Solar eclipse thrills 400 scientists at Minnesota convention
More than 400 scientists gathered near the University of Minnesota Airport to witness a total solar eclipse during the American Physical Society meeting. They watched through smoked glasses as the moon covered the sun, noted birds’ reactions, and described a yellowish, eerie light over the grassy knoll before the sun reemerged.
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Gale Tollin
New Brighton
Minn
American Physical Society
University of Minnesota
Two Senate staffers denied security clearance by Defense
Washington senators say two subcommittee staffers were denied clearance to handle classified material by the Defense Department. Mundt reports final determination and delays on Peress file. McCarthy again targets Army officials over Peress discharge.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Defense Department
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Leaders Seek Farm Accord
Washington Republican leaders search for a compromise to avert a party split over the Eisenhower farm program as the House pushes a bill to extend rigid high price supports for another year. Speaker Martin of Massachusetts notes talk of a compromise but no prediction yet and no vote expected today.
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Washington
Republican House
House
Martin
R-Mass
Sky Hook Report Near Austin Sparks Navy Mystery
A United States Navy weather balloon was sighted near Austin at about 11 15 this morning. Observer Jack Reints tracked the balloon with a 60 power telescope and described it as halfway up on the horizon due west and slightly south of Austin. The balloon may be the Minneapolis launch tied to a cosmic ray study during today’s solar eclipse.
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United States Navy
Austin
Jack Reints
Grove
Minneapolis
Navy
56 Minutes and Its Over
The sun was eclipsed as the moon shadow moved from Nebraska to India in a 56 minute totality. Observers across the United States and parts of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, the Middle East, Pakistan and India watched the celestial event with ideal weather along the path.
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Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lake Superior
Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Middle East
Pakistan
India
Edwards crowned queen at South Central Dairy Day
Dark haired Juanita Edwards a Mankato high school student was named queen of the six county South Central Dairy Day festivities Tuesday in Watonwan County community Lewisville Minnesota.
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Lewisville
Minn
Juanita Edwards
Mankato
Watonwan County
AEC Bans Oppenheimer From Nuclear Secrets
The Atomic Energy Commission votes 4-1 to deem J. Robert Oppenheimer unfit for handling U S nuclear secrets citing defects of character and dangerous associations. The decision ends a long legal battle with the famed physicist who may appeal to President Eisenhower. Oppenheimer voiced confidence in scientists and praised Henry Smyth while the majority authors note their stance.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
America
Oppenheimer
AEC
New York
Henry D. Smyth
Lewis J. Strauss
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph Campbell
Eclipse at 20000 Feet Delights Observers Aboard Plane
A Northwest Airlines flight at 20000 feet over Lake Minnetonka offered observers a striking total solar eclipse. Scientists including Dr. Donald Menzel and Dr. Harold Urey described the corona and photos taken from the air, noting 76 seconds of totality and a vivid horizon blotting twilight. The plane carried 17 scientists and many photographers and writers.
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Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Here
Donald Menzel
Harvard College
Menzel
Harold Urey
University of Chicago
Richard Sutton
Haverford College
Floods Reach Rio Grande Border Towns in Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande floods threaten Laredo Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras as 60,000 flee Nuevo Laredo. At Laredo the river climbed to 62.6 feet with streets flooded yet buses ran and sun shone. In Ozawa Texas 16 dead in a separate flash flood. Officials fear hundreds dead in Piedras Negras while LaredoWorks evacuated about 1,000 people as bridge remains intact.
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Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Ozawa
Joe Martin Jr
Mexico City
Martin
Convent Avenue
Guatemalan Civil War Ends With Cease Fire Declared
The 12 day conflict ends as the U S embassy calls the outcome a victory over communism. The new military regime urges civilians to surrender arms and pursue armistice talks with anti Communist insurgents. Jacobo Arbenz Guzman seeks refuge in the Mexican embassy as Col Elfego Monzon and Col Carlos Castillo Armas plan talks in El Salvador.
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Guatemala
U.S
Carlos Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Elfego Monzon
Arbenz
Monzon
Castillos Armas
el Salvador
GOP to Offer Tax Cut Plan
The GOP proposes a general income tax cut by boosting personal exemptions for low and middle earners by 100 dollars a year. The plan would give minimum annual cuts of 20 per individual and 40 per couple starting July 1, with a second change halving the dividend relief.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Democrats
Sen. Millikin
Millikin
GOP
Congress Sends Final 3 Annual Appropriations Bills
Congress rushed to meet a midnight deadline and sent to the White House three annual appropriation bills for the new fiscal year. They fund Legislative, Federal Judiciary, Labor Welfare, State Justice Commerce, and related agencies with a total of 3.28 billion dollars, about 100 million less than Eisenhower’s January request.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Senate
House
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Labor and Welfare Departments
Legislative Department
Federal Judiciary
Labor Department
Welfare Department
State Department
Justice Department
Commerce Department
U. S. Information Agency
Eisenhower
Billy Graham Suffers Second Kidney Attack and Travels
Evangelist Billy Graham suffered a second kidney attack and was examined in hospital in Paris and Germany before continuing his scheduled conferences. He left Europe for New York aboard the Queen Mary after a four month stay.
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Paris
Billy Graham
Graham
Germany
New York
Europe
Heat Waves Break Across Nation Prompting Cooler Weather
Pleasant conditions spread as heat waves diminish nationwide. Thunderstorms rolled through the central region Tuesday night with strong winds and heavy rain in multiple cities. Cooler air from the Atlantic and Gulf provided temporary relief in the southeast while weather extended from Texas to the Canadian border and from the Rockies to the Great Lakes.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Gulf
Texas
Canadian
Rockies
Great Lakes
Eisenhower Seeks Peaceful Coexistence With Communists
President Eisenhower articulated the world’s hope for peaceful coexistence with the Communists while rejecting any agreement that subordinates any nation. He defended his vice president, avoided criticizing Nixon’s speech, and urged media help to lower Fourth of July highway deaths.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
United States
Vietnam
Nixon
Dean Acheson
China
Korea
Indochina
Truman Past Critical Point
Harry S. Truman's condition improved to "better" but remained wary after emergency surgery on June 20. Doctors cited intestinal inflammation and drug sensitivity as complicating factors while noting the 70year old former president was not in a critical stage and was "fair, but guarded" with intermittent hiccups and restlessness.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Wallace Graham
Truman
Weights Stolen From Salem Crossing Gates
Railroad crossing attendants report theft of counter balancing weights from gates in Salem Massachusetts. Police are investigating as part of ongoing theft concerns affecting railroad crossings.
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Salem
Mass
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