Aged Churchill’s Career Long Shadow Over Clash With Time
James Marlow reports on Winston Churchill’s rise and fall across decades from his early doubts to wartime leadership and postwar decline. The piece notes his 88th birthday, honorary American citizenship, and mixed legacy as a volatile yet decisive figure in Britain and allied victory.
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Hitler
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Gress
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Senate
Queen Victoria
Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
David Lloyd George
Admiralty
Dardanelles
Nuclear Test Ban Inspection Area Reduced
The United States cut the on site inspection area for underground tests to 500 square kilometers from 700 to 800, as Charles Stelle presented at a 17 nation disarmament conference. He noted the Soviet response has yet to come and assumed seven inspections per year per nuclear power.
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United States
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Charles Stelle
Stelle
Soviet Union
Selle
Wells Deputy Tax Collector Appointed
Christine Pierce was appointed deputy tax collector for the Town of Wells at a Board of Selectmen meeting. The auditor’s report was reviewed and plans were made to meet with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Wells Harbor project. Further work on items from the town meeting was arranged, with another selectmen’s meeting set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for additional appointments and actions.
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Christine Pierce
Wells
Board of Selectmen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wells Harbor
Six top officers to gain pension under new bill
A House Armed Services subcommittee backed a $1.5 billion military pay rise plan benefiting six five star officers. Generals MacArthur Bradley Vandergrift and admiral Spruance Nimitz would see annual pensions jump from about $20,143 to around $21,386 or $24,186, with Eisenhower still collecting a presidential pension. In Boston, Rear Admiral Joseph Wellings was hospitalized in Trinidad after suffering a stroke while vacationing with his wife.
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Omar Bradley
Chester Nimitz
Carl Feasts
Raymond Spruance
A.A. Vandergrift
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boston
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First Naval District
Trinidad
Television Stars Gathered in Western Kentucky Quiz
AP reports 37 VIPs used as identity quiz for 67 freshmen at Western Kentucky State College. David Brinkley and Charles de Gaulle led with 66 and 65 correct identifications. Cassius Clay at 64. Byron White and Everett Dirksen fared poorly. Results sent to NBC’s David Brinkley. students urged to read daily papers and news magazines.
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NEW York (Ap
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Cassius Clay
Western Kentucky State College
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de Gaulle
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Supreme Court
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Mike Mansfield
Pablo Picasso
Dick van Dyke
Carol Burnett
Richard Burton
Stan Musial
NBC
Rachel Carson
ABC
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Ces
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Los Angeles
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CBS
Bob ‘Hope
Frank Sinatra
Robert Goulet
Brenda Lee
Hollywood
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