Outlook 1959 defense cuts and new missiles
1959 will see expanded ICBM capability with Atlas basing and Thor IRBM deployment while sacrifice of manpower 70,000 fewer active troops by mid year shifts focus to missiles and bombers. Air Force pursues Hound Dog upgrades and Polaris submarine trials as nuclear forces grow amid debates on limited war readiness.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
United States
Middle East
Formosa Strait
Pentagon
Congress
Air Force
Defense
Neil McElroy
England
Strategic Air Command
Russia
U. S
Lebanon
Rockets and Satellites Open Door to Space Travel in 1959
A 1959 outlook notes monthly satellite launches carrying mice and monkeys to study orbit safety and recovery, with expectations of Soviet manned flight within the year. It highlights 1958 achievements including Sputnik III and dog flights, plus upcoming probes to Venus and Mars, UV astronomy, and advances in atomic energy for space rockets. It also covers radiation belts, weather and communications satellites, and medical and biological breakthroughs anticipated in 1959.
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U.S
Iban
Vanguard
Air Force
Moon
Earth
Russia
Venus
Mars
United States
Business outlook for 1959 and beyond
The piece surveys 1959 as a transition year toward a potential 1960 boom. It notes gross national product may reach 460 to 470 billion, living costs held then rising, inflation risks, and a weaker dollar. Autos lead growth with over 53 million cars. unemployment stays high with up to five million jobless in early 1959. Construction remains strong, housing starts around 1.1 million, costs rise, retail sales rise 4–5 percent vs 1958 first half, farmers see income dip about 5 percent, overall a solid but challenging year.
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U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress Eyes 1960 White House Tilt After 1960 Win
In Washington Democrats seize control of Congress with near two to one majorities, set to shape policy ahead of the 1960 election. The party faces civil rights tensions and a crowded field of potential presidential contenders including Johnson Kennedy Symington Humphrey Gore Kefauver Meyner Williams Brown Nixon Rockefeller.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Symington
Missouri
Humphrey
Minnesota
Gore
Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Khrushchev presses probe as world faces new crises
Soviet Premier Khrushchev seeks weakness in U.S. and allied defenses as he builds a long term superior Soviet economy and military. Washington officials warn the next two years could bring renewed East West crises, with Berlin Formosa and Middle East tensions flaring amid a lame duck U.S. presidency.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
United States
Washington
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Dulles
Middle East
Far East
Germany
U.S
Congress
London
Pass
Bonn
Berlin
West Berlin
America
Europe
Geneva
Eisenhower
South Segregationists Face New Attacks in 1959
Washington article by Bem Price outlines looming challenges to segregation in 1959. It cites potential civil rights prosecutions by the Justice Department, possible filibuster attacks in Congress, and court-ordered desegregation efforts in Arlington County Virginia and Atlanta Georgia. It notes high school students without public school facilities in Virginia and Arkansas, and political resistance including Georgia's opposition to integration and Atlanta mayors push for local option. The piece frames internal Southern dissension and political maneuvering ahead of the 1960 campaign.
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Bem Price Washington
South
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
Deep South
Justice Department
Virginia
Arkansas
Arlington County
Atlanta
Georgia
William B. Hartsfield
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Cape Canaveral
Science
Alton Blakeslee
Space
International Geophysical Year
International Geophysical Cooperation
Walter Breede JR
Merch
UTS Uta
By John M. Hightower
Formosa
Peiping
Sputnik
China
Khrishchev
International
Tenialons
West Adamant
Lanta
Charlotteville
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