Ike Says Wonderful In Announcement Of First Satellite
President Eisenhower hailed the Jupiter C achievement as wonderful after word arrived that the United States had launched its first satellite into orbit. He waited up past midnight to release the official statement praising the feat and its scientific significance.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
White House
James C. Hagerty
J. Wallace Joyce
International Geophysical Office
National Science Foundation
United States
Augusta National Golf Club
Hagerty
Army
U. S
Russia
Navy
Egypt and Syria Merge Into One Arab State
Egypt and Syria merged into one Arab state today in a joint proclamation signed by President Nasser and President Shukri Kuwaily. The new state will have one flag one cabinet one Parliament and one army with Nasser likely to become president and Cairo as capital. The move unites about 28 million Arabs across 150 miles of territory avoiding Israel and Jordan, and leaders urge other Arab nations to join this union while many neighboring states stay on the sidelines.
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Cairo
Egypt
Syria
Nasser
Shukri Kuwaily
Israel
Ordan
Middle East
Jordan
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Sudan
Libya
Tunisia
Morocco
Algeria
Arabian Peninsula
Saud
Snowstorm Delivers Snow Depths Across Frederick County
February snowfall along the Appalachians drops 2 to 4 inches in the Winchester area with 4 inches in Star Tannery and 2 inches at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory. A cold surge follows with northwest winds and flurries as drivers face slick roads. One injury reported near the Virginia line. a Mack truck crash and a tractor trailer mishap occur in Winchester as crews work to clear slush and apply abrasives. Temperature highs around 29 and lows near 28.
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Appalachians
Associated Press
Virginia—W. Va
Louise Selby
Little Creek Va
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
S. Kent
E. Germain Sts
Star Tannery
Frederick County
Highway Department
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
P. O. Box
Jim Carpenter Co
Madison
Rt. 522
Virginia - W. Va. Line
J. H. Smith, Jr
America's First Satellite Becomes a Chatterbox of Space Gossip
The article describes America's first satellite as a continuous radio chatterer using telemetering to send data on cosmic rays meteorites and temperatures from space. Two transmitters operate with multiple channels feeding ground stations where signals are decoded for analysis.
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America
New York
Space
Russia
Sputnik
Earth
Bank Inaugurates Nighttime Hours Robbed In Pompano
The Farmers Bank opened nighttime hours last night and was robbed at gunpoint. A bandit took between 5 000 and 10 000 from a teller, entering five minutes before seven and threatening teller Wayne Benson with a sawed off shotgun before fleeing in a car.
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Pompano Beach
Fila
Farmers Bank
Wayne Benson
Byrd Reports 5538 Drop in Civilian Payroll in 1957
Sen Byrd announces December 1957 civilian payroll fell to 2,324,569 persons a net decrease of 5,538 from November. The six month total decline reaches 7645 with 1,239,168 employed by civilian agencies and 1,085,401 by the Defense Department.
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Washington
U.S
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House Committee
Defense Department
Satellite Explorer Sends Excellent Space Signals
Washington scientists announced that the Explorer satellite launched last night is functioning perfectly. Ground stations report radio signals received at all tracking points exactly as planned. The high flying satellite is transmitting condition data from outer space and meets expected performance.
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Washington
Outer Space
Shenandoah College Ground Breaking Set
Ground breaking ceremony for Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music scheduled for next Thursday at 2 30 p m at the site near Route 50 in the city park. Bishop Gordon Howard will perform the honors with remarks from city officials and college leaders to follow.
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Shenandoah College and
Conservatory of Music
Chamber of Commerce
Rt. 50
Gordon Howard
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Dayton
General Council of Administration
Board of Bishops
E.U.B. Church
Virginia Conference
College Board of Trustees
Haddox & Williams
James R. Wilkins
Chamber
College Project
Lee-Jackson Restaurant
Carl Hiser
E.u.b.church
Forrest Racey
W. C. Cooley
Frank
Jupiter-C Moon Satellite Launch Sends U S Space Triumph
Launch of the Jupiter-C from Cape Canaveral sent a 30.8 pound moon into orbit as Maj. Gen. Medaris announced plans for another satellite. President Eisenhower hailed the success as the Army traces a path beyond Sputnik, while von Braun and Medaris disputed orbit data and speed. The mission marks a major lift for U S prestige in space.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
U. S
Russia
Eisenhower
Augusta
Florida
John B
Medaris
Army
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Earth
Outer Space
Navy
Vanguard
Jupiter C rocket hatches from von Braun team in Huntsville
Dr Wernher von Braun and his 130 man group of former German scientists have hatched the Jupiter C satellite carrying rocket after two years of work at the Army Missile Agency in Huntsville Alabama. The group formerly built the V 2 and came to the United States after World War II with contracts to the U S Army.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Army
Navy
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Peenemunde
Baltic Sea
U.S. Army
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Redstone Arsenal
Eisenhower
Augusta
R. B. Searcy
Alabama
Searcy
Mars
Sputnik
Wilson
Defense Wilson
Huntsville Celebrates US Satellite Launch With Fury
Huntsville crowds numbering about ten thousand turned out after Cape Canaveral announced the Jupiter C satellite in orbit. Sirens, rockets, and bonfires filled the night as Mayor Searcy and officials led a jubilant display honoring von Braun and the Army probe that built the launch vehicle.
Legion Sponsors Religious Emphasis Week in City
Religious Emphasis Week opens here tomorrow under a proclamation by Mayor Claude Smalts Jr designating February 29. The observance, tied to the four chaplains who died on the Dorchester, was started at the 1951 Miami convention and supports the Back-to-God program through the American Legion National Religious Emphasis Committee.
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Claude B&b. Smalts, Jr
American Legion
Dorchester
The
Legion
Miami
Fla
Smalts
Winchester
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