United States Plans Mini Moon to Orbit Earth
President Eisenhower endorsed a plan to launch a basketball sized man made moon that would orbit the globe every 90 minutes and study the upper atmosphere. The craft would fly up to 300 miles at 18 000 mph with scientific aims and open data to all nations including Russia. Critics fear transferring technical knowledge for missile work though officials express confidence in completion.
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Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Sphere sized like basketball could launch space tests
Scientists at a news conference outlined a spherical satellite about the size of a basketball to study weather, cosmic rays, solar activity, and radio transmission. The International Geophysical Year plans a 1957 58 program with 40 nations, including Russia, to study Earth from upper atmosphere to space. The first satellite would be uncrewed, powered by a multi stage rocket, with development and contracts ahead and costs estimated around 100 million dollars.
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Hagerty
Russia
White House
Rescue of 14 Airmen From Sinking C47 Off North Africa
Eighteen people including 14 U S airmen were saved after a C47 ditched in the Mediterranean near the North Africa coast while en route from Wheelus to Athens. An SA16 amphibian rescued the survivors within minutes. three Turkish officers and one civilian among the passengers. Engine trouble caused the crash. some minor injuries reported.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Mediterranean Sea
Tripoli
Kyibya
Athens
Greece
North Africa
Air Force
Wheelus
Manatee Close In Little Fooler
The News lists near misses from Bradenton Venice and Bradenton Beach as readers missed by a word or two. Next week's prize rises to 264 dollars with 150 for the correct entry plus subscriber bonuses and postcard and box prizes totaling 75 and 24 respectively.
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Bradenton
Pat Bryant
19Th St
John B. Prothero
Bradenton Beach
J. S. Takares
Venice
Sarasota
T. J. Bell
Bay Point Dr
Badgers
Space satellites and Cold War tensions dominate world news
The White House approves a ten million dollar program to launch man made satellites circling the earth within three years. Congress aims to adjourn after a special session as housing bills loom. Air Force Secretary Talbott faces removal pressure from GOP lawmakers. The Soviet Ukraine plans to boost corn acreage to 20 million by 1960, while a UN report notes Communist countermeasures against captive lands.
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America
Outer Space
Atom
World Atomic Energy
White House
Earth
Congress
House
Senate
Russia
Ukraine
W.V. Lambert
Geneva Talks Offer Hope on Civilian Returns
Chou En-lai told the National People’s Congress the civilian question between the United States and Red China can be settled at Geneva. He urged return of several thousand Chinese students in the United States and suggested a neutral country handle civilian repatriation since no diplomatic ties exist.
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Tokyo
Red China
Chou En-lai
China
Geneva
Chou
Peipeing Radio
United States
Wang Ping Nan
Communist China
U_ Alexis Johnson
National People’s Congress
Courthouse Jail Addition Funded By Bond Exchange
The Board of County Commissioners will exchange $250 000 in courthouse and jail certificates with two financial houses on Monday at noon at the Sarasota Bank and Trust Co. Proceeds will fund the jail addition and courthouse remodeling begun earlier this year and include new detention offices and sheriff facilities. An extra $14 000 will be returned to Goodbody and Co. and McCleary and Co. as part of bond retirements.
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Sarasota County
James Gamble Rogers II
Board of County Commissioners
Sarasota Bank and Trust Co
Goodbody and Co
McCleary and Co
National Guard
Georgia
State Prison Board
Assailants Kill Guard At Cristo Rey Church Argentina
Unidentified gunmen attacked two police guards at Cristo Rey Church in Buenos Aires early today. One guard was killed after resisting, and the assailants fled with police weapons. Authorities have since stationed guards at Catholic churches following June 16 riots.
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Argentina
Cristo Rey
Miguel Gamboa
Nunez
Buenos
Three American Teenagers Face Possible Death Penalty
Three teens from Mississippi Georgia and Texas who defected to Communist China after Korean War captivity were arrested on returning to the United States aboard the President Cleveland. They are held at Fort Baker San Francisco awaiting possible court martial on charges of betraying comrades informing and aiding the enemy.
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San Francisco
North Korea
Communist
China
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
President Cleveland
Ft. Baker
San Francisco Bay
Hong Kong
Reds
Japan
Honolulu
Eisenhower nominates Lieb for U S District Judge post
President Eisenhower nominated Joseph P. Lieb of Tampa to be U S District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. Lieb, a Republican attorney, succeeds John W. Holland who retired and is a former FBI agent and former assistant district attorney.
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Ike
Lieb
Post Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Joseph P. Lieb
Tampa
U. S
Southern District of Florida
John W. Holland
FBI
Features Of The Earth Girdling Satellite
President Eisenhower ordered a satellite built with a basketball sized body about 13 inches in diameter. Launch would use three or four rockets firing in sequence at an altitude of 200 to 300 miles. It would reach orbit at 18 000 miles per hour completing a world lap in 90 minutes. Estimated cost ranges from 10 to 20 million dollars. Its purpose is to gain new information about the universe beyond Earth.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Earth
Globe
Bargain Circus Weather Amid Rainy Shopping
Shoppers report wet but still spirited Bargain Circus day as Sarasota forecasts show partly cloudy skies with scattered showers today and tomorrow. Marine forecast for East Gulf notes light to moderate winds with a seabreeze and 86 degree readings. readings include 89 max and 75 min temperatures with 0 rainfall in 24 hours.
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Minnie
Senator Calls Re Examination of Satellite Information Sharing
Senator Bridges urges reviewing plans to share scientific data from the proposed artificial satellite launch with Russia and other nations. He cautions such disclosures could threaten U S security while Democrats and committee leaders weigh peaceful intent versus potential military misuse.
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Washington
R-Nh
Russia
Bridges
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Appropriations Committee
White House
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
America
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Armed Services Committee
Durham
D-Nc
Price
D-Ill
Atomic Energy Committee
Subscriptio n Triumph Brightens Local Paper Owner
The country newspaper owner returns home to dinner with a radiant smile and reveals Jim Smith, a subscriber who had not paid for ten years, has finally settled his bill and stopped his paper.
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Jim Smith
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