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a In or enlarge theirID 111 vnilivl niOif v'vw»*wvi»*v^vjiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Westthis year.Ike Puts Off Ruling on Army'sAppeal to Keep Space ProjectsWASHINGTON (UPI) —President Eisenhower Wednesday postponed “for some time” a decision in the controversy between the Army and the new civilian space agencyThe President met for one hour with his Space Council. He had summoned It to the White House to discuss control of scientifie talent and space projects.But White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the President wouldn’t “make a decision for some time” and would hold further meetings with the council before doingSO.Rritieh Al«n Ran Reds9%1910mdidITir.ie-srnbyterts‘ 'as ith eat t a er-m-MANY authorities believed the Army’s future in space exploration and rocket weapons development was at stake in its fight with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).The NASA had put In a bid to take over the Army’s team of 2,100 scientists and technicians, along with the laboratories, of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Huntsville, Ala. The team is led by the German-born rocket expert Wernher Von Braun.NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan also has proposed to the Army that his new agency take over the Army's present arrangements with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, Cal,, for space and' missile work.IF THE NASA BID Is successful the Army’s leasehold on space would be considerably cut down.groforTip to Tuesday night, authorities said, a compromise had not been worked out among the Army, NASA and the Defense Department.The President has said he would decide himflelf what federal agencies or facilities would be transferred to the new space agency which was set up under the space act of last July. Until Dec. 31 the President can make such decisions without referring them to Congress. After that congressional approval must be obtained.r l
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Thu, Oct 30, 1958
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