Eisenhower Praises Space Program Progress in Letter
President Eisenhower told Congress the United States has a record of solid achievement in space programs. He forwarded a 12,000 word NAS A prepared report detailing space work since the first satellite orbit a year earlier. The report notes 1958 space experiments yielded valuable data and laid a foundation for future work.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Southwest ice and snow cause dozens of deaths and closures
Ice and snow blanketed the Southwest killing at least 14 people in weather related crashes. Eight inches fell at Gage Oklahoma near the Texas line, six more in Follett Texas Panhandle. A DC3 carrying Idaho National Guardsmen and crew crashed near Kerrville Texas. two crewmen and a guardsman died, 25 rescued.
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Dallas
Tex
Gage
Okla
Texas Line
Follett
Texas Panhandle
Kerrville
Texas
Attendance Normal At School Amid Integration Tension
In Arlington Virginia AP report Ray E Reid county school superintendent says attendance today appears normal with 73 pupils absent from 1076. A 13 year old girl Joann Potts walked out after learning Negroes were present and refused to return. A man Andrew Kirk Sr claimed his daughter is kept out by fear of Communist influence.
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Arlington
Ray E. Reid
Joann Potts
Pottsville
Andrew Kirk Sr
Kirk
Ice and sleet warning for area highways
Icicles hung on trees in Jackson Lincoln and Union Parish as rain turned to sleet. Drivers urged to proceed with extreme caution while highways may ice over tonight. Police reported accidents but no injuries. Temperature to drop to 32 to 42 with freezing rain forecast. north east Louisiana expected to see highs 34 to 38 tomorrow. Rainfall yesterday measured 41 inches.
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del Rio
Rio Grande
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Rockies
Wyoming
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Houston
Chaves
Jackson
Lincoln
Union Parish
Louisiana
Twin Cities
Quachita Parish
Monroe
Three Guardsmen Die In DC-3 Crash In Texas Hill Country
A DC-3 carrying 25 Idaho National Guardsmen and a three man crew crashed 17 miles southeast of Kerrville Texas. Three men were killed and 25 survivors, some seriously hurt, escaped the burning wreckage as rescuers faced freezing rain. Thirteen were taken to a veterans hospital in Kerrville and 12 to Peterson Hospital.
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Kerrville, Tex
Idaho
Texas
Here
Kerrville
Peterson Hospital
Carroll Abbott
Insurance official to speak at Monroe Life Underwriters meet
Rufus D Hays state commissioner of insurance will address the Monroe Association of Life Underwriters at its February 13 meeting. The topic will be announced later this week. John Allen, president, has announced.
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Rufus D Hays
Insurance
Monroe Association of Life Underwriters
Hay
John Allen
Taylor at Home Brief Visit for Lt. John E. Taylor
First Lt. John Earl Taylor, former Morning World police reporter, visits his parents in Farmerville. Stationed at Ft. Campbell Kentucky, he has just been promoted and serves in public information duties.
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John Earl Taylor
Morning World
Farmerville
Ft. Campbell
Public Informa
Radio Signals Stir Faint Hope For Ship Crash Victims
Weak radio signals from the missing Danish ship Hans Hedtoft sparked cautious hope of survivors amid iceberg fields off Greenland. Danish officials and rescue units tracked irregular dots on a 520 kilocycle frequency, with lifeboats and beacons aboard the 2785-ton vessel.
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Halifax
Hans Hedtoft
Greenland
Hans &. Cnristiansen
Denmark
Copenhagen
Royal Canadian Air Force
U.S. Coast Guard
New York
Campbell
Cape Farewell
Christiansen
Murder Trial Opens As Patterson Stands Indicted
Fourth District Court begins its February term with the murder case of Bynum Patterson Sr. set for 2 p m. Patterson, a Negro school employee, is charged in the October 3 death of Willie Lee Walters. Bond was restored December 15 after delays, with 30 veniremen summoned for jury service.
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Fourth District Court
Bynum Patterson
Willie Lee Walters
Patterson
Fifty Cats Break Free At Memphis Cat Show
Fifty show cats escaped their cages at the Dixieland Cat Show in Memphis. Sponsors opened the National Guard Armory to recover the felines as owners expressed concern their breeds might be compromised. The cause of the breakout remained a mystery.
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Memphis
Tenn
UPI
Dixieland
National Guard Armory
Calls For Merit Over Patronage In Page Selections
Rep Harry Sheppard urges merit as the basis for House page appointments amid debate over 14 year old James Johnson of Chicago who nearly became Congress first Black page. Johnson missed the chance when the committee ruled it was not his congressman's turn to dispense patronage.
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Washington
House
Harry Sheppard
D-Calls
James Johnson
Chicago
Congress
Johnson
City Program Awaits Plans for Engineers and Bids
City officials await completion of engineering plans before launching a 5.12 million capital improvement program for drainage sewerage streets and two underpasses. Ford Bacon and Davis handles surveys. Bids on bonds planned in two to three weeks. State aid and talks with R B Richardson are pending.
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City Hall
W. L
Jack) Howard
Howard
Citizens Committee
R. B. Richardson
Richardson
Electric Chair Awaiting Florida Man
Dalles S. Withers, a 35 year old Panama City father of six, faces execution for drowning two young boys after a boat ride in a Gulf bay. He was convicted of killing seven year old David Earl Wilson and, in a confession admitted at trial, killed four year old Douglas Wilson following sexual assault on the elder. The death warrant was signed a week ago and courts and the State Pardon Board declined to intervene. Withers claimed intoxication.
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Raiford
Fla
Dalles S
Douglas
State Pardon Board
Withers
Dulles Told to Offer Fresh Ideas for Allies
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles faces pressure from Senate Democrats to present new approaches in handling the Soviet Union ahead of European talks. He plans visits to London Paris and Bonn with discussions on Berlin Germany and potential East West talks including Britain France and West Germany.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Senate
Democrats
Soviet Union
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Democratic
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
State Department
Dulles
Fulbright
Europe
London
Paris
Bonn
Berlin
Germany
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
France
Konrad Adenauer
West
Russia
Moscow
Groundhog Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania at Gobbler's Knob at 8 23 a m Sam Light led a small group to witness the annual event. The groundhog reportedly faced subzero conditions before peeking out then returning to his hole. Light claimed the animal did not hibernate this winter and cited cookbook promotion as a motive.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Sam Light
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Gobbler’s Knob
Pennsylvania
Light
Franco Ban Defied New Party Formed in Spain
Republicans liberals and rightists defied Franco’s ban on opposition groups by forming the Spanish Union in Madrid. Nearly 100 officers bankers lawyers and professors attended a banquet to inaugurate the party with leaders Satrastegui Fernandez and Enrique Tierno Galvan criticizing Franco’s rule and policies.
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Madrid
Spanish Union—unio Espanola
Joaquin Satrastegui Fernandez
Spain
Satrastegui
Spanish Union
Ele
Odd cause behind driverless truck tied to Patton pickup
ASHLAND Ky AP odd story of W S Patton who found his car towing a pickup truck after they seemingly hooked bumpers while leaving a parking space. The driverless truck remained attached as Patton's vehicle pulled away revealing the strange sight.
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Ashland
W. S. Patton
Patton
Danger Ranger Spaceman Tag Edwards Air Force Base Tale
Capt Bob White inherits the blue Model A Ford tagged Sudden Death as Kincheloe’s successor pilots the X 15 rocket plane at Edwards AFB. Scott Crossfield will test the craft for four months before White takes control during initial spaceflight work. White asked for the job but not the nickname.
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Scott Crossfield
North American Aviation
Air Force
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Crossfield
Earth
Bob White
White
Virginia Ends Color Barriers as Negroes Enter White Schools
Virginia quietly desegregates with 21 Negro children entering Norfolk and Arlington County schools. Police kept watch but no disturbances occurred as Stratford Junior High welcomed four at Arlington amid a strong security display. Governor Almond praised the peaceful transition and local officials expressed pride in the community.
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Richmond
Virginia
Norfolk
Arlington County
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
John J. Brewbaker
Brewbaker
Arlington
Prominent LSU Law Professor Dies Suddenly
Baton Rouge AP Dr. Charles A. Reynard 45 a LSU law professor and labor law expert died of a heart attack at his home. He had served as special counsel to Gov Earl Long and spoke against school closures over race integration before a House committee. He had returned from a National Academy of Labor Arbiters meeting in Detroit. He also participated in international labor law work including the Brussels congress.
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Baton Rouge
Charles A. Reynard
Louisiana State University
Reynard
Earl Long
LSU
House
Detroit
Mich
National Academy of Labor Arbiters
Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Labor Law
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Ouachita Parish
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Jack L. O'Donnell
Hilton S. Pickett
G. E. Addison
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Harry F. Sloan
George S. Camp
Harry Dixon
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