Bitter Cold Snow Sweep Across Rockies and Plains
Bitter cold grips the Rockies as a slow moving storm brings sub zero wind chills from Montana to Colorado and Nebraska. Western Colorado faces bitter cold near 20 below as the system declines eastward with lighter snows in the plains and several mountain towns reporting heavier accumulations.
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Great Plains
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
Montana
Rockies
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Havre
Glasgow
Cut Bank
Evanston
Rock Springs
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Craig
Fort Collins
Colorado Springs
Colorado Mountains
Eagle
Grand Junction
Hungarians Stay Army of Olympic Team in Australia
Forty five members of Hungary's Olympic squad remained in Australia while the rest headed home. Some may transfer to planes in Italy as the voyage continued.
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Suez
Charlie
Hungary
Australia
Italy
Hoover Jr. Resigns as Undersecretary of State
Herbert Hoover Jr. resigned today as undersecretary of state effective February 1. President Eisenhower named Gov. Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts to succeed him.
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Augusta
Herbert Hoover Jr
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Box Flight Completes 500 Mile Army Navigation Flight
Ft Huachuca Electronics Proving Ground announces a 500 mile San Diego to Ft Huachuca flight using an experimental self contained air borne navigator aboard an L20 Beaver. Pilot First Lt. Robert D. Fisher from Indianola Iowa completed the route via Yuma Gila Bend and Tucson assisted by automatic speed drift and distance calculations. The system provides exact position course and distance with no ground aids and could revolutionize field Army flight operations.
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Ft. Huachuca
Army Electronics Proving
Robert D. Fisher
Indianola
Iowa
San Diego
Yuma
Gila Bend
Tucson
Electronic Proving Ground
Niles
Fisher
Proving Ground
Field Army
New York Auto Show Draws Praise and Critique
France Soir describes the New York Auto Show opening as a mass of good looking women around metal monsters. The caption notes fancy American cars resembling a drunk's dream fish and highlights the leggy chorus girls in the show's musical review.
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Paris
France Soir
New York
Hammarskjold Seeks Hungary Visit Amid Revolt
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold announced he could not enter Hungary on the proposed Dec. 16 start date and noted letters to Hungary and Russia seeking permission for UN observers. He asked Austria Czechoslovakia Romania and Yugoslavia about allowing observers near Hungary as responses were awaited. Yugoslavia Romania and Czechoslovakia were expected to refuse.
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N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Hungary
Imre Horvath
Budapest
Hammarskijold
Hammarskjold
General Assembly
Assembly
Russia
U.N
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Tension Kases In Budapest
The release of labor leaders arrested by the Communist government eases the threat of a new uprising in Budapest. Workers councils leaders were freed, but no reply from Janos Kadar by 8 PM yesterday kept tensions high as Soviet troop convoys moved through the city.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Rockets Smuggling Baffles Port Said Amid Military Tensions
British French authorities said they found thousands of rockets and ammunition smuggled into Port Said. A felucca carried Czech made ammo to the western edge, with arrests reported as tensions rise in the port amid reduced garrison presence.
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Port Said
Egypt
Andre Beaufré
United Nations
Hugh Stockwell
Lake Manzala
Jury of 12 fathers condemns LaMarca to death
A Nassau County jury, after a six hour deliberation, sentences Angelo LaMarca to death by electric chair for kidnaping and first degree murder of 32 day old Peter Weinberger on July 1. Defense claimed temporary insanity due to mounting debts.
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Mineola
N.Y
Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Westbury
LaMarca
Morrie Yohai
Robert J. Meyer
Center
N. Y
First U S Earth Satellite Test Rocket Launches
The Defense Department launched a 45 foot Viking rocket from Patrick Air Force Base at Cocoa Florida reaching about 125 miles up and 4 000 miles per hour. Observers reported a pink plume and a silent ascent before the rocket fell into the Atlantic about 180 miles from the launch site.
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U. S. Earth Satellite Project
Atlantic Ocean
Defense Department
Department
Air Force Missile Testing Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Jim Halby
Orlando
Sentinel
Halby
Haley
Atlantic
Navy
Air Force Base
Florida
Air Force halts search for Snark misfire over Brazil
The Air Force suspended the hunt for the Snark intercontinental missile missing after a flight from Patrick AFB Cocoa Florida. The 600 mile per hour craft reportedly traveled about 3000 miles before fuel ran out and it crashed near Brazilian jungles. It carried no warhead and was part of the early space program tests.
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Washington
Air Force
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Dulles Heads to Paris to Reassure Allies on Aid
Secretary of State Dulles travels to Paris for NATO Council talks aimed at easing Western European financial strain and restoring Allied unity. He will seek increased cooperation amid congressional debates on foreign aid. Also attending are Wilson and Humphrey, marking his first post cancer mission.
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Dulles
Paris
United States
Congress
North Atlantic Treaty
NATO
Britain
France
Egypt
Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
Western Alliance
Europe
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