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STATE HISTOBXCAL SOCIETY zz i' i i Proposed Earth Satellite Will Break the Space Bai rier ir Adjournment --But Probably lot Today Host of Small Items Left WASHINGTON (UP) Man is headed for the planets Responsible scientists agreed on that today in the wake of a White House announcement -that this said go ahead So jubilant -were the proponents of rocket fBght that no one thought to askwho would do it first I It could be the Russians They Launching Plan Stresses Progress in Military Field WASHINGTON (UP) The Unit-1 partment jaow can launch multi-ed States decision to launch earth ton rockets with the gigantic thrust satellites called attention today to needed to reach a spefcd of 18000 country will launch a tiny artificial announced six months ago that moon some time in 1957-58 an artificialrsatellite of The first man-made earth satel- the was feasible A little ly peaceful scientific purposes Will blast Into the sky an artificial moon will circle the earth betweeri200vand 300 miles up at a speed of -18000 miles an hour All nations including Russia will benefits equally from the inform atiooit gleans in its 90-minute revolutions around the earth on the frontier of space May 'Clear Up Mysteries This information is expected to be of tremendous importance For one thing it may give science data wfoch will revolutionize weather forecasting It also is expected to later they said they wot establishing a laboratory forv satellite research Friday night after the announcement they 'said they too were preparing to send up a man-made moon White House announcement said the United States would to an altitude of 250 miles have fallen back to earth None has managed to sustain itself like the moon in qrbital flight around the earth But scientists of many countries agree that the propellants and heat resistant materials are now at hand to pierce the atmosphere and hang-at least a small in the sky for a matter of days or weeks possibly later- on for years At 18000 miles an hour the US-satellite will be plunging some four times faster than any other manmade device ever traveled Increase the speed to 25000 miles an hour and it would escape entirely from hold "First Step Into Space" Veteran space travel enthusiasts like Willy Ley the German-born rocket expert said the earth satellite be the first step into Sen Warren Magnuson (D-Wash) echoed the thought of many when he said will probably lead to further scientific knowledge and possibly to interplanetary communication and launch a satellite approximately clear up deep mysteries about the the size of a basketball some time floods of energy which 'constantly lite for which the components already exist will be an awkward fledgling flight But it will demonstrate power to snap the gravitational shackles which have kept him and his workers earthbound until now In the words of Defense Secretary Charles Wilson it will mean the space It also will mean that the no-trespassing signs are coming down among the planets The first satellite will be followed by improved versions as the science develops Scientists have long been prodding each other and the government to get going on a project to launch small unmanned to explore the vast unknown which exists at the top of atmosphere Their unanimous conclusion was: It can be done Friday President Eisenhower large and previously secret strides in the military field (The White House described the project as emphasizing the quest for new knowledge of the universe for benefit But the venture into beyond the is based on years of military research conducted in deadly competition with Russia And purely military devices of previously undisclosed power will be used to thrust the unmanned vehicles into the fringes of outer space 200 to 300 miles from earth Four Times Rocket Speed Unitil announcement only those privy to top national secrets knew that the Defense De miles an hour That is' four tjmes or more the top speed of rockets used so far in upper atmosphere research Nor was it understood before that science pow can' devise materials able to withstand temperatures of several thousand degrees such as will be encountered on the trip in and out of space Just as science will expand its knowledge so will the military services' garner vital data needed for intercontinental ballistic missiles of the immediate future and manned space ships of a period that may be 25 to 30 years away Such ships will travel 25000 miles an hour free of earthly gravity Authorities said the purely mili-(Continued on Page Six) during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) which starts in July 1957 and concludes in December 1958 i The IGY is an undertaking of some 40 nations to explore all possible aspects of the earth its atmosphere and the solar and cosmic radiations which constantly bombard it The US announcement carried no overtones of competition with Russia or any other nation It said merely that this country for strlct- pour upon the earth from the sun and from now unknown sources vastly deeper in space But the profoundly significant thing about both the US and Russian' announcements is the revelation that the means are at hand to break the space barrier Up tonbw no object launched by man has managed to break or balance the pull of gravity All of the experimental rockets launched at White Sands NM including one two-stage device that soared DAILY CITIZEN WASHINGTON A tired touchy Congress today hacked an uncertain trail toward adjournment 'House leaders insisted this come before Monday but many members still were hoping to wind things up late tonight Adjournment fever reached epidemic proportions as -members surveyed the legislative debris that still blocked the way With House Talbott Wont Resign' Brands Rumors as Not True WASHINGTON Air Secretary Harold Talbott says he has more idea than a jack of resigning now He told a reporter Friday night he is in his job and branded as reports circulated by at least two Republican senators that his resignation was imminent One highly-placed Republican had quoted an informant as the source of his report that Talbott would quit The Senate Investigating subcommittee has been looking into $60000-a-year- private business partnership which Talbott maintained after taking his government job Talbott gave up the business connection as a result of the investigation President Studying Transcripts President Eisehhower is now studying a transcript of the hear- lngs to determine whether activities violated ethics Some Democrats have demanded that he be fired -Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore) re-' neWed his demand that Talbott resign or be dismissed in a Senate speech Friday night Morse also added two new items to the Talbott controversy Daily Except Sundays and Holidays passage late Friday of a housing bill the last big item was out of the way Hundreds of lesser measures remained on the calendars of both House and Senate every one important to somebody But most of these odds and ends were sure to be dumped The House was ordered into session at 10:30 am EDT today the Senate at 11 am The House plunged into debate on a bill to extend the defense production act for another year A hot fight was expected over efforts to curtail the hiring of so-called businessmen who serve the government as advisers without compensation Otherwise matters still to be settled by either House or Senate or both included: Polio Vaccine: Economy-minded Rules Committee members cleared the way for a House vote on a bill to buy Salk vaccine but only for those who pay The Senate has approved its own version without such a restriction Appropriations: Still awaiting final House and Senate action were two compromise money bills to pay expenses (and boost them a little) and to tide over the Atomic Energy Commission cover military construction costs and pump up an assortment of agencies about to run out of money Housing: In the bill passed Friday the House rejected President public housing program The Senate version passed earlier authorized at least 572000 public housing units A compromise committee was to work on the matter today and indications were that the public housing program would be revived Atomic Ship: Both houses previously had turned down President atomic peace ship Members called it a Late Friday the Joint Atomic Committee changed its mind and recommended0 that the plan be approved At best it faced plenty of rough water Minimum- Wage: It was all over but the formalities on boosting minimum wages The Senate passed a compromise bill Friday NUMBER 285 VOLUME SEVENTY-ONE HOLDREGE PHELPS COUNTY NEBRASKA SATURDAY JULY 30 1955 Accozd Premier Wants to Talk of Formosa 'Liberation' Diplomats Don't Expect Clear Sailing Monday He said the possibility of will continue to increase the United States does not interfere with internal And he made it more clear than ever that Red China was anxious to discuss the matter with the United States On the American prisons now (Continued on Page 5) By DONALD GONZALES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP) US diplomats reacted with cautious optimism today to Red Chinese Premier Chou softer attitude on freeing American prisoners and easing Far East tensions They said words will be put to the acid test in the US- He -said a high official of the Air Force called and told him that night raising the legal floor from would drive and retention of Talbott Air- Force morale 25 cents to $100 an hour effective March 1 1956 The House was expected to approve it quickly KHOL-TV Satellite Needs Only Construction Permit TOKYO (UP) Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai said today that agreement could be reached easily at Geneva 'next week on the return of US civilians still held in Red China In a surprisingly peaceful major policy speech broadcast by Peiping Radio Chou also offered to negotiate: a of Formosa and suggested a collective peace pact between the United States Red China and other Asian nations But foreign office sources in Taipei promptly scuttled the idea of negotiating with the Reds They said the Nationalist Chinese never would sit down at a conference table with the Chou hailed the Western powers willingness to cooperate at the summit conference and urged concrete actions now to end the Cold War by negotiations Seeks Arms Cut He suggested a Far Eastern conference to seek ways for easing Far Eastern tensions and said the Peiping regime was ready to undertake obligations with other countries to cut arms levels It was one of the most conciliatory speeches he has made On Formosa he said permitting the Chinese peoples are ready to seek the liberation of Formosa by peaceful FAREWELL TO MRS At a ceremony in the Cabinet Roon of the Whie House President Eisenhower on behalf of the Cabinet presents Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby retiring Secretary of Health Education and Welfare with a Steuben bowl Mrs Hobby just had attended her last Cabinet meeting this has happened here in the memory of any correspondent Wang chunky and businesslike quickly read a' statement aligning Red views with those of the Russians are convinced the Sino-US talk at the ambassadorial level will obtain results if the two sides have a sincere desire to regulate their problems he said radius of Hayes Center The station will not contain studios but will transmit CBS and live programs from KHOL-TV Two engineers from the Holdrege station will be loaned for operation The station will be located on the David Burkett farm eight miles north of Hayes Center Hamilton said It will have a 500-foot tower buf since it willabe placed on a hill it will rise 700 feet above the average terrain he said Red China talks opening Monday at Geneva to negotiate the freedom of 40 American civilians and 11 US airmen Despite statement that the prisoner issue can be US diplomats do not expect clear sailing in the talks there will be ample opportunity at Geneva to test words one inf orfrt ant said:" The State Department had no immediate formal comment on statement on the prisoner issue the of Formosa and the easing of Cold War tensions Top department officials wanted to read the complete text of speech broadcast by Peiping Radio before commenting Shows Interest At first glance US officials were in statement about the liberation of Formosa Chou said however that he would not negotiate with Chiang Chinese nationalist government and he rejected the idea of Chinas Secretary of State John Foster Dulles frequently has urged Red China to renounce force in its efforts to obtain Formosa But this government also has made it equally plain to Chou that any dis cussion on the future status of Formosa 'must include 'Chiang US officials have said the ques tion of a Formbsa cease fire may come up at nett Geneva talks if progress'' is made on the prisoner issue They have pointed out that it is possible to discuss a cease fire with Red China without including Nationalist China They hold to the view that this does not jeopardize Nationalist interests But they insist that Nationalist China must be represented in any discussion of future Johnson Represents US The United States will be represented in the talks on the American prisoners by its ambassador to Czechoslovakia Alexis Chinese Reds Seem Cordial as Conference Drams Rear GENEVA (UP) Communist eluding Americans the fifst time China all smiles appeared today Uribe jumping on the Soviet friendship to the West bandwagon with both feet It-was all cordiality in this Big Four Conference city where negotiations begin Monday at the Palais des Nations between the United States and Red China And the Chinese Communists lost little time in letting newsmen know they hoped the meeting of ambassadors would lead soon to a meeting between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Red Premier Chou En-lai The most surprising demonstration of the new attitude to date was the arrival of Chinese Communist negotiator Wang Ping-Nan ambassador to Communist Poland He stepped off a train Friday night in a natty chalk-striped flannel suit a sunburst of gold-toothed smiles from seven members of the Geneva Chinese Communist Consulate on hand to greet him The Peiping consulate had telephoned newsmen all over town in Hearing Set on Proposed Abattoir A public hearing on an application filed by Ray Luther' for exemption from the ordinance prohibiting an abattoir within city limits will be held at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday evening Luther proposes to construct slaughterhouse at the rear of Locker Plant at 409 Grant Russians Enter State Despite Initial Fears Set Out for Nebraska Wheatfields Approval by the Federal Communications Commission of a construction permit is the thing remaining in the way of operation the new satellite station of KHOL-TV according to Harold Hamilton general manager of Bi-States Co TheFCC recently assigned Television Channel 6 to the company for operation at Hayes Center Nebraska Hamilton said the construction permit was expected by ther middle of September KHOL-TV filed the application July 11 and the FCC usually i requires approximately 30 days from the time a channel assignment is made until a construction is issued he said After the permit is received 60 days will be required for construc- tion of the building which will be tile 22 by 40 feet Hamilton said He said the station will operate with 20400 watts power and coverage would be over a 60-65 mile Omaha SU' OMAHA Neb (UP) culture committee of the visiting farm experts their fears Chamber of Commerce of a hostile reception here allayed set out to explore wav- Their three-day junket Nebraska begins with visits Bible School Opens The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church will begin its daily vacation Bible school Monday Aug 1 The school will be conducted from 9 a to noon until Aug 12 The school will be under the direction of Mrs William Manley Rev William Manley and the Bible school staff have extended an invitation to all children in the BIBLE VERSE Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places and there shall be famines and Mark 13:8 through today to a turkey1 broiler plant near Venice a soil conservation project at Wahoo and the 560-acre farm of A Steavenson near Fontenelle 12 miles north of Fremont A picnic at the Izaak Walton Park west of Fremont was to climax the day Leader Praises Methods Vladimir Matskevich first deputy minister of Soviet agriculture and leader of the 12-man delegation had nothing but praise for American farming methods at a news conference Friday on an ing wheatfields today The Russians were obviously relieved when Omaha officials rolled out the red carpet Friday night on their arrival from a 13-day tour of Iowa They had expressed concern be- forehand apparently remembering the demonstrators that hjirled challenges at Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov when he passed through here last month on his way to the 10th anniversary meeting of the United Nations in San Francisco COMMUTING BY AIR Former Holdrege Man Appointed US Judge Iowa State College Experimental The visitors freshened up after farDi near Shenandoah "Iowa their wearing bus ride then at-! tended a eocktail party and dinner 1 given in their hcfeior by the agri- Harley Kilgore (D-W Va) i chairman of the committee said the committee aws with the explanation of actions The former Harris County Re- il publican chairman moved to Houston in 1932 after being graduated from the University of Michigan law School He is a senior member of a jlaw firm and has specialized in maritime cases His son John Jr will enter Stanford University in September to study engineering judgeship carries an annual salary of $25500 and is a lifetime appointment a -A representative of the Nebraska Bureau of Animal Industry will be available at the council meeting for questions that may aris6 -Luther described Fxiday afternoon some of the aspects of a modern abattoir The main feature of the plant according to Luther would be that animals are inside thp building at all limes Stock would go directly into the abattoir from trucks No offensive odor would occur Luther added since with animals inside waste is disposed of in much the same way as human waste Disposal of offal and hides ah would be conducted Inside such building until they are permanently removed Luther said In addition to the abattoir being odorless Luther said the sound made by animals on the basis of bis experience would not be a nuisance Regulations concerning slaughterhouses are enforced by the City of Holdrege Health Inspector ahd the State Department of Agriculture and Inspection The state has the right to close the plant within 24 hours if an infringement of regulations-is discovered or a justifiable complaint is received In attempting to prove the non-offensive character if the proposed bunding Luther-cited examples of other towns with abattoirs in the principal business district Alma has a slaughterhouse and locker under the same roof the city auditorium he said' and Seward has one on the main street a Mock from the city halL Since 1947 235 Nebraska towns and cities have acquired slaughterhouses -Lather said Soviets Treat US Visitors like Heroes-Not Farmers He said he will utilize he saw that useful to and suggested similar exchanges of scientists and industrialists between the United States and Russia Matskevich said his tour of Iowa had sold him on hybrid corn production mechanization and soil conservation methods The Soviet Union he said would undertake of hybrid corn as a result of what he had seen in Iowa WEATHER The appointment of a former Holdrege man John Brown to be a judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals was confirmed by the US Senate last week Brown is the son of Mrs Brown and the brother of Richard Brown both of Holdrege He attended -Holdrege High school and took his pre-law work at the University of Nebraska Now a resident of Houston Tex as Brbwn plans to commute by air to New Orleans whre the seven-member court usually hears oral arguments The court on which "Attorney Brown will sit as judge reviews appeals from federal district courts in Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida and the Canal Zone In additioiwto New Orleans the group holds formal sessions at Atlanta- Ga Jacksonville Fla' and Fort Worth Texas Brown who was nominated to the post by President Eisenhower had to Wait for confirmation while the Senate Judiciary Committee investigated charges against him in connection with the Texas City disaster of 1947 An alleged irregularity had taken place during his participation as counsel in a case resulting from the explosions However Sen Joseph (P-Wyo) who investigated the charges recommended favorable a tion pn nomination Sen LOCAL FORECAST: Today partly cloudy and hot Vary few widely scattered thundershowers High 89-102 Tonight partly cloudy and warm lows 65-75 Sunday partly cioiidy continued hot Highs 98-102 TEMPERATURES More than 10000 shouting clapping smiling pushing citizens of this Black Sea port jammed the dock to greet the Americans on their arrival from Odessa It was the biggest crowd encountered byi the farmers so far The throngs were so thick that for 45 minutes the Americans could not leave the ship Reds Carry Signs For the first time the Russians included painted signX in their official welcome Written in both English and Russian in huge white letters on red background the signs read: live the friendship and cooperation between the American and Soviet The smiling Soviets handed the Americana so many bouquets that the flowers filled the hotel rooms almost to the ceiling It was all the Americans could do to get some rest for their trip to Krasnodar the1 ricITKuban agricultural area and the virgin lard where a new great Soviet farming experiment is being conducted NOVOROSSIISKRussia The 12 touring American agricul-I turists said today the Russians were beginning to treat them more like heroes than plain dirt farmers They said that agriculture is being pushed further and further into the background by the cheering throngs that greet them in every provincial town' -Delegation leader Dean William Lambert of the University of Nebraska conceded that goodwill was becoming a mighty factor in the visit addition to giving us an understanding of Soviet he said visit seems to he doing a great deal towards creating goodwill for Americans among the many groups 'of Russian people we have met Biggest Crowd So Far are not only agriculturists but we are men of The rousing welcome given the Americans here Friday night is becoming typical It was the type of welcome usually reserved for he- aka 102-81 Valentine 99-66 North Platte 103-66 Norfolk 101-80 Grand Island 101-77 Imperial 100-63 Sidney 98-61 Scottsbluff 95-61 Chad- ron 98-57 Lincoln 104-80 Sioux City 101-78 JURIST'S FAMILY PORTRAIT Mr and Mrs John and Son' Bppwn 1:.