Army Air Force Missiles Tests to Continue in Study
The Pentagon will accelerate testing of both Army Jupiter and Air Force Thor IRBMs while delaying a final decision on which system to adopt. Secretary McElroy approved extending Jupiter and Thor programs to build a better technical basis for a future decision, with ongoing tests, cost estimates around a half billion dollars, and no binding timetable.
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Air Force
Russia
First Earth
Meil McElroy
William M. Holaday
John B. Medavis
B. A. Schriever
Medavis
Schriever
Yere
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McElroy
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Defense Department
Jupiter Project
Thor
Toy Stores Bet Sputnik Spark in Christmas Toy Rush
New York retailers cheer Sputnik craze as Hill stores rush to showcase space toys. Macy’s and Gimbel Bros trumpet space products while Allentown Hess Brothers and Newark Bamberger’s hype satellite themed goods and spy glasses. Sales rise for binoculars telescopes and science fiction titles.
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Sputnik
Santa Claus
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Hess Brothers Department Store
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Zeee
Macy's
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Gimbel Bros
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Korea Reds Seek Trade With South Korea
North Korea pressed the Military Armistice Commission to reopen north south trade by sealing the border trace line. Major General Homer L. Ludenberg, the senior U.N. delegate, rejected the proposal as outside the commission s remit. Pyongyang Radio had urged resuming normal trade recently.
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Korea
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South Korea
Military Armistices Commission
U.N
Homer L. Lueenberg
Pyongyang Radio
the Reds
Fire Halts Britain's Atom Pile at Lindcale Plant
The Atomic Energy Authority reported the Lindscale plutonium plant in Cumberland halted for months after an accident. Uranium cartridges overheated to red heat with some oxidation, but officials said there is no public hazard. About 200 workers were kept under cover while experts inspect for radioactivity and the cause remains undetermined.
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Atomic Energy Authority
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Cumberland
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Atomic Authority
Eggs Pelt Benson Five Face Prosecution
In Sioux Falls five farmers were seized after egg throwing disrupted Agriculture Secretary Ezra T Benson mid speech on federal price supports. Gov Foss demanded full prosecution as Benson pressed for policy while troopers removed assailants and the crowd dispersed. Senator Mundt avoided comment on the incident.
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Ezra T. ‘Benson
Benson
Foss
Fireball Hunt Ends Without Trace in Rocky Mountains
COLORADO SPRINGS reports a day long search for a mysterious ball of fire yielded no clues. Spokesmen from the North American Air Defense Command and the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Denver said the object sighted by early risers Thursday was a huge meteorite. Air and ground parties scoured mountainous regions east of Myton Utah, about 55 miles west of the Colorado Utah border.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Myton
Utah
Colorado-Utah
Reds surrender power in small San Marino republic
San Marino's Communist leadership capitulated after defections cost them their parliamentary majority. A provisional Christian Democrat government, recognized by the United States and Italy, planned to take over while anti Communist forces disarmed Red militiamen. The end of a bloodless civil conflict followed negotiations with anti Communist Premier Federico Bigi in Rimini.
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Italy
Thursday Knight
Federico Bigi
Rimini
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