Atom Bomb Tests Crack Control Room In Nevada Blast
The fifth and strongest shot in the current test series, named Priscilla, exploded at 6:30 AM above the Nevada desert. AEC scientists 14 miles away triggered it from a helium balloon 700 feet up. Shock waves cracked the control center wall and doors as observers saw a brilliant fireball and mushroom cloud rising beyond 40,000 feet. A heavy dust pillar formed over Frenchman Flat while two radioactive clouds drifted north of Las Vegas.
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AEC
Angel's Peak
Frenchman Flat
Las Vegas
Nev
INS
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
Desert
Priscilla
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Camp Mercury
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Ground Zero
Tonopah
Reno
Bishop
Calif
Frenchman Flat Dry Lake
Inside Today Phones and All Orders Classifieds
Classified line reads want ads and orders with contact numbers for inquiries. The note appears in a newspaper inside section detailing phone contacts for listings and services.
Supreme Court Rules Obscenity Outside First Amendment
The Supreme Court upholding federal and state obscenity statutes held that obscene literature is not protected by the First Amendment. The decisions involved a federal ban on mailing obscene material, California and New York laws, and a New York injunction mechanism. Samuel Roth, convicted of mailing obscene literature, received five years and a $5,000 fine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
California
New York
Brennan
High Court
Douglas
Black
Samuel Roth
Roth
Hoffa Trial Seeks Disqualification of Key Witness
Testimony opened with Senate rackets probe witness John Cye Cheasty as Hoffa defense seeks to bar him. Judge Burnita Matthews set Tuesday for ruling on Cheasty’s disqualification and allowing in-camera questioning about how his evidence was obtained. Hoffa and Fischbach face conspiracy charges over planting Cheasty as a spy and payments totaling $21,000 for committee documents.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Teamsters
James R.hoffa
Burnita S. Matthews
John Cye Cheasty
New York
Edward Bennett Williams
Cheasty
Matthews
Williams
Hoffa
Hyman L. Fischbach
Miami, Fla
Fischbach
Bourges-Maunoury Wins Confidence Vote in Assembly
Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunoury secured a solid assembly vote of 272 to 188 in Paris on a taxation and fiscal bill aimed at saving the franc and funding France's war against Algerian rebels. He leads a coalition of middle roaders and Socialists and took office two weeks ago.
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Paris
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
The
National Assembly
Bourges-Maunoury
Middle Roaders
France
Algeria
Definition of a timid creature who fears a mouse
A playful definition describes a timid creature who is afraid of a mouse except when bound by a promise to love honor and obey. The riddle hints at a wife as the figure who accepts such a vow within traditional marriage vows.
Pay for Own Programs President Urges States
Red China shells Quemoy and nearby islands in Formosa Strait in the largest bombardment of a long-running pocket war. Nationalist forces retaliate as the cross-strait clash raises fears of invasion and potential U.S. intervention. Casualties not announced.
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Formosa
China
Quemoy Islands
Quemoy
Formmesa Strait
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Behind the Fund Drives
Mary Chilton Abbot analyzes United Fund campaigns noting high costs of identity materials and paid staff. The Kanawha County Heart Assn faced pressure from the West Virginia Heart Assn to avoid separate drives, while the board argued against duplicating campaigns. Some funds finance research and disease-related expenses, with profits treated as loans in many cases.
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Mary Chilton Abbot
the Gazette
United Fund
Charleston
Kanawha County
Kishi Feted in New York Sees Asia as World Policy Focus
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi spoke in New York on Asia rising as a global issue and proposed a $300 million annual development fund using U S money and Japanese goods to aid Asian nations. He urged equal footing in aid and parallel cooperation with the United States. He also urged settlement of a U S Japan soldier cross border case and stressed Asia’s key role in the global struggle between free and communist worlds.
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New York
INS
Japan
Nobusuke Kishi
Asia
Japan Society
Free World
United States
Kishi
Washington
U. S
Wagner
Syrian machinegun kills Israeli nurse near Mishmar Hayarden
A 21 year-old Israeli nurse was killed by Syrian machinegun fire near Mishmar Hayarden in the Lake Hula area as Syrians fired across the armistice line. Israeli police and settlers returned fire.
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Tel Aviv
INS
Mishmar Hayarden
Lake Hula
Israel
Governors Given Tax Cut Plan
President Eisenhower urged governors to accelerate federal tax cuts by taking over county programs now funded partly by the national government. He proposed a joint task force to identify functions to assume or share, adjust revenues, and determine future state or federal needs, citing slum clearance and disaster relief as examples of costly programs. The plan envisions targeted tax reductions paired with state funding shifts to restore state authority.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Actinn
Vieweg Moves Up as Bias Drops From Capitol Talk
The Gazette reports a reshuffle among Underwood administration appointees. Vieweg will likely head the Department of Finance and Administration, Bias exits to another post, and Morgantown lawyer Richard G. Rundle is named administrative assistant. Other new appointees include Willard L. Brown, W. Graham Smith, and Ted Kessinger. The changes take effect July 1 amid pay and agency reforms mandated by the 1957 Legislature.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
Underwood
George B. Vieweg Jr
Govpened
Pi Department of Finance and Administration
E. Gaujet Bias
Stir Young
Taver
Willard L. Brown
Charleston
W. Graham Smith l
Williamson
Ted Kessinger
Beckley
Brown
Naacf J
West Virginia
Kessinger
Fiidlay
Raleigh
Department’ of Finance and Administration
Liquor Centres Commission
Denzil Gainer
Gainer
Legislative Auditor
Clarence Koontz
Vieweg
Wheeling
Two men jailed for after hours in Hawk's Nest Park
Earl Jones and John F. Turner received 100 day sentences and $100 fines for being in Hawk's Nest State Park after hours and for moonshine offenses. Both men were held for grand jury action on moonshine charges after a Ansted hearing. Turner planned to appeal. Jones remained in Fayette County jail to serve his term.
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Ansted
Kanawha County
Hawk’s Nest
State Park
Earl Jones
Martinet
John F. Turner
Bradford St
Charleston
Justice of the Peace
W. B. Mullins
Bernard Johnson
L. K. Toney
Hawk's Nest
Park
Mullins
Turner
Jones
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Severe storms threaten Ohio Valley with isolated tornado risk
An alert warned of severe thunderstorms and a possible isolated tornado in east central Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. The Huntington area reported heavy rain in the afternoon and about 0.45 inch of precipitation in a mid afternoon storm as showers swept through the region.
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Huntington
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wea Seaen
Ohio Valley
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Yu Ta-wei
Tachen Islands
US S. 7Th Fleet
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C. Goff
RFD
Craig
Long Beach
Helen Morris
Los Angeles
Robert F. Wagner
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