Sputnik Tracks Across U S As Moonlet Sets Record
American sky watchers report the Russian earth satellite again this morning as it makes three passes over the United States. Sputnik nears the end of its first week aloft circling the earth every 96.1 minutes. Observers in New Haven Smithsonian Cambridge and Naval Research Laboratory report sightings and steady signals despite meteorite fragments. Moscow says the nose cone and spent rocket are in orbit and the satellite will emit light like a meteor in late stages.
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Cambridge
Associated Press
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Moscow
Radio Moscow
Sput- Snik
Quiet Little Rock Sees First Week of School Integration
Eight Negro students entered Central High School for the final week of classes under federal troop protection. One of the six Negro girls did not attend, while white teens shouted insults near the school. Armed guards stood around the building as the federal versus state clash remains unresolved. Tomorrow churches across the Little Rock area will hold a brief service praying for a resolution to the crisis.
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WACS Offered Lift In Battle Of Bust
Walter Stein of Chicago asked 96 WAC detachment members in Yokohama to send bust and hip measurements in exchange for underwear. Lt Jeane Wolcott of Kent Ohio complains only one of 96 wore a perfect dress, urging use of falsies and girdles. Stein, head of Perma Lift Co., offers to supply garments if measurements are sent.
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Yokohama
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Kent
Ohio
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Asian Flu Surges Across U S Reaching 1 Million Mark
The Asian flu swept the United States with estimates of cases exceeding one million led by Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arizona and New York City. At least 15 deaths this month plus widespread school closures and canceled events marked a nationwide health crisis.
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Okla
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Hagerstown
Medical Lake
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Thief Strips Man, Steals Pants for Second Time
New York reports Bertard Bertan a 60 year old trousers maker loses two pairs of pants to a masked bandit. On Sth Avenue entry the man was forced to strip after a demand for money. The thief then threw the pants from a window and escaped with 31 dollars first, then four dollars on the second visit.
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Poisoning waitress dies in electric chair with Bible
Rhonda Belle Martin, a 50 year old Montgomery waitress, was executed for poisoning her fourth husband Claude Martin in 1951 and admitted killing two more husbands, her mother, and three daughters. She left a note asking body be given to science to uncover why she committed the crimes. The execution followed one failed start and a second successful 2200 volt sentence. Governor Folsom denied clemency.
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Mary Frances Gibbon
U S and Russia Face Off Over Middle East Crisis
Washington reviews Khrushchev remarks on Turkey and Syria as the United States vows to defend Turkey under NATO. The State Department warns that any local clash could widen, urging careful handling to avoid global war.
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Attorneys seek court order to bar Hoffa from Teamsters presidency
Attorneys for a rank-and-file Teamsters group plan to file for a federal court injunction this afternoon to stop James R. Hoffa from taking office as president. Dodd Kaplan and Schmidt represents a 13 member New York City group contesting the Miami Beach convention as illegitimately rigged by handpicked delegates.
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Teamsters
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Dodd Kaplan and Schmidt
Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
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Teamsters Union
Miami Beach
Fla
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San Marino Reds surrender to anti Communist ruling coalition
San Marino’s Communist government capitulated today surrendering control after 12 years of Red rule in the 38 square mile republic. A provisional white government led by Christian Democrats is set to take power after a bloodless revolution that began October 1 and followed renewed non Communist parliamentary gains.
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United States
Italy
Parliamet
Pleasant Autumn Weekend Forecast in Middletown
A high pressure system brings clear skies and cooler temperatures for the next few days. Today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny, cool weather with a high near 60. Tonight will be fair and cool with frost possible as temps dip to the low 30s. Saturday and Sunday look fair with highs around 60 and Lows near 34. This morning Middletown reported a low of 32 at 6 30 a.m. and yesterday’s high 60 at 3 30 p.m.
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Row
Middletown
Engagement Breakup Reason Revealed
Jim asks why the engagement ended and John explains she wanted to marry.
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Canada Awaits Queen's Arrival in Ottawa
Ottawa readies for Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrival as the city swells to nearly double its population. Government buildings decked with bunting, Royal Canadian Mounted Police rehearsing crowd control, and a refurbished four horse landau set the scene for a four day Canadian visit before the U S tour.
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Canada
United States
Order of the Garter
Antony Nemants
Ottawa
England
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Duke of Edinburgh
Robbers Hit Paiey Post Office in Broad Daylight
Gunmen raided the Paisley Oregon post office killing John T. Lawson a 40 year old plumber while resisting capture. A posse of more than 150 riflemen pursued the fugitives through brush as a hospital report identified a wounded suspect Donald Ferguson 32 of Bakersfield California.
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Ore
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Donald Ferguson
Bakersfield
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Citywide Hysteria Over Fake Sputnik Toy Rocket
In Hobart Tasmania a student prank caused a panic when a toy rocket simulated a Soviet satellite lighting up the night sky. Switchboards to newspapers and radio stations buzzed with calls as residents feared a crash during the mock satellite pass.
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