Highlights: Admiral Richard Byrd, explorer, dies, Egypt defies the UN on the Gaza Strip, a new aviation speed record by a 707 jet across the United States is set at three hours and 45 minutes, David Beck will appear as a witness in the Senate Labor Rackets Committee, news of the first outdoor phone booth.
Highlights: The United States investigates teamster union boss David Beck on misappropriation of union funds, Arkansas Senator John McClellan questions a former teamster officer on violent union activity in Scranton, Pa,
Highlights: Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of liver ailment, David Beck is indicted for income tax evasion, Secretary Dulles says the communist expansion in the Middle East will be restricted, Eisenhower calls the Egyptian ambassador home.
Highlights: Riots in Warsaw, Poland, Moscow gives a world-wide time-table of it's "Sputnik" satellite, life expectancy is guessed at a few days to a million years, Jimmy Hoffa is opposed to David Beck's "battle fund."