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...foot-long, 13-pound nose cone was tracked to a height of 66,654 miles before the force of the earth's gravity whisked it back from its probe of outer space...
...middle ground. Recently returned from the Geneva talks (TIME, Nov. 24), Tennessee's Democratic Senator Albert Gore, a member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, urged his ideas on President Eisenhower. Gore's key point: the U.S. could test nuclear weapons underground, underwater or in outer space without danger of fallout and without sacrifice to security interests. At the same time, Gore said, the U.S. should unilaterally suspend tests in the atmosphere, not for one but for three years, as a psychological move in the cold...
...Schein also hopes for evidence that antimatter, recently created in man's laboratories, exists in nature. Antimatter is annihilated instantly when it hits ordinary matter. But antimatter particles arriving from space may penetrate the earth's thin outer atmosphere to the 120,000-ft. level without suffering fatal collisions. If one of them hits the photographic plates, it should make a tremendous splash...
...hands, kept architectural design from changing to meet new patterns of living. Builders no longer are bound by minimum-lot sizes and rigid house-placement rules, may vary developments as long as light, ventilation and outdoor-activity space are adequate. Once-banned inside kitchens are now allowed, saving the outer or window walls for living and sleeping space. So are new, low-cost bedsitting or kitchen-dining combinations. Also new: architects may choose from a wide variety of products as long as they meet careful performance tests...
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.--The U.N. Political Committee voted last night to set up a study group on outer space despite the Soviet Union's announced intention to boycott...