Moon Traveler Faces Inferno On Return From Moon
Denver AP reports a man returning from the moon would meet a heat barrier up to 90 000 degrees as the rocket enters Earth atmosphere. Scientist Peter H. Rose notes air at 18 000 to 27 000 degrees Fahrenheit glows white and heats the vessel as it speeds about 36 000 feet per second. A shock wave forms ahead, radiating heat back to the ship while surrounding air erodes the craft. if crewed, reentry could take minutes, with glancing entry needed to slow gradually.
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Denver
Colo
Moon
Earth
Rose
American Astronautical Society
American Association For the Advancemerit of Science
Middletown Federal Savings Declares Semiannual Dividend
The Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Association board declares a semiannual dividend of two percent plus an extra one eighth of one percent. About 9,700 savers will receive over $659,000, with this year totals surpassing $1.3 million including June payout. Holders should present books on or after Saturday to have the dividend entry recorded.
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Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Association
A. R. Morris
Morris
Navy Man Debates Fairer Beauties Dixie vs Northern
Jackson Mississippi reports Navy quarterback Bob Hecht in a light social study with Mississippi Southern student Marguerite Richmond. Hecht explores whether Southern girls are fairer than Northern girls during a five day visit. Hecht and Richmond exchanged letters and photos, planned meetings, and pursued a Christmas visit amid Jackson society.
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Hecht
Navy
Marguerite Richmond
John Quisenberry
Clinton
Clairton
Quisenberry
Jackson
Marguerite
Army
Richmond
Elaborate Still Found In Preble Near Eaton
Sheriff John Stover and deputies with two State liquor agents found and destroyed an elaborate still on an Old Trace Road farm five miles southeast of Eaton. The unit included copper apparatus and a cement-block building attached to a barn with a milkhouse hookup. Authorities estimated production potential of about 10 gallons of whisky daily at roughly 90 cents per gallon.
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Eaton
John Stover
Trace Road
Eurgene Turher
Eaton Rt
Adventists to Observe Quarterly Communion Service
Seventh-day Adventists will conduct quarterly communion at 9 20 am at GH S Main St worship led by Rev Vaughn. The offering will be taken at 10 40 am. Sabbath School supports missing work in the Far East.
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Seventh-day Adventist
S. Main St
Ahe
Vaughn
Far East
Lakewood man charged with forgery in $4,000 shop shortage
Cleveland AP reports William W. Lynn, 48, of Lakewood, faces forgery charges linked to an alleged $4,000 shortage in the books of Atomic Fire Equipment Co. The case centers on financial discrepancies in the company records.
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Cleveland (Ap
Willian W.lynn
Lakewood
Atomic Fire Equipment Co
Franklin in Black for Year Ends in the Black in Special Session
Franklin Council approved 1186 in supplemental funds to balance the year. City Manager Leland Orendorff said transfers from street and general funds put accounts in the black, with about 76000 spent that year and 8600 still red at start. The measure passed as an emergency after three readings. New council swearing in set for 7 30 p.m. January 2.
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Franklin
Leland R. Orendorff
Orendorff
Jlo
Robert Harrison
William Smith
Charles Moore
Prevention Of Fire Discussed At Lions Club Meeting
Captain Howard Gall head of the Fire Prevention Bureau spoke at the Lions Club noon meeting. He urged keeping chimneys and smoke pipes clean and in repair and warned against smoking in bed. He cited smoking in bed and defective chimneys as leading fire causes in Middletown. He cautioned against flammable liquids debris old paint cleaning rags and burning papers outdoors on windy days.
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Howard Gall
Lions Club
Middletown
New Year's Eve Hilarity To Cost Across Nation
AP reports New Year's Eve prices rise as blue laws curb liquor sales in many states. Some areas keep dinners then serve at 12:01 am, others quit. Border regions attract revelers, while dry locales push celebrations to weekends. Cherryville NC marks a German chant and musket volley at midnight. Prices reach about 35 dollars in top clubs, Latin Quarter in Times Square sold out at 25 dollars.
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New York
Idry
New York New Year Celebrations Shrink in Times Square
Times Square hosts one of the citys famed celebrations as crowds gather to greet the new year formerly near a million people. Over the past decade attendance has declined with last year estimated at about 1.35 million.
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New York
Times Square
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