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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1959
Page
8
Kirk Hammond becomes the first man to orbit the Moon in Explorer Nineteen but a third stage misfire sends the capsule drifting into deep space. A doomed rescue is attempted as Cape Canaveral urges survival and Hammond records a final message.
A Bridge column uses a four spades hand to illustrate deception and defender signaling. In a separate science fiction scene, Hammond, alone in a satellite, contemplates death with dwindling oxygen and the fear of going mad as he records a final radio message.
Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept promotes 17 inch Cora Whedr Sister Doll pattern 501 with floppy limbs and body integration. Price 35 cents plus 5 cents for each extra pattern, mail to New York address. request pattern name and address, plus zone. Also offers 1959 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book for 25 cents with designs for embroidery crochet knitting weaving and a cut out doll surprise.
Clues spell a crossword fill in order. Definitions hint at common words beginning with letters forming a themed grid. The puzzle references a president, a capital, and an Arabian title, suggesting a varied linguistic challenge.
A space disaster scene unfolds as Hammond battles suffocation inside a satellite cockpit. As the hatch vents air and cold rush in, he struggles to breathe, trying to reach the oxygen tube while the ejection-seat arms heat and the ship screams with ozone laden air.
A July Reader's Digest ad touts a German lab finding that 24 seconds of daily exercise boosts muscle tone. Dr. Steinhaus describes four six second moves needing no gym or equipment.
Indiana drive ins present Say One For Me with Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds. Room at the Top stars Laurence Harvey. Terre Haute Shaggy Dog with Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen and Warlock with Richard Widmark. East Side Shaggy Dog with MacMurray and Hagen plus Gunman’s Walk with Van Heflin. Corral I Want to Live with Susan Hayward and Kings Go Forth with Sinatra Curtis and Natalie Wood.
The FCC in Washington was asked to approve transferring control of WMFT Terre Haute to Thomas S Land and associates of Fairfield Illinois. Richard Bieser WCNT manager Centralia IL said Land of WFIW Fairfield and Bryan Davidson WJBD Salem would join. Bieser will relocate to Indiana to run the 500 watt daytime station. WMFT has been on 1300 kilocycles for a year under Archie S Mobley of Terre Haute.
Larry Marlin, 17, of 1723 South Tenth street, was treated at St. Anthony Hospital for a left shoulder injury after losing control of his car and crashing into a ditch near the Mt. Pleasant road east of old Riley road. Deputies say he turned onto Mt. Pleasant from old Riley road. Gillis ambulance transported him around 9:30 p.m.
TV lineup lists programs for WTHI Terre Haute WFBM Indianapolis WTTV WCIA Champaign WLW I and other stations with times from 4:00 PM to 11:45 PM including News Review I Love Lucy Evening Movie and various children and game shows across multiple markets. Programs include Americans at Work Saddle Stories Red Skelton and Night Court Treasure Hunt Price Is Right Concentration and Guiding Light among others.
The listing shows a 400- News Review at 7:20 followed by Answer Please at 7:35, Amos and Andy at 7:35, News and music at 8:00, News and show at 9:00, Music at 10:15, and Sacred Heart at 6:00. Station WTHI 1480 AM and 96.9 FM air these programs in a daytime lineup.
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