Echo 1 satellite signals Eisenhower message from space
CAPE CANAVERAL Aug 12 AP United States launched Echo 1, a large communications satellite, into orbit from the missile test center at 4 39 pm. NASA announced success about two hours later and a White House message was replayed from Holm del New Jersey after transmission from Goldstone California. The president spoke of peaceful space exploration. The balloon may be used by any nation for similar experiments.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Holmdel
N. J
Goldstone
Calif
Space Research and Exploration
Eee
Earth
T. Keith Glennan
NASA
Capsule recovery lifts U S space race to new lead
A 300 pound Discoverer XIT capsule with data payload was recovered from the Pacific about 330 miles northwest of Hawaii after a successful polar orbit pass. The un damaged capsule was picked up by a helicopter from the Haiti Victory and flown to the MSTS ship, signaling a first known return from a satellite and boosting hopes for a spy satellite program.
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Washington
Earth
U. S
Hawaii
United States
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Air Force
Xit
Alaska
Polar
MSTS
Haiti Victory
Samos
Prisoner Seeks Release From Reformatory
Circuit Court Judge Neil Frailey heard the post conviction petition of Roland L. Billman of Hagerstown. Billman, imprisoned at the State Reformatory for multiple auto larcenies, sought release claiming he pleaded guilty due to unawareness of rights. Judge Frailey will issue a written opinion. Billman was returned to the reformatory.
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Circuit Court
Neil Fraley
Roland L. Billman
Hagerstown
State Reformatory
Billman
Frnley
Reformatory
Fairchild C119s Miss Capsule Recovery by Narrow Margin
At Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii an Air Force team failed to seize a 300 pound Discovery XIII capsule released from orbit by a hair. The capsule landed about 50 miles north of its target 330 miles northwest of Honolulu after 17 orbits, with pilot Captain Lawrence Shinnick stating weather hindered visibility but beacon signals were heard.
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Hickam Air Force Base
Hawaii
Robert E. Greer
Honolulu
Greer
Lawrence Shinnick
Frederick, Md
Shinnick
Car Stolen Here Is Recovered In Louisiana
A 1955 Oldsmobile owned by Jerry Swisher was stolen from 200 block N Potomac St. and recovered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police said a winch operator in the tail of a returning plane spotted the vehicle and the driver may face local or federal charges as recovery efforts and investigations continue with the capsule and air watch program figure in the broader incident.
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Jerry Swisher
Georgia ‘Ave
Potomac St
Baton Rouge
Shinnick
Orr
Arange
White Chute
South Carolina
Herman E
Greer
Air Force
Honolulu
Lockheed
Sunnyvale
Calif
San Francisco
Washington
Powers Family Hopes Khrushchev Will Help Pilot's Fate
United Nations chief Dag Hammarskjold led the first U.N. force into Katanga as Swedish troops arrived by air. Khrushchev reportedly offered aid to the Powers family as Moscow prepares for the pilot Oliver Powers trial. Families of the crew travel to Moscow amid diplomatic tensions and control-tower disputes over landings.
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Elisabethville
The
Congo
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Katanga
Moise
Tshom
Nikita Khrushchev
Ham
Marsh
Valdiane Powers
Pound
London
Powers
Khrushchev
Youth Given 10 Day Term For Hitting State Trooper
An 18 year old, Frederick Marks of Hancock, was sentenced by Magistrate Irving M Einbinder to 10 days in jail after assaulting state police officer Trooper Kirby by hitting him in the mouth. A suspended 90 day term was imposed for assaulting Deputy Sheriff McCarty and resisting a police officer, with leniency due to Marks being shot in the chest during the Hancock incident.
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Irving M. Einbinder
Frederick Marks
Hamcock
Marks
Harold E. McCarty
Hancock
McCarty
Robert Kirby
Harry Bowman
Charles Price
J McCarty
Kirby
Einbinder
Young Marks
Joseph
Charles
Frederick
Activities at State Reformatory Normal Again
At the State Reformatory for Males activities returned to normal after an isolated incident. Superintendent Clement J. Ferling said all prisoners reported to regular jobs. One inmate was attacked by another who threw an alkaline powder during yesterday evening.
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State Reformatory
Clement J. Ferling
Reformatory
Ferling
Missing money bag contains 26800 in cash and bonds
Brinks reports a money bag missing in Cleveland containing 26700 in cash and 2000 in government bonds and clipped coupons. The item, reported by Brinks, was said to be missing since early today after a powder cart explosion in an Amherst Coal Co. mine near Wilson.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Brinks, Inc
Logan
W. Va
Cleveland
Ay Wilson
Amherst Coal Co
City Bank Downtown Reimburses Loss to Client
The downtown bank has reimbursed the loss after an incident at the branch. No further details were released about the cause or parties involved.
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Ueiverea LO
Erci Bank
Balloon Satellite Test Opens Door To Global Communications
HOLMDEL N J AP A balloon satellite test marked the start of a potential global communications system. A huge balloon and antenna in Crawford Hill Bell Labs tested bouncing radio signals around the world, enabling future direct dial, TV, and data links between Chicago Japan Africa and the USSR. If successful, multiple balloons or satellites at various orbits could provide instant relays, with satellites carrying equipment to receive amplify and rebroadcast signals.
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Holmdel
Earth
Chicago
Japan
Africa
Ussr
Crawford Hill
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Moon
Goldstone
Calif
C P Lineman Hurt In Salem Ave accident
Walter Bowman a C P Telephone linesman was seriously injured on Salem Ave Ext when a car struck a cable being installed by his crew. The cable wrapped around Bowman and witnesses described severe injury and profuse bleeding as the car hit the line. The driver reportedly collapsed Bowman to the ground.
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Walter Bowman
C. & P. Telephone Co
Salem Ave
Bowman
J. R. Hoffman
Summit Ave
Three pets of S F Palmer form longtime trio
In Sharpsburg Pike, the cat nicknamed Pretty Boy, the rabbit Bunny, and the dog Tiny have been friends for almost four years since the cat brought the infant rabbit home. Mrs. S F Palmer recalls the rabbit was raised on milk from a dolls bottle and now eats carrots and mashed potatoes.
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S. F. Palmer
Sharpsburg Pike
Fairchild 3 Week Vacation Begins Today for Employees
Three week vacation shutdown begins today at Fairchild with operation to resume September 6. Eligible workers with 12 years of service receive full vacation pay. others are paid by service length. Unpaid workers may file for unemployment compensation. Pay checks for the week ending August 14 will be distributed August 19 at Plant 9 with badge required. Further payments follow September 8.
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Fairchild
J. H. Baylis
Fraichild
Com-Scais
Baylis
Sayi
Regwar
Pennsylvania Ave
Cal
Weather Outlook Fair and Mild Across Regions
A detailed forecast reports fair and mild conditions in Hagerstown and western Maryland with tonight’s low around 60 to 66. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies, Sunday partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers. Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland see cloudy periods with light rain chances, lows near 70 for tonight and highs in the 60s to 80s, while West Virginia and Southeastern Pennsylvania expect varying cloudiness and modest temperature changes into Sunday.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Eastern Shore
West Virginia
Southeastern
Pennsylvania
Store Entry Near River Cause of Break In Report
Edgar A. Snyder's Taylor's Landing store was broken into during the night. Thieves entered by a window and crawled through, stealing 20 cartons of cigarettes, a .22 caliber pistol, and $6 in sales tax money, according to Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle.
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Edgar A. Snyder
Taylor's Landing
Leister Isanogle
Atlas Fired 5000 Miles To Test Cone
Cape Canaveral AP reports the Atlas intercontinental rocket flew 5000 miles to a target zone off Ascension Island. The 17 ton cone carried five radiation experiments to study hazards for manned spaceflight and cone erosion at temperatures up to 15000 degrees Fahrenheit. A satellite balloon broadcast a message from President Eisenhower two hours earlier.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Caribbean
Air Force
Atlantic
Ascension
Missile Test Center
U. S
Eisenhower
Imose
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