NASA Inflates 100 Foot Aluminum Sphere After High Altitude Launch
The Space Agency launched an aluminum coated sphere to about 230 miles, then inflated it to a 100 foot diameter at Wallops Island. The sphere brightened distant stars as it climbed, paused, and descended, part of tests for inflatable satellites to bounce radio signals and measure drag in space. Next spring NASA plans orbit tests of similar spheres.
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Washington
Space Agency
Newamen
NASA
Earth
Byrd Warns Tax Cuts Risk Budget Surplus Skepticism
Sen. Harry F. Byrd says Congress faces fiscal irresponsibility if it cuts taxes or increases spending as Eisenhower forecasts a 4.2 billion dollar surplus. He notes past overestimates and warns against shifting funds above presidential requests while Democrats weigh defense, housing, and highway funding against budget limits.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Eisenhower
Democratic Congress
Defecting Red China Pilot Reward Stands
The Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry reports 1000 ounces of gold wire promised to the next of kin of a pilot killed in a MIG15 crash in northeast Formosa while defecting from the Red Chinese air force. The gold would have gone to the pilot if he lived, but will be paid to relatives if they are outside Red China or when the mainland is recovered.
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Taipei
Formosa
Nationalist
Chinese Defense Ministry
Red Chinese Air Force
Democratic strategy targets defense and welfare budgets
The leaders plan to boost defense outlays beyond the 41 billion dollars Ike is to request while expanding health education and welfare funds. To offset this they expect to cut regular money bills by 5 to 10 percent, likely trimming foreign aid as a substantial portion.
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Eisenhower
Mickey at Home Claimed in Murder Case Defense Says Alibi Is Solid
Attorney Robert L. Kleinpeter challenges District Attorney J Clair Favrot to prove a statement that George I Mickey 49 was not at home the night LSU biology dean Dr Margaret Rosamond McMillan 39 was killed Mickey is charged with murder and maintains innocence McMillan was found on a country lane near the LSU Baton Rouge campus Favrot says he traced Mickey’s whereabouts with long distance calls and FBI help while two defense lawyers defend Mickey in the case
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LSU Baton Rouge
LSU
New Orleans
Kleinpeter
Dist
Atty. J
Clair Favrot
Mickey
Baton Rouge
Favrot
FBI
Bomb Again Suspected In Crash
A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing heard testimony suggesting a bomb may have caused National Airlines Flight LOS crash into the Gulf of Mexico on November 16, killing 42. Dr. Robert Spears of Dallas, once linked to hospital bombing threats, was named among passengers. investigators noted possible insurance motives and a lookalike boarding rumor involving a Tampa salesman, 6-year-old William Allen Taylor.
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Miami Beach
Fila
National Airlines
Julian Blodgett
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles
Blodget
FBI
New Orleans
Charles S. Collar
Blodgett
Spears
Tampa
William Allen Taylor
Communist China Warns U.S. Warship Entry Near Formosa
Peiping radio quoted a Foreign Office spokesman who said China would issue a warning to the United States over the reported entry of a U S warship into waters off Fukien province opposite Formosa. The broadcast described the act as a disturbance and warned of possible consequences.
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Tokyo
Chinna
U.S
Fukien
Formosa
Peiping Radio
Fovreign Office
United States
Brand X Poised After TV Push for Honest Commercials
A compact note observes Brand X positioned to gain as TV pressure increases for honest advertising. The remark hints at market impact without detailing specific moves or data.
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Brand X
Adenauer Urges Citizens to Punish Anti Jewish Vandals
Chancellor Adenauer told West Germans to beat up anti Jewish vandals found smearing walls with Nazi symbols. He said Jews have nothing to fear and guaranteed state backing, while condemning Nazism and noting few supporters remain. Two suspects, both 23, linked to the Reich party, were jailed for Cologne synagogue desecration with swastikas.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Braunau
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Cologne
Riech Party
German Reich Party
Reich Party
Kishi Due Here Today
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi arrives to sign a treaty elevating Japan to an equal partner in U S Japanese relations. The pact, to be signed Tuesday in the White House East Room, solidifies Tokyo as a free world ally with greater say in future U S undertakings.
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Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
U.S
White House
James Buchanan
America
United States
Child Killed by Car in Columbus Suburb
Four year old Mario Palermini, son of Mr and Mrs Marino Palermini, was struck by a automobile and killed Saturday as he ran across the road in front of the family home in Mifflin Township, Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mario Palermini
Marino Palermini
Mifflin, Twp
Strike Idle 1100 at Cooper-Bessemer Plant
A strike idled 1,100 workers at the Cooper-Bessemer Corp. plant near Mount Vernon, with no negotiations in sight as of Saturday. The AP report notes ongoing stoppage and stalled talks between the company and workers.
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Mount Vernon
Chio
Cooper-Bessemer Corp
Preble Man Leaps From Courthouse After Plea
Theodore Mackey 46 leaped head first from a third floor balcony at the Preble County Courthouse after pleading innocent to the rifle slaying of his wife Myrtle Mackey 38. He survived with head and rib injuries and was recovering at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Notes found in his clothes expressed intent to die and to be buried beside his wife Josephine Mackey. he told deputies I got in too big a hurry. The hospital said his condition was fair.
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Theodore
Bud) Mackey
Preble County
Eaton
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Ohio
Theodore Mackey
Mackey
Myrtle Josephine Mackey
Floyd Spitler
Sheriff Spitler
Josephine Mackey
Lava Bursts from Kilauea Destroys Kapoho and Sparks Storms
Lava from Kilauea poured into the ocean after pumice rained on the evacuated Kapoho area. Fragments flew up to 1000 feet from a volcanic rift on Hawaii Island as a heat surge likely sparked a thunderstorm that drenched Hilo with six inches of rain.
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Kilauea
Kapoho
Hawaii Island
Weather Bureau
Hawaii
Hilo
Nixon disputes Reds' claim of superior weapon
Vice President Richard Nixon in Miami Beach scoffs at a Soviet claim of a new weapon, saying no such device could threaten U S retaliatory power. He warns Castro to welcome American investment, notes Cuba risk to American sugar profits, and comments on Kennedy and Truman without direct partisan attacks.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
Florida
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U. S
Vaice
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Southwest Storm Targets Plains, Snow Hits Southwest and Rockies
A major winter storm built over the Southwest and moved toward the central plains with heavy snow and possible 4 inch accumulations in southwest Kansas and northwest Oklahoma. Sleet accompanied the storm as it spread from Arizona and New Mexico into the central Rockies. Winds gusted up to 30 miles per hour over the snow region during Saturday night. Snow also brushed the Pacific Northwest and northern California while flurries persisted from the eastern Great Lakes to the central Appalachians.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Rockies
Plains
Pacific Northwest
California
Great Lakes
Central
Appalachians
Khrushchev presses Berlin talks as Paris summit nears
Khrushchev steps up pressure to push Western powers to abandon West Berlin while Paris summit looms. He ties Berlin to a German peace treaty and signals quick action, signaling a shift from threats to a tougher bargaining stance as Eisenhower and Western leaders brace for talks.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Camp David
Berlin
State Department
Western diplomats in Moscow glean Khrushchev hints on East West
Top Western diplomats in Moscow including U S envoy Llewellyn Thompson received a personal view of Khrushchev during a New Year Eve Kremlin reception. Thompson filed a long report on the premier's rambling talk lasting several hours. Khrushchev shifted between silence and veiled threats and moments of urging East West settlements and easing tensions.
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Paris
Berlin
Khrushchev
Budapest
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
May
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
Red China to Love the People Campaign Ordered
Hong Kong reports the Ministry of Security orders secret police to love the people next month. Last year four million good deeds were logged aiding farmers sowing seed collecting fertilizer and assisting on rice and water conservation projects.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Ministry of Security
A Glance Inside MacArthur Reveals Quiet Years
The article reviews General MacArthur’s post Congress speech life describing his self isolation and the enduring truth of his words about aging soldiers. It notes today’s feature by Saul Pett on his life and mentions sections by A R Tilton on property reappraisal and Jody Butts on the Alaska Highway.
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Congress
Saul Pett
Associated Press
Red Cross
Fritz Laiendorf
A. R. Tilton
Butler County
Jody Butts
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