Guided missile mail delivery marks first U S postal test
The Navy delivered 3,000 letters by Regulus I missile from Barbero submarine to Mayport Florida near Jacksonville. Postmaster General Summerfield announced the test, noting a 22 minute flight covering about 100 miles. Messages included letters to Eisenhower and cabinet members.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
U.S
Mayport
St. Johns River
Arthur E. Summerfield
Washington
Barbero
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Cabinet
Congress
Supreme Court
Universal Postal Union
Norfolk
Sixteen Die in Fiery Bus Crash Near Phoenix
A crude bus carrying 48 Mexican farm laborers crashed into a tree near Phoenix and exploded killing 16 and injuring 32. The driver Manuel Gloria Jr. reportedly fell asleep. Victims were taken from Mesa to Tolleson fields with emergency facilities overwhelmed.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Highway Patrol
Manuel Gloria Jr
Farm Labor
Mesa
Tolleson
Elmer Charbeneau
X15 Glides To Landing In First Glide Test
The X15 rocket craft, designed to carry humans to 100 miles high at 4000 mph, completed its first glide from 38000 feet beneath a B52. Scott Crossfield piloted the unmanned, fuel-free vehicle which landed on a dry lake bed at 230 mph after four to five minutes. The test program faced electronic failures but will proceed with jet engine tests later this year and rocket-powered flights next year.
Missing Boy Found at Lake Arrowhead
A large search near Lake Arrowhead in Southern California ended successfully when 7-year-old Craig Sweet was found unharmed near Camp Owonga. He had been missing since Sunday morning.
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California
Craig Sweet
Camp Owonga
Lake Arrowhead
Ike Asks Debt Ceiling Hike and Bond Interest Rise
The AP reports the United States seeks a debt ceiling increase and higher U.S. bond interest as the Big Four seek a quick summit. In Geneva the Soviet Union presses for swift Berlin talks while Khrushchev signals possible summit without a formal ministerial accord.
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U.S
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Nikita Khrusschev
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Budapest
Moscow
Lonely Pair Take Lives in St Louis Apartment
An elderly couple Joseph Palmisano and Sabina Palmisano 65 and 63 were found dead in their second floor St Louis apartment. A note said they sought help for the sick and aged and lamented the cost of care. Medics investigated and no homicide signs were found.
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Joseph M. Palmisano
Sabina
Joe
He’s A Fine One Quads Father Faces Big Troubles
Ciro Bravata in East Orange welcomed quadruplets with Louise Strohlein Bravata. He admits two-wife situation. Grace Bravata, his wife, says she’s been given a hard time. Bravata’s lawyer says the separation is mutual. child support debts are contested.
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East Orange
N.J
Ciro Bravata
East Orange General Hospital
New York City
Bravata
Grace
Louise Strohlein Bravata
Louise
Bravta
Herman Caponi
New York
Caponi
Hollis
Queens
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eisenhower asks Congress to raise debt limits and remove ceilings
President Eisenhower urged Congress to abolish interest rate ceilings on government savings bonds and to lift the permanent debt ceiling from 283 billion to 288 billion and the temporary limit from 288 to 295 billion. He argued for greater federal financing flexibility amid a record 286 billion debt.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Clarence E. Kilburn
New York
House Banking
Kilburn
Wilbur D. Mills
Anderson
Department
Unionist Charges Railroads With Publicity Campaign
H. E. Gilbert international president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers accuses the railroad industry of a nationwide publicity drive to discredit its employer. He cites a Feb 11 St Louis speech by Daniel P. Loomis of the Association of American Railroads and says a presidential commission on work rules is a management tactic. Loomis urged drastic changes and threatened a nationwide lockout if workers resist.
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St. Louis
H. E. Gilbert
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Daniel P. Loomis
Assn. of American Railroads
Gilbert
Loomis
Collinsville Fatality In Three Car Wreck
An elderly Waggoner woman, 85 year old Nette Browning, died from injuries after a three car collision near Collinsville Illinois. Her husband John Browning, 86, was seriously injured and hospitalized in East St. Louis at St. Marys Hospital.
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Collinsville
Ill
Nette Browning
John
Browning
St. Mary’s Hospital
East St. Louis
Liberace denies homosexuality in libel case opening
In London Liberace testifies he is not homosexual as a libel suit against the Daily Mirror and columnist Cassandra opens. The entertainer, Wladziu Valentino Liberace, is questioned about homosexual practices while the Mirror argues statements were true or fair comment.
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London
Liberace
The
Daily Mirror
William Neil Connor
Cassandra
Wladziu Valentino Liberace
Gilbert Beyfus
Beyfus
Connor
Beytus
the Mirror
Warm Southern Illinois with scattered thunderstorms
Local forecast shows continued warmth across Southern Illinois with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday brings warm humidity and possible isolated thunder showers, with low tonight around 70s and Tuesday high in the 90s. Observed temps include 69 at 7 am and 82 by 11 am, sun up at 5:31 am and sunset at 8:27 pm. Water levels at Crab Orchard Lake spillway and Little Grassy Lake reported 1 inch below spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
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