
Jack Raulston
Chamber of Commerce
Constitution & Morning
United Fund hits goal as donations top 79 thousand
Canton Fort Sill United Fund surpassed its 1954 campaign goal with 79 504 in sight after a 77 463 08 show plus 2 440 expected from Post Community Activities drive. The drive extended two weeks to collect last minute gifts and support Boy Scouts Girl Scouts YMCA City Mission Camp Fire Wichita Mountains Easter Service association and USD.
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Canton-Fort Sill
United Fund
Geronimo
Lawtonian
Jack Carter
Drive
Board of Directors
Carter
United
Jerry “Mustain
Roy Guzzle
Luther. Ebanks
J. F. Brittingham
Karry Fuqua
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YMCA
Mission
Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association
Lawton
Negro Mission
USD
Hunt Resumes For Airliner Vanishing Over Pacific
Honolulu reports search for Pan American plane missing Friday with 44 aboard resumes at daybreak. Coast Guard says no clues found yesterday as Pan American and 29 radar planes plus 12 helicopters scour a 200 mile wide corridor along the airliner’s route with four escort destroyers deployed.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Phil
Bank Theft Suspect Held After Commerce Robbery
Alfred Glert Smith a 19 year old from Tulsa faces a federal bank robbery charge for the First State Bank of Commerce holdup. He admitted involvement and implicated another man named Frank. Smith was held on 25000 bond after an arraignment before U S Commissioner Charles Burns.
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Miami
Alfred Glert Smith
First State Bank of Commerce
Here
Smith
U. S
Charles Burns
Ottawa County
Ben Stanley
Tulsa
Frank
Tulsa County
Glenn Brown
Stamey
Bank
Don Gilstrap
Commerce High School
William Bennett
Stanley
Rains Boost Lake Lawtonka Toward Wettest Year
Continued rainfall raises Lake Lawtonka levels with an extra tenth of a foot since Tuesday and forecasts suggest the year could be the wettest since 1941. Reports cite 11 inches of moisture since yesterday with more since this morning and local creeks running heavily. Wayne Rowe ranch recorded 0.20 inch since yesterday as Lawton’s total rainfall for 1957 reaches 39.47 inches, well above the two year average.
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Medicine Creek
Jimmy Creek
Lawtonka
Wayne Rowe
Meers
Lawton
Doctors discuss tail-wiggle urge and surgical option
Miami Beach report says neurosurgeon Dr Trapp spoke at a Southern Medical Association meeting about humans lacking tails yet retaining the desire to wiggle one. He described the filum terminale nerve and considered experimental operations to relieve related headaches and brain pain.
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Miami Beach
Trapp
Bist
Southern ‘Medical “Assn
Capital City Prepares For the Visit and Security Task
President Eisenhower flies to Oklahoma City to address the Arrows 10 Atoms anniversary and outline plans to train more U.S. youths as scientists. He will return to Washington tomorrow after the speech at Municipal Auditorium. The address will be carried by NBC and CBS networks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Washingtom
Russia
Eisenhowit
James R. Killian
Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology
United States
Soviet Union
Science Fm
President Eisenhower Visits Oklahoma City For Policy Speech
Oklahoma City rolls out a nonpartisan welcome for President Eisenhower as he arrives by motorcade for a major policy speech on national security. The 4 pm to 10 pm visit includes a downtown motorcade and a public address at Will Rogers Auditorium with Democratic and GOP leaders participating in the welcome committee.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Robert” S
Kerry
Mike Monroney
Kerr
Monroney
Senhower
Mike
Pee Ff
Yond Gary
John Jarman
GOP
Will Rogers
Gary
Arbich
Secret Service
Washington
Donald Kennedy
Hower
Craw ‘Municipal
Ani
Will
Rogers
Bogus Check Trial Begins in Local Case
A middle aged man accused of passing forged checks goes to trial. The case centers on a 1946 Chevrolet purchase and involves one suspect, with prior activity noted by authorities. The opening proceedings set the stage for witness testimony and defense arguments.
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Ros
A. J. Iemp
Ageil
Fuqua Remanded After Deadlocked McAlester Robbery Trial
George Fuqua a 19 year old accused robber was moved from county jail to face an armed robbery charge in McAlester after a Pittsburg county jury deadlocked in his liquor hijacking trial. He was arrested on a February Safeway robbery warrant in McAlester.
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George Fuqua
McAlester
Savas
Fuqui
Pittsburg County
Okla
Fuqua
Ata Safeway
McAlex
Pittsburg
Garcia Leading Filipino Election
Manila reporting shows Carlos P. Garcia leading the Philippine election with 26 percent of 434 million counted. Jose Yulo and Diosdado Macapagal contest the Nacionalista and Liberal lines as the race narrows.
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Manila
Carlos
P. Garcia
Diosodado
Macdagal
United States
Gi ¢la
Nacionalista’ Party
Jose
Yulo
Macapagal
Nacionalista
Laurel Jr
Leukemia Victim Remains Critical In Oklahoma City
In Anadarko and Lawton scenes a youth senior Mrs Chester thrant is reported dying as hospital authorities describe the patient in critical condition. The Oklahoma City hospital has been treating the leukemia victim since November.
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Oklahoma City
Jeld Kernia
Anadarko
Oklahoma
Ae University
Chester Thirant
Lawton
City’ Hospital
Czech President Zapotocky Dies in Prague At Heart Attack
Prague reports former Czechoslovak leader Klement Gottwald era figure J Z Zapotocky died of a heart attack aged seven? The broadcast said he died hours after another heart issue. Officials confirmed the death amid ongoing political upheaval in Prague.
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Nienna
Antonin J.zapotocky
Comunist
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Tahmahkera
George Black
WAC
Bertha P. Collins
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