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Eisenhower congratulates USSR on feat; Adm and Cong reaction; policy debate seen; Repr McCormack sees need to overtake USSR 'regardless of cost,'
MONTREAL, Jan. 3 -- The Montreal Canadiens, paced by Doug Harvey's two goals, stopped the New York Rangers 5 -- 1, tonight. The National Hockey League game wound up in an eleven-player donnybrook when the Rangers scored twenty-three seconds before the game's end.
GENEVA, Jan. 3 -- A general and early speeding of economic activity in Western Europe is not to be expected, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe said today.
Santa Anita; Hillsdale wins San Carlos Hdcp
A fighting Temple basketball team gave some anxious moments to St. John's University in the second half before the Redmen posted an 81-to- 76 triumph in the headlined game of the collegiate basketball double-header at Madison Square Garden last night.
1959Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.[†]
Luna 1, also known as Mechta, E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit, and the first to be placed in heliocentric orbit. Intended as a Moon impactor, Luna 1 was launched as part of the Soviet Luna programme in 1959.
In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]