First Earth Satellite Rocket Blasted 125 Miles
Navy Project Vanguard launched the Viking rocket from Cape Canaveral to test instruments for the IGY earth satellite program. The rocket rose to 125 miles, reached 4000 mph, and then ended in the Atlantic after 450 seconds of flight. An instrumented nose cone separated and descended for data collection.
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Washington
Navy
Glenn L., Martin Co
Bal
Ory Wecesk
Defense Department
IGY
Patternlive
Department
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Fla
Project Vanguard
Earth
National
Launching Academy of Science
U.S
IGN
Orlando
Pentagon
Atlantic Ocean
Urawuus Pisiiddend
Plantiodt
Weinberger Baby Kidnaper Sentenced to Death
Angelo LaMarca was condemned to die in the electric chair by a Nassau County jury for the kidnap and murder of 32 week old Peter Weinberger. The 21 year old mechanic was found guilty after a six hour trial, with defense claiming temporary insanity. The Weinberger parents witnessed the verdict as prosecutors urged no mercy for the killer.
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Weinberger
Mineola
N. VY
Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Frank Gulotta
LaMlarca
Peter
Morris Weinberger
Nassau County
Smuggled arms bound for Egypt intercepted at Port Said
British French authorities report intercepting thousands of rounds of rockets and ammunition smuggled into Port Said. An Egyptian felucca allegedly carried Czech Slovak made ammunition and bazooka rockets to the city’s western edge. Authorities heightened searches and banned fishing boats to prevent slips.
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Port Said
Egypt
Andre Beaufre
United Nations
Hugh Stockwell
Air Force Abandons Snark Missile Search
The Air Force quit searching for its missing Snark intercontinental guided missile presumed to have crashed in Brazilian jungle after escaping control following a test launch from Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Florida.
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Washington
Air Force
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
New York Warm Spell Beats Date Record
New Yorkers enjoyed unseasonably warm weather with a high near 66.9 degrees yesterday, surpassing the previous January record of 65.7 set in 1951.
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New York
Eastern European Crisis Questioned by Russian Dictatorship
Editorial note directs readers to today's page for analysis of the Soviet regime's current technical nature in its crisis with Eastern Europe. The page mentions sections including Amusements, Editorials, Bridge, Letters, Classifieds, Radio-TV, Comics, Women's Deaths, and Sports, with Today's Pictures on page W-15.
Clock Firm Shut Idle As 1,000 Lose Jobs In New Haven
The New Haven Clock Co. closed its doors after 137 years, idling about 1,000 workers. Bankruptcy filings by Lin-Dil Filim raise 1938 budget talk as President Eisenhower meets with Strauss and Brundage at Augusta to discuss the 1958 atomic and hydrogen bomb program and peacetime nuclear uses.
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Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Lewis L. Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Percival Brundage
AEC
Washington
Wilson
New Haven
Conn
Lin
Strauss
Middle East
and Brundage
Tno
Brundage
Charles E. Wilson
Secrecy Lift Ordered From Violators of Game Law
Conservation Commissioner Sharon Mauhs ordered the veil removed from public records on game law violators. He said the public and press deserve access to public records and that disclosure would deter violations and aid game protection. The last monthly list was issued January 1955 covering December 1954.
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Albany
Sharon J. Manhs
Manlis
Mason Lawrence
Fish and Game Division
Department
Bank Collapse Rocks Catskill Town as President Charged
State officials rushed to aid Ellenville after Home National Bank liquidated amid a $1.3 million shortage. President William Richard Rose faced fraud charges and denied profit. Governor Harriman planned to meet residents and assess state assistance while commerce chief Edward Dickinson joined efforts. About 3,000 depositors held more than seven million dollars in accounts.
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Home National Bank
William Richard Rose
Harriman
Albany
Ellenville
Eugene Glasker
Charles van Devander
Edward ‘T. Dickinson
Starriman
Rose
Edenville
FBI
Fire devastates St John the Evangelist Church in Cambridge
A three alarm blaze swept through St John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Cambridge early today, causing more than two million dollars in damage. The granite building collapsed as firefighters battled the flames. four firefighters were knocked from ladders, three hospitalized. Priceless religious objects, stained glass, and a $20,000 organ were destroyed.
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Cambridge
Mass
St. John the Evangelist
Cathote Archdiocese of
Sos
Bear on Hawaii slopes may choke from chain collar
A young black bear named Butch roams the tropical slopes near Honolulu eight months after escaping a farm. The bear wears a chain collar that trainer Al Jensen says will eventually choke him as he grows.
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Honolulu
Butch
al Jensen
Fatal skid claims Colgate student and elderly man
A Colgate University student Bruce R. McElwain 21 of South Hadley Mass was killed when his skidding auto on Route 12B north of Pecks Port left the road and struck guard rails. Elderly Syracuse resident Antonio DeSanto 70 died later at Onondaga General Hospital from injuries after being struck near Wadsworth Park. Police report McElwain died of a broken neck. others injured included Raymond Field 21 and Paul E Wish 18. The driver of the DeSanto car faced a dangerous driving charge.
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Colgate University
New York
Bruce R. McElwain
South Hadley
Mass
Pecks Port
Onondaga County
Antonio DeSanto
Lodi St
Jackson W. Thro
Hamilton
Madison County
McElwain
Raymond Field
Franklin Square
Paul E. Wish
North Plainfield
N. J
Colgate
David J. LeRoy
Morrisville
Aicelwain
LeRoy
DeSanto
Onondaga General Hospital
Glenwood
Walcott Ave
Wadsworth Park
Yolanda Corso
Princess Marie Louise Falls Ill in Britain
London report states Princess Marie Louise granddaughter of Queen Victoria was weaker with bronchitis for over a week. The 84 year old is cited as cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and her condition causes great anxiety among royal watchers.
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London
Marie Louise
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Body found after ice fishing accident near Callicoon Center
The body of Joseph H. Noehm a 73 year old resident of Callicoon Center was recovered from Lake Briscoe Friday night after he fell through thin ice about 150 feet from shore. State police reported the incident occurred during an ice fishing outing leading to a fatal accident on the lake.
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Callicoon Center
Joseph H. Noehm
Lake Briscoe
Hochem
Dulles Paris trip seeks NATO unity amid aid talks
Secretary of State Dulles travels to Paris to reassure NATO allies on Western aid amid congressional debate. He aims to rebuild U S Britain and France solidarity strained by the Egypt clash while NATO reviews defense plans and political cooperation. Also Warsaw reports a Poland church state accord restoring religious education in schools and allowing chaplains in hospitals and prisons.
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Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
India
NATO
United States
Britain
France
Egypt
Defense Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
Colin Foster
Warsaw
Poland
Polish People's Republic
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Ars Rest
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
UN chief cites blocked Hungary visit and observer ban
Dag Hammarskjold reported frustration over denied entry to Hungary and obstacles to sending UN observers to Hungary and neighboring countries. He noted no official replies to his Dec 16 visit request or to letters seeking observer access through Austria, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia, with Yugoslavia already barring observers.
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N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Hungary
Hammarskjold
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Russia
U.N
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Central New York Braces for Sloppy Weekend Weather
The region faces a messy weekend as snow mixes with sleet and much colder air. Forecaster Andy Keller expects overcast skies and low temperatures dipping from near 40 today to around 25 tonight, with a high around 33 tomorrow.
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New York
Andy Keller
Train Bus Crash Kills 2 in Suburban Lachine
A night collision between a Canadian National freight train and a Montreal Transit Commission bus in suburban Lachine left two dead and nine injured, three critically. The bus was knocked over by the force, with eight of the injured aboard it. one victim was Frank LePore, 20, of Lachine, and the other unnamed dead was an elderly man.
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Montreal
Lachine
Canadian National Railways
Montreal Transportation Commission
Frank LePore
Algeria Fighting Toll Increases To 122 Dead
French military HQ said 114 rebels were killed in 48 hours of scattered Algeria fighting. At least six civilians were killed by terrorists, and two French soldiers lost their lives in the clashes.
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Algiers
Algeria
Pope Pius blesses 3000 in St Peter's Square
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII completing a weeklong spiritual exercise. He appeared at his apartment window blessing about 3000 pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter's Square. He suspended all audiences during the exercises and spent part of each day listening to sermons by Jesuit priest Giorgio Loiacono.
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Vatican City
Pius Nil
St. Peter’s Square
Giorgio Loiacono
Today’s Chuckle Quick Wordplay On Necks And Trouble
A humorous aside notes that a neck is something you must extend to avoid trouble, playing with the idea of stretching for consequences in a light, joking tone.
Cardinal Mindszenty Story Brought From Hungary
The account was brought to light by Leslie Balogh Bain, a Hungarian-speaking American newspaperman, detailing events connected to Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Hungary
Leslie Balogh Bain
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