Banner Day in Space Rockets Take US Near Space Milestone
United States marks a banner space day as the Echo satellite orbits after a three stage Thor Delta launch. President Eisenhower and NASA officials celebrate the successful, peaceful mission intended for worldwide benefit. Observers note the satellite’s glow rivaled Vega as signals pinged between Goldstone California and Holmdel New Jersey.
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Soviet Union
Eisenhower
France
Britain
Echo
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space
White House
NASA
Glennan
Pacific
Willam J. O'Sullivan
Vega
Goldstone
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bell Tele-phone Laboratories
Holmdel
Eisenhower Halts Camp Davis Plans Amid Weather
President Eisenhower made a uneventful landing at a baseball field as bad weather closed Camp Davis in the Catoctin Mountains forcing him to reroute to Gettysburg Country Club for golf. The trip from Washington was disrupted after a scout plane advised against landing at Camp David. Formosa alert notes Chen Cheng ill with influenza or bronchitis.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Camp Davis
Catoctin Mountains
Washington
Camp David
Gettysburg Country Club
Births and space Echo satellite discussed in Texas
The clipping lists numerous birth announcements from Methodist Taylor and West Texas hospitals with fathers' occupations, followed by NASA Echo satellite details. It notes Ray McAdams and Sheral Sanford, plus Vitale, Flores, Lopes, Sumida, and others, with times and weights. It also summarizes Echo’s orbit height, duration, and potential military uses and risks from micrometeoroids.
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Kenneth Ray McAdams
Taylor Hospital
Texas Tech
Sheral Dean Sanford
Hancock Manufacturing ‘Co
Phosgene Gas Mystery Near La Porte Investigated
La Porte officials searched homes in the stricken area for unconscious residents but found none untreated. Quebeceans and his air pollution team arrived about 45 minutes after the gas was reported. They could not sample the gas while it lingered, but determined wind directed from the southwest toward the town. A nearby plant is linked to phosgene production, but S and W Chemical Co. says its facility did not cause the gas.
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la Porte
Norman E. Lewis
S & W Chemical Co
Kidnapped Texas baby sparks mass evacuation scare
In East Texas a court ordered custody of 19 month old David Lee to a public welfare official after claims of neglect. Newsmen, officials, and the public inquiry into a white mother’s claim of kidnapping and segregation laws as residents flee La Porte. Medical teams treat dozens as gas mask drills and evacuations unfold around the Galveston Bay town.
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San
Texas
Ennis Robinson
Chandler
David Lee
Emella Sims
West
Kelly Spratain
Tyler-Smith County
Houston
Justice of the Peace V. S
Three Injured In City Auto Mishap
Three Lubbock residents were treated after a collision at 19th Street and Avenue N Friday night. Don Ed Thornton, 17, was taken to West Texas Hospital and released after ER care. Mrs. Mathews and Martha Mathews were taken to Methodist Hospital.
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Lubbock
19Th St
Ave. N
Don Ed ‘Thornton
Harold Mathews
Ave
Thornton
West Texas Hospital
Surrender Sought from Priest Feit in Edinburg Case
SAN ANTONIO AP A Catholic priest charged with attempting to rape a coed while she prayed at Sacred Heart church Edinburg may surrender soon. Attorney Fred A Semaan said Feit 27 could return within hours after a conference with Sheriff Owen W Kilday. Semaan refused to specify Feits location or latest medical condition citing nondisclosure.
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Feit
Semaan
Father Feit
UN Chief in Congo Crisis Faces Katanga Row
Secretary General Hammarskjold arrived in Elisabethville after Katanga leader Tshombe blocked Swedish troops and pressured for talks. A Congo army and police actions prompted by UN demands drew criticism as Hammarskjold and Tshombe met in a tense hour and a half discussion.
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Druet
Ghana
Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
Godroid Munongo
Hammar
Tsh‘ombe
York
Security Council
Tshombe
Derby Winner Roger Sage Jr Faces Derby Day Pressure
Roger Sage Jr weighs 239 pounds, two pounds over his Derby racing weight, and hopes for more mass. The quiet Idalou star shuns baseball for archery, swimming, and horseback riding as his parents prepare to watch him race in Lubbock. Celebrities Andy Williams Craig Stevens and Dale Robertson visit Akron for pre derby ceremonies, with watches and Eisenhower letters to champions. Prizes total 15000 in college scholarships and merchandise.
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Lubbock
Roger
Idalou
H. M. Sage Jr
Gary
Cleveland
Derbytown
Akron
U.S. Weather Bureau
Andy Williams
Craig Stevens
Dale Robertson
Eisenhower
Akron Anh Chevrolet
Satellites to Turn Space Into Global Communication Network
The text explains that satellites in stationary orbits could relay messages globally, enabling rapid delivery from New World to New York or Moscow to Los Angeles. It notes these experiments prove such capabilities are real, not sci fi, and that while the Soviet Union has not yet performed these experiments, its larger rockets could reach beyond them with effort.
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Echo
Air Force
Holmdel
Japan
Motorite Hits
O'Sullivan
NASA
Space Vehicles Group
New York
Moscow
Los Angeles
Earth
Space
Soviet Union
Mystery Illness Sparks Barbiturate Tests At Hospital
Lil lian Fratantonio accompanied Bernadette to New York for tests at the Neurological Institute and gave birth to a fifth child Tuesday night in another hospital. Mount Sinai officials called Coroner Gerber into the case a week ago and blood tests on Bernadette began the next day. Barbiturate traces appeared in varying amounts in the children's blood during a four day testing period. The two children were placed in isolation Wednesday and will stay there until police guidance is given. Fratantonio says he and his wife never gave barbiturates to the children and that caregivers were present during feeds at the hospital.
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Lillian Fratantonio
Bernadette
New York
Neurological Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Gerber
Fratantonio
Texans for Nixon organize in Dallas drive
Texans for Nixon launches in Dallas predicting Nixon will carry Texas by a larger margin than Eisenhower. Dallas insurer Carl P. Collins Sr. named chairman, vows support beyond GOP channels. Attendees include delegates from Denton Gainesville Austin Abilene Houston Fort Worth Corpus Christi Hearne Arlington Grand Prairie Palestine Brownwood Sulphur Springs.
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Dallas
Eisenhower
Carl P. Collins
Nixon
GOF
Collins
United States
Denton
Gainesville
Austin
Abilene
Houston Fort Worth
Corpus Christi Hearne
Arlington
Grand Prairie Palestine
Brownwood
Sulphur Springs
U S Attorneys Press Powers Trial Strategy For Pilot Release
American lawyers press for Powers release arguing the U2 pilot acted under U.S. government orders. They seek to frame the case as a large international intrigue and raise questions about Soviet court reach over acts at high altitude. Virginia attorneys will observe the Powers defense as observers with visas granted.
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William L. Ryan
Powers
New York
Francis
Randum
Gary Powers
Doset
Christian A. Herter
United States
U.S
Moscow
Court of World Opinion
Wiso
Virginia
Virginia Bar Assa
Frank W. Rogers
Alexander W. Parker
Barbara Moore Powers
Carl E. McAfee
Oliver W .Powers
Virginia Bar
IL Grinev
Ap Jtack
Barr Association
U. S
Four Men Charged In Nude Picture Case Here
Four men face County Court at Law charges connected to a nude picture incident involving a 16 year old girl. Complaints allege the defendants contributed to the delinquency of a minor by soliciting, inviting, inducing, or encouraging the girl to pose for photographs at a television and radio shop on 19th Street. Logan, Wessels, Bates, and Wigley Jr were named. Wessels fled before Friday's arrest. A court session was set for 11 a.m. today with Atty. Alton Griffin representing the case.
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Lubbock
Logan and Wessels
Dexter Lee Wessels
36Th St
Robert J. Allen
H. E. Logan
30Th St
William
H. Bates
9Th St
Tom
M. Wigley Jr
Mackenzie Park
Atty
Alton Griffin
Wessels
Sheriff's Deputies
Bates
Wigley
Pat Moore
Enzie Park
Wigley Aid
Silver Falls
Crosby County
Crosby
J. Q. Warnick Jr
Park House
Spy Charge Accused Spies and Related Incidents
A report details multiple alleged espionage cases tied to Americans in the Soviet Union and related incidents in Texas. Names include Edwin Morrell and Col. Edwin M. Kirton, with accusations of subversive literature, photographing, and a spy network. Separate cases involve a juvenile nude photos scheme at a Crosby County repair shop and park house, with police investigations and potential prosecutions.
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Soviet Union
Powers
Don
Ussr
Barents Sea
Edwin Morrell
Salt Lake City
Utah
Vv. M. Slovnov
Iran
U.S
West Germany
Kremlin
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Roepins
Cicero
Charlie Knight
Ash
Leroy Carothers
Methodist Hospital
Or Foremost Mix Co
Harrell Spears
West Pexas Hospital
Spears Furniture Co. SL
Pra. Dexa Hospital
Truell Hyde
Poanasa Hospital
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Mra. Mart
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Mr. L.A. Noles
Peter
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Siame Terar Hotta
Tee Fauer
Brooks Trucking Co
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Rt. 5
Fioydada
the Vinther
Mra
Randell Waldrip
Baylor St
West ‘Texas Hospital
Wallace ‘Tea Ie
Larry Harris
Floydadn
West “Texas Hospital
George Igo
Piggly Wisely
Winlars
G. Nobles
Abe Silverstein
Silverstein
Edward Michael Vitale
Auburn St
Medlock Reaey BU
Daughtridge Thomas Mc
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Bell Dairy Producter
Juan Flores
Rt G
Lubeck
Domingo Lopes
Mange Tels
Amummar Welmning
charien R_ Matheson
Gsorne Force Boxe Hospital
Leata
Reese
Ghigeo Sumida
Iene
Reese Village
Blase Hospital
Baase
John W. Townsend
Space Sciences
Manufacturers Association
Ruth Kistron
Lloyd Donahoe
Ray Gresham
Nelson E. Dunn
Galvestton Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Surrey
al Negro
al Carthage
Grundy Cooper
California
FBI
Robertson
Lorders
Panola County
California Department of Public Welfare
Robertsson
Hits
Johnston
N.Y
UPI
Robin
Jess
Judge
Charles Robbins
Charleen
Kenya
Nairobi
Robbins
Derby
New World
Hard Hollers
al Fay
Guy Newman
Howard Payne College of
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Hines Baker
Caprock
Bridget
Esther
Agnes
Joe
Edwin M. Kirton
Palo Alto
Robert C. Christer
Sparks
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