Word: tonight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour and a half after the A.F.P. flash, the Associated Press, biggest news agency of them all, filed a Moscow-datelined bulletin (which was actually written in London): "The Soviet Union has launched an experimental rocket 300 kilometers into the atmosphere with a human aboard, reliable sources said here tonight." So began a competitive stratosphere flight that outdid all competitors in irresponsibility...
...deadlines neared for U.S. morning papers, A.P. aimed even higher, wider and wilder. Said its night lead, still without any confirmation: "Soviet Russia has shot a man-carrying rocket 186 miles into the air and the man parachuted safely back to earth, reliable sources said tonight." The A.P. noted in the third paragraph that there had been "no official announcement whatever," but added: "The official silence-in view of the rumors sweeping Moscow-led to some speculation that ... the manned rocket experiment may not have been a total success...
BOSTON, Jan. 16--New York capitalized on Boston laxness for a 3-2 National Hockey League victory tonight decided by Larry Popein's late goal as the Rangers snapped on eight game winless streak. Both teams employed veteran goalies just reclaimed from the minors...
McCurdy is very uncertain as to the final Crimson lineup tonight. He is prepared to go all out with his best men if the occasion warrants; on the other hand, "if things start to break our way," he plans to do "some experimenting...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 14--The Army launched a Redstone missile--the first stage of its forthcoming satellite-bearing space vehicle--at 8:25 p.m. tonight...