Herrin Youth designs moon rocket at kitchen table
Fred Smith a 20 year old Norge plant draftsman in Herrin extends his rocket project at home to reach the moon and return. He has completed plans and a working scale model may follow, though money for college and a scholarship hold back full development.
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Herrin
Desians
Marshall Riggan
Smith
Norge
Herrin High School
McDonnel Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Redstone
Arsenal
Charles ‘Tripp
Herring High School
Tripp
Raymond
Hertin
Raymond Smith
Fred Smith
Mental patient subdued after Vandalia home invasion
Kansas City man Hardyn Frederick Briner 6 foot 3, 210 pounds, smashed into the Don Jones home in Vandalia, terrorized a family, and attacked Deputies Kirkman and Waltz. He was cuffed, jailed, and later committed to a mental institution after the incident.
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Fayette County
Kansas City
Vandalia
Hardyn
Frederick
Briner
Carbondale
Kirkman
Dave Waltz
Parrish Receives Navy Commendation for Service
Wiley Parrish of Vergennes earned a Navy commendation as an equipment repairman for outstanding service. He is the son of Mr and Mrs R J Parrish.
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Wiley Parrish
R. J. Parrish
Vergennes
Navy
Eisenhower Unveils $2 Billion Military Budget Increase
President Eisenhower outlined to congressional leaders a plan to raise defense spending by two billion dollars focusing on missiles and antisubmarine gear. He also proposed nearly 3.94 billion in foreign aid, with the defense debate occurring as NATO plans loom for a Paris summit December 16.
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Washington
Eisenhowe
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
Paris
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
NATO
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois and Crab Orchard Lake
Partly cloudy and colder tonight and tomorrow with highs in the mid 40s and lows around 30. Record shows yesterday's low 24 and high 55 with 0.05 inches precipitation from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today. Crab Orchard Lake sits 2 inches above spillway. sun rises 7 05 a m and sets 4 33 p m.
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Ilinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Satellite engineers push to ready ace Vanguard for launch
Work sped on Americas first ace satellite as engineers fixed a ground cooling valve and cut second stage noise. The 72 foot Vanguard rocket aims to place a 6% inch ball into an orbit of 300 to 1 200 miles. Builders of the third stage joined preps, confident the mission will succeed if first two stages perform.
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U.S. Sputnik
U. S. Earth
Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Youth Admits Slaying of 14-Year-Old in Pond Near Glenview
Chicago reports that 14-year-old Mary Lou Wagner was found in a shallow pond with signs of beating and strangulation. Robert Max Flieg, 17, an employee at a bakery, confessed to the slaying as investigators planned a lie detector test after earlier questioning. The body was located by Capt. James Hackett at the pond near Glenview Naval Air Station, about 10 miles from her Rogers Park home.
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Chicago
Mary Lou Wagner
North Side
Robert Max Fiéig
James Hackett
Fleig
Glenview Naval Air Station
Rogers Park
Illinois set to spend 270 million on 1958 road program
Gov. Stratton announced a 1958 highway program totaling 270 million dollars for Interstate and primary systems plus county federal aid projects. The plan includes 667 miles of new pavement, 192 new bridges, 231 grade separations, and 1,469 miles of right-of-way, funded by federal aid and state funds.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
William G. Stratton
Associated General Contractors of Illinois
Stratton
Congress
Marion
Dongola
Veterans Memorial Bridge
East St. Louis
Troy
Champaign-Urbana
Danville
Benson Declares Resolve to Stay in Agriculture Role
Secretary of Agriculture Benson, facing political criticism, announces he will remain in office and push his farm policy. In a dramatic news conference he reads a lengthy statement to clear air over his tenure and possible exit, stressing this is a statement of resolution, not resignation.
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Washington
Benson
Starvation amid plenty in Oak Park home siege
In Probate Court in Chicago a 90 year old mother Mrs Hattie Rice and two daughters Dorothy 60 and Marian 53 faced estate conservatorship after police found Mrs Rice severely malnourished at 60 pounds in a litter strewn Oak Park apartment. Dorothy held her captive amid unpaid bills heat and electricity turned off for two years. Marian lay dead beside her. Five cashiers checks totaling 5300 and 14.03 in cash were found. The Rice building valued at about 100000 was owned by Mrs Rice who also evicted tenants in 1945. Mrs Rice later gained weight in a nursing home. Dorothy was sent to Kankakee State Hospital.
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Chicago
Hattie Rice
Dorthy
Oak Park
Rices
Atea
Nake
Rice
Dorothy
Nester
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Earth
Kitchen
Ike
America
Peoria
Morris
Kankakee
U. S. 51
LaSalle
Illinois 89
Ladd
Rock Island
Moline
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