Khrushchev Promises Guided Missiles With Hydrogen Bomb
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev asserted Russia will have a hydrogen bomb guided missile capable of striking anywhere. The claim drew mixed reactions in the United States and Britain amid public heckling in Birmingham and cautious notes from officials on maintaining strength in the arms race.
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Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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U.S
Free World
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Russia
Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
England
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Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Washington
Air
Donald A. Quarles
Pentagon
State Department
Lut
Munich
Germany
Theodore von Karman
von Karman
NATO
A. N. Tupolev
Tupolev
High Court Bans Bus Segregation Across States
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation on interstate and within state buses is unconstitutional. The decision upholds a lower court finding that a South Carolina segregation law is invalid after Sarah Mae Flemming was refused service in Columbia. The court dismissed the appeal and offered no further comment.
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INS
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
South Carolina
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Sarah Mae Flemming
Southern Leaders Decry Court Ruling On Segregation
Southern leaders denounced the U S Supreme Court decision upholding school desegregation principles in public transportation as a federal dictatorship. Governors vows to resist legally. In Montgomery hopes rise for ending the Negro boycott of city buses. The ruling came from Columbia South Carolina and involved University of Florida graduate law admission for Virgil Hawkins. Additional actions include Illinois poverty transcript case and CIO UAW campaign broadcasts review.
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Montgomery
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High Tribunal
Supreme Court
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National Assn. of
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Washington
University of Florida
Virgil Hawkins
Highribunal
Ilinois
Judson Griffin
James Crenshaw
Illinois Supreme Court
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Pat McNamara
Definition SPEED MANIAC
A playful note calling a motorist who quickly passes his driving test and excels thereafter a speed mani
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Watchdogs Set Up to Spy On Soviet Secret Police
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet created a watchdog committee to monitor U S S R security organs including the secret police. The move, approved April 7, was announced to a limited audience via the bulletin and aims to tighten party and state control over security operations.
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Johnson attacks Eisenhower on farm policy and Depression fears
Senate leader Lyndon Johnson accuses the Eisenhower administration of driving a third farm depression and highlights a 26 percent drop in farm income since 1952. He cites 90 percent price supports veto and plays a recording of the 1952 campaign pledge. Adlai Stevenson calls for a summit on the Middle East crisis as Kefauver targets corporate profiteering.
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Rowland
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Police Smash Passport Ring Sheds Light On New York Case
In a joint NY and Cuba action U S Attorney Paul Williams says six operatives including a West Side doctor and his wife were arrested in a fake passport syndicate. The network allegedly smuggled criminals and prostitutes from the Americas, exploiting entrants costing 250 to 1200 dollars each while forcing sponsors to recruit two more annually.
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Central
South America
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State Employes Get Double Dose
In a Politics column by Harry G. Hoffmann on Page 4, the Sereperia Gazette contends that Statehouse employees face a double dose of political propaganda at public expense as Gov Marland campaigns for U S Senate.
Violence Flares in Nicosia Between Turkish and Greek Cypriots
In Nicosia on April 23 violence between Turkish and Greek Cypriots left two Turkish dead and several wounded. Dozens of Greek-owned stores were smashed, a Greek building burned, and a house curfew was imposed as British forces moved to control the city. A British soldier also died from wounds sustained in an ambush near Limassol.
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Cyprus
Limassol
Turkey
Goldsmith Street
New Metal Plants Forecast for Ohio Valley Expansion
Philip Sporn of American Gas and Electric announced a $216 million aluminum and power expansion near Ravenswood to support two additional aluminum plants in the Ohio Valley. The plan includes 1,450,000 kilowatts added by 1960 as part of a $2.6 million industry expansion, with locations near Pt. Pleasant or Glasgow. He cited coal and water resources, a transportation network, and a skilled workforce as key drivers.
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Gazette
Ravenswood
Philip Sporn
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kanawha River
Charleston
Ohio Valley
Sporn
American Gas and Electric
Ohio
American Gas
Spain
City Scenes Throw Five Year Old in Amusement Center Incident
A terrified five year old boy begged his father to free him from a twisting coin operated space ship ride at a downtown amusement center. Two young boys were seen tightrope walking on a narrow stone fence along South Hillis road.
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Dowse Town
Four Juveniles Held After Three State Crime Spree
Four Johnstown youths aged 12 to 18 were arrested after a three state spree over the weekend. The 18 year old Charles Cinko faced armed robbery charges and was ordered held for grand jury action. The three younger defendants were remanded to juvenile court.
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Johnstown
G. W. L. Doyle
Charles Cinko
West Virginia
Doyle
Bay
Charleston votes 13 to 9 against Daylight Saving Time
Charleston city council defeated a proposal to move Charleston to Daylight Saving Time by a 13 to 9 vote with one absence. The measure prompted a lengthy public hearing, and after its defeat councilman Crichton proposed forming a committee to seek statewide DST legislation.
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Kanawha Valley
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Elmo Cannon
Chester Bourne
Louis Chambers
Kanawha
Simon Bailey
Chambers
Hayes Pick- Jesimer
Sherw and Spencer
AFL
P. G. Meador
Mort Cohn
HB. A. Stansbury Jr
South Charleston
Carbide and Carbon
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