Vanguard II launches to scan Earth cloud cover from orbit
The United States launched Vanguard II from Cape Canaveral at 10:55 a.m. to study global cloud cover for short and long range weather forecasting. The 21 percent pound satellite carries two light sensors to map cloud patterns over about 25 percent of the globe and relay data via radio.
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Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Vanguard II
San Diego
Calif
Earth
National Eronautics and Space Administration
Project Vanguard
Africa
United States
Soviet Union
Vanguard I
Hopeful Dulles May Remain as Secretary of State
President Eisenhower favors keeping John Foster Dulles in the State Department as long as he can serve. Rep. Charles Halleck said the issue was discussed at a GOP leaders meeting as Dulles battles cancer at Walter Reed. The White House press secretary confirmed the broader view that Dulles may stay on if he is able and wants to continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Four Die As Navy Blimp Crashes In North Carolina
A Navy blimp crash near Washington North Carolina killed four crewmen and critically injured three others. The airship, from Glynco Georgia, was en route to Lakehurst New Jersey when it crashed in a swamp before dawn. Local farmers rescued the survivors and transported the injured to a hospital.
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Glynco Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Airship Squadron 2
Glynco
Test Pattern On Channel 3 Due Shortly
WSIL TV of Harrisburg may begin transmitting a test pattern on its new channel next week. No date set for the switch from Channel 22 to Channel 3. A Creal Springs transmitting tower nears completion at 853 feet total height, 750 feet tower plus 120 feet antenna, on a reinforced concrete base with 16 500 feet of steel cable and wind resistance to 95 mph.
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WSIL _ TV
Harrisburg
O. H. Turner
WSIL
Creal Springs
Spree Deaths Continue in Wisconsin Drinking Incident
Monroe County authorities plan to charge Florence Decorah 32 with a crime related to the deaths of her three children from carbon monoxide poisoning after a car run with the engine left running in a snowed car. Three children aged 11 9 and 7 died Sunday. A fourth adult Thomas Kingswan 55 died Monday from head injury shock and exposure after the spree left him hospitalized.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Dist. Atty
William Gleiss
Florence Decorah
Munston
Susan
Arnold
Mabel
Decorah
Doreen Was
Warrens
Jesse Whiterabbit
Manston
Robert Pache
Joliet
Thomas Kingswan
Toman Hospital
Dues Or Dole Is Pineapple Union Choice
Hawaiian pineapple workers face a two year contract with seven canneries and the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union offering three options. Join and pay dues, stay out but pay dues, or stay out and contribute the equivalent of dues to a charity fund through payroll deductions.
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Honolulu
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Weather Update for Southern Illinois
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with rain in Southern Illinois. Rain ends and temperatures drop, with a colder Wednesday. Tonight's low 32 to 37, highs in the 40s, and Wednesday night low in the 30s. Yesterday’s high 50, today’s high 56, and morning and evening readings noted.
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Illinois
Castro as Cuba's premier slashes pay and reopens casinos
Fidel Castro, sworn in as Cuba's premier, halves his pay and Cabinet salaries, moves to reopen casinos under government control, and ends secret expenses. He vows honest governance and a development program aiming for a high standard of living, while 300 mothers protest executions nearby.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Castro
United States
Soviet Union
Formosa’s Growth Under U S Aid Through Reform and Industry
The account highlights Formosa’s rapid development aided by American support. It notes strong rural electrification, high literacy, and widespread public health. land reform and village industry expansion under Chen Cheng as premier. Taiwan is cited as a leading sugar producer with diverse mills, cement exports, oil cracking, fertilizer and aluminum plants, and doubled agricultural output.
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Formosa
Norway
Washington
Sino-American Joint Commission For Rural Reconstruction
JCCR
Chiang Monlin
Peking University
Chen Cheng
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Taiwan
Cuba
South Korea
Kaoshiung
Persian Gulf
Unions discuss mass march on Washington over jobs
AFL-CIO leaders at a winter meeting in San Juan Puerto Rico consider a mass march of hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans on Washington to press for more government spending and full employment. Walter Reuther drafts statements and a plan to mobilize idle workers by train and road to appeal to President Eisenhower and Congress.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Afl-Cio
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio Economic Committee
Executive Council
Soviet Union
Reuther
Congress
Lansing
Mich
British Base Plan Opposed By Makarios
London reports outline of a four point plan to grant Cyprus independence with self government while guaranteeing British bases. Archbishop Makarios may block terms stressing base security. Separate report says Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes survived a crash landing near Newdigate after a Gatwick diversion on his way to Cyprus talks.
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Britain
Cyprus
Makarios
Zurich
Adnan Menderes
Constantine Karamanlis
Selwyn Lloyd
Mediterranean
London
Ministry of Transport
Ministry
Menderes
Surrey
Newdigate
Gatwick
Istanbul
Oaklands Park Farm
American premiere of Malipiero concerto in Illinois festival
Violaist Ernest Wallfisch rehearses with Conductor Carmine Ficocelli and the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra for tonight’s American premiere of Gian Malipiero’s Concerto for Viola and Small Orchestra. The all Italian concert, free to the public, starts at 8 15 p m in Shryock Auditorium. Wallfisch, a Romania native, fled with his wife at Menuhin’s urging.
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Ernest Wallfisch
Carmine Ficocelli
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Gian Malipiero
Shryock Auditorium
Wallfisch
Romania
Yehudi Menuhin
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