British To Lead Western Arm Control Plan
Washington AP Britain will lead discussions with the United States Britain France Canada and Italy starting Monday on a unified arms policy aiming for total nuclear disarmament under an international policing system. A March 15 deadline has the five Western nations meeting Geneva with Soviet and four other Communist nations to pursue a new disarmament round after the 1957 talks collapsed over inspection.
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Washington
Britain
United States
France
Canada
Italy
State Department
Russia
Geneva
Soviet Union
Bathyscaph Divers Report Deepest Ocean Dive
Jacques Piccard and Lt. Don Walsh descended in the bathyscaph Trieste to 37,800 feet in the Marianas trench off Guam. They described a very cold bottom, wet gear, and brief thirty minute stay as silt and “dust” stirred when they touched down. The voyage began January 22 and ended January 23, with voice contact briefly lost then reestablished.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Guam
Jacques Piccard
Don Walsh
Marianas Trench
Trieste
Strike Closes 2 Shipyards and an AEC Plant
A contract walkout shut down Bethlehem Steel yards in Quincy Massachusetts and Hoboken New Jersey along with the West Milton New York AEC plant run by General Electric. The action halts construction of two nuclear powered naval vessels including the Bainbridge and Long Beach while the Springfield frigate and four tankers also stop progress. The navy may reassign critical work if the strike persists.
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Quincy, Mass
APS
Atlantic Coast
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Navy
Bethlehem Steel Company
Quincy
Mass
Hoboken
N.J
AEC
West Milton
N.Y
General Electric Company
Bainbridge
Bethlehem Fore River
Long Beach
Springfield
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Rescuers Pulled From Mine Where 440 Trapped
In Coalbrook South Africa rescuers were pulled from the mine as 440 workers remained trapped after a rock fall two days earlier. Reports said another rock slide may have occurred deep inside the mine.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Slow Moderation In Weather In Iowa This Weekend
A cold snap persists in Iowa with NW winds keeping temperatures tight through Saturday. By Sunday winds shift south and east signaling a slow moderation with high clouds over the day. Readings ranged from 6 in Sioux City to 16 in Burlington as of Saturday afternoon.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Burlington
Pushes Measure To Protect Airliners
Representative Torbert H. MacDonald urges immediate House action on a bill to shield airliners from bombers. The Massachusetts Democrat and transportation subcommittee member asks hearings be set at the earliest moment to address the problem.
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Washington
UPI
Torbert H. MacDonald
Massachusetts
House ‘Commerce Subcommittee On Transportation
Transportation Subcommittee
State Police May Act To Clean Up Chicago Scandal
Illinois Attorney General Grenville Beardsley said Governor Stratton might deploy the State police to probe crimes in Chicago police affairs. He argued the force could investigate crimes arising on or near highways and potentially beyond.
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PSS
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Timothy J. O'Connor
Daley
UPS
Grenville Beardsley
Beardsley
Ruth Suckow Dies in California at 67
Ruth Suckow, 67, novelist and protege of H. L. Mencken, died Saturday at her Claremont home after months of illness. She contributed to Mencken's Smart Set and American Mercury in the 1920s. Born in Hawarden, Iowa, her books included Country People Iowa Interiors and The Folks. She is survived by husband Ferner Nuhn.
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Claremont
Calif
Ruth Suckow
H. L. Mencken
Mencken
Smart Set
American Mercury
Hawarden
Iowa
Ferner Nuhn
X15 Rocket Ship Rises 60000 Feet
Edwards Air Force Base reports the X-15 rocket plane reached above 60 000 feet and speeds over 1400 mph on its first flight since a prior explosion in a companion model. Pilot Scott Crossfield praised the return to flight after the incident. The craft was released from a B 52 at 45 000 feet and flew nine minutes before landing on Rogers Dry Lake.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Crossfield
North American Aviation
Rogers Dry Lake
Thirteen Keys To Solution of Dr Spears Mystery
A Tampa hotel encounter links Dr Robert Vernon Spears and ally William Allen Taylor to a flight bound for Dallas. Police records show long criminal histories including forgery and armed robbery. A staged plane disappearance, a $37500 life insurance, and possible hypnosis are explored during the case.
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Dr. Spears
Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Robert Vernon Spears
Dallas
Texas
Robert Howard
L. Hunter
Logan Hunter
Robert Lane
Lionel Ryan
John Hills
E. J. Manning
Robert Buchanan
Spears
Miami
Taylor
Missouri
Ohio
Ontario
Maryland
Oklahoma
Bonsal Returns From Havana With Cuba Tensions Rising
U S Ambassador Philip Bonsal arrived in Washington from Havana saying he fears deteriorating U S Cuba relations after Fidel Castro's latest anti American attacks. He found no sign of Cuban willingness to conciliate and offered no clear plan for U S steps. Bonsal anticipated talks with Secretary Herter and possible White House discussions as he awaits further guidance. He noted a different departure experience from Spanish envoy Lojendio and said he may or may not meet President Eisenhower.
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Washington
U. S
Philip W. Bonsal
Havana
Cuba
Bonsal
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Juan Pablo Lojendio
Lojendio
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Lester D. Mallory
New York
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Relman Morin
Ing With
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Partners In Crime
Florida
Alice Steele Taylor
William Allen, Jr
Marine Corps
Atlanta
National Airlines
Dr.’ Spears
Fight 967
Gulf of Mexico
Lloyd A. Griffin
Griffin
Frank E. Todd
New Orleans
Houma
Air Defense
Todd
Gulf
U.S
Herter
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