| Hoover at 81; Ike at Gettysburg Farm; X-1 Rocket 1955/8/11 1) Herbert Hoover is 81, at Newburg Oregon boyhood home 2) Ike at Gettysburg farm, signs bills, with Holstein heffer, drives golf cart 3) Chinese junk sailed from Japan to San Francisco, "with 5 free Chinese refugees from the Reds" 4) X-1 rocket plane test drop; rocket sled tests at Edwards AF base, dummies ejected from rocket sled in slow motion 5) Merry Moppets fashion show in New York 6) sports: football Steelers vs Rams preseason night game (complete newsreel) Tags: Hoover Ike Gettysburg |