Vanguard chief says Russians face launch difficulties
Washington AP reports John P. Hagen, head of the Vanguard program, says Russia probably encounters trouble in attempting a Sputnik launch. He cautions a U.S. satellite may still not reach space next test and outlines plans for a March three stage rocket test.
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Washington
Vanguard
John P. Hagen
Sputnik
Hagen
U.S
Associated Press
Russia
Bulganin
Moscow
Earth
U.S.S.R
U.N
Bell Phone Union Set For Strike Across 42 States
In New York 25 000 long distance workers of AT T threaten a nationwide walkout after talks recessed with the Communications Workers of America. The union favors higher wages and opposes a no strike clause and compelled dues checkoff.
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Bell Phone Union
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Communications Workers of America
Long Lines
Ohio
District of Columbia
CWA
Washington
Elaine T. Gleason
New Ciney Job Office Is Leased
Cincinnati officials of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation leased an 18 month space in the Alms and Doepke Building for 4000 dollars a month after a fire destroyed their old offices. A duplicate records shipment from Columbus will aid about 12000 Cincinnatians, while 3000 applicants must refile. The old shell will be torn down as investigators probe the blaze in the five story building.
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Cincinnati
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau
Columbus
Raphael Horwitz
Dan Vogel
Individualist Fights Conformist Neighbors Over Mail Box
Alphonse J. Dulles refuses to repaint his white mailbox with black lettering to match nearby homes. Twenty seven homeowners sue in Circuit Court seeking a court order to conform and two thousand dollars in damages. They allege boxes should be black on white and mounted on central racks. Dulles defends the setup as purchased and vows to keep it.
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ST. Louis
Alphonse J. Dulles
Dulles
Callas Apologizes After Rome Opera Walkout
Maria Callas sent an apology to President Giovanni Gronchi after a stormy Rome walkout over Bellini Norma. The audience of 3 000 waited through the first act as Callas reportedly lost her temper and voice.
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Rome
Maria Meneghini Callas
Giovanni Gronchi
Rome Opera
Gronchi
Bellini
Norma
Miss Callas
Herhoice
Callas
Milan
Giovanni Battista Meneghini
la Callas da Reina
Elsa Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Opera Company
Top Polish scientist defects to United States
Jerzy Leon Nowinski a leading Polish theoretical scientist arrives as guest professor at Johns Hopkins University after fleeing Poland for political moral and religious reasons He seeks asylum in the United States and plans to bring his wife and daughter to safety and naturalization while noting potential ties to missile program work.
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Baltimore
Jerzy Leon Nowinski
Poland
United States
Nowinski
Johns Hopkins University
FBI
England
Warsaw Technical University
Johns Hopkins
Polish Academy of Science
Academy Journal
Maria Francizka
Kristina
Russia
Stanley Corrison
Hopkins
Rogers
Johnson Says Rockets To Get Top Priority
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson says the forthcoming Democratic Congress will push missile programs to the top of its agenda. He notes a "can do" mood and predicts hearings on missile and satellite efforts, with Rear Admiral Rickover among the first witnesses. Johnson mentions Gaither report and White House access, and cites fiscal debates over an atomic versus nuclear aircraft program.
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Johnson
Senate
Congress
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Pearl Harbor
H.G. Rickover
Rickover
Navy
Defense Department
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
Air Force
Navy and
Atomic Energy Commission
Secretary of Defense
Quarles
Preparedness Subcommittee
Gaither
Texan
White House
Air Force to fire Atlas ICBMs over Pacific from Camp Cooke
Gen. Power announced SAC will launch Atlas intercontinental missiles from Camp Cooke Base over the Pacific as part of a missile crew training program. The tests will cover the full range, about 5 000 miles, with no warheads and no danger to the public.
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Inglewood
Calif
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Pacific
SAC
Thomas S. Power
Camp Cooke Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Power
Hawaiian Islands
Todays Chuckle Gangster Hires Mustached Lawyer
A gangster hires a lawyer with a thick mustache seeking a filtered mouthpiece. The humorous line playfully contrasts legal polish with streetwise grit in a casual one liner.
Wrong Day For Drive
Charles Durrell on probation for car theft drove a stolen car to the Municipal Court Building and parked in a judge’s space. Two highway patrol officers waited. Judge Theodore Spaulding sent him to the juvenile house of correction with a possible release before February 14 if he stays out of trouble.
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Philadelphia
Charles Durrell
Municipal Court
Theodore Spaulding
Juvenile House of Correction
Man Shoots Wife Self In Taxicab
In New York, former Confidential editor ard Rushmore shot and killed his wife Frances in a taxicab before fatally shooting himself. Police identified the pair tentatively. The couple had argued after she left him two days earlier on Christmas Eve.
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Man
New York
Howard Rushmore
Confidential
Rushmores
Hena
Rushmore
Communist Daily Worker
Frances
Pearlman
Rose Bowl Trip Fare Questioned
Gov. C William O Neill said he and his family and a 10 member party paid their own way to California for the Rose Bowl trip. Bricker rode with O Neill in a Pullman to Chicago then joined the Santa Fe Super Chief to Los Angeles. Private cars were added to the train for the trip with several notable passengers including John Galbreath and Frank Ditto.
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Columbus, Ohio
C. William O’neill
California
O'Neill
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Santa Fe
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Fairless
American Iron and Steel Institute
Los Angeles
Pullman
Bricker
John Galbreath
Columbus
Pittsburgh Pirates
Galbreath
Galbreaths
George Galbreath
Frank Ditto
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Joe E. Brown Jr
Pirates
Brown
Governor avoids questions on steel office building and run
At the news conference Governor O'Neill dodged queries about a proposed 15 million dollar state office building being all steel. He gave no comment when asked about a possible re election bid and former Senator Bender seeking GOP gubernatorial petitions.
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O'Neill
Sen
Bender
GOP
Senator Monroney Protests Nixon KC135 Taxi Move
Senator Monroney protested the Air Force converting a Boeing KC135 jet tanker into a taxi for Vice President Nixon. He sent a telegram to Defense Secretary McElroy questioning authority and urging continued KC135 supply for SAC. Monroney stressed the need for missiles and fuel tankers over VIP aircraft.
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Washington
Monroney
D-Okla
Nixon
Secretary of Defense
McElroy
Senate Commerce Committee
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Jail Sure Looks Good Jail Sure Looks Good
Merced County sheriff reports two men in custody after a holdup attempt at Ernie's Bar ended with the female proprietor and a patron subduing and disarming the suspects. Louis Walter Winchester and Paul Greer fled, but were captured on a nearby highway after Winchester retrieved his revolver.
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Merced
Calif
John Latorraca
Latorraca
Louis Walter Winchester
Paul Greer
Ernie's
Winchester
Frank Zimmerman
Hillary Reaches South Pole After 1200-Mile Overland Trek
Sir Edmund Hillary and five New Zealanders arrived at the American South Pole station after a 1200 mile overland trek. Navy Lt. Vernon Houk and scientist Palle Mogensen greeted them with hot meals at the base. Hillary planned to join Dr. Vivian Fuchs for a Commonwealth cross continent run when his party reached the pole.
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U.S. South Pole
Sir Edmund Hillary
Navy
South Pole
Mt. Everest
Pole
Vernon Houk
Palle Mogensen
Hillary
New Zealand
U S
Murray Ellis
Peter Mulgrew
Jim Bates
Derek Wright
U.S
Vivian Fuchs
Shackleton
South America
Fuchs
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