Sam the space monkey survives a Neptune ride
Sam the space monkey rode a Little Joe rocket to 19 miles with an escape mechanism test. The capsule landed in the Atlantic 200 miles east of Wallops Island after 13 minutes. Navy crew recovered the capsule and transported Sam to Norfolk for veterinary care and observation at Brooks Air Force Base.
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Washington
Sam
Norfolk
Terra Firma
Wallops Island
Earth
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
School of Aviation Medicine
Brooks Air Force Base
Texas
Singer Ray Acquitted In Morals Charge
Detroit AP report says singer Johnnie Ray was acquitted by an all-woman jury of accosting and soliciting on November 21. Patrolman Caviston testified Ray made an indecent proposal outside a downtown bar. Ray had pleaded guilty to a similar charge in 1951 and was fined $25.
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Detroit
Johnnie Ray
Ray
Recorders Court
Eugene Caviston
Caviston
Stripper Candy Barry Begins 15 Year Prison Term
Candy Barry, 24, started a 15 year sentence for marijuana possession at the Texas prison farm for women. She entered Friday and joked about having a brick house. Parole eligibility could come in 2½ to 3½ years with credits for good behavior and work.
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Huntsville
Tex
Candy Barry
Rugged Winnipeg businessman fights hospital plan
Gerald Hart, a Winnipeg electronics businessman, faces two charges for not registering with the provincial hospital plan and for not paying premiums. He vows to fight both cases, arguing government control infringes personal freedom and plans to go to jail if needed. He also notes he has private insurance and was never consulted about joining the plan.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Gerald Hart
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Hart
Income Tax Department
Supreme Court
Flood ruins drive mass burials in Frejus death toll soars
In Frejus France authorities report 257 bodies recovered with more than 200 missing as 10 000 rescue workers search wreckage from the Malpasset Dam collapse. A government inquiry opens as five cabinet ministers investigate why the dam failed.
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Frejus
France
Reuters
Riviera
Unpaid Sculptor Claims Flynn Estate Owes Fees
Hungarian sculptor Joseph Dubronyi says Errol Flynn’s estate owes him 5000 for a nude Beverly Aadland statue. He plans to sue after Flynn died in Vancouver last October with Aadland 17 beside him. Dubronyi released photos showing Flynn with Aadland and claimed contracts were not signed. He previously created nude works for Anita Ekberg and Brigitte Bardot in Hollywood hotel rooms.
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Miami
Joseph
Sepy) Dubronyi
Errol Flynn
Beverly Radland
Beverly
Dubronyi
Flynn
Vancouver
Debronyi
Jamaica
Miss Aadland
Anita’ Ekberg
Brigitte ‘Bardot
Attack on Polish diplomat's wife shocks Washington
Police investigate a mysterious assault on the wife of a young Polish diplomat, reported as pretty badly roughed up. Three men entered the second secretary Antoni Czater's apartment Sunday noon while his wife was alone. she lost consciousness and was found by her husband. The U S government apologized to Poland, with officials unable to explain the incident.
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Washington
State’ Department
United States
State Department
Antoni Czater
Mickey Cohen Is Released After Sherman Oaks Slaying
Mickey Cohen was released Friday as the county grand jury took up the case of a hoodlum murder. A full-scale investigation likely to open next week. Cohen and three friends were booked on suspicion of killing Jack The Enforcer Whalen at a Sherman Oaks restaurant Wednesday night.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Jack
Whalen
Sherman Oaks
CNR Rejects CPR Plan to Use Tax Relief for Grain Losses
In Ottawa the publicly owned CNR rejected CPR’s proposal for an income tax relief to offset about 65 million dollars in annual losses hauling Prairie grain to export terminals. President Donald Gordon argued the tax credit would blur policy and subsidies. The two railways pressed for government aid, while arguing over whether to label it a subsidy or straight payment. The royal commission on transportation heard both sides as they sought compensation for grain transport costs.
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Ottawa
CNR
CPR
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
Donald Gordon
Royal Commission On Transportation
Gordon
Canada
Are High Price Schools Really Necessary in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat's schools stir debate over the value of costly modern facilities versus traditional structures. The full-page picture feature on page nine compares the two approaches, inviting readers to judge which type best serves education today.
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Medicine Hat
Building News
City
Scmcearecee
Msem
Esscue
Cecewes Ar
Sessercess
Ike Meets Italian Officials in Rome Talks Lunch
President Eisenhower spent two hours in Rome with Premier Antonio Segni Foreign Minister Giuseppe Pella and other Italian leaders then shared lunch at Villa Madama with Giovanni Gronchi. He planned a second meeting and a communique on the talks was expected tonight.
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Eisenhower
Antonio Segni
Giuseppe Pella
Italy
United States
Segni
Villa Madama
Raphael
Giovanni Gronchi
Gronchi
Europe
America
U.S
Ike
Carol Song Sheet To Be Distributed With Medicine Hat News
A Christmas song sheet of 15 well known carols will be distributed with The Medicine Hat News next Thursday. Copies will be available at Safeway stores in Medicine Hat or the paper's circulation department any time after today.
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Medicine Hat News
Safeway
Medicine Hat
the News
Santa Claus narco sting nets 24 suspects in Harlem
In Harlem streets a fictional Santa Claus aided narcotics detectives led by Edward Egan. Detectives Richard Pardo and Salvatore Grosso closed in on Kathleen Johnson and Fred Cotton, recovering heroin packets and uncovering disguises among suspects as part of a quirky undercover operation.
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New York
Santa Claus
Santa
Harlem
Narcotics
Edward Egan
Richard Pardo
Salvatore
Grosso
Pardo
Gross
Egan
Santy
Crown Concludes Its Case in Cook Murder Trial
In Red Deer Alberta, defense counsel Giffard Main announced he would call witnesses to prove time elements show Robert Raymond Cook could not have been at the scene when his father step mother and five children were beaten and shot to death. The seven bodies were found in a grease pit behind the Cook home in Stettler. The attorney-general J W Anderson said he had completed his case.
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Red Deer
Alta
Robert Raymond Cook
Cook
Giffard Main
Edmonton
Stettler
Main
J. W. Anderson
Peter Greschuk
Anderson
Plane missing in rugged Quebec bush search hampered by fog
Lamont Construction Co of Rouyn owned a Beechcraft Super 18 with seven aboard. An 7:05 p.m. distress call followed by radar contact loss halted the air search as fog and drizzle shrouded Val d Or and a rugged 60 mile north area.
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Val. D’or
Quebec
Lamont Construction Company
Rouyn
Rcaf Search and Rescue
Trenton
Ont
Montreal
North Bay
Lake Opiniski
Here
Val d
RCAF
Val d’Or
Bennett Urges Abolish Senate
Victoria CP reports Premier Bennett calls the Canadian Senate a hangover from the past and says it should be abolished. He argues elected representatives must be responsible to the electorate and cannot be if another body wields power.
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Victoria
Bennett
Senate
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