Day of ICBM With Pinpoint Accuracy Nears
Washington reports a near pinpoint ICBM capability using inertial guidance and advanced materials. Scientists claim guidance accuracy within one hundredth of a degree for intercontinental missiles, plus heat resistant ceramics to survive space and reentry. The article describes gyroscope based navigation and extreme temperature tolerances as foundational to the system.
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Bem Price Washington
Earth
America
Logan Reavis
U. S
Netherlands
Two Auto Accidents Reported Over Christmas Holiday
Two traffic incidents and one injury were reported to Sheriff John E. G. Olson during the Christmas holiday. Kenneth B. Johnke was treated for minor abrasions and gasoline burns after his truck overturned on U S Route 6 east of Morris. A second incident on East Washington Street involved Mrs. Barney A. Taylor causing damage to a parked car belonging to Telford Gjerde. no injuries were reported.
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John E. G. Olson
James Bell
Kenneth B. Johnke
N. LaSalle St
Ottawa
Morris Hospital
Johnke
U. S
Eisenhowers to Spend Week at Gettysburg Farm
President and Mrs. Eisenhower will depart Friday for a week at their Gettysburg Pennsylvania farm to focus on the State of the Union and other messages to Congress. He will confer with Budget Director Percival Brundage and other aides and will not be in official routine during this period.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
State of the Union
Congress
James C. Haggerty
Hagerty
Percival Brundage
Eisenhowers
Dulles
New
Civil Right Commission
1957’s Biggest Science Meet Opens Today
INDIANAPOLIS The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opens with space flight planning, space medical problems, evolution debates, smoking lung cancer analysis, science education, brain chemistry and drugs, criminology, and wire tapping. About 1 200 reports will be heard over five days by thousands of scientists.
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Indianapolis
American Assn
Congress
Quietest Yule in Paris Algeria reports five deaths
Paris and Algeria mark a quiet Christmas amid three years of nationalist unrest. Officials report five deaths in Algeria from the conflict while terrorists claim four more lives in Paris, signaling ongoing violence despite the holiday.
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Paris
Algeria
Western Slogans Rally At Afro-Asian Conference
About 400 delegates from 40 countries attended an anti Western conference in Cairo. Exiles and leftist groups dominated. Col Anwar Sadat presided and urged neutrality and non alignment amid debates on nuclear tests and imperialism.
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Egypt
Sadat
Russians Press Own Peace Plan Amid NATO Talks
In Moscow the Soviet Union released a seven point peace plan approved by the Supreme Soviet, urging halt to atomic tests, nuclear weapons and arms in Europe, a nonaggression pact, and greater trade while dismissing Western calls for a foreign ministers conference. Western powers rejected Soviet guarantees and warned of unkept commitments.
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Bulganin
NATO
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Pravda
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United States
Britain
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West Germany
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Russia
Middle East
Weather Outlook for Grundy County and Christmas Day Temps
Fair but cooler weather expected tonight in Grundy County with clouds and a high of upper forties Friday. Christmas Day reached 45 with a 32 degree low. at 9 am today it was 34. Northeast rains on Christmas cause an estimated half foot rise in the Illinois River over 24 hours. Saturday outlook: cloudy and slightly colder.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Illinois
King Opens Parliament in Bangkok March Parlament Opening
King Phumiphon Aduldet opened the parliament elected on December 15 in Bangkok, starting a new legislative session amid formal ceremonies.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phumiphon Aduldet
State Scholarships Offer Up To 600 For Illinois Students
Grants of up to 600 dollars per school year are available to qualified Illinois residents. A February 1, 1958 exam will determine recipients for 1958 1959. Application forms must be postmarked by January 10 1958 and centers include NIU De Kalb ISNU Normal Wesleyan Bloomington Joliet College and Olivet Nazarene in Kankakee.
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Grundy County
Lillian K. Walker
Illinois
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Joliet Junior College
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
Ilinois
Deportation concerns raised by U S Embassy in Tokyo
The U S Embassy said some Americans may face deportation while the Japanese Foreign Office denied any American official blacklist. Tokyo police sought deportation for 852 foreign civilians and recalled several high ranking American diplomats and military officers for misconduct.
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Tokyo
U. S
Christmas Gift Drive Delights 30 Needy Families
More than 30 needy families received Christmas gifts from the XXX society Morris oldest charity now county wide through cooperation with the Community Chest. Lists from Public Aid Red Cross and Aid to Dependent Children guided distributions of foods and gifts including shoes galoshes and roller skates. A boy asked for shoe trees to care for his good shoes and received them, an officer said.
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XXX Society
Morris
Community Chest
Red Cross
Cardinal Spellman Gives 15000 Donation to Korean Charities
Seoul reports Cardinal Spellman donated $15,000 to Korean charities from funds raised in New York diocese and Catholic groups. He spent his sixth Christmas with U S troops in Korea then met President Syngman Rhee for 40 minutes before flying to Tokyo.
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Seoul
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
U. S
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Tokyo
Condition of ex governor Dwight Green in critical at Chicago hospital
Dwight H. Green 60 former Illinois governor remained in critical condition at Presbyterian Hospital where he has been treated since November 21 for a chest malignancy.
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Chicago
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Green
Presbyterian Hospital
Administration plans lower farm price supports nationwide
The administration intends to ask Congress to set minimum price supports at 60 percent of parity for all farm products, down from the current 75 percent. Secretary Benson has indicated 60 percent for basic crops, with uncertainty over other commodities, while industry leaders report White House consideration of a full 60 percent parity floor except for certain zero to 90 percent supported items such as oats and soybeans.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Congress
Benson
White House
Sparkman Criticizes Slow White House Action on Slump
Sen. Sparkman of Alabama charges the Eisenhower administration moves slowly against the economic slump. He notes a delayed $177 million for housing and urban renewal and urges looser money policy, including FHA mortgage rate cuts to 4 percent for a housing boost. The housing sector remains weak with starts near 926,000.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Senate Housing Subcommittee
White House
Gress
Christmas Traffic Toll Surges Past Safety Council Forecast
Christmas traffic deaths totaled 219 with 272 total holiday fatalities, exceeding the NSC forecast of 180 and marking the second-highest one day total since World War II. Ohio and New York led in fatalities amid a nationwide toll peaking during a 30‑hour period.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ohio
New York
Ten Illinoisans Die In Auto Accidents Over Christmas
A Christmas holiday toll reports at least ten fatalities in down state Illinois with four days totaling 56 deaths, the highest on record. Notable victims include Thomas E. Matheny and his son Shelby in Minoak, killed after a stop sign violation, and Carl J. Kumala of Waukegan in an auto-train crash. Other victims include Philip Reynolds near Jacksonville and Manuel DeJesus Fraire of Prai.
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Associated Press
Downstate
Illinois
Chicago
Cook County
Minoak
Thomas E. Matheny
Fairview Park
Ohio
Shelby
Matheny Auto
Waukegan
Carl J. Kumala
Philip Reynolds
Jacksonville
Manuel DeJesus Fraire
Prai
Four room house for rent and new three bedroom sale
Immediate possession offered on a four room house for rent. A new three bedroom house is for sale. Thirty one Hereford heifers are also listed for sale.
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Hereford
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