Word: radio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cubans did not bar Dubois from the country. They just threatened to cut off his food. At the suggestion of a Havana radio commentator, the National Federation of Gastronomic Workers, whose membership includes cooks, waiters, barkeeps and hotel staffs, voted to deny Dubois their services "because of his attitude as spy, divisive agent and sworn enemy of the Cuban revolution." Snapped Dubois: "If they want war, I'll give them...
First news of the hit came to the free world from the radio telescope at Britain's Jodrell Bank. As the moon rose, the great 250-ft. dish swung toward it. The sharp beep-beep of Lunik II throbbed in the control room. The signals were coming from the exact point in the starry sky that the Russians had predicted by telegram to Jodrell Bank...
Target: Tranquillity. The Russians gave precise information about Lunik's radios, which were transmitting on seven different frequencies. Signals were received briefly in San Francisco and in Japan, then faded out as moon and Lunik disappeared behind the earth. By this time the Russians had time to line up their figures. They announced officially that Lunik II would reach the moon four minutes ahead of schedule: at 5:01 E.D.T. They also predicted boldly that it would hit in the region between the Sea of Tranquillity, the Sea of Serenity and the Sea of Vapors. The way to tell...
...world waited; crowds gathered in the streets of Moscow to watch the moon sailing coldly overhead. U.S. radio receivers were on the wrong side of the earth, but at Jodrell Bank the beeping continued while the moon climbed higher. As the predicted moment approached, the beeps wavered slightly. Then they stopped. In Moscow the radio stopped its program for an announcement. After an unexplained delay (perhaps for rechecking), the radio played a few bars of the International and the announcer said: "At 00:02:24 Moscow time [5:02:24 E.D.T.] the second Soviet cosmic rocket reached the surface...
Died. Paul Douglas, 52, sometime professional football player and radio announcer turned actor, who vaulted to Hollywood stardom (A Letter to Three Wives, Executive Suite) through his Broadway portrayal of the bumptious racketeer in Born Yesterday; of a heart attack; in Hollywood...