Concrete Mixer Trains Space Men
Navy researchers in Pensacola Fla have built two devices to train space fliers. A rotating aluminum concrete mixer and a one room rotating house simulate disorientation and zero gravity effects. Volunteers endure rolling, spinning and motion sickness to test artificial gravity concepts and crew endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pensacola
Navy
School of Aviation Medicine
Venus
Robert Greenman
St. Augustine
Fla
Mass mutiny in Hollywood as Warner cast leaves hit shows
Hollywood reports a rare mass walkout among Warner Bros TV stars led by Wayde Preston and Edd Byrnes. Garner, Walker, Brown and others complain of inequitable pay and tough contracts amid guild mediation and studio defenses. Orr credits contracts with boosting careers despite discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Burbank
Warner Bros
Wayde Preston
Colt .45
Edd Byrnes
Ty Hardin
Bronco
Efrem Zimbalist
Roger Smith
77 Sunset Strip
John Russell
Lawman
Warner Brothers
Screen Actors Guild
William T. Orr
Orr
House Probers Call For Action On TV Abuses
Washington AP investigators urge Congress to outlaw rigged quiz shows and payola and to curb broad cast abuses. They condemn FCC and FTC for inaction while proposing FCC power to suspend licenses and criminalize quiz show rigging and payola. Public hearings begin Monday into payola in radio TV disc jockeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Oren Harris
Dark
FTC
FCC
Harris
Rer
Madio- TV
Weiss and Across Puzzle Clues Solve Saturday's Word Grid
A word puzzle with across and down clues from a Saturday crossword. The grid includes standard terms such as conifer, pause, horseplay, intertwinement, Gaelic people, net worth, leather garments, and familiar family terms. The down clues cover desserts, responses, containers, and common phrases.
Why Do Birds Sing Collegeville Biologist Wins NSF Grant
Dr. Robert C. Stein of Ursinus College receives a three year, $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study why birds sing. He will conduct research at Cornell University and expand questions about avian communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegeville, Pa
Robert C. Stein
Ursinus College
Hal Holbrook in Saudi Arabia with oil company tour
Hal Holbrook, fresh from a Broadway success with Mark Twain Tonight, tours Saudi Arabia performing for American oil company employees in six towns. In afternoons he lectures Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to the children of American oil workers.
Eisenhower names nine to national study commission
President Eisenhower announced a long term study panel on national goals with nine members plus chairman Henry Winston and vice chairman Frank Pace. The group aims to outline coordinated policies for the next decade funded by private sources. Members include James Killian Alfred Gruenther Clark Kerr Learned Hand Erwin Canham Colgate Darden James Conant George Meany and Canford Gwinnett Greene.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Henry Winston
Brown University
Frank Pace
Army
Truman
General Dynamics Co
Winston
James Killian
The
Institute of Technology
Alfred Gruenther
American Red Cross
Clark Kerr
University of California
Learned Hand
New York
Erwin Canham
Egyptian plover feeds by entering crocodile’s mouth
A hungry Egyptian plover darts into the mouth of a crocodile to pick scraps of food from the river reptile’s teeth. The crocile remains undisturbed as the bird feeds.
Funeral notices list multiple Beckley obituaries
Dora M Sebers age 89 of Beckley formerly Fayette County died February 6 in a Weston hospital. Services February 9 at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with burial Sunset Memorial Park. Ronald Ira Brown 26 formerly Hollywood Florida died February 5 in Weston rooming house. Mack J Ansonak 63 Glen Rogers died February 6. Lillian Butcher Kennedy 73 Beckley died February 6 with services February 8 at St Francis de Sales. Floral ads and memorial verse complete the death notices.
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Sebers
Dora M
Beckley
Fayette County
Weston
Caffee Funeral Home
George Sebers
Piney Avenue
Calfee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Tony Gargas
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Father Mascioli
Calfee Fneral Home
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Philip Gallagher
Stanford
Calif
Professor Gallagher
Prof
von R. Eshleman
Robert C. Barthle
T. V. Huang
By Frank Carey
Earth
Moon
Bob Thomas
James Garner
Maverick
Clint Walker
Cheyenne
Garner
Peter Brown
Will Hutchins
Sugarfoot
Jack Kelly
United States
M. C
Capitol
Charleston
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
P.S.C. M.C
Raleigh
Arthur L. Walton
Mabscott
W. Va
Ava
English County
Cage
Post-Herald and
Raleigh Register
Post-Herald and Raleigh Register
Post-Herald
Ansonak
Kennedy
S. Oakwood
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Memoriam
Warfield Claytor
Eve
Annie Claytor
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
F. H. A. Financing
Earl R. Huddle
Earl
Main St
Dial
Buckley Photo Service
Industria
Church Street
Charlotte Stover
Lorene Smith
Beauticians Modern Beauty Shop
West Washington St
Lewisburg
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Nashville
Tennessee
Professional Directory
H. C. Kinzer
Foster's
Kidd’s
Oakwood Ave
Paint St
Wrights Radio
Powers Radio
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Lovitz Television
John W. Eye Radio
Neville St
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St. Beckley
Maytag Gas Range
N2l
Maytag
Southern Cross
Scott's Cabinet Shop
No. Kanawha St
John W. Eye
West
Frank
S. Kanawha Ph
Wright's
Lilly’s
ee __ Lewis Transfer Co
Een
Ean
Jan Campbell Music Co
Hinton
Esso
Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Tenn
Prince St
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Dix Agency
West 3Th St
New York City
A-1
Long Island
Main St. Hempstead
AVON
U.S
Coalwood
Jimmy
Main Street
Care Eckley Newspapers
Rev. Moore
Rev. Clower
Troy
McCoy
CURB
Town & Country Drive Inn
Mr. Brown President Hotel
Web
Pontiac
Rupert
Reeves Co
Attleboro
Mass
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
Mt Hope
Bob Mann
Maple Fork
Earl Mann
Pioneer Chain
Firestone
Rascen
County
Beckley, W. Va
Johnstown RD
Amos E. Quesenberry
Rose
Robert L. Amick
Pease Newspapers
Raleigh Glass & Mirror CO
City Ave
Ben’s Army Store
Bill Bates
Beckley Newspapers Corp
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