Atom Blast Flash Seen in 5 States
A predawn detonation of the third 1955 Nevada test sent a reddish flash visible from five states including Arizona and California. The 30 knot wind drove a mushroom cloud above 27,000 feet as about 600 Camp Desert Rock soldiers observed. Newsmen flew a fallout mission with eight Thunderstreaks and air crews from Indian Springs Air Force Base to monitor radiation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
Nevada
Indian Springs
Caliente
Tonopah
Camp Desert Rock
AEC
Livermore
Calif
Hiroshima
Tactical Air Command
Air Force
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Gladwin Hill
New York Times
Colin McKinlay
Las Vegas Sun
United
British Scientist Pontecorvo Calls for Peaceful Uses of Atom
Bruno Pontecorvo, the Italian-born British scientist who vanished in 1950, writes from Moscow urging peaceful atomic projects and condemning Western use of nuclear energy for world domination. He praises Soviet research as for humanity while Western powers face accusations of intent to wage atomic war.
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Moscow
Bruno Pontecorvo
West
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Pontecorvo
U.S. Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Pravda
Izvestia
Communist Party
Russia
Washington
Klaus Fuchs
Red Owl Lets Contract for East Side Building
Red Owl Stores announced a contract for a new East Side supermarket on Highway 16 near the site of Parkview Cabin and other buildings. Sterling Builders will tear down 12 cabins a four family apartment a tavern a cafe a motor sales building and a former filling station to clear a 67890 square foot site with 170 car parking. Construction to begin immediately with a July or August opening target.
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Red Owl
Highway 16
Parkview Cabi
Sterling Builders
C. A. Weseman
R. J. Naslund
Senate Finance Committee Opposes House Tax Cut Proposal
The Senate Finance Committee appears inclined to defeat the House approved $20 per person tax cut set to take effect next January 1. A Republican said the maneuver may be blocked as Sen. George of Georgia indicated support to strike out the cut, with Byrd and George committed to vote against it.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. George
Sen
Malone
R-Nev
Byrd
D-Va
George
Protez Named Candidate for St. Paul Police Chief Post
Detective Lt. William F. Protez, 41, head of the juvenile division, is to be recommended for the St. Paul police chief position by Public Safety Commissioner Robert Peterson. Protez has served on the force since 1937 and would succeed the late Neal C. McMahon who died last November.
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ST. Paul
William F. Protez
Public Safety
Robert Peterson
Protez
Proter
Neal C. McMahon
St Cloud Airmen Missing Over Midwest Flight
Four airmen on a Danville to St Cloud flight vanished Saturday. Bernard Vandre and Wayne Studer from St Cloud are among the missing. Cyrus Mansall of Pacoima is identified aboard. CAP planes search a 350 plane effort across four states, with no trace found as weather improves.
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Minneapolis
S&j. Cloud
Minn
St. Cloud
Danville
B. G. Vandre
Bernard Vandre
Wayne Studer
CAP
Wisconsin
Iowa
Air Force
Cyrus Mansall
Pacoima
Calif
Chanute
Rantoul
Joliet
Ill
Charles Webber
Minnesota
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi
Studer
Miss Matthews
British Field Marshal Harding to Visit Commonwealth Troops
Field Marshal Sir John Harding head of the British imperial general staff is due March 8 for a two day inspection of Commonwealth troops with stops planned across allied forces.
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Seoul
Sir John Harding
Imperial General Staff
Jet Crashed at Lake Charles Kills Five
A six engine B47 jet bomber crashed during approach to Lake Charles Air Force Base killing five people. The crew consisted of Capt. Clarence Wilson Copilot Capt. Mark Veck and Capt Elwyn McBee. Civilians Albert Morgan and wife Kate were also killed as the wreckage destroyed their trailer home. The crash left wreckage over 250 yards by 75 yards and started multiple fires in the area.
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Lake Charles
Lai
Lake Charles Air Force Base
George Spotswood
Clarence Wilson
California
Mark M. Veck
Downieville
Calif
Elwyn B. McBee
Fort Worth
Tex
Calcasieu Parish
Albert Morgan
Kate
James C. Sapp
Lake Charles Afb
Morgans’ House
Cole Olen
Morgan
Spotswood
Wiliam Denton
Houma
Man 72 Dies After Watching BB Game
MINNEAPOLIS Sever A. Pritz 72 Minot N D died of a heart attack Monday night while walking to his car after the Minnesota Iowa basketball game. Pritz attended the game with his son Alvin G Pritz of suburban Bloomington He was stricken about two blocks from Williams Arena.
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Minneapolis
Sever A. Pritz
Minot
N.D
Minnesota
Dulles Rejects Burmese Unofficial China Mission Offer
An aide to Secretary Dulles dismissed Burma's proposal for an unofficial U.S. mission to meet Chou En-lai. Washington likely will rely on existing channels to address the case of 13 Americans jailed by the Reds and four other U.S. fliers held by Peiping. Dag Hammarskjold’s post-Christmas talks with Chou and U Nu’s Rangoon briefing framed ongoing diplomacy in Indochina.
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Clen Clements
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Dulles
United States
Chou En-lai
Burma
Dulles Chou
Peiping
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou
U Nu
Rangoon
SEATO
Bangkok
March Brings Lamb Like Weather Across Regions
March opens mild across much of the nation with highs in the 30s and 40s in Minnesota and Iowa. International Falls shows 15 above to 14 below, Bemidji 20 below, while Abilene hits 82 as the warm front moves in before a return of cold air in a few days.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Austin
Iowa
International Falls
Bemidji
Abilene
Congress OKs Pay Increase for its Members
Congress cleared a 50 percent pay raise to $22,500 a year for its members. The bill moves to President Eisenhower for signature and would take effect March 1. It follows the earlier GI education benefits bill, marking the session’s second major domestic action. Rep Gross forced a roll call after a voice vote tally.
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Washington
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Rep. Gross
Iowa
Hormel’s Press Agent Freed of Gun Charge
Anthony Kent, press agent for George Hormel II, was cleared of firing a gun into an inhabited dwelling. The Los Angeles court ruled the January 9 shot into Kent’s house was without malice and dismissed the charge. Kent had argued it was a publicity stunt tied to Hormel’s marijuana acquittal.
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Los Angeles
Anthony Kent
George Hormel II
Hormel
Kent
Volcano Erupts in Hawaii Shuts Roads And Spews Lava
Civil defense in Hawaii declares a state of emergency as the Puulena crater erupts. Lava flows threaten Kapoho Opihikao and Pahoa with 400 plus evacuees seeking shelter in schools and homes from the advancing red hot rivers.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Pahoa High School
Robert Spence
Red Cross Disaster
Puna
Kapoho
Opihikao
Leirfallom Named State Republican Executive Secretary
Jarle Leirfallom of St. Paul, former Minnesota public welfare commissioner, was appointed executive secretary of the state Republican party by Rep. John Hartle. The full time job pays about 10 000 dollars a year. Leirfallom, born 1913, has a long record in public service and praised the party’s leadership.
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Jack B. MacKay
ST. Paul
Jarle Leirfallom
Minnesota
Republican Party
John Hartle
Owatonna
Leirfallom
Orville Freeman
C. Elmer Anderson
Morris
Minnesota Republican Party
Gov
Anderson
Fallom
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Puulena Crater
Island of
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Cambodia
Paul Ely
Indochina
Henri Bonnet
Kapono Road
Oregon
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New York School of Social Work
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