New Approach Ordered By President On Reserve Policies
President Eisenhower ordered a new reserve plan separating youth into an immediately callable reserve and a selectively callable reserve. Flemming backed by Appley committee urged rapid study, with a focus on skilled manpower and civilian economy. The plan delays universal training and seeks a defense mobilization framework for Congress.
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Eisenhower
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National Security Training Commission
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Chattanooga Times
Adler Commission
Defense Department
Armed Services
Security Council
Congress
Cow carries radioactive dust tracing atomic tests to plates
Washington January 9 government scientist Dr Herman Yagoda reports evidence that radioactive dust from an atomic explosion was eaten by a grazing cow probably in India and became part of a gelatin and photographic plates used in Britain and the United States. He traced the material through bone gelatin and emulsions to a 110000 foot Navy balloon study of cosmic rays and a Bethesda laboratory. The finding appears in Nature and cites beta particle signatures like Bikini Atoll dust.
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Britain
United States
Navy
Peyote
Tex
Bethesda
Yagoda
National Institutes of Health
Nature
Bikini
Gray Haired Grandmother Awaits Death In Ohio Chair
Marysville Ohio reports Composed 54 year old Mrs Davie Dean set for execution in Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for poisoning husband Hawkins 68 in Clermont County. Governor Lausche mulls clemency while parole board and Supreme Court records are reviewed. Dean seeks faith comfort with Bible crochet and parakeet as time narrows.
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Marysville
Ohio
Davie Dean
Charleston
W. Va
Hawkins
Clermont County
Frank J. Lausche
State Pardon and Parole Board
Ohio Supreme Court
Dean
G. W. Wilcher
Dunbar
Little Atom Smashers For Doctors' Offices
Stanford University and General Electric announce a small electron linear accelerator for doctor offices. The device, a compact baby brother to the billion volt electron gun, promises greater cancer treatment reach than current X-ray tubes. An experimental unit is under construction at Stanford, estimated around 25000 dollars.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
General Electric Co
Stanford
Parshings
Stanford Group
Tenor Thomas Splits Pants After Rose Gaffe at Sadiers Wells
Carmen tossed a rose to her suitor and tenor Robert Thomas split his pants while picking it up at the Sadler's Wells Opera House in London. The curtain fell as stage manager announced the accident and Thomas returned after a quick change to resume the performance singing a brassy line that drew laughter and cheers.
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Carmen
Sadiers Wells Opera House
Robert Thomas
Gavin Gordon
Thomas
Stand in Rain To Honor Hero
Thousands of residents in Kentucky and Ohio braved heavy rain at Russell Kentucky to witness 23 year old Ernest E West receive the Medal of Honor for actions on Heartbreak Ridge Korea October 15 1952 He saved two wounded men killed six enemy soldiers and led a patrol to safety losing an eye in the process A B Happy Chandler and Jesse Lindsey presided as West received a Kentucky Colonel commission before departing for Washington set to receive the medal Tuesday
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Ohio
Kentucky
Russell
Washington
Army
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Oldstream
Kentucky Hills
U. S
Slim
West
Chesapeake and Ohio
A. B
Happy” Chandler
Jesse Lindsey
Kentucky Colonels
Lawrence Wetherby
Heartbreak Ridge
Korea
George M. Gividine
Louisville
Leonard E. Beverd
Detroit
Mich
C&o
Nixon Opposes Recognizing Red China Policy Debate
Vice President Nixon reportedly advises against changing the U S stance of non recognition of Red China He argues that recognizing Peiping or seating it at the United Nations would hinder efforts to contain Chinese communism Nixon spoke to State Department officials during his Asia fact finding trip and contrasted with British Indian views who favor recognition Some officials privately thought Allied pressure might force Washington to yield but Nixon’s briefing solidified opposition to recognition and easing trade restrictions while Korean peace talks continue
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Nixon
U. S
China
Peiping
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State Department
Asia
Eisenhower
Moscow
Red China
Congress
United States
Irishman Dies Digging His Own Grave in Limerick
An 84 year old man in Limerick, Ireland, slipped while preparing his own grave and died from injuries. Michael Magner lined the grave with bricks and collected clay for burial. He was buried today as mourners placed a white cement cross he made.
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Limerick
Ireland
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Magner
Grim search for witness in Reuther assassination case
Detroit and Canadian authorities race to find Don Ritchie, a 33 year old Canadian described as the key witness in the 1948 Walter Reuther assassination plot. Ritchie fled a downtown hotel after evading three guards and sought refuge in Canada.
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Don Ritchie
Walter Reuther
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Ritchie
Canada
O’brien
Carl Renda
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Peter Lombardo
Clarence Jacobs
O'Brien
Jacobs
Renda
Perrone
Reuther
14-Year-Old Sets Record As Bootlegger
In Omaha a 14-year-old, James Allan Brown, was charged with sale of liquor without a license after a police raid on a cafe. He allegedly sold to an adult, with 33 half pints found in a back room. The cafe operator, his mother Ann Lee Brown, was booked as keeper of a disorderly house.
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Omaha
James Allan Brown
Young Brown
Mie Boy
Ann Lee Brown
Italian Port Unloads 312 NATO Jet Planes in 1953
Brindisi Italy January 9 A total of 312 US jet fighter planes were unloaded at this southern Italian port for NATO allies in 1953. Most went to Italy with a few assigned to Greece and Turkey.
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Brindisi
Italy
NATO
Greece
Turkey
Gigantic Atom Smasher Planned for Brookhaven Lab
Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission will build a doughnut shaped particle collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton Long Island. The half mile circumference device costs 20 million dollars and takes six years to complete. It will accelerate subatomic bullets to 25 billion electron volts and operate largely underground for shielding.
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Moon
Deputy Killed In Gunfire Exchange At Naugatuck Tavern
Williamson WV report details deputy Homer Baisden of Mingo County killed on a tavern porch during a gunfire exchange with suspect Boyd Marcum. Marcum wounded and hospitalized. Constable George Brinnegar charged as an accessory after the fact. investigation ongoing.
Coed Learns to Cook Boils Water Then Burns Hand
An Iowa State College sophomore enrolled in home economics learned to boil water. The first project ended when the pot boiled dry and smoked, burning her hand as she removed it from the stove.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Assailant Apologizes After Stabbing in Passaic
In Passaic New Jersey an unidentified man stabbed James F Dobson 42 in the shoulder then apologized saying I got the wrong guy Dobson was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in good condition the assailant fled the scene
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Passaic
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Dobson
Beth Israel Hospital
Hindus Prep For 12 Year Mythic Battle At Kumbh Mela
Allahabad set for the Kumbh Mela bathing pilgrimage from Jan 14 to March 4 drawing up to 10 million pilgrims. Monastic orders with Nagas will bathe first, hair shaving promises rebirth relief, railways mobilize 300 engines and 1,300 coaches to handle traffic.
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Jamuna
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Himalayan
India
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Siva
Refresher Courses For German Pilots Begin
In Cologne Germany on January 9 former German civilian pilots will start refresher courses in England. They will be trained to fly planes for a new line that is planned.
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Cologne
Germany
England
Moonshine cache sparks deadly shootout near Welch
Talbert Edwards 50 of Skygusky was killed in a creekside gun battle with Trooper Donald Gregory and Constable Max Webb after moonshine stakeout. Parker Day was wounded and detained on murder charges. Herbert Asbury is held for questioning.
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Talbert Edwards
Skygusky
Parker Day
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Set. C. B. Doe
Donald Gregory
Max Webb
Herbert Asbury
Asbury
Dye
Gregory
Webb
Laurel Creek
Edwards
8th Army Awaits POW Release From Anti-Red Camp
The 8th Army in Seoul says it is waiting for the January 23 release of 22 000 Chinese and North Koreans from an anti Red prison camp. Gen Maxwell D Taylor warns any Communist move could restart the Korean War. He outlines plans to civilianize 7 500 North Koreans and send 14 500 Chinese to Formosa.
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South Korea
Republic of Korea
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Mao Tze-tung
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