Lunar Probe Postponed After Power Failure at Cape
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Army Missile men resumed work on the Juno II lunar probe after a Sunday night scrubbing caused by a power failure. The plan may allow another launch tonight or tomorrow with the moon in favorable position, then a month delay before another attempt to place a gold plated payload into a solar orbit. The mission aims to study two radiation bands above Earth using a Pioneer probe alongside a Soviet Lunik claim.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army Missilemen
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Army
Discoverer I Might Be In Orbit Says Air Force
The Air Force reports sporadic signals from Discoverer I suggesting a possible Earth orbit. Tracking at Edwards Anette and Vandenberg picked up signals. orbit may be about 96 minutes per revolution with closest approach 146 miles and farthest 558. Critics urge sharing radio beacon details with tracking agencies.
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Inglewood
Calif
Air Force
Poles
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Edwards Air Force Base
Anette
Alaska
Vandenberg
Earth
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Mass
Fifth IGY space probe launch delayed by weather and timing
Army crew members missed the first firing window of a 10 minute countdown Sunday night due to trouble. The azimuth direction ring required readjustment to account for earth and moon rotation during the delay. Cape weather cleared briefly as rain eased, marking the final IGY probe, with more space ventures expected in 1959.
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Army
U S and Soviet urged to halt atmospheric nuclear tests
Washington AP Sen Frank Church Idaho proposed the United States seek an agreement with the Soviet Union to halt nuclear tests in the earth's atmosphere. Attempts to control tests underground underwater or in outer space would be left to future negotiations. London AP British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told Soviet television viewers that Britain and the U S S R should each avoid acts which disturb the existing position anywhere in the world to the other's disadvantage.
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Washington
Frank Church
Idaho
United States
Soviet Union
London
Harold Macmillan
Britain
U.S.S.R
Second Atomic Plant Joins Britain Power Grid
London AP reports Britain's national power network gains a second atomic station. The Chapel Cross plant in Scotland mirrors Calder Hall, which has operated since October 1956, and now adds nuclear capacity.
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London
Britain
Chapel Cross
Scotland
Calder Hall
Boys Kidnapped Two Mothers Rally Over Safe Return
In Los Angeles two mothers faced tears of joy and fear as one son was recovered and another remained missing. Wayne Murray Jr., seven, was found with William Harris Elwell, 28, in a Bishop hotel after a tip from a Los Angeles bus ticket seller. Elwell held for Venice police on a kidnapping charge. Ruth Flores, whose infant son vanished Saturday, collapsed from anxiety as police hunted for the child.
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Kathryn Murray
Wayne Jr
Bishop
Calif
Venice
Los Angeles
Ruth Flores
Young Wayne Murray
William Harris Elwell
Elwell
Warm Miami Valley Weekend Forecast With Showers
March winds ease into mild air as the Miami Valley sees a high near 58 with partly cloudy and windy conditions. Showers and thunder showers mix with a low around 36 tonight, followed by a cloudy cooler day Tuesday with a high near 48 and diminishing showers. Middletown recorded a Sunday high of 36 at 2 pm and a 26 degree low this morning. rainfall Saturday totaled .16 inches and early Sunday rain and snow were not measurable.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Makarios Returns to Cyprus in Triumphant Homecoming
Arch bishop Makarios arrives in Nicosia before more than 150000 Greek Cypriots after three years in exile. He pledges harmony with Turkish Cypriots, urges unity, and honors EOKA leaders Gen. Grivas and Dighenis. British, Greek, and Turkish officials broker independence for the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
London
EOKA
Our Struggle For Liberation
George Grivas
Missing Ontario baby spurs police search
Hundreds of officers seek Eric Leon Flores eight weeks old who vanished after a babysitter known as Ann Williams, posing as a social worker, cared for him and Mrs. Flores and her five other children then disappeared with the child.
Two Teens Rescued From Vancouver Cliff Face
Charles Haas and Darrell Jones, both Vancouver high school students, were trapped six hours on a 325 foot cliff above the Lewis River canyon during the Yale power house construction. Mountain Safety Rescue Council crews from Portland, Oregon, pulled them to safety as icy winds swept the area. The boys warmed by a bonfire and drove home in their car after the rescue.
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Vancouver
Wash
Lewis River
Mountain Safety & Rescue Council of Oregon
Portland
Ore
Clark County Sheriff's
Charles Haas
Darrell Jones
Pacific Power & Light Co
Yale Power House
Hans
Sleek Avenue Bridge Closed After Engineering Report
The Sleek Avenue Bridge over the Licking River in Newark Ohio was declared unsafe for all traffic and closed. The action followed an engineering report on four city bridges damaged in January floods.
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Newark, Ohio
Licking River
Reds Agree To Foreign Ministers Conference On Germany
Moscow indicated a foreign ministers session on Germany could be held in Vienna or Geneva in April with access for Poland Czechoslovakia East and West Germany and representatives from Britain France the Soviet Union and the United States. Khrushchev and Macmillan discussed the issue for nearly two hours in the Kremlin as Western powers push for a summit with Berlin at stake.
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Soviet Union
Germany
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Geneva
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East
West Germany
Britain
France
United States
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Kremlin
West Berlin
Foreign Ministry
West
East Germany
Berlin
Harold Macmillan
Kiev
Russia
Social Security check plain wrapper quirk draws chuckle
A cheeky older woman once sought to receive her Social Security payment in a plain wrapper, a rare and humorous attempt credited to her years of getting by with wit.
Khrushchev Denies Toothache Was Diplomatic Illness
Khrushchev told the ambassador the toothache delaying his trip with Macmillan was not a diplomatic illness. McMillan toured Leningrad Sunday as Lloyd and Gromyko held a 90 minute meeting to clarify positions before the final session between the premiers. Pervukhin and East German leaders discussed the Berlin occupancy plan in East Berlin, with Khrushchev setting May 27 as the end date and slated to visit East Germany for the Leipzig Trade Fair mid week.
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West Germany
Macmillan
Leningrad
Mcmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
West Berlin
East Berlin
M. G. Pervukhin
Otto Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht Khrushchev
East Germany
Leipzig
Pfaff Faces Traffic Ticket After Speeding Incident
Los Angeles judge Roger A. Pfaff was ticketed by two officers for traveling 45 mph in a 25 mph zone as they watched. Pfaff had previously served as a traffic judge known for jail sentences to crack down on speeders before his 1955 elevation to Superior Court.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Roger A. Pfaff
Pfaff
Burglar Steals Penny From 1909 Lincoln Head
Hermosa Beach California police report a burglar kicked in a plate glass window to steal a penny valued by collectors at 50 dollars. The incident occurred Sunday night and involved a rare coin from 1909.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Congress weighs Berlin crisis with varied advice
Senators offered diverse responses to the Berlin situation. Fulbright urged not to box in the President, Dirksen echoed responsible foreign policy, and Johnson pledged unity behind the President. Jackson called for mobilization of four or five Army and National Guard divisions as a diplomatic signal to the Soviet Union.
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Gress
Berlin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Soviet Union
Cable Restores Trans Atlantic Line After Break
The AT&T trans Atlantic telephone system returned to normal after repairs completed Sunday. A break on February 21 disrupted calls between the United States Canada Britain and eight European nations. A Navy boardings searched the Soviet trawler Novorossisk for 70 minutes with no evidence of intent to cut the cable.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
United States
Canada
Britain
United States Navy
Roy O. Hale
Novorossisk
Donald Sheely
Ships Ram Seeks Cause Of Collision Near Ambrose Light
Coast Guard investigators probed the collision between the American Export liner Constitution and the Norwegian tanker Jalanta. The Constitution sustained an eight foot bow gash and both vessels, in fog, reached port independently southeast of Ambrose Light. The 30,000 ton Constitution carried 112 crew plus 20 technicians. Jalanta had 42 crew and no cargo.
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NEW York
Coast Guard
Constitution
New York Harbor
Ambrose Light
Quincy
Mass
Newport News
Smoking Blamed for $225000 Toledo Fire
The Fire Prevention Bureau attributed the Toledo blaze likely to careless smoking. The fire caused about $225,000 in damage to three business premises on Thursday.
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Toledo, Ohio
Fire Prevention Bureau
Chastity booklet under fire in Britain debate
A British Medical Association pamphlet titled Is Chastity Outmoded? sparks controversy in London. Catholic doctors led by Dr James O Sullivan denounce it as it is set for discussion by the Church of England Moral Welfare Council. Dr Eustace Chesser argues for individual choice within societal bounds amid premarital sex statistics.
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London
Contraception and Chastity Debate Questioned by Psychologist
The psychologist asks if foolproof contraception would leave society with a leg to stand on. He replies that true chastity requires external freedom to choose, and asserts that under such conditions there would be more chastity, not less.
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Chesser
Tito Visits Rhodes During Greece Trip
Yugoslav President Tito arrived on Rhodes for a two day visit with Greek Premier Constantine Karamanlis as he returns from a Far East and Africa tour.
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Greece
Tito
Yugoslavia
Rhodes
Constantine Karamaniis
Far East
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