Khrushchev Rises Through USSR Power With Security Ties
The piece analyzes Nikita Khrushchev's ascent after Stalin's death, detailing his consolidation of power via the Communist Party, control over the armed forces, and seizure of the secret police from Malenkov. It notes his shift back to heavy industry and wartime rhetoric, signaling a return to Stalinist methods.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Ussr
New York
Nea
Stalin
Malenkov
Communist Party
Georgi Malenkov
Khrushchev
Communists
Nikita
Georgi
Russia
Secret Police
Beria
Nicholas Bulganian
Marine Corps Gazette
Bulganin
Kremlin
Sergei Kruglov
Kruglov
Ivan Serov
Committee of of State Security
Council of Ministers
Lenin
Woman seeks divorce after third try in messy marriage
Thelma Hum of Niles filed suit to dissolve her December 1949 marriage to Harold Humph, a union that began in 1935 and ended in divorce in 1937 after a period of remarriage in 1941 and a prior divorce in 1947.
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Warren
Thelma Humis
Herusband
Harold
28 Well-Placed H-Bombs Could Cover Two-Thirds Of Nation
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp warned in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that 28 well placed hydrogen bombs could jeopardize about 50 million Americans with deadly fallout. He described a single bomb creating a three to four mile wide fireball and a 10,000 square mile deadly shadow region, urging extensive underground shelters near large cities and a thorough civil defense overhaul.
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Chicago
America
U. S
Ralph E. Lapp
Maryland
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
Lapp
Red China faces options after Tachens and Korea
Peiping holds initiative with choices from offshore island actions to strategic pressure. Chinese aims remain regional dominance backed by a belief in their resilience and potential for survival if war with the United States escalates.
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Red China
Peiping
Nanchishan
Quemoy
Formosa
Asia
China
Korea
U. S
Smoking Harms Heart Says AMA Journal
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports definite evidence that smoking damages the heart muscle. An AMA editorial warns patients without coronary disease to discuss risks with their physician before smoking.
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Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
AMA Journal
Satellite in Space Possible by United States Says McNarney
Colorado Springs report quotes James T. McNarney president of Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp stating the U S can build an earth satellite now if someone invests about a billion dollars He notes atomic powered planes may not be ready by 1965 due to heat limits and metal strength at high speeds
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Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
James T. McNarney
Air Force
McNarney
Mediterranean Theater
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp
Persistence Puts Meany At Top Of Labor
The Bronx-born George Meany, now AFL CIO leader, wins trust of labor moguls by steady patience. He merged AFL with CIO, pushing for union strength, clean graft records, and organizing new industries while eyeing European labor backing for rearmament. plans to meet leaders in Vienna.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George Meany
Meany
Eas
American Federation of Labor
AFL
CIO
Organized Labor
Emeber
William Green
Green
John L. Lewis
Lewis
San Francisco
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Samuel Gompers
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
New York
Europe
Germany
Vienna
Ohio Ground Water Still Below Normal
Ground water conditions in Ohio are improving but supplies remain considerably below normal according to the State Department of Natural Resources. January rainfall was below normal at all index stations. Storage in principal water supply reservoirs was favorable at end of January, and conditions are somewhat better than a year ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Natural Resources
Reds Face Policy Shift in East Europe After Stalin
Western diplomats in Vienna expect Moscow to pursue a back to Stalin industrial push with less consumer goods and renewed hard line. They foresee Nagy’s potential resignation in Hungary while leaders in Czechoslovakia Poland Romania and Bulgaria stay aligned to Khrushchev, keeping Soviet control tight amid growing East European unrest.
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Richard O'Regan
Vienna
Russia
East Europe
Georgi Malenkov
Titos
Moscow
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Stalin
Malenkov
Reds
Imre Nagy
Communist Party
Matyas Rakosi
Nagy
Rakosi
Nikita Khrushchev
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Nikolai Bulganin
Klimenti
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Alexander Petrovich Volkov
Soviet Union
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Senate
Amazon River
Brazil
Boston Museum of Science
James D. White
Associated Press
The
Japan
AMA
Chiang
Keelung
Tachen Islands
Ruta Lee
MGM
Tucson
Ariz
Flumber
Norman Walker
Florida
Alice Lockwood
Kay Jones
Riverside
Calif
Bermuda
Stew Pidd
Wireco Life
American Steel & Wire Division
U. S. Steel
Life
Arthur J. Beiler
Wireco
Cleveland
Duluth
Paris
France
Bernard Schnees
Delaware
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