Atlas Missile Launch Sparks Space Station Hope
Atlas missile flight from Cape Canaveral showcased five engines and a highnose communications cone. An electronic brain processed 10 000 calculations per second guiding the booster into orbit. Officials called the operation flawless as the Atlas accelerates the space race with future satellites and exploration plans.
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Sam Houston
Tex
Ft. Stewert
Atlas
Cape
Sey
Osmond J. Rifland
Air Force Ballistic Missiles Command
Roy Johnson
Space Agency
Air Force
Navy
Vanguard
Srot IV
Vanguard I
Sputnik OL
Eisenhower Steals Spotlight With Surprise Space Launch Barrage
President Eisenhower upended a planned diplomatic dinner by announcing the successful launch of a new space mission to foreign diplomats. The White House event followed a familiar social routine, with Mrs. Eisenhower in the same gown as the prior evening, until the surprise reveal drew enthusiastic applause. The president stated the diplomats “got what they were shooting for” as the mission launch was praised by attendees.
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White House
Diplomatic Corps
Largest ore carrier contract awarded for Great Lakes
Inland Steel Co announces Manitowoc Shipbuilding to build the Edward L. Ryerson, an eight nation dollar ore carrier set to be the largest on the Great Lakes. It will launch next fall and finish for the 1960 navigation season with a 26,930 gross ton capacity and 730 feet length.
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Chicago
UPS
Inland Steel Co
Manitowoc
Great Lakes
Edward L. Ryerson
Inland
Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Inc
Ryerson
Sault Ste. Mane
Nuclear Test Talks Recessed Until January Fifth
Geneva reports say the Big Three United States Britain and Russia recessed for Christmas and will reconvene January 5. A Russian veto demand stalled a treaty banning nuclear tests while Secretary of State Dulles remained confident a broader agreement could be reached.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Britain
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Early US and Soviet Satellite Progress in Orbit Tests
A survey of early space hardware shows Explorer and Vanguard craft with varied shapes and weights from 3 to 38 pounds to 30 plus pounds. Orbit times range 96 to 134 minutes with speeds near 18 000 mph and altitudes from a few hundred to over two thousand miles. Some craft endured months or years, while others burned up within weeks.
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Sputnik I
Sputniik OH
Chevy
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Wash
Warrington
Hisenhower
Walter Heysler
U. S
East
Cleveland
William Hale
Rocky Roberts
NATO
Columbus
Roberts
Ami Jong
Paris
Britain
France
Mice Maskin Eee
United States
West
Berlin
Alfred Diebold
al Columbus
William Joe Hsoo Jong
Coleman
Mikoyan
New Snow and Cold Hit North Plains
A blast of new snow plus sub-freezing cold grips the North Plains with gusty winds. The Weather Bureau warned of a cold wave extending through the central states and Midwest to the Ohio Valley as temperatures dip into the 40s and snow amounts reach several inches in places.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Minnnesota
Dakotas
Central Plains
Midwest
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio River
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Ohio Valley
Mid
Mississippi Valley
Mikoyan Eyes Possible Khrushchev Meeting in Washington
State Department and other officials said Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan may visit Washington next month to seek a Khrushchev face-to-face meeting. They indicated the trip could signal a thaw in the Berlin crisis and other Cold War tensions.
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State Department
Washington
Mikoyan
Mekhail Menshikov
UPI
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Berlin
Nikita Khrush
Robbery Suspects Seized In Wild Chase
Three robbers captured after a dramatic chase through Cleveland suburbs. Police say suspects used a fake tip to mislead officers before the trio was trapped and arrested in East Cleveland and nearby areas. One man briefly escaped but was recaptured. another innocent bystander was briefly detained.
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Cleveland
UPI
Enilid
Tigir
Democrats To Discuss Committees In Ohio Senate
State Sen. Frank W. King selected as Democratic majority leader said committee members and 40 to 50 patronage jobs will be discussed by Senate Democrats in January. King will meet with outgoing clerk Joseph W. Barfumek to review job status while Sen. Fred Harter was named Finance Committee chair at a Thursday meeting.
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Columbus
UPI
Frank W. King
Toledo
Senate
King
Senate Democrats
Joseph W. Barfumek
Cleveland
Fred Harter
Akron
Finance
Commerce
Labor
Education
Conviction Upheld for Starkweather Mass Murder
The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld Charles Starkweather's first degree murder conviction and set March 27 for execution by electric chair between 6 am and 6 pm. Starkweather, 20, was linked to a spree that killed 10 people with his girlfriend Caril Fugate, who also faced life imprisonment after her 1969 trial.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPD
Nebraska Supreme Court
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska State
Starkweather
Columbus
UPI
Ohio State
Jurgjaculture Department
Hnch
Nebraska
Caril
Pilot Talks Down Flier in Cloud Near New York
A United Airlines DC-6B pilot guided the plane through dense clouds to a safe landing after a 42 minute ordeal near New York. Sven Perrson returning from Denver with his wife Elllie coordinated with air traffic control as a strike roughened conditions. Federal mediators and publishers representatives later arranged a meeting to discuss the disruption to air operations.
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Youngstown
United Airlines
Sven Perrson
Sweden
Ellie
New York
Denver
Colo
Perrson
Thenoseph Matuna
Rverers Union
Matua
Perr- Publishers Association of New Son
Lucky Togs Worn By Button-Pusher At Atlas Launch
Cape Canaveral launch crew selected lucky gear for the Atlas rocket blastoff. Curt Johnston, 31, of Newark Ohio pressed the button for the world’s largest satellite, wearing a black hat leather boots and a red string tie. Officials kept the mission secret until two hours before ignition. Only 35 people knew the satellite would reach orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Curt Johnston
Newark
Ohio
Johnston
Earl Coon
Cleveland Rams
Eisenhower
Sergeant Gets Life In Killing Of His Wife
A U S Air Force court martial sentenced M Sgt Marcus M Marymont of Hobbsville NC to life imprisonment for poisoning his wife Mary with arsenic. The 14 man panel found him guilty of murder and adultery with Cynthia Taylor a 24 year old English woman. He faced possible death on the murder charge.
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Denham
England
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Marcus M. Marymount
Hobbsville
Marymont
Mary
Cynthia Taylor
Pope John Receives Americans Cardinals Amid Audience
In Rome Pope John XXIII hosted two new American cardinals and about 700 American clergy and pilgrims. Cardinal Cushing presented 450 parishioners from Boston’s archdiocese while Cardinal O’Hara’s ceremony followed at Saints Andrea and Gregorio al Monte Celio. The Pontiff also blessed the visiting group before a luncheon with the U.S. ambassador.
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Vatican City
GUPD
John Xeih
Jackson
Miss
UPI
Tryham
Miltowns
Roy Cavender
Celina
Auburn Polytechniec
Richard Cardinal Cushing
arch-Prados Valdez
Tomatos Institute
Packing Co
Rome
John
U.S
James D. Zellerbach
Cushing
Church of
Ohioan Drowns as Wave Strikes Coast Guard Cutter
A huge mid Pacific wave struck the Coast Guard cutter Gresham 2400 miles from San Francisco. Ens. George T Bergman of Canfield Ohio fell overboard and drowned. Boatswain Mate Chief James A Mol aun of Cincinnati was injured. Twenty others were hurt and taken to Midway.
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San Francisco
UPS
Coast Guard
Gresham
mid-Pacific
George Thomas Bergman
Canfield
Ohio
Sip
Hawaii
Aleutians
James A. Mollaun
Cincinnati
Midway
Ohio Woman Dies In Fire
Cincinnati report says Mrs. Bessie Brown aged 73 died in a three story apartment house fire Thursday night. Fire forced 12 families from their homes and men trapped in their rooms were pulled to safety by firefighters using ladders. Brown reportedly ran back to her bedroom for a Bible before perishing.
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Cincinnati
UPD
Bessie Brown
Christmas Mail Delivery Seen Fast This Season
Post master General Arthur E Summerfield said reports indicate this will be the best Christmas mail delivery in history as the holiday rush moves swiftly nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur E Summerfield
Ex-Governor Murphy Dies at 82 in New Hampshire
Francis P. Murphy former governor of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941 died today at his home after a long illness. The report notes his tenure and mentions the Atlas missile comparison in orbit discussions.
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New York
UPI
Nashua
Francis
P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Cooper Not Seeking Senate Leader Post
Senator Cooper says he is not campaigning for the GOP floor leader job and would back Senator Aiken or Dirksen as the liberal bloc seeks a top post. Liberal revolts surface as Morton and others discuss support, with talks of party whip and committee posts shaping a leadership contest.
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Warren Duffee
Cooper
Washington
UPN
George D Aiken
R-Vt
John Sherman Cooper
Lberals
Dirksen
Senate
Aiken
Everett M. Dirksen
Thrus
R-M
Jon B. Morton
R-Ky
Kentucky
Republican
William F. Knowland
Calif
Morton
Prescott Bush
Cennis
GOP
Repub
Bush
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