Eva device sees in darkness color photos at long range
Boston readers learned of Eva, a nighttime camera-like device by Baird Associates. Dr. Bruce Billings demonstrated color images from 200 yards in darkness and claimed a mile view of a house. Eva uses heat radiation and a thin oil film to produce color pictures with high temperature sensitivity.
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Bruce Billings
Baird Associates, Inc
American Research and Development Corp
Baird Associates
Ar&d
Billings
Boston Harbor
Flood Strikes Hot Springs Swamping Main Street
A five to six foot flood swept Hot Springs Arkansas in the early hours injuring six and killing a Nome Alaska woman. Central Avenue basements flooded and shops were submerged while hotels and motels opened for the tourist season.
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Northcentral
Arkansas
Here
Oaklawn Park
Hollie Barker
Nome
Alaska
Gus Dickson
KWFC
National Park Service
Central Avenue
Gore Plans Sweeping Probe Into Campaign Donations
Senator Gore announced a Senate Elections subcommittee meeting for 10 a.m. to push a broad inquiry into campaign contributions federal elections and any evidence of corrupt practices. Senator Bridges urged expanding probe into lobby pressures on senators during the natural gas bill vote tied to a $32 500 contribution.
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Senate
Gorel
Senate Elections Subcommittee
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Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Oil and Gas Company
Senate panel balks at expanding investigation scope
Sen George of Georgia, chairing the special committee, rejected enlarging the inquiry into the Case matter saying nothing justifies it and that a report next week is possible if hearings yield no new development. Sen Gore notes the panel may fail to serve if overcommitted amid debates. The Senate earlier passed a gas bill 53 to 38, sending it to President Eisenhower to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal rate regulation.
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George
D-Ga
Gore
Senate
Funerz
Eisenhower
Nebraska Republicans Received Keck Money
Omaha World-Herald reports that a $2,500 Omaha Nebraska Republican party contribution was traced to John M Neff from Howard Keck president of Superior Oil Co Keck previously funded another $2,500 offered to Sen Case of South Carolina according to a Senate investigation dispatch from Washington.
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Omaha World-Herald
Washington
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Nebraska Republican Party
Howard Keck
Superior Oil, Co
California
Neff
Senate
Sen. Case
R-Sc
Keck
Eisenhower health to be campaign issue if he runs
Washington Democrats say the president’s health would dominate the 1956 campaign if he seeks a second term. Republicans and many Democrats expect a yes after a reassuring recovery report, with Sen Sparkman and others noting the issue could shape public perception and campaign strategy.
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Eisenhower
Georgia
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Sparkman
White House
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Fisenhower
Magnuson
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Democratic Party
Sen. Curtis
R-Neb
Roosevelt
Kanawha County School Growth Pushes Facilities
Kanawha County schools face rapid student population expansion as new residential areas emerge. Assistant Superintendent Ross Bonar told Charleston Realtors that high school enrollment could rise from 22 559 to 33 862 by 1964 65, a 49 percent jump, signaling ongoing pressure on facilities and planning.
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Kanawha County
Ross Bonar
Charleston Board of Realtors
Charleston Days Begin Tomorrow Bus Rides Free
The Charleston Gazette and Daily Mail sponsor free bus rides 9:30 to 11:00 a m on both days to kick off Charleston Days sales. Merchants offer over one million dollars in merchandise at special prices with window signs and Gazette advertisements.
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Charleston
Charleston Gazette
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Gazette
Daily Mail
Myers Vows Flower Fund Abolishment
Independent gubernatorial candidate J Howard Myers pledges to abolish the flower fund if elected. He denies any money has entered his State Executive Committee treasury despite accusations by rival Milton J Ferguson during a telecast. The Senate clerk says limited funds were kept in the committee treasury and will be used in the general election, not the primary.
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Flower Fund
Myers
Statehouse
Milton J J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Democratic State Executive Committee
Treasury
Marland
Senate
Executive Committee
Eighty-Eight Killed in African Violence
French sources report 88 killed in 24 hours across Tunisia and Algeria. In Algeria’s Nematcha Mountains about 40 rebels died in a continuing mop-up by French troops that began yesterday.
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Algiers
Algeria
Tunisia
Nematcha
Senate probes reveal Britain selling vital materials to Russia
Senate investigators heard that Britain shipped machine tools valued at 2000 to 500000 dollars each to Russia, claiming they had peaceful uses. Baldenhofer testified a 1954 embargo relaxation allowed the trade despite warnings from Commerce and Defense officials. Williams was due to testify but did not appear.
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Brita
Russia
Ralph Baldenhofer
Thompson Grinding Co
Springfield
Ohio
Senate
U. S
Commerce Department
U. S. Wid
John Williams
Defense Department
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Williams
McClellan
Baldenhofer
State Department
Ing
Britain
CinemaScope 55 Demonstrated by Twentieth Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox unveiled CinemaScope 55 in a demonstration at the Kearse Theater with about 200 exhibitors and media reps. Narrated by Darryl F. Zanuck, the reel aired scenes from Carousel and The King and I showing the new process. Special cameras costing $50,000 each shoot the 55mm film, then it is reduced for projection on standard 35mm CinemaScope systems. The film promises grainless images and edges free from fading or distortion.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
Kearse Theater
Darryl F. Zanuck
Carousel
Charleston
United States
Brothers Jailed In Alabama Campus Attack
Two African American brothers, Arthur Washington and John Washington, were charged with assault with intent to murder after beating University of Alabama freshman Samuel Ferrin Taylor amid campus unrest over Autherine Lucy’s enrollment. A third man, Jimmy Hall, was held as a witness.
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Ala
University of Alabama
Voany
Olin Zeanah
Samuel Ferrin Taylor
Zeanah
Taylor
Autherine Lucy
Arthur Washington
Tompkins
Arthur ‘Washington
Lucy
Four year old boy resists entering car in downtown lot
A four year old boy angrily refuses to enter a car in a downtown parking lot. He screams at his father and uses a phrase that sounds like IL wanatoyl. Police were not involved and no injuries are reported.
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IL Wanatoyl
Moscow Molly Aims Demoralizing Arctic Radar Staff
Ottawa reports a Russian “Tokyo Rose” transmitter nicknamed Moscow Molly broadcasts in excellent English. Her messages target Canadians and Americans on Arctic radar networks, hinting at transfers and confidential matters while praising life back home. Officials say workers are entertained more than swayed, though concerns rise over her accurate knowledge.
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