Echo satellite marks first US space communications test
A giant 100-foot Echo balloon satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral at 3:39 am MDT and, after ejection and inflation, sent a voice message from President Eisenhower across the United States. Ground stations including Holmdel New Jersey and Goldstone California confirmed the successful transmission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Eisenhower
Space Messenger
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Holmdel
N.J
Goldstone
Calif
Canada
Alaska
Europe
Bell ‘Telephone
UN Troops Arrive in Katanga to Quell Breakaway Crisis
Elisabethville welcomes 300 Swedish UN troops led by Dag Hammarskjold amid tense security maneuvers by Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe. The mission aims to replace Belgian forces with UN personnel while tensions rise over a federation plan and Belgian media crackdowns.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Reuters
Dag ‘Hammarskjold
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Hammarskjold
Tshombe
Yshombe
Lai 1Ing
Num
Sakeing
United States
Congo
Belga
Lumumba
Leopoldville
Anicet Kashamura
Europe Magazine
Ma Patrie
Joseph Kasavubu
Gas exposure disrupts La Porte residents from Fuming plant
Residents of La Porte Texas dropped on streets as gas escaped from the S and W Chemical Company plant. 30 to 40 people were overcome. FAG gas used in World War I caused nausea and fatigue but was not fatal. The plant shut down and emergency crews aided nearby cities including Houston with medical teams.
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LA Porte, Tex
Justice of the Peace Bnd
la Porte
Harris County Sheriff’s
S. and W. Chemical Company
S. and W
Houston
Cabinet Shifts Considered After Post Session Break
Ottawa sources say Prime Minister Diefenbaker will reshuffle after the session recess. A forestry minister may head the new department formed this session, and Veterans Affairs Minister Brooks is likely to be elevated to the Senate.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Veterans Affairs
Brooks
Senate
Ceylon Moves to Take Over Major Newspapers
In the throne speech Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike announces state control of the two largest Ceylon newspaper groups, Associated Newspapers of Ceylon and Times of Ceylon. The papers will be turned into statutory public corporations with unlimited share capital to protect democratic press function. A commission will probe press conduct around the March and July elections and potential abuses by caretaker governments and officials.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Reuters
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Ceylon Press
Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited
Times of Ceylon Limited
Firefighters Escape Living Hell From 10000 Acre Fire
Five men trapped by the Burnt Creek blaze near Prince George Jumped into a creek to escape the heat smoke and flames They floated in cold water for about 45 minutes before being rescued and hospitalized All were treated for shock smoke inhalation and minor injuries The fire was described as 10000 acres and out of control with 170 fires and 1075 firefighters in Kamloops district as of Wednesday night
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Vancouver
John Birch
Dawson Creek
B.C
Prince George
Burnt Creek
Fred Lavalle
Ronald Sutton
Herbert Wall
John
Cahooh
Birch
Dawson Creek Hospital
Lavalle
Kamloops
Prominent Figures On List From Spedding Case
Names of more than 500 men, many prominent, appeared in records found in Elizabeth Spedding’s apartment. In federal court a stormy hearing followed her plea withdrawal from four charges of transporting women for immoral purposes. Judge J Skelly Wright condemned her for “playing cat and mouse” and imposed two years in prison plus a 5000 dollar fine on one count and five year suspensions on the others. Spedding sobbed in court.
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New York
Elizabeth Spedding
Federal District Court
Nikita Picks His Favorite
Joseph Curran of the National Maritime Union reports Khrushchev’s comments on U S presidential candidates. Khrushchev favored Kennedy as sensible while labeling Nixon a fumbler and not a politician but a grocery clerk. Curran, from a 17 day Soviet trip, notes Khrushchev's praise for U S political trends and compares life under Stalin to present Soviet freedoms.
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New York
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
John Kennedy
Nixon
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Kennedy
Curran
Russia
Stalin
Argue Becomes Last CCF Leader After Convention Sweep
Hazen Argue won the CCF leadership by unanimous vote as the party moves toward a new fusion with organized labor. Delegates rejected a longer vacancy and kept David Lewis and Stanley Knowles in leadership roles while Argue positions to steer the merger. Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas declined to lead the new party.
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Chris Young
Ottawa
Regina
Hazen
CCF
Organized Labor
National Council
Argue
David Lewis
Stanley Knowles
Theresa Cosgrain
Lewis
Saskatchewan
Tommy Douglas
Douglas
Labor
M. J. Coldwell
Cold
Quebec Strike Violence Erupts
A week long strike at Biltrite Furniture Manufacturing in Terrebonne escalated Thursday night as rioters held three men prisoner for over 12 hours. Police dispersed a mob near 1,000 strong. sales manager Gordon Kaufman and two colleagues were freed at dawn after a tense standoff with municipal and provincial authorities.
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Terrebonne, Que
Biltrite Furniture Manufacturing Incorporated Plan
Gordon Kaufman
Moe Bulua
Gordon Lavigne
One Man Hurt In Mine Blast Near Logan
An explosion in a coal mine at Lundale near Logan West Virginia injured one man and seven others escaped harm. The Mines Director reported the unidentified injured worker and noted the Amherst Coal Company mine was involved. The event prompted an exclamatory reaction from the director upon receiving the report.
Huge liner asks volunteers to sail with crew out
Cunard officials in Southampton seek volunteer help from passengers to operate the Queen Mary as a wildcat strike by thousands of seamen enters its third day in 14 British ports. The 81 000 ton liner with 1020 passengers to New York paused after crew walked out over pay. Life aboard was largely normal with an abbreviated menu and use of ship facilities. The strike began Wednesday for a wage increase about 11 dollars monthly, while shipping officials offered seven dollars.
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London
Reuters
Cunard Line
Southampton
New York
Yoon Bo sun elected South Korea president in landslide
Yoon Bo sun, a 62 year old veteran of the Democratic Party and independence fighter, wins 208 of 260 National Assembly votes to become president. He defeats Kim Chang sook who gathers 29 votes as the new constitution shifts real power to a premiership amid factional battles ahead.
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Seoul
Korea
Yoon Bo-sun
South Korea
Yoon
Democratic Party
Japan
National Assembly
Kim Chang
Tonce
Syngman
Rhee
Epring
Revoluti
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Brussels
Gabriel Makoso
Courier Afrique
Nikita
Quebec
Kaufman
Montreal
Terrebonne
Agor
Leon Martel
Kaufman, Bulua
Lavigne
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