Poisoned People to UN: Stop Atomic Tests in Marshall Islands
In a May 29 report from Majuro Marshall Islands, residents petition the United Nations to halt atomic experiments in their area and demand safer measures and compensation. Marshallese fear loss of home lagoons after Rongelap and Utirik contamination and emphasize need for timely information from U S authorities.
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Marshall Islands
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Atomic Energy Commission
Majuro
Dwight Heine
Coral Islands
Marshal Islands
U. S
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Bikini
Eniwetok
Rongelap
Utirik
U. N. Trusteship Council
Heine
Today’s Talk Why Not Change
A call to embrace change in thinking and daily life. The piece urges fresh mental attitude, new experiences, and decisive action to avoid stagnation, comparing change to spring cleaning and a light turning on in a dark room. It cites William Allen White on ambition and progress.
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William Allen White
George Matthew Adams
Alaskan Law Men Fly to Get Their Men
Law enforcement flies to remote interior Alaska villages to prosecute misdemeanors. Territorial police and the U S district attorney travel from community to community to prosecute before the U S commissioner, replacing former practice of transporting accused to Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Territorial Police
United States District Attorney
U.S
Radio astronomy emerges as a new scientific field
The article describes radio astronomy as a growing scientific field that detects and interprets radio waves arriving from various parts of the universe, marking a shift in how astronomers study celestial objects.
Whales Outpace Ship At 30 Knot Travel Speeds
Some speedier whales can swim circles around a ship traveling at 30 knots, illustrating their swift aquatic maneuvering relative to vessels.
Opinions on Natural Gas Prices Spark Supreme Court Debate
Walter BreeDe Jr. reports on a Supreme Court ruling granting federal control over wellhead natural gas prices. The decision could affect 60 million homes and consumer gas bills, with opinions split among state officials, industry sources, and gas producers. Interstate pipelines may pass higher field costs to end users, though wethead costs remain a small fraction of final prices.
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Supreme Court
Midwest
High Court
Phillips Petroleum Co
Louisiana
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Philips
Connecticut
Michigan
California
Polio Girl Graduates From Portage High School
May Lou Boucher, 17, who was struck by polio two years ago and confined to bed, earned her high school diploma at Portage High School last night in Kalamazoo. Her books were kept on a special tray and read by two younger sisters as she completed home studies.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
May Lou Boucher
May Lou
Portage High School
Youths Reach Milestone Transfusions For Graduation Readiness
In Philadelphia John Ciccone 20 received his 451st blood transfusion and sister Theresa 19 got her 401st as they prepare for high school graduation. Both have Mediterranean anemia, a rare disease needing regular transfusions to sustain red blood cells.
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Philadelphia
John
Theresa Ciccone
Ciccones
Oldest U S equestrian statue but not first
The Washington D C Andrew Jackson statue is oldest in the United States but earlier gilded lead statue of King George III stood at Fort George New York. Dedicated in 1770 it was torn down in 1776 by patriots and melted into bullets for the Revolutionary Army.
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Gen
Andrew Jackson
Washington, D. C
United States
George III
Fort George
N. Y
Clifton Webb Says He May Not Return to Theater
In a Hollywood interview Clifton Webb, resting in a dressing room on the set of A Woman's World, says he probably will not go back to the legitimate stage after a 40 year career. He criticizes modern violence in film and television and notes Ina Claire’s Broadway return in The Confidential Clerk as an exception.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Clifton Webb
Webb
Ina Claire
Bogota Imposes Curfew as Police Clashes Escalate
In Bogota Colombia government imposes a 10 pm curfew to curb student police clashes amid at least 15 dead and 29 wounded. Bars cafes cabarets and public places are closed. President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla claims full control while protests mark the 25th anniversary of Gonzalo Bravo Perez’s death.
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Bogota
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinillas
Bogota University
Gonzalo Bravo Perez
First Typist Lillian Sholes Linked to Typewriter Inventor
Lillian Sholes daughter of Christopher Latham Sholes is described as the world’s first typist. Her father invented the first successful typewriter, though the early machine printed only capital letters.
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Lillian Sholes
Christopher Latham Sholes
Iowa City Adopts Daylight Saving Time
Iowa City becomes the 24th Iowa city to observe daylight saving time after the City Council voted Tuesday night to move clocks forward one hour at 2 a m Sunday.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Fisher Denies Knowledge of Guild Red Angle
Boston attorney Frederick G. Fisher said he would not have joined the National Lawyers Guild if he knew it was Communist or had Communist ties. Fisher, linked to Joseph N. Welch’s firm, said he resigned after law school and joined Hale and Door, citing criticism of student members.
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Boston
Frederick G. Fisher
National Lawyers Guild
Fisher
Special Army
Joseph N. Welch
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Lawyers Guild
Harvard Law School
Hale & Door
Welch
Guild
American Bar Assn
Hungry Cat Triggers Burglar Alarms At Local Plant
In Cleveland the orange tomcat at Lewis Machinery Co disrupted night security by wandering past electric eyes and summoning police. Animal Protective League workers removed the animal after it began its lunchtime visits two weeks ago and became a regular nighttime pest.
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Cleveland
Lewis Machinery Co
Animal Protective League
Humphrey Bets Big Transmission Line for Minnesota
Sen. Humphrey predicts Western Minnesota will gain a high voltage transmission line linking grid sources in South Dakota and North Dakota with Missouri Basin hydro power. He urged extending the line beyond Granite Falls to Benson Fergus Falls and Fargo and said funding exists to move toward a full grid by 1960, though he warned current funding is only a half loaf.
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Benson
Minn
Minnesota
Humphrey
D-Minn
Willie
Benson Chamber of Commerce
Agriliate Rural Electric Co-op
South Dakota
North Dakota
Granite Falls
Fergus Falls
Fargo
Big Bend
S. D
Senate
Interior Appropriations
Gore Faces Contempt If He Hides Names
Baraboo Wisconsin district attorney says Leroy Gore founder of the Joe Must Go Club may be held in contempt of court if he does not comply with a subpoena to produce all recall petitions demanding Sen. McCarthy recall in the court inquiry. Contempt could bring reprimand fine or jail.
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Baraboo, Wis
Harlan Kelley
Leroy Gore
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Kelley
Gore
Justice of the Peace
John Trebileux
Stone of Scone and crown unions symbol under throne
The British Stone of Scone sits beneath the coronation chair symbolizing the union of English and Scottish crowns since the 17th century.
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Scone
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