U.S. to Russians: give us more data on Sputnik
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP) - The United States tonight termed Russia's launching of an earth satellite "of great scientific interest" and urged the Soviets to share details of their momentous experiment. Almost as soon as the news was flashed across the world, the government and private scientific groups threw their massive resources into the task of establishing the orbit, or path, of the sphere in its race around the earth.