Senators Told Snyder Ordered Vanguard Publicity
Washington: Assistant Secretary Garrison Norton testified that the Navy pressed for secrecy in the Vanguard earth satellite test but was overruled by Murray Snyder, former assistant White House official.
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Washington
Garrison Norton
Navy
Murray Snyder
White Ata Ean
Invuce
Norton
Senate Preparedness
Snyder
Secretary of the Navy
Gates
Rawson Bennett
Navy Research
Bennett
Edwin Weiss
Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Weis
Defense Department
Homer E. Newell Jr
Naval Research Laboratory
Weiss
Navy Research Organization
Johnson
MOOSE
Jennings Proposes Farm Research Program to Aid Farmers
Virginia congressman Rep. Jennings D Va urges a farm research program funded from annual customs receipts up to 100 million dollars to expand industrial uses of farm products, reduce surpluses, and create new crops or products for farmers. Norton Senate testimony discuss Navy and Vanguard publicity decisions amid missile and space race tensions.
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Washington
Virginia
Rep
Jennings
D—Va
Four Weekend Deaths Boost Virginia's Road Toll to 855
Four deaths on Virginia highways over the weekend raise the 1957 traffic toll to 855, against 830 for all of last year. Pedestrian Aubrey Willis Crawford, 50, of Thelma, Louisa County, was struck on State Rt. 615, a hit-and-run case. John C. Bare, 20, of Rockbridge County, died in a two vehicle crash on U.S. 11 near Greenville. Lewis E. Marble, 49, of Mount Zephyr, Fairfax County, killed when his car was struck by a fleeing auto near Groveton. occupant Huson Edward Graves, 26, of Gum Springs, charged with manslaughter after minor injuries. Airman J. George T. Tooms Jr., 22, of Ellerson, at Andrews AFB, injured fatally in a crash on U.S. 1 near Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Aubrey Willis Crawford
Thelma
Louisa County
State Rt. 615
John C. Bare
Rockbridge County
U.S. 11
Greenville
Augusta County
Bare
Lewis E. Marble
Mount Zephryr
Fairfax County
Groveton
Marble
Huston Edward Graves
Gum Springs
J. George T. Tooms Jr
Ellerson
Andrews Air Force Base
US. 1
Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
Judo Classes Opened for Girls at University of Oklahoma
Dr. Percy Buchanan director of Asiatic affairs at the University of Oklahoma opened a girls judo class. Sixty coeds signed up and the program is now linked with Blue and Gray Beauty Shop for appointments. Contact MO 2-5188.
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Norman, Oxia
Percy Buchanan
Asiatic Affairs
The
University of Oklahoma
Flamingo Beauty Shop
Countdown Underway For Atlas Launching
VER N HAUGLAND reports from Cape Canaveral that a countdown for an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile launch is under way with a probable third test. Observers note activity at the guarded site as two missiles stand ready under floodlights. past tests ended with partial flight and breakup.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Atlas
Petersburg Killer Prompted General Alarm by Robbery Slaying
Police issued a general alarm for a heavyset robber who killed painter Albert Lee Spain, 25, on a Dinwiddie County road and wounded his companion, Edna Kreynus, 23, as they sat in a parked car. The gunman took Spain's billfold and Kreynus' pocketbook but kept neither. the pistol used remained missing.
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Petersburg
Dinwiddie
Albert Lee Spain
Spain
Edna Kreynus
Chester
Kreynus
Rudge Butterworth
Ike Urges Heroic Efforts In Missiles Race
President Eisenhower urged the Atlantic Alliance to strengthen its military power in the missiles race with the Soviet Union while the margin of power remained with the West. Some NATO leaders pressed to delay a final decision on basing nuclear rockets in Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
Eisenhower
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
NATO
Europe
Stakes Rise for Eisenhower at NATO Summit in Paris
Paris report on President Eisenhower ill but recovering leading a Western alliance revival amid Cold War pressures. He meets with Dulles, Gallaud, and world leaders as Adenauer and Gerhardsen debate missile bases, stockpiles, and disarmament. Spaak urged rapid modernization of NATO’s nuclear arsenal to deter Soviet gains. The summit opens with Ike urging renewed Western resolve to counter Soviet advances.
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Washington
America
NATO
Europe
Eisenhower
White House
Howard M. Cnyder
Paris
Embassy
Snyder
Dulles
U. S
Agin
Felix Gaillard
Konrad Adenauer
U.S
Adenauer
Einar Gerhardsen
Norway
Gerhardsen
Belgium
Paul-Henri Spaak
Soviet Union
Free World
Middle Eastern
Alliance
United States
Child Won't Ride Christmas Bike
In Dallas yesterday a fire swept through the upper portion of a frame house killing six year old Julian McGraw Jr. and his mother Lupe McGraw and cousin Irene McGraw. Mrs McGraw escaped once but returned to save the children. firefighters found the bicycle Julian was to ride hidden in a closet.
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Dallas
Julian McGraw Jr
Julian
Lupe McGraw
Irene McGraw
Christmas Shopping Surges in Winchester Stores Saturday
Winchester stores reported a spectacular shopping day on Saturday with four of ten surveyed stores claiming the best day in history. Most managers expect this year’s Christmas business to exceed last year as good weather drew buyers, while late shopping hours continue until December 24.
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Winchester
Bus Crash Near Cairo Kills 18 Egyptian Workers
A bus veered in dense fog and plunged into a canal seven miles north of Cairo, killing 18 workers. The driver and six passengers escaped unharmed.
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Cairo
Egypt
Four Die in Train Collision Near Brussels Forest
A train from Ostend crashed into a halted train on a bridge in Forest a Brussels suburb. Police reported four dead and 50 injured as the impact shattered the last coach of the stopped train.
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Brussels
Ostend
Forest
Learn to Drive Easy Method Dual Control
Learn to Drive offers an easy method with dual control for beginners. Call MO 2-3177 for more details and scheduling pickup and lessons.
New York Subways Step Up Operations Amid Strike
New York City's subways ran at about 80 percent of normal during the morning rush as a transit strike entered its second week. Transit Authority shifts aimed to ease Brooklyn and Queens service, while officials eyed Mayor Wagner's back to work proposal and a boycott of the union election by craft groups.
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New York
Robert F .Wagner
Wagner
City Transit Authority
Louis Waldman
Warner
Waldman
Transit Authority
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
MBA
ON & Voice
50 000 Pieces Of Mail Cancelled In City By Noon
Winch ester Post Office reported 50 000 pieces of mail cancelled by noon as the Christmas rush grows. Postmaster Wilbur Johnston said totals could reach 90 000 to 100 000 by day’s end, with first five days of tracking slightly behind last year due to an early Sunday.
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Winchester
Wilbur Johnston
Johnston
Million loss in subway fares during strike in New York
The Transit Authority reports a 1,085,224 dollar drop in subway fares in the first five days of the strike versus the prior week. The loss highlights the financial impact of the stoppage on New York City transport revenues.
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New York WI
The
Transit Authority
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Leon Smith
Norfolk
Smith
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Fleet & Co. Inc
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Trac
Ike
Soviets
NATO Action
Amory Houghton
Subways
the Transit Authority
Brooklyn
Queens
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