Atomic blast rocks Doomsday Drive test town
A Nevada test site near Doomsday Drive saw a nuclear detonation described as 30 to 35 kilotons with a 25 second fireball. The flash was visible across the Southwest from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City and as far as Klamath Falls, with damage to a local radio station and several homes.
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Bill Becker
Nev
Hiroshima
Doomsday Drive
Nagasaki
Southwest
Klamath Falls
Ore
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake
TV Viewers See Fireball and Nuclear Blast Live
Report covers nationwide televised view of a 5 10 a.m. A bomb detonation at Yucca Flat Nevada as cameras failed in forward trenches and a steady eight mile feed remained. Observers felt shock waves at 2 6 3 5 and 3 1 0 0 yards with dust obscuring the site and a 43 000 foot cloud. Civil Defense workers and soldiers endured the blast with limited injuries and praise for the demonstration.
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City
Utah
Phoenix
Ariz
Las Vegas
Nev
Henderson
United States
Atomville
Yucca
Eisenhower polio policy faces congressional scrutiny
President Eisenhower pledged vaccine would be distributed equitably amid demands for government control if voluntary plans fail. Congress members push for mandatory rules, with talks of a million dollar fund to aid needy children and penalties for misallocation, while officials say supplies remain ample.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Four column photo shows atomic explosion impact
A four column photo at the top depicts a churning fireball tearing into earth and lifting clouds of dirt seconds after an atomic blast. The long image shows the mushroom cloud rising swiftly to 32,000 feet. At night, civil defense workers emerge unharmed from an open trench less than two miles away.
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Akin
Ely
Nev
Alvin C. Graves
Civil Defense
Women Witness A-bomb Blast Near Survival City Trench
Six women and 13 men braved an atomic test in a trench near Survival City Nevada as a mock A-bomb burst two miles away. Reporters and cameramen watched as debris struck mannequins. volunteers remained unharmed. reactions ranged from awe to mild fear.
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A. P
Survival City
Nev
U.S
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Robert Ives
Topeka
Kan
West Germany Now Sovereign Occupation Ends
In St. Cloud Minnesota Francis Bernick's fixation on the digit five peaks as a friend notes today marks a personal milestone. His phone number, address, and car license all feature multiple fives, reflecting a lifelong pattern tied to his 55th birthday.
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West Germany
ST. Cloud
Minn
Francis Bernick
Bernick
Washington, D. C
555 5Th Ave. North
Thunderous 4000 Demand Removal of Bao Dai in Saigon
In Saigon a 4000 strong National Political Congress demanded the removal of ex Emperor Bao Dai and the dissolution of his government. The body backed elections and a provisional regime under Ngo Dinh Diem to hold national polls. A separate States General sessions favored Bao Dai as figurehead until elections.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
National Revolutionary Committee
States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Independence
States General
National Political Congress
French Riviera
Diem
Popular National Congress
Boulevard Gallieni
Binh Xuyen
Uranium Prospectors in Littlefork Quiet on Finds
In northern Minnesota prospectors near Littlefork restrict talk on a possible uranium find as they await state rules. Farmers reported geiger readings while officials say leases and permits are needed to mine on state land, with dozens seeking guidance on claims.
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Littlefork
Minn
Here
Ile Popejoy
Clarence Olson
W. B. Fulton
Koochiching County
Ray Nolan
State Division of Lands and Minerals
Nolan
State Executive Council
E. J. Chilgren
Chilgren
Ex-Gopher Chosen Albert Lea Coach
ALBERT LEA Minnesota Dave Skrien a 1948 49 Minnesota football player has been named football coach at Albert Lea High School the hire announced this week by the school district.
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Gopher
Albert Lea
Albert Lea, Minn
Dave Skrien
University of Minnesota
Albert Lea High School
Reds Bombard Quemoy Area
Communist artillery delivered a heavy barrage on the Quemoy area as batteries from Amoy fired more than 150 rounds at Little Quemoy. Little Quemoy lies about four miles from Amoy and details were awaited by the Nationalist Defense Ministry.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Amoy
Little Quemoy
West Coast Air Raid Alert Cancelled After Widespread Sirens
An unidentified air raid alert swept the West from Oklahoma to the Pacific coast with sirens sounding and then canceled minutes later. Civil defense officials said the alert was not a mistake though the cause was not explained.
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Oakland
Calif
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Civil Defense
Washington Pane Leads to Lady's Pain
Frosted glass on a Capitol door shattered yesterday injuring Rep. Edna Kelly of New York who received first aid. Officials cited a loose screw head on the heavy grillwork as the likely cause of the pane breaking.
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Washington
Capitol
Edna Kelly
D-Ny
West Germany becomes sovereign in allied end of occupation
The 10 year allied occupation ended as West Germany was declared sovereign in Bonn. The Allied High Commission repealed 60 laws and 130 ordinances and was dissolved. Ambassadors Conant Hoyer Mil lar and Francois Poncet presented credentials to Chancellor Adenauer as Germany joined free nations. Heuss to Paris for later ceremonies.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Allied High Commission
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Free Nations
Circle of
Francois-Poncet
High Commission
Hoyer Millar
Theodor Heuss
Republic
Conant
U.S. Senate
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Paris
Nine Air Tanker Crewmen Feared Lost in Ocean Crash
Nine crewmen of a U S Air Force Stratocruiser fuel tanker are feared dead after a flaming plunge into the North Atlantic about 90 miles southwest of Iceland. Rescue craft report oil slick and wreckage with no sign of survivors. plane from Keflavik Iceland to Prestwick Scotland on a training mission, the 310th Air Refueling Squadron.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
U.S. Air Force
North Atlantic
U. S. Airforce
Keflavik
Prestwic
Scotland
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