Ignorance About Atom Is Costly
AEC Commissioner Murray says Truman misread atomic facts due to experts failing to convey them. He notes 1945 belief in hydrogen bombs far surpassing A-bombs and criticizes an exclusionary policy that left officials like Dulles, MacArthur, and Forrestal uninformed. Murray calls for broader education of policymakers on atomic issues and the arms race.
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Milwaukee
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Russia
AEC
Thomas E. Murray
Murray
Harry S. Truman
Marquette University
John Foster Dulles
Douglas MacArthur
James Forrestal
Secretary of Defense
United States
U.S.S.R
Dulles
Tornadoes Kill and Injure Across Dixie States
A series of twisters swept Mississippi Louisiana and Arkansas on Saturday night killing six and injuring many. In Vicksburg four died and 100 plus were hurt as the business district and theater were wrecked. Other storms hit Monroe Louisiana and Crossett Montrose Arkansas causing heavy damage and injuries.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Monroe
Rocky Branch
Spencer
Dallas
Texas
Five Boys Trapped in Ice Box Rescue Near Stockton
Five Stockton high school students climbed into an abandoned ice box on a lot near the school to eat lunch when a peg slammed the door and barricades were set against it. An anonymous call led police to pry open the box. the boys emerged unconscious but survived, with authorities saying they might have died within thirty minutes.
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Stockton
Calif
Stockton High School
Jack O’keefe
Snow Expected Across Iowa With Snowfall Up To Five Inches
The Weather Bureau forecasts rain changing to snow across Iowa from Saturday noon to Sunday morning. Northwest Iowa may see 2 to 5 inches, with drifting from strong northwest winds. a narrow freezing precipitation zone could produce hazardous driving conditions from Omaha to Des Moines.
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DES Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Omaha
Bureau
Mexican cowboy star Jorge Negrete dies in Los Angeles
Hollywood reports Jorge Negrete, Mexico's popular singing cowboy actor, died Saturday after six days in a coma at Cedars of Lebanon hospital. He arrived in Los Angeles to perform at the Million Dollar Theater starting November 23 but was stricken on November 22. The actor suffered cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis, a virus infection of the liver first contracted in 1937.
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Hollywood
Jorge Negrete
Mexico
Cedars of Lebanon
Negrete
Los Angeles
Million Dollar
Kline Urges Broad Help for Free Enterprise Farm Plan
President Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation appeals for aid from business, labor, and government to craft a farm program aligned with free enterprise. Speaking at a Congress of American Industry event, he cites high costs and elastic prices, and calls for initiative and foreign trade growth while proposing using agricultural exports as capital for essential investments.
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New York
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Congress of American Industry
National Association of Manufacturers
Kline
Winthrop Woman Killed in Head-on Crash
A Winthrop woman, Mrs. Clarence Cooksley, 31, died and seven others were injured in a two car head-on collision on highway 20, near a hill, Saturday around 7:50 p.m. Her husband was in serious condition, and their daughters aged 5 and 11 were among the injured. Ralph Shepherd of Quasqueton drove a 1937 Plymouth with three passengers all from Winthrop and hurt. The Cooksleys rode in a 1931 Chevrolet.
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Winthrop
Highway 20
Here
Clarence Cooksley
Peoples Hospital
Independence
Cooksley
Margaret Jane
Kathryn
Ralph Shepherd
Quasqueton
Charles W. King
Harold F. King
Peter Hanson
Boy cites car limits in dating feud parody
A humorous note shows a son explaining to his parents why his girlfriend is “the best girl I can get with the car we’ve got.” The exchange highlights practical constraints in young romance.
13 Year Old Flies Runaway Plane At Rocky Mount
A 13 year old schoolboy with no formal flight training inadvertently piloted a Piper Cub after the engine surged. He kept control for about 15 minutes, landed safely with minor damage, and no injuries occurred to him or passenger Richard Floyd.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Tony Hammond
Richard Floyd
L. P. Broadfield
Hammond
William Gaither
Broadfield
Camp Good Health Budget Summary
The SPEBSQSA related item shows a prior amount of $6,935.46 and a presented budget with $7,758.00 listed as well as $292.54 yet to be raised. Contributions include $500.00 from the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America Inc and $30.00 from B. Harrington.
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Spebsqsa
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop Quartet Singing In America, Inc
Harrington
Herald Tribune Resumes After Strike Talks Begin
The Herald Tribune resumes publication in the aftermath of AFL photo-engravers strikes. Negotiations between publishers and the union subcommittees resumed, with federal mediators reporting no clear progress. An eight page edition was planned for Sunday as talks continued.
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New York
AFL
Federal
The
Herald Tribune
Manhattan
Former Inmate Returns to Attica as Prison Guest
Wilbert Emmett, 44, walked 34 miles from Buffalo to Attica state prison after being released on a first degree grand larceny case. He sought food and shelter, was taken in temporarily, and will receive the standard release monies once formal orders are issued.
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Attica
N. Y
Attica State Prison
Wilbert Emmett
Emmett
Buffalo
Walter B. Martin
Radar data stolen from GE plant in Syracuse
Military sources say 17 classified radar drawings were stolen from GE's Syracuse electronic center then recovered, with six more missing. Investigations by military, GE, and McCarthy committee probe the incident and possible Communist links at area defense plants amid calls for open hearings.
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New York
INS
Syracuse
N. Y
General Electric Company
Roy Cohn
Senate Permanent Investigations Committee
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
Air Force
Navy
G.E
McCarthy Subcommittee
Upstate
Senate
Griffis Air Force Base
Rome
Cohn
Repentant GI Marries Mountain Girl in Big Stone Gap
Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson, a repatriated 23 year old GI, wed tall blonde Kate Laney in a secret ceremony at Big Stone Gap. He plans to settle near the town and will not reenlist, citing a wish to begin work with his wife. The couple’s families attended the ceremony.
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Crackers Neck
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Lonesome Pine Country
Kate Laney
W. B. Jay
Wise County
Dickenson
Sylvan Wilson
Big Spring Free Will Baptist Church
Wildcat Hollow
Doyle Wells
Rose Helen Dickenson
Grover Dickenson
Grover
Verna Helen
Kate
Death Ends Long Service of Fire Chief Kohout
Cedar Rapids fire chief Emil P. Kohout died at 64 from a heart attack Saturday at St Luke’s hospital after already serving as chief since 1932. He collapsed while burning brush near Robbins road and was dead on arrival at the hospital. Survived by wife Lula and son Leo of Marion, services to be held at Turner chapel. Known as Butch, Kohout joined the department in 1918 and modernized the force with training towers, daily study, and fire fighting films.
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Cedar Rapids
Emil P. Kohout
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. F. Kopecky
Kohout
Kopecky
G Avenue NW
Lula M
Leo
Marion
Turner Chapel
Butch
Engine Company No. 1
Uni
French Leader Stricken With Lung Inflamation At Bermuda Talks
French Premier Laniel was bedbound with a fever and lung inflamation, delaying his participation in Bermuda Big Three discussions. Eisenhower Churchill and Bidault forged a draft reply to the Kremlin on Big Four talks while Laniel’s illness prompted substitution by Bidault, with plans for a Berlin meeting next year uncertain.
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Castle Harbour Hotel
Bermuda
Ins
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Eisenhower
Churchill
Georges Bidault
France
Kremlin
Berlin
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Dulles
Eden
Bidault
iBig
Washington
London
Paris
Rome Daily American Sends Aid to New York City
The Rome Daily American publisher announced that thousands of copies of the eight page English language daily of Italy and the Middle East are being flown to relieve New York City's newspaper famine. The free edition is a goodwill gesture to America's greatest city and was announced by Louis M Ctortese.
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Rome
New Yorkers
Daily American
Italy
Middle East
New York
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