U S Eyes Red Letter On Meeting
Washington officials study Bulganin letter as Khrushchev interview signals possible flexibility. Menshikov arrival expected. Dulles and Thompson back from trips. Western powers weigh new steps toward a summit and UN talks on disarmament and diplomacy.
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U.S
Washington
Dulles
Llewellyn Aerate
Nikolai Bulganin
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Bulganin
Thompson
Moscow
Middle East
Frigid Weather Opens February with Snow Flurries
A cold start for February with frigid conditions expected through Tuesday. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and cold weather with some snow flurries, highs near 30 and lows around 16, then a slight warm up to 35 by Tuesday. Middletown reports a Sunday high of 26 and low of 17, with only a trace of snowfall overnight.
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Middletown
Three year old Roy Nickell to be examined by top eye surgeon
Roy Eugene Nickell of Middletown, a three year old born with an eye tumor, arrived from Excello for a medical exam to determine if surgery can restore sight in his right eye. The visit comes after local civic groups raised funds surpassing $3,000 with help from Lions and Kiwanis. The American Cancer Society covered travel costs for Roy and his mother Mrs Nelie Nickell to New York City for evaluation at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Roy will be examined by Dr Algernon Reese at the New York Eye Institute after a general exam.
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Ernest Nickell
Excello
Central Park Zoo
New York
Roy
Little Roy Eugene Nickell
The
American Cancer Society
Nellie Nickell
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Middletown
New York Eye Institute
Algernon Reese
Eisenhower
Russia
Ernst Stuhlinger
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Stuhlinger
Earth
Roy Nichell Travels Home After Long Train Ride
Roy Nichell endured a 14 hour journey and long pain from a tumor behind his eye. He asked to call his father Leroy, a nickname Roy uses for his dad. His mother said Roy was excited but slept little on the trip and was taken to the Central Park Zoo after the discovery four weeks earlier.
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Leroy
Little
Burton
San Francisco
Missouri Highway Patrol
Davis
Local Doctor Finds Growth
Cancer society officials cite a renowned world wide ophthalmologist surgeon to examine Ray while withholding his name. The expert is noted for an international reputation and will assess the growth for proper care.
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Cancer Society
Ray
British Find Red Cylinder Hidden In London Suburb
A metal cylinder marked in Russian with a label in four languages asking return to the Soviet Aeronautical Institute parachuted Sunday into Mitcham south of London. It contained what appeared to be scientific instruments.
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London
Mitcham
Soviet Aeronautical Institute
Fire drill misread as blaze at outskirts home
Flames swept a two story house on the Denver edge triggering a response from three Denver fire trucks and sheriff officers. Fire Chief Dale Wasinger later clarified it was a drill for Cunningham volunteers.
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Denver
Dale Wasinger
Cunningham
Spaak Seeks Pact as Germany Stands Firm Against Troop Aid
In Bonn Paul-Henri Spaak urged mediation but Germany refused future payments to Allied troops. After talks with von Brentano and Strauss, officials said no side budged and the dispute over 588 million marks for next year's defense aid remained unresolved.
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West Germany
NATO
Paul -Henri Spaak
Belgium
Britain
United States
France
Heinrich von Brentano
Franz Josef Strauss
Spaak
Vanguard Readied For New Try At Space Launch
The Navy readies the 72 foot Vanguard rocket at Cape Canaveral after earlier failure. Explorer satellite’s flight and international reaction shape space policy and peace hopes. Navy keeps plans private as technicians report repairs completed and final checks near.
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Vanguard
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Navy
Army
Explorer
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Yemen Eyes Union Ties With Egypt Syria
Cairo reports crown prince Seif el Islam el Badr may bind Yemen to the United Arab union linking Egypt and Syria. Nasser and Kuwaiti signals welcome joining states in federation or union, while Yemen’s King Ahmed resists ceding throne amid already aligned military and foreign policy with Egypt and Syria.
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Red Sea
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Syria
Oilrich
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Seif el Islam el Badr
Nasser
Shukri Kuwaily
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Iraq
Libya
Morocco
Imam Ahmed
Red China
Yugoslavia
Poland
Romania
Arabian Peninsula
IGY Reports Do Not Add New Sputnik Information
BRUSSELS Belgium Russia sent two Sputnik reports to the International Geophysical Year HQ today but Secretary General Marcel Nicolet said they add nothing new. He noted the documents confirm what was already known about the satellites and their findings.
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Brussels
Belgium
Russia
International Geophysical Year
Marcel Nicolet
Kidnaper Flees After Roadblock Shootings Reported
A woman was shot at a roadblock near Paducah as authorities hunted kidnapped gunman Carl W. Burton. Trooper William Little, held for 24 hours, was freed unharmed. Missouri, Kentucky, and Illinois officers joined the nationwide search aided by helicopters.
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Here
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Kentucky
Illinois
Carl W. Burton
Redwood City
Calif
William Little
Jewell English
Vernon Hopkins
Forest McAllister
Buston
Hopkins
Burton
Little
Col
Edmund Hockaday
Missouri Highway Patrol
McCracken County
Harold Davis
Calvin Shelton
Jupiter-C launch signals new Explorer era debate
Observers report a large rocket near a launching tower resembling the first stage of a Jupiter-C possibly tied to the Explorer mission. Army scientists say another Jupiter-C is prepared to fire between now and April while Defense Secretary McElroy downplays accelerated satellite and missile development, stressing ongoing focus on satellite programs.
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Army
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N.M
Stuhlinger
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
New Mexico
Cincinnati
Defense McElroy
Chuckle Crime May Not Pay
A humorous item notes that crime today may not pay, posing a wry question about modern schemes and the changing costs of wrongdoing. The brief cites a columnist’s quip on criminals facing stiffer consequences and cleverer enforcement.
Death Ride claims Navy Lt. M. L. Johnson aboard MAT plane
Navy Lt. (J. G.) M. L. Johnson of the NROTC faculty at Miami University died in a crash near Long Beach California. The 25 year old Stanford graduate, who joined Miami in 1956 after sea duty, was returning from a between semesters visit with his parents in Fontana California.
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J.G
M. L. Johnson
NROTC
Miami University
MAT
Long Beach
Calif
Johnson
Stanford
Miami
Fontana
Heavy air traffic study urged after Norwalk crash
Los Angeles AP reports a collision of two military planes near Norwalk killed 48 people. County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn called for an immediate investigation by the secretary of defense and a special court to study metropolitan air traffic and set new safety rules.
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Norwalk
Dcense
Kenneth Hahn
California
Secretary of Defense
Air traffic crash series kills 55 as three separate air collisions occur
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight called for a full congressional investigation after a string of fatal air crashes began Friday. Two Air Force B26 bombers collided over the Daggett desert, killing the crewmen. A C118 MATS plane and a Navy Neptune bomber collided near Norwalk, and a civilian aircraft wreck near Norwalk left all five aboard dead. The Norwalk crash produced a fiery explosion witnessed by many. The MATS flight had departed Long Beach for McGuire Air Force Base with service personnel aboard.
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Air Force
Desert
Daggett
Norwalk
Military Air Transport Service
Here
MATS
Long Beach Municipal
McGuire Air
Vanguard Morale Declines Over Small Moon Mission Plans
Cape Canaveral reports indicate Vanguard aims to launch a 64 inch grapefruit sized satellite as a first test with a 21 pound 20 inch payload possibility for March. Critics warn the rushed program risks safety and accuracy, urging slower development or alternative rockets for propaganda concerns.
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Cape Carnaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Vanguard Workers Under Strain at Naval Research Lab
Observers note Vanguard workers, many young scientists just out of college, face heavy workloads and anxiety. They refuse to discuss issues publicly, leaving spokesperson duties to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.
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Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
Army's Jupiter-C Launch Boosts Military Rocket Efforts
Casual observers note public expectations and Washington pressure. Vanguard crews faced mechanical and weather problems but repaired the 31-foot second stage. The Army launched the first U S satellite with Jupiter C, boosting morale and signaling readiness for another launch from nearby.
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Vanguard
Army
U. S
Navy
Tragic double murder suicide on Enon Valley farm
In Enon Valley near the Ohio line a 65 year old farmer Willie G Klepfer shot and killed his wife Mae E Klepfer 64 and his father John G Klepfer 89 before fatally shooting himself authorities said Willie who had been bedfast since breaking his leg before Thanksgiving used a .12 gauge shotgun on his wife and a .32 caliber revolver on himself The bodies were discovered by his granddaughter and her husband Walter Burkey of Youngstown Ohio who had visited earlier The farm lies about 30 miles southwest of New Castle Pennsylvania
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John A. Meehan Jr
Lawrence County
John G. Klepfer
Mae E. Klepfer
Willie G. Klepfer
Enon Valley
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Willie Keepfer
Klepfer
Willie
Meehan
Willie Klepfer
Walter Burkey
Youngstown
Ohio
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Burkeys
Ohio Line
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