First American H-bomb Dropped by B52 Over Bikini
A Boeing B52 Stratofortress dropped the first American hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll at dawn, producing a 10 million ton yield estimate. The blast created a massive fireball and mushroom cloud, observed from the Mt. McKinley with 15 newsmen and 16 civil defense officials aboard.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
U. S
Russia
United States
Maj
Char
Federal Civil Defense
Army Air Force row facing a public hearing
In Washington Democrats plan to air publicly a dispute between the Army and the Air Force over defense spending and strategy. Pentagon documents warned that prioritizing air power could bring disaster while Secretary Wilson pledges to investigate the issue. Senate and House members offered mixed reactions amid Armed Forces Day remarks.
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Army
Air Force
Washington
Congress
Armed Forces
Pentagon
Wilson
Armed Services
White House
Francis Case
R-Sd
Mahon
D-Tex
Jackson
D-Wash
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Armed Forces Day
Fort Campbell
U S Starts Housing Bill Controversy
In Washington the Senate opened debate on a multi billion housing bill. The measure would expand low rent public housing for the poor and elderly with allowances for 50 000 to 200 000 units annually and include a 75 000 unit elderly friendly pilot program. President Eisenhower backed design features for seniors.
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Washington
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
Eisenhower
The Lost Weekend Ad Offers in The People's Marketplace
The note promotes placing weekend classified ads in The People's Marketplace and urges readers to act to avoid lost time. It references the MESSEN GER Want Ad Columns and provides a dialing number 31242 to place ads. The tone mirrors a period classifieds appeal encouraging home hunting housekeeper car sales and general offerings.
Mom Okays Postal Romeo
Elaine Milton, 22, and John Sideris, 31, engaged after nine months of correspondence. Elaine’s mother filed abduction charges in Greece when the marriage seemed off. Charges were dropped after police documents confirmed her father’s approval.
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Athens
Greece
Flaine
Milton
Dayton
Ohio
Elaine
John Sideris
Nelsonville Dedicates Sewage Disposal Plant
More than 200 people attended the Nelsonville dedication of the new sewage disposal plant. Officials from Welsbach Corp of Philadelphia led by Morse Deliplain presided with local figures Mayor Earl Hilleary and state leaders C William ONeill and C Stanley Mechem in attendance. The cantata Song of Work had its premier during the ceremony.
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C. Stanley Mechem
Athens County
C. William O'Neill
Earl Hilleary
Nelsonville
Morse Dell Pilain
Welsbach Corp
Messenger Newsphoto
Setardeye
Philadelphia
Morse Deliplain
Victor A. Hann
Robert Cole
H. H. Adams
Tim J. O'Neill
Cincinnati
Mitchell Hodges
Frank J. O'Neill
Deliplain
Frank O'Neill
Hodges
M. Cooper Paul
Jack Whyte
O'Neill
Fanny
Barton Hall
Logan
State Board of Pollution Control
Segregation Dispute Brought to Breakup by Police
In Delray Beach Florida police cleared about 150 whites and Negroes from a public beach after a Sunday clash over beach usage. About 75 Negroes and an equal number of whites, mainly teenagers, faced off near the bathing area while officers declined to comment.
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Delray Beach
Fla
Reign of Foxy Rowe Ends in Jackson County Dems Election
Jackson County Democratic Central Committee elected Merrill Elliott over Lawrence Bricker to lead the party. Myrtle Harrison defeated Dorothy Corvin for secretary, while Isaac Walton won the vice chairmanship. Brisker named temporary chair, with Elliott praising democratic principles and party unity. Elliott, proprietor of Elliott’s Pharmacy, was a Gallipolis visitor Sunday.
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Jackson
Harold E
Foxy) Rowe
Jackson County
Democratic Central Committee
Merrill Elliott
Jackson City
Lawrence Bricker
Oak Hill
Myrtle
Dorothy Corvin
Brisker
John Rhodes
Elliott
Gallipolis
Myron (Cracker) Davis
Holzer Hospital
Ohio Newspapers Say Freedom of Information Expands
G Gordon Strong president of Brush Moore News reports to the Ohio Newspaper Association board that Ohio citizens and communities enjoy greater freedom of information than three years ago. He credits citizen interest and vigilant press enforcement of the 1955 open meetings law, with only isolated compliance gaps remaining.
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Columbus
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio
G. Gordon Strong
Association
Strong
Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
Canton
Mollet Returns from Moscow Talks on Algeria Crisis
Paris reports Premier Mollet will brief President Coty and the cabinet after Moscow discussions. He called the trip useful for peace as Algeria bloodshed continued with four Arabs killed in a village near Algiers and 20 French soldiers found dead after an ambush 25 miles away.
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Paris
Moscow
Guy Mollet
Coty
Algiers
Algeria
Athens Man Killed in Route 56 Overpass Crash
An Athens 33 year old man Ward E. McClintick of 14 First Street died instantly when his car left Route 56 west of New Marshfield and struck a railroad overpass. He was alone, a skull fracture crush chest and broken neck killed him at 4 30 a m. He was en route to visit his ailing mother in Indiana. This followed a separate fatal crash less than 24 hours earlier on the Athens State Hospital grounds.
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Athens County
Athens
Ward E. McClintick
First St
McClintick
Indiana
New Marshfield
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Richard Miller
Athens State Hospital
Weekend toll: 37 dead in Ohio accidents including 33 traffic
The Associated Press reports Ohio's weekend fatalities reached 37, with 33 of those deaths caused by traffic crashes marking the worst toll so far this year.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Ohio Woman Killed In Landing After Long Air Race
Mrs. Marjorie Miller of Reynoldsburg Ohio died and co pilot Bonnie Butler of Zanesville was seriously hurt attempting to land on a naval air strip near Havana after finishing 14th in the International Women's Air Race from Hamilton Ontario to Havana. Marion Schorr Betzler of Columbus won the 1526 mile event.
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Havana
Cuba
Marjorie Miller
Reynoldsburg
Ohio
Miller
Bonnie Butler
Zanesville
Miss Butler
Varadero Beach
Hamilton
Ont
Marion Schorr Betzler
Columbus
Largest A-Sub Ever To Begin Construction
The Navy will begin building submarine No. 586 at Groton Connecticut on Tuesday May 2. It is described as the largest submarine yet attempted with twin uranium fueled furnaces and a radar detection suite to scout the carrier task force and warn of danger from air surface or sea.
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Washington
Navy
Groton
Conn
Young Cypriots Battle British Soldiers in Nicosia
In Nicosia a day of violent protests left one British soldier dead and three other soldiers, two policemen, and three civilians wounded. Demonstrators, including schoolgirls, clashed with troops as tear gas, baton charges, and multiple bomb blasts disrupted the city.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Eoka
Resistance
Ian selBdee Aeee
Pornography Hit by Senate Pent Up Advertised Scandal
The Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee urges federal and state action to halt a 500 million dollar annual pornography racket. The report accuses loathsome purveyors of smut and says much material targets teenagers and circulates near schools. It calls to stop importation and mail and interstate distribution of salacious material.
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Washington
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Western and British Paths Diverge on Red China Policy
The piece analyzes U.S and British approaches to Red China amid Cold War tensions. It argues U S pressure aims to push China away from Moscow while Britain seeks to ease dependency by expanding trade. It cautions that divergent policies risk undermining a unified Western front.
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William L. Ryan
Red China
Soviet Union
United States
Ussr
Moscow
U.S
Yugoslavia
Britain
Health as a Campaign Issue Shapes Ike Rivalry
President Eisenhower health becomes a campaign topic as Hagerty confirms readiness to share medical records. Democratic backers hail Stevenson Oregon victory signaling momentum toward Florida and California primaries. Stevenson leads Kefauver with 146.5 to 177.5 pledged delegates, 686.5 needed for nomination.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Oregon
Hagerty
Representative Boggs
Ebert
Louisiana
New Orleans
James A. Finnegan
Florida
Kefauver
Tennessee
Youth Sought in Strangling Case in Cincinnati
Police searched for a red-headed older boy linked to a strangling noted three hours before the body was found. A house-to-house canvass failed to locate the companion. The body lay two blocks from the boy's home, found by Mrs. Jean Richardson after hearing a dog bark in an alley. The boy's mother, Mrs. Clarence Townson, reported him missing at roughly the same time.
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Cincinnati
Truman Visits Pope in Rome Urges Better Ties
Ex-president Harry Truman and Mrs. Truman met Pope Pius XI in Rome. Truman pressed for renewed U S diplomatic relations with the Vatican and received a gold medal of the pontificate. He called the meeting most pleasant and satisfactory.
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Rome
Harry Truman
Pius XI
Mrs. Truman
Truman
U. S
Vatican
Ohio Prisoners Asked For Cancer Research
Dr. Richard H. Brooks of the prison hospital urged 25 inmate volunteers in a sign ed article in Ohio Penitentiary News to take part in an experiment involving injections of live cancer cells under the skin of the forearm. He described the cancer mystery of why transplanted cells die in non cancer patients and continue to grow in those with cancer.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary Today
Richard H. Brooks
Ohio Penitentiary News
Brooks
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