Kremlin Silent On Report Of Man Carrying Rocket
Reports from Moscow quoted sources claiming a man carried aloft by a rocket to 186 miles and parachuted back. U S officials and scientists weighed the claims as unconfirmed with no official comment from Russia, while Senators and experts offered cautious replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Harris
Washington
Russia
U.S
United States
Moscow
Earth
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Kefauver
Dtenn
Flanders
R-Vt
Durham
D-Nc
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
White House
James C. Hagerty
Iven Kincheloe
Air Force
Kincheloe
Fred Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
State Committee For Cultural Relations
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Tass
U. S. Air Force
Congress Opens Amid Space Race Fear and Budget Talks
Congress convened amid urgency over Soviet space strides. President Eisenhower plans a 74 billion dollar balanced budget next year while defending policy and aiming to boost the economy without red ink. Senator Lyndon Johnson warned the race for space could determine total earthly power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Earth
U.S
Russia
Senate Gop
Knowland
California
Capitol
Russian Space Parachute Claim Stirs Cold War Talk
Reports claim a manned rocket reached about 186 miles, with the passenger parachuting back to earth. Soviet officials denied details while observers note the feat would surpass prior U.S. records and intensify space race tensions amid censorship concerns.
Cold Wave Spreads Toward Atlantic
A cold wave spread from the midwest toward the Atlantic with subzero readings in the eastern Dakotas and Minnesota and teens in northern Missouri and central Illinois. Temperatures rose to the 30s in the east while rain fell across the eastern Gulf and south Atlantic. light snow covered the Great Lakes region and reached West Virginia and northern Kentucky. Closed all day Wed, Jan. 8 in preparation for moving sale.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Great Lakes
New England
Gulf
South Atlantic
West Virginia
Kentucky
Snow and Ice Move Across Virginia with Severe Cold
Snow fell across Southern Virginia with mixed sleet and rain near the coast and in Roanoke. The AP noted light snow in many areas, a sharp temperature drop tonight, and strong northerly winds with flurries in the mountains. Snow extended toward Richmond and Emporia, with roads reported slippery and a widening zone of wintry weather ahead.
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Associated Press
Virginia
South Hill
Petersburg
Richmond
Highway Department
Emporia
North Carolina Line
South Paton
Roanoke
Winston-Salem
N. C
Radar Use Studied By Middletown No Action Taken
Middletown Town Council discussed radar equipment to enforce speed laws with no action planned. The council approved purchasing a town police car light and announced removal of the metal star on the water tank. Crosswalk painting at Rt 1 Reliance Road and near Wayside Inn was ordered. All members attended except T A Sperry.
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Middletown
Davner Robinson
Walter McCauley
Wilson Borden
Rt. 1
Reliance Road
Wayside Inn
Mr. Borden
William Shull
T. A. Sperry
Four Children Die as Flames Race Through Home
MOAB Utah four children perished when a coal stove overheated causing a house fire at a frame dwelling near the uranium boom town. Parents tried to reach them through a bedroom window but the flames prevented rescue. Victims were Allen 6 Scotty 3 and 1 year old twins Don and JoAnn McGauhey. Sheriff John Stocks of Grand County investigated the blaze.
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Moab
Utah
Kenneth McGauhey
Allen
Scotty
Don
JoAnn
John Stocks
Grand County
Bus Plummets 25 Feet On Edge Of Susquehanna River
A bridge collapse in Wysox Bradford County caused a school bus to fall 25 feet toward the Susquehanna River. Thirty one children escaped injury. one pupil Yvonne Bride, 10, received facial cuts. Driver Willard Ackley and Rodney Williams were uninjured. School canceled for the day.
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Susquehanna River
Towanda
Susquehanna
Wysox
Bradford County
Highway Department
Rodney Williams
Willard Ackley
Williams
Yvonne Bride
Four Crewmembers Die as Navy Plane Crashes at Norfolk Resort
A Navy patrol plane in distress during approach to Norfolk Naval Air Station crashed into a seashore resort at Ocean View. Four of the 12 crewmen died, three residents were injured, and the wreckage burned after the jet powered aircraft struck cottages and vehicles.
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Ocean View
Norfolk
Mercator
Cmdr
Clyde Curley
Navy
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Bermuda
Virginia Legislators Arrive for Busy 1958 Assembly Session
Legislators pour into Richmond for a 60 day session beginning tomorrow with high activity. Gov elect Almond to be inaugurated after final recommendations from Gov. Stanley and key budget message. House and Senate caucuses set leadership as 20 new House members and three new Senators join a largely unchanged party balance.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Assembly
Senate
Gov. Stanley
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
House
E. Blackburn Moore
Col
E. Griffith Doddson
del. Joseph J. Williams Jr
Sen
Garland Gray
Waverly
Stanley
Commonwealth
Macmillan Begins Five Week Commonwealth Tour
Prime Minister Macmillan starts a five week tour to unite Commonwealth thinking. He travels to India Pakistan Ceylon New Zealand and Australia to show equal partnership with member nations while addressing a cabinet crisis and nonaggression pact talks with the Soviet Union. He departs with his wife and aides and will celebrate his 64th birthday during a 30000 mile journey.
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London
Macmillan
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
New Zealand
Australia
Britain
Soviet Union
Kominshel
Peter Thorneycroft
Thorneycroft
Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Boyd President Re-elected At South End Fire Company Meeting
John A. Boyd was re-elected president of the South End Fire Company at the annual meeting. New officers include H M Laynan, Winton Pope, Kenneth Curl, Luther Tevalt, Norman Pope, James Massie, Marvin Bucher, Roxy Hockman, Joseph A. Massie Jr, Rev S J Goode, Rev L Coleman Games, Dr Hugh Clark, and Dr Carrington Harrison. Chief Crenshaw names two assistants. Chief pipeman is Richard Comer with Daniel Rainsberger as assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Boyd
South End Fire Company
H. M. Laynan
Winton Pope
Kenneth Curl
Luther Tevalt
Norman Pope
James Massie
Marvin Bucher
Roxy Hockman
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
Washington St
Boyd
Delmer T. McIlwee
James Roberston
O. H. Lewis, Sr
H. M. Layman
Lewis
George Washington Hotel
Scientists explain 186 mile chute descent details
Smithsonian astronomer Dr. John S. Rinehart and colleagues discuss a man carrying rocket reaching 186 miles in about five minutes. Descent by parachute could take 30 to 45 minutes with staged chutes, possibly metal and mechanically opened, implying extreme heating and deceleration. Heavier g forces would occur during the return.
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Boston
Mass
Soviet Union
John S. Rinehart
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Dr. Rinehart
Slayer Gein Adjudged Insane Returned to State Hospital
Edward Gein, the Plainfield spree killer and grave robber, was adjudged legally insane by Circuit Judge Herbert Bunde and returned to Central State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Doctors testified Gein is a long standing schizophrenic and unlikely to be at liberty again.
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Slayer
State Hospital
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Edward Gein
Central State Hospital
Gein
Plainfield
Herbert Bunde
Bunde
Edward Schubert
Milton Miller
Bernice Worden
Mary Hogan
Portage County
Schubert
Miller
Berryville approves fox trapping start with bounties
Berryville sets a 2.50 bounty on foxes as the trapping season opens Saturday and runs to April 10. Five dozen traps are on hand with plans for three dozen more. The board urges dead livestock be hauled away to curb rabies spread.
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Berryville
Board of Supervisors
Blake Denny
Alfred Allen
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
S.P.C.A
Allen
B. Rogers
Philip MclIntyre
Clarke County Farm Bureau
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Yester
Harold K. Milks
Bell Clothes of
Winchester
Lynbrook
Margaret L. Hodgson
South End
Lovett
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