We recovered the space monkeys this week in space
In this week's Post, the Navy crew under Rear Adm. Dan Gallager recovers data-laden nose cones from missiles launched at Cape Canaveral. Space monkeys Able and Baker are highlighted as heroes in a dangerous mid Atlantic outfield mission.
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Baker
Navy
Commant
Dan Gallecg
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Dane Grrous
Arma
Edward Fay
Russion
How to Live Longer and Like It
A 1930s style feature previews The Secrets of Long Life based on actual Gallup polls. It contrasts meat and plant diets, whisky for medicinal use, tobacco habits, and daily routines of people over 95 who share longevity secrets. The item highlights exercise and daily habits as longevity factors.
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Gallup Pall
The Cowboy of Fifth Avenue Life of Eurgene Holman
Standard Oil chairman Eurgene Holman built a vast empire from Texas to Arabia. He speaks with the easy cadence of a cowboy, making multimillion dollar decisions with casual flair as the era’s oil industry reshaped itself.
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Eurgene Holman
Texas
Arabia
Standard Oil
Fifth Avenue
Ike Plans Public Steel Strike Data Release
Eisenhower returned to his Gettysburg farm for a brief rest break then traveled by car to meet Governor Rockefeller. Mitchell announced steel strike data will be printed and released at a 2 p.m. news conference, with both sides represented by lawmakers urging broader publication and action.
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Eisenhower II
White House
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Mitchell
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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George Aiken
R-Vt
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
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Dr. Ern est Jackh Dies
Dr. Ern est Jackh, 84, an internationally recognized educator and statesman, died Monday in New York.
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Dr. Jackh
New York
Ernest’ Jackh
Miniature tidal wave rattles British Columbia during inland quake
A Vancouver area report describes a Monday night earthquake that triggered a miniature tidal wave at Skaha Lake near Penticton about 150 miles inland. In Grand Forks and other towns walls cracked while sidewalks heaved. effects varied with the interior of the province bearing the strongest tremor.
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B.C
British, Columbia Lake
Skaha Lake
Penticton
British Columbia
Grand Forks
Trains Delayed by Landslides Near Idaho and Montana
Two landslides blocked western Montana and Wyoming quake area routes. A major slide undermined the roadbed seven miles east of Ashton Idaho, while a smaller slide covered tracks seven miles west of West Yellowstone Montana. The Yellowstone Special was held in Ashton and no eastbound track damage reported.
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Wyoming
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
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Yellowstone
Ashton
Jackson Hole
Plumber Bet Loses $1100 to Bar Robber in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a 40 year old plumber Thomas Davison told police a man about 23 hair crew cut grabbed his wallet containing $1100 while Davison was in a bar. The incident prompted a police report and investigation into the bar crime.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Davison
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New York City Blackout Strands Island in Darkness
A massive blackout across Manhattan left streets dark from 59th to 110th Streets and from the Hudson to the East River. Police doubled as power rerouted, with 3,000 extra officers patrolling Central Park area while 4,000 Consolidated Edison workers repaired lines after a record power demand from five days of heat.
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Tricity
Consolidated Edisorit Co
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East River
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Northwest quake described as quite impressive by coast survey
Washington reports that the Coast and Geodetic Survey called the Northwest earthquake quite impressive. Seismologists faced difficulty determining the exact magnitude as the ground shook heavily and the graph was jarred.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
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