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Ice Capades of 1953 (part 2 of 2); The Preview show for 1953 in Atlantic City ends with an ice skating performance by Dick Button.
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Politics- Ike Okays Nixon; Adlai in Baltimore; Eisenhower greets Nixon as he deplanes in West Virginia, as excited supporters look on. We see Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson address an enthusiastic audience in Baltimore, talking of taxes, "I will do everything I can to reduce them."
Space Pioneers; Mice and Monkeys Soar 38 Miles in Rocket (part 1 of 2); October 1952; In White Sands, New Mexico, Air Force scientists pack two mice and a monkey into a rocket in preparation for launch to extreme altitudes at extreme speeds.