Capsule in Space Test Nets Successful Recovery
A monkey nicknamed Samsale rode the Little Joe capsule launched from Wallops Island at 10:15 a.m. It separated at 100000 feet by an escape rocket and descended by parachute. The capsule landed in the Atlantic about 200 miles offshore where a Navy destroyer headed to recover it as Millstone radar tracked the mission.
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Washington
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallops Island
NASA
Millstone
Boston
Stapleton Elected President of County Judges Unit
MILWAUKEE AP Grover M Stapleton of Sturgeon Bay was elected president of the Wisconsin Board of County Judges at the annual convention. Other officers named were Lowell D Schoengarth of Neillsville as vice president and Stanley A Staidl of Appleton as secretary treasurer. Herbert Terwilliger of Milwaukee, president of the Wisconsin State Bar Assn., told the judges incomes of attorneys would have to rise to attract top young talent.
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Milwaukee
Grover M Stapleton
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin Board of County Judges
Lowell D. Schoengarth
Neillsville
Stanley
A. Staidl
Appleton
Herbert Terwilliger
Wisconsin State Bar Assn
Bannow Chosen as Head of NAM at 62
Rudolph F. Bannow, 62, elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers at the 154th Congress. Swedish immigrant who began as a 14-year-old in Holyoke Mass then led Bridgeport Machines Inc. Also elected Hope as head of the board and others to key posts as Rep. Landrum urged tougher laws for national emergencies.
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New York
Rudolph F. Bannow
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
Association
Bannon
America
Sweden
Holyoke
Mass
Bridgeport Machines, Inc
Bridgeport
Man Fined For Short London Airport Parking
Michael Heath parked in a 30 minute zone at London Airport last September then left for a three day holiday. He returned to find a $14 fine for over parking, issued after his trip.
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London
UPI
Michael Heath
Steel Accord Is Urged Anew By Eisenhower
Washington AP President Eisenhower pressed steel labor and management to a prompt settlement as the economy and defense posture face risk from a renewed strike. The union and industry held firm, offering no new terms and accusing each other of obstinacy. A Taft-Hartley injunction expires Jan 26, risking another stoppage. McDonald proposed a government board settlement, but legal and practical obstacles loom amid ongoing stalemate. Eisenhower noted the need for resolution regardless of method.
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Washington
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Steelwork
Ers
Steel Inquiry Board
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
George W. Taylor
Drive to Finance New Guidance Center Slated
Winnebago County plans a public campaign next week to finance and open a new Guidance Center. Cochairmen Carl S. Biederman and Wallace Pearson say funds raised will rent and equip offices in the WNAM Building. The county finances the center’s operations, with a $10,000 goal for 1959 to cover furniture, equipment, and staff salaries.
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Winnebago County Guidance Center
Carl S. Biederman
Oshkosh
Wallace Pearson
Neenah
Guidance Center
Winnebago County Guidance Center Corporation
Cocorporation
Biederman
Oshkosh Na J
Tional Bank
Pearson
Winnebago County
Guidance Center’ Guidance Center Corporation
Gen Twining Linked to Paid Bahamas Trips
Gen Nathan F. Twining chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a group of officers were named as guests of a defense contractor for golf trips to the Bahamas. Secretary James H. Douglas attended as a guest, paying his own expenses. Also listed were Lt. Gen. E. R. Quesada and other Air Force and Navy officers, with several serving in top posts at the time.
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Washington (Ap
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bahamas
House
Air Force
James H. Douglas
Eleuthera Land
Cotton Bay Club
Douglas
Martin ‘Co
E. R. Quesada
Eisenhower
Federal Aviation Agency
Navy
Martin
Emmett O'Donnell Fdr
Pacific Air Forces
WV Hughes
Fifth Naval District
Worfolk
SE Andersen
Air Materiel Command
Douglas and Quesada
Loch Lost Isle of Lewis Vanishes Overnight
Residents report a three acre loch near Lewis disappeared overnight with scientists suggesting a meteor strike at the edge that spilled its water into nearby lakes.
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Isle OF Lewis
Scotland
UPI
Debt Ban Repeal Fails In Wisconsin Senate
MADISON (UP1) Gov. Gaylord Nelson’s measure to repeal the constitutional debt ban for state building borrowing was killed in the Wisconsin Senate. Only Sen. Allen Busby supported it for the Republicans, while Sen. Davis Donnelly split from Democrats to oppose. The bill would have allowed borrowing equal to 2 percent of the state’s property value for construction of state buildings and facilities, with opponents warning of higher taxes.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
State Senate
Allen Busby
Milwaukee
Davis Donnelly
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Nelson
Senate
Kinny Hendee
Hendee
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
William Trinke
Lake Geneva
Trinke
Woodrow Wilson
Busby
Milwaukee County
West Germany Won't Oppose French Sahara Nuclear Test
Federal Press Chief Felix Von Eckardt said Germany will not oppose France planning to test an atomic device in the Sahara Desert next year. He noted no official objection from Bonn. The remark comes amid broader Western arms and space policy discussions.
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Germany
UPI
Felix von Eckardt
West Germany
Sahara Desert
Italian Reds Join in Salute at Eisenhower Rome Visit
President Eisenhower arrived in Rome on a rainy, warm day for a 22,000 mile mission of peace and good will. Communist banners joined in greeting him as Khrushchev’s cue, with expressions of friendship across nations. Eisenhower spoke of friendship and freedom, noted Italian roots of many Americans, and looked ahead to talks with Italian leaders on peace with justice. Rome officials praised him as he touched down at Ciampino Airport amid security checks and a brief landing delay. He described the visit as a link between peoples and bloodlines across the sea.
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Rome
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Dwight Elisenreo
Nover
Ciampino
Maly
Giovanini Gronchi
Antonio Segni
Gronchi
Urbano Cioccetti
Eisenhower frames peace theme in TV address before world trip
President Eisenhower used a televised White House address to push peace and friendship as America’s global message. He urged ending the steel strike, tied peace to a healthy economy, and emphasized mutual disarmament with verification, invoking Camp David spirit and avoiding direct Communist labeling. He planned a three week world tour to advance these aims.
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Washington
America
Eisenhower
White House
David J
Hisenhower
Mass Funeral Planned for 110 Killed in French Dam Disaster
Rescue teams scoured muck and debris after the Malpasset Dam breach near Frejus and Puget-Sur-Argens. A mass funeral was requested for up to 110 identified dead as officials advised more victims may remain missing. About 65 were injured and 300 hospitalized, with 5,000 troops aiding relief and hundreds of bodies moved to hospital corridors and makeshift morgues.
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Fresus
France
Malpasset Dam
Reyran
Malpasset
Mediterranean
Frejus Cemetery
Frejus Hospital
St. Raphael
Puget-Sur-Argens
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United States
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Stapleton
Bannow
NAM
Carl Biederman
Meenah
Lee Miller
County Board
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Ike
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
U. S
Quirinal Palace
Gen. Twining
LOCH
Robert Travis
Platteville
Col
William Draper
Draper
Mentary
Liz
Siopeine
Isemas
Georges Galichon
Pierre Chatenet
Galichon
Red Cross
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