Space Travel Reactions Tested on Ground Trip
SAN ANTONIO Texa Airman Donald G Farrell passed the first phase of a seven day simulated space flight in an 3x5 foot cabin. Lt Col George R Steinkamp said Farrell remained bright and chipper after 24 hours in the sealed chamber with 85 degree heat and recycled water and air.
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San Antonio
Texa
Donald G. Farrell
Air Force
George R. Steinkamp
Randolph Air Force Base
Bronx
N. Y
Farrell
Steinkemp
Explorer
U.S
Fenton Duepner
United Press
Road Condition By Districts Across Texas Panhandle
The Highway Department reports hazardous driving today across districts. Amarillo reports very hazardous conditions with ice from freezing drizzle and light snow. Childress and Lubbock report icy roads and light precipitation. Atlanta and Abilene note isolated ice and bridges prone to danger. Paris and Odessa show bridge icing and rain with a low around 25. Crews continue salting and monitoring conditions.
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Austin
Highway Department
Panhandle
Amarillo
Childress
Lubbock
Atlanta
Abilene
Sweetwater
Paris
Clarksville
Odessa
Gertie Rescues Self From Stew
EL PASO TEX. A spry two year old hen named Gertie was slated to become dinner until she laid four eggs on Thursday, two on Friday and one on Saturday. Her feat saved her from being cooked and she crowed in celebration. Guy Forti, 7, says he will keep his one chicken egg plant.
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EL Paso
Tex
Gertie
Guy Forti
Ice Closes Texas Roads As Freezing Rain Hits Panhandle
A winter storm spreads freezing drizzle and sleet from Dalhart to Wichita Falls and across Oklahoma, creating hazardous highways. Two Texas deaths are linked to the ice while police warn roads remain dangerous with travel largely halted on U S Route 66 near Amarillo and in surrounding counties.
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Perryton
Amarillo
Brownsville
Kingsville
Highway 66
Sayre
Oklo
U.S. 66
Kenneth Carter
Carter
Panhandle
Lubbock
Texas
Wichita Falls
Melvin Wisdom
Roy Jones
Dalhart
Weather forecast: freezing rain, sleet. low 24 tonight
The area faces light freezing rain or sleet continuing late Monday then very light snow tonight and Tuesday as temperatures drop. The Weather Bureau at Terminal says precipitation remains light while the weatherman notes colder highs. Sunday afternoon saw a light freezing mist with .02 inch of moisture. tonight’s low should reach 24 degrees, after a high of 38. Sunday’s low was 20.
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Weather Bureau
Abilenz
Amarill
Chicago
Denver
el Paseo Easton Fort Worth
Galveston
Klahoma City
San_ Antonio
Louisa Eennerrere
Oaks
An Inc
Terminal
Odessa - Midland
Texas Violence Toll Rises Amid Traffic and Fires
Violence in Texas over the weekend killed at least 21 people including 12 from traffic accidents. An Ingleside couple, Billy Ray and Mrs. McDougald, died in a head on collision on State 35, with Mrs. McDougald 21 and her husband 24. Jimmie Jacobs, 27, also perished. A San Antonio couple, Henry McDonald, were struck by a hit and run. Kingsville Sgt. Gene Christopher, 26, was shot dead. murder charges against Pablo Lomas, 33, expected. Other deaths include Lawrence Eugene Lucas, 14, Houston. Lee Hants, 40s, suicide. a bank/Clerka stabbing death. Boyd Pickell, Port Isabel, in Gulf fire from an explosives launch. 1st Lt. Fred Carlton Stanley Jr., 27, found hanged in Bryan. Melvin Wisem, 39, and Roy Jones, 58, in a Wichita Falls crash. Linda Sue Watson, 3, Paris, burned. J. D. Yarborough, 85, fatally burned in Newcastle. and Albert Graham struck by a grain truck in Fort Worth.
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Texas
State
Billy Ray McDougald
Kingsville
Gene Christopher
D. D. Condron
Pablo Lomas
Lawrence Eugene Lucas
Houston
San Antonio
Lee Hants
Bryan
Bryan Air Force Base
Justice of the
Melvin Lloyd Wisem
Roy Jones
Wichita Falls
Linda Sue Watson
Paris
J. D. Yarborough
Newcastle
Albert Graham
Fort Worth
Threat Seen by India President on Space Weapons
President Rajendra Prasad warned that the presence of U.S. and Soviet earth satellites amid Cold War tensions and the threat of intercontinental missiles could pose a new danger to global peace. He spoke as tensions rose over space and arms developments.
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New Delht
India
Rajendra Prasad
U.S
Outcry Over Tunisian Bombing Sparks UN Action Talks
UNITED NATIONS NY AP Tunisia weighs asking UN Security Council to address the French daylight bombing of Sakiet Sidi Youssef. 78 killed 84 wounded as France defends military objective claim while Western powers fear a new Arab world blow. Tunisian leaders demand troop withdrawal and closure of Bizerte base amid regional tension. Egyptian cabinet meets in emergency session as Nasser denounces the action.
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United Nations, N.Y
Tunisia
U. N. Security Council
United States
Britain
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Mongi Slim
U. N
Dag Hammarskjola
Slim
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
State Department
Nehi Ladgham
Goesta Heuman
Red Cross
Sakiet
Habib Bourguiba
Washington
London
France
Bizerte
Nasser
Ali Sabry
Egypt
One Is Killed One Hurt In Car Mishap Near Marfa
A 27-year old Fort Stockton man Leondias Ison Jackson died and driver Ernest L Hazlewood of Oklahoma was critically injured when their car overturned on the Presidio Highway about 30 miles south of Marfa. The crash occurred about 4 am Sunday. cause unknown. Both occupants were thrown from the car. Jackson's body was sent to Fairfax Oklahoma for burial.
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Marfa
Fort Stockton
Presidio Highway
Here
Leondias Ison Jackson
West Texas
Ernest L. Hazlewood
Oklahoma
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Hazlewood
B. E. Wagnon
Wagnon
Presidio County
Jackson
Kelly Funeral
Fairfax
Okla
Halliburton
Ambulance Takes Mercy Trip For Ill Houston Girl
A Houston ambulance headed to California to bring 3 year old Barbara Johnson home for treatment. G L Browning, owner of South End Ambulance Co, said doctors in Houston believe she can be saved. Her California doctors had said nothing more could help. The firm offered a free ambulance after learning the mother Patricia Johnson lacked funds for such transport. Three first aid trained drivers accompany the mission.
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Houston
California
Barbara Johnson
South End Ambulance Co
G. L. Browning
Patricia Johnson
el Monte
Calif
Browning
Johnson
Pre Hurricane Plans Draw Civil Defense Conference
Five state civil defense officials gathered in Dallas for a two day disaster conference recalling hurricane Audrey which killed about 500 lives. Lewis Berry Jr. deputy administrator for the Federal Civil Defense Administration spoke at the session.
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Audrey
Texas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lewis Berry Jr
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Store Robbery Hits East Dallas Drugstore
A shapely blonde woman robbed a Dallas drugstore in east Dallas last night at pistol point, taking about $150 in hash and a pair of nylon hose before escaping.
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Dallas
Optimism Voiced By Contractors Convention Opens
Dallas delegates of the Associated General Contractors of America opened with a hopeful note as James Marshall executive director forecast a 68 million dollar construction market for 1958, about three million above 1957, predicting growth despite declines in other sectors.
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Dallas
Associated General Contractors of America
James Marshall
Association
Marshall
Threatening letter endangers teen witness in gang murder case
In New York a teenage key witness Roger McShane, 16, reports a death threat tied to the seven youths on trial for the July 30 Highbridge Park beating and stabbing. His mother says the letter warns the jury could cause his death if defendants are convicted. prosecutors will review after examination.
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New York
Christine McShane
Roger
Dist. Atty. Frank
Hogan
McShane
Gun-Happy Teen Shot Three In San Francisco Tavern
An 18 year old from Renton Washington opened fire in the Short Stop Tavern at 1 am wounding three men. Jerry Haynes fired repeatedly during a 10 minute spree before boasting about having a machine gun. Victims Earl Russell Clement Hunt survived with injuries.
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San Francisco
Jerry Haynes
Mission Emergency Hospital
Haynes
Renton
Wash
Earl Russell
Russell
Clement Hunt
Hunt
Sub-Hunt Rocket Disclosed
The Navy disclosed a new rocket assisted torpedo called Rat that hunts enemy submarines. Deployed from destroyers at low cost, the 16 foot long, 430 pound device uses a rocket to reach a target area, then a parachute lowers it to the sea before the homing torpedo searches for subs. Tests reportedly show high accuracy. development by the naval ordnance test station in Pasadena California and China Lake.
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Pasadena
Calif. 2
Navy
Naval Ordnance Test Station
China Lake
Calif
Counsel Keeps Disputed Job on Committee
Washington and Chairman Moulder said Bernard Schwartz remains with the subcommittee investigating federal agencies. A motion to fire him failed. Schwartz would stay if six members support him. The panel plans a hearing on the Federal Communications Commission with most commissioners invited to provide gift and expense details.
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Washington
Moulder
D-Mo
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
Harris
D-Ark
Parents House Commerce Committee
New York
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
John C. Doerfer
Nuclear Brain Trust To Advise Congressmen
Washington senator Henry M. Jackson announced a nuclear brain trust to advise his weapons subcommittee of the atomic energy panel. He blasted carrier admirals for delaying missile submarines. The advisory group includes Edward Teller Gordon Dean Harvey Brooks Ivan Getting Roswell Gilpatric Gaylord Harnwell John Lampe Kenneth Mansfield Oskar Morgenstern Robert Revelle John Wheeler and Clyde Williams. In a separate note House subcommittee chair Melvin Price urged at least 50 percent more basic research to keep pace with global rivals.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D - Wash
Nuclear Brain Trust
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Scripps Institute of Oceanography
John A. Wheeler
U-235
Clyde Wiliams
Batelle Memorial Institute
Melvin Price
D-Ill
House-Senate Atomic Energy Research Subcommittee
United States
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