Sputnik II and the 1957 Space Race Spotlight
Editor Joe Wing notes two Russian metal moons broke the gravity barrier in 1957. The AP poll labels the event as the year’s top news, sparking propaganda victory for Russia and a U.S. push to accelerate missiles and science programs as Americans reassess education and military plans.
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Pearl Harbor
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Space
Top News Year in Review Highlights Desegregation and Khrushchev Rise
The year’s cover stories include the Little Rock Central High School desegregation conflict with National Guards and federal troops, Khrushchev’s ascent to power, Teamsters figures Beck and Hoffa in hearings, Middle East tensions over Syria, and major events like Hurricane Audrey, the President’s stroke, the Asian flu, the Girard case, and the new civil rights bill despite Thurmond’s filibuster.
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James R. Hoffa
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Hoffa
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Jordan
Audrey
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Far East
Girard
Japan
William S. Girard
U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Man Who Saved Fellow Workers is Given Award
Gerald W. Flowers, 31, a Sun Oil pump operator in Barber's Hill area, received the J. Howard Pew Award for heroism after dragging two men from a hydrocarbon tank at Sun Oil's San Leon Texas facility last summer. Flowers, who weighs 130 pounds, twice saved colleagues from certain death as one after another succumbed to fumes. The incident occurred in a recently tested tank where oil remained only 18 inches deep when a worker entered without success. Flowers first pulled the first man to safety and then returned for the second, both fights against toxic vapors ending in rescue. This act earned Flowers multiple honors beyond the Pew Award.
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Mobile Home Trade Ad for Trailers and Equities
New and used furniture offered for trade against trailers or house equities. Trade options include furniture or real estate equity items at Boatright 19th and Kermit Highway.
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Boatright
Your Lie OG cy By CONSTELLA Horoscope Forecast
We present an astrology forecast noting expressive but contained aggres sive action advised today. Writing, calling, travel may occur with delays. Mercury affects communications. Birthdays highlight Capricorn. February and March offer new projects and energy.
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Bovee Daily Guide
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Communists Aim For Control Of Hungary Gypsies
On Budapest Andrassy Street a Gypsy run first-rate restaurant opens next spring. Gypsy girls will serve dishes, Gypsy cooks prepare them, and a Gypsy band will play. The Association of Hungarian Gypsies aims to foster 200000 Gypsies but non Communist Hungarians call it a device for control. Maria Laszlo, secretary general, hopes social equality may follow. Peter Kovacs says the regime plans Gypsy schools and a Gypsy language weekly if subscribers grow.
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Top Ten Stories Of 1957 Overview
A compact list highlights Sputniks launch, Little Rock integration crisis, Nikita Khrushchev rise in the Kremlin, Teamsters Union hearings, Middle East crisis, Hurricane Audrey, Eisenhower illness, Asian flu, the Girard case, and the Civil Rights Bill passage as major events of the year.
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Eisenhower
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Rabbi Ephraim Frisch Dies at 77 in New York
The Rev Dr Ephraim Frisch 77 longtime rabbi died Tuesday at his New York home He served as rabbi emeritus at Beth E in San Antonio Texas and Tempe Arizona was listed as a figure in the Jewish scholarly community without further details about survivors or services.
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Mothers Set for New Year Trip to China to Visit Prisoners
Three American mothers from Yonkers New Britain and Lynn plan to leave New York on New Year’s Day for China to reunite with sons jailed by the Communists. Ruth Redmond says Hugh Redmond 35 in Shanghai was convicted of spying and given life. Philip Fecteau 30 and John Downey 27 received years and life terms. They will bring warm clothing noting cold temperatures for their sons.
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China
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Yonkers
N.Y
John Downeh
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Downey
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Redmond
Postal Clerk Rules on Christmas Card to Wausau Postmaster
In Wausau Wisconsin a Christmas card addressed to Neil Jones was returned marked address unknown. The item raised a local joke since Jones is the city’s postmaster and reportedly the only Neil Jones in about 40,000 people.
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