Space balloon bounces signal for first in radio comms
U S scientists sent a 960 megacycle radio signal off a 250 mile high Mylar balloon launched from Wallops Island. The reflected signal was received by MIT near Boston, marking the first use of a man made space reflector in radio communications and hinting at future relay satellites.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
UPI
Wallops Island
Bell Telephone Co
Holmdel
N. J
Amie Can
Nevadon
Con
Long Island
N.Y
Wilmington
Del
Mule Causes $100000 Loss On Arkansas Road
A stray mule crossed Highway 167 near Sheridan Ark causing three trucks to crash and burn. One man was seriously injured, 2504 chickens were killed and $100000 in damage reported. The chain reaction began when the mule was struck by a chicken truck, triggering a head on collision between a gasoline tanker and another truck. The tanker driver, Leonard McClellan, 35, of El Dorado, was in serious condition after surgery in Little Rock.
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United Frees
Sheridan
Ark
ANT Ateatic Sas
Here
Leonard McClellan
el Dorado, Ark
Little Rock
Zall,Mills
Warren
Griver
Obie King
Cattle Honors Highlight Gettysburg Farm Wins Again
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania livestock show judges awarded top honors to cattle from a Gettysburg farm owned by President ar? honors. The victory marks the second time in three months the herd has earned praise in state competition.
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Ike
Harrisburg, Pa
President A Honer
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Family of Defector to Be Awarded Gold
Taiwan report says 1,000 ounces of gold will be given to the next of kin of a pilot killed in a MIG 15 crash while attempting to defect from the Red Chinese air force in northeast Formosa. The award would have gone to the pilot if alive. now it will be paid to relatives if they are outside Red China or when the mainland is reclaimed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nationalist
Chinese Defense Ministry
Texas Teachers Push for Pay Hikes in Legislature
The Texas State Teachers Assn./TSTA pressures lawmakers over teachers pay raises and Hale-Aikin reforms. It surveys legislators with seven questions on pay, taxes, and school changes and urges teachers to vote for advocates. The letter links election participation to 1960 political stakes.
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Joe Benham Astin
Texas
Teachers Association
TSTA
Daniel
Snow Falls Over City as Barricaded Poles Get White
Snow sifts down over the city coating poles trees and buildings in white. The photo was taken looking west toward Broadway and Ave K with staff photographer credit.
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Broadway
Ave. K
Bride to be waits as tragedy hits wedding party
In Pawtucket East Providence, 19 year old groom John Campbell and his best man John Holt died from gas exposure in a honeymoon apartment just before the 9 am wedding. Bride Carol Ann Santos mourns as others are hospitalized in critical condition. The church service proceeded briefly with a Mass and guests learned details afterward.
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Associated Press
Dawtucket
R.L
Carol Ann Santos
East
Providence
St. Francis Xavier Church
James McElroy
John Campbell
Pawtucket
John
Carol Ann
McElroy
Campbell
John A. Holt
Robert Mills
James McKay
Luiz Dio
Mass Trial Opened in Cuba for Counter-Revolutionaries
Soldiers marched 145 accused counter revolutionaries into La Cabana fortress theater for a mass trial on charges of plotting to overthrow Fidel Castro with help from the Dominican Republic. The trial, the regime's biggest to date, was expected to run through the night as 25 defense attorneys prepared their cases.
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Havana
UPI
la Cabana
Fidel Castro
Dominican Republic
Agile Burglar Drills Through Duct To Steal $3000
Ubboock police hunt an agile burglar who entered Atlas Sewing Centers Inc at 1320 19th St through a rooftop air conditioning duct and looted a safe containing about $3000 in payroll money. The entry began in a church area. the safe was rolled from a lobby and its bottom chiseled open. The thief took cash and an unknown amount of postal money orders and checks. The incident was discovered Saturday morning by bookkeeper Mrs. Lila Washington.
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Cliff Rockwell
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Tthe Atlas Sewing Centers Inc
19Th St
John Sortore
Kenneth Privett
Bill Floyd
Floyd
Lila Washingtton
Washington
Sartore
Sortore
Central Baptist Church
Massive storm sweeps from Colorado to Louisiana
A vast Southwestern storm dumped up to three inches of snow on the South Plains and sent travel warnings across the Panhandle with winds to 50 mph. Abilene and Fort Worth Dallas area saw sleet rain and hail as snow bands moved in. Clearing expected midday. colder temperatures tonight.
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Bob Horton
Everett Grose
Avalanche-Journal
Colorado
Louisiana
Arkansas
South Plains
Panhandle
Abilene
Fort Worth-Dallas
Lubbock
ANG Moss Weslandl
Department of Public Safety
Roswell
Weather Bureau
Upper South Plains
DPS
Berlin Talks in Peril as Khrushchev Pressures West
Khrushchev increases pressure on Eisenhower and Western leaders to abandon protection of West Berlin. He seeks a Berlin settlement and a German peace treaty, pushing for action after the Paris summit opens May 16. The shift from cordiality to pressure risks derailing the Camp David accord and the planned talks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Igncuvel
UU -WiTan Uuw
Khrushchev
Camp David
Berlin
Paris
Budapest
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
May
Woman who can say more in a look than a book
A quip about female expressiveness appears in the comic dictionary section. The line notes how a woman can convey more with a look than a man can with a book, reflecting light humor in the publication’s feature.
Bomb hint at Gulf flight death in National Airlines crashes
FBI and Civil Aeronautics Board investigations probe a Gulf of Mexico crash that killed 42 and a DC-6B loss near North Carolina linked to possible bomb or foul play. Names include Julian Frank, Dr Robert Spears, Mrs Spears, William Allen Taylor, and insurance claims around $900,000.
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Avalanche-Journal
National Airlines
FBI
New York-Miami
Miami
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Civil Aeronautics Board
Miami Beach
North Carolina
Julian Frank
Coast
Robert Spears
Dallas, Tex
Bureau
Julian Blodgett
Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
Spears
Tampa
William Allen Taylor
Ing
Taylor
Dallas
Four youths held after liquor store shooting near Nazareth
Three Texas Tech students and a former student were charged with burglary after Terry Nachlinger 20 from Hermleigh was shot three times at close range with a 12 gauge shotgun at a Nazareth area liquor store Friday night. Nachlinger underwent surgery in Amarillo and is listed in fair condition. The other defendants, Bill Lantz 20 Robert Hanaway 23 and Marvin Rippy were jailed in Lubbock County with $1,500 bonds.
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Avalanche Journal
Texas Tech
Nazareth
Terry Jim Nachlinger
Hermleigh
Lubbock
32Nd St
Nachlinger
Northwest Texas Hospital
Amarillo
Bill David Lantz
Vernon
33Rd St
Robert Lewis Hanaway
Wichita Falls
10Th St
Marvin Denzel Rippy
Lefors
Castro County
Heat Wave Sweeps Southern Australia
A six weeks old baby died and 15 people were admitted to hospitals Saturday as a mid summer heat wave hit southern Australia. Westerly winds over 40 mph worsened fire danger with three large brush fires burning on the Flinders Mountain Range. Adelaide area highs topped 100, Melbourne reached 105.
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Adelaide
Australia
UPS
Flinders Mountain
Melbourne
Weather Bureau
Weather advisory for Lubbock area with light snow today
Light snow is expected early today in the Lubbock area with clearing skies after sunrise. Winds will reach 25 to 35 mph in the early morning, and the afternoon high should be about 38 degrees.
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Lubbock
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