United States Joins Baghdad Pact Military Committee
The United States accepted an invitation to join the Baghdad Pact Military Committee during the pact’s third ministerial meeting in Karachi. U S Undersecretary Lou Henderson said the move signals closer alignment as the five member states Britain Pakistan Iran Turkey and Iraq pursue economic and military defense steps against communism in the Middle East. General Nathan F Twining heads the American delegation.
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Karachi
United States
Five Nation Alliance
Pact Ministerial Council
Middle East
U. S. Dep
Lou Henderson
NATO Joint Command
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Britain
Pakistan
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Soviet Union
Armed Forces Ordered to Cut Contracts
Washington reports that Secretary of Defense Wilson directed a cut of about 500 million dollars in contracting for the final month of the 1957 fiscal year the Air Force to bear half the load. The Air Force faces 150 million in aircraft and missiles buys and 100 million in construction.
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Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Washington Sunday Star
Pentagon
Defense Department
Fall-out expected minor from Nevada A-bomb test
Three air masses move away from the Atomic Energy Commission test site near Las Vegas as a small blast estimated under five kilotons yields a brief flash and a round cloud. Animals and lab subjects were exposed to gamma and neutron radiation, with 21 aircraft passing through the rising cloud and observers noting the cloud reaching 20 000 feet and drifting north west.
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Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Total cost of U S accidents in 1956 could fund merchant fleet
A belief circulated that the aggregate cost of all accidents in the United States during 1956 was sufficient to construct a new merchant fleet consisting of two hundred ships the size of the Queen Mary.
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U. S
Doctor Warns Nuclear War Harms All Living Things
Dr. Eugene P. Cronkite, Brookhaven National Laboratory, testifies on fall-out dangers before a Senate subcommittee. He warns nuclear war would produce radiation hazards for generations, urges balance with nonradioactive pollution concerns, and notes limited therapies for those heavily exposed.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
Eugene P. Cronkite
Senate House Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Long Island
N. Y
Britain tests second H-bomb on Malden Island
Britain's second hydrogen bomb test on Malden Island near Christmas Island produced heat about 10 million degrees Celsius and set timber ablaze across a five mile stretch. Chief scientist William Cook called the test a complete success and noted no radioactive fallout on the island.
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Christmas Island
Britain
William Cook
Pacific
Cook
Pacific Atoll
Malden
Widow recalls plane crash that killed husband on Duluth trip
Dorothy LeMasurier, hospitalized in Duluth, recounts the fatal crash of her small airplane with her husband Dalton near Ferris Mountain Wyoming. She survived 19 days on water and candy aided by rescuers while recalling their ordeal, weather and scant supplies.
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Duluth
Minn
Dalton LeMasurier
Wyoming
Dorothy LeMasurier
Rawlins
Ronald
LeMasurier
Pasadena
Calif
Dalt
KDAL
Ferris Mountain
Confederate Memorial Day Observance Draws Hundreds
Dixte Holiday Fairview Kentucky observed Confederate Memorial Day with a daylong program as hundreds gathered to honor Confederate memory and heritage.
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Fairview
Old South
Abdul Rahman to be Malaysia’s first foreign minister and PM
Prince Abdul Rahman announced that he will serve as Malaysia's first foreign minister and prime minister when the federation gains independence from Britain on August 31. The statement places him at the helm of the new nation’s government as its founding leader.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Prince Abdul Rahman
Federation
Britain
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