GIs Unscathed Two Miles From Atomic Blast Survival City
Survival City witnesses a test blast equalling 85 000 tons of TNT. Soldiers in tanks and hundreds of civilians in Civil Defense trenches endure the shock with no injuries as dust, debris, and a massive crater follow the explosion. Officials plan a preliminary survey after dust settles.
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Survival City
Civil Defense and Atomic Energy Commission
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Associated Press
Allen L. Blakeslee
United States
L N Worker Shot and Killed in Tennessee Strike
A Louisville and Nashville railroad worker, Charles Wright, was shot dead on U S Route 41 between Mt Pleasant and Columbia during a strike related altercation in Columbia Tennessee. Four men were questioned by sheriff investigators as the case draws in witnesses and officials.
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Columbia
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
U.S. Rt. 41
Mt. Pleasant
Jack Lorvett
Tennessee State Highway Patrol
Charles Wright
Wright
Crisis in Education Wood County Faces Aid Shortfall
The Democratic high command offers reconciliation to 1952 bolters, including Gov. Allan Shivers who May return if Stevenson is not nominated. In Wood County WV, regimentation tightens control of schools, with high levies, rising assessments, and mounting deficits as state aid falls, threatening a full term next year amid local efforts to fund education.
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Washington
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Shivers
Paul M. Butler
Capitol
Senate
House
Wood County
West Virginia
Parkersburg
National Headquarters
Eisenhower
Wood
Spence Shannon
New charges filed for Charleston detectives in cabin incident
Two Charleston detectives Bob Crouse and Warren Warwick face new charges of breaking and entering a hunting lodge in Clay County and lewd and lascivious habitation. Warrants were issued after the owner Jim Clare secured them, with hearings delayed due to the prosecutor being out of town.
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Charleston
Clay County
Justice of the Peace
Arnold Williams
Dets
Bob Crouse
Warren Warwick
Shivers
Stevenson
Butler
Jim Mee
Clare
Kanawha City
Williams
Willams
McClure
Adrian and
Arlie ‘McGinnis
Crouse
Warwick
Three bronzed men watch pedestrians from high perch
Three men stand on a building on Dicks nson Street and observe passersby through binoculars. Their bronzed appearance and casual stance create a striking urban tableau as commuters unaware below gaze upward.
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Dicksnson St
Indo Leaders Oust Bao Dai and Call for Elections
In Saigon 4000 delegates of the National Congress declare Emperor Bao Dai’s rule ended and press for Premier Ngo Dinh Diem to govern until elections within four to six months. They also urge Diem to crush the Binh Xuyen rebels while U S officials seek recall of envoy Sainteny as France resists. Bao Dai prepares to leave the Riviera for Paris to confer with Edouard Faure.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
National Congress
Bao Dai
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Washington
U. S. State Department
France
Jean Sainteny
North Vietnam
Ma Chi Minh
Salnteny
Bao Dui
Riviera
Paris
Ed Tgar Faure
Reich Vows Unification
The West German Republic won sovereignty and pledged to seek freedom for 18 million Germans in the Soviet Zone. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said the jubilation is clouded by East German slavery as Allied renunciation of supreme authority marks a landmark in his 10-year occupation. Socialists bitterly opposed the move over NATO ties and Balked at his absence in Parliament.
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Bom
Germany
West German
Soviet Zone
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Bonn Republic
Adenauer
West Germany
NATO
Bundestag
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Socialis
Guns Blast At Quemoys Over Strait
The Chinese Communists launched a heavy shelling of Amoy based Quemoy Island, firing 150 rounds in 45 minutes. Nationalist planes reported damage to Red gun boats in Amoy harbor and repelled a MIGS jet fighter attack north of the Matsus. Officials warn Reds may use similar tactics in the Matsus as earlier northward campaigns.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoys
Formosa Strait
Matsu
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Amoy Harbor
Matsus
Ibig
Lukino
Tachens
Handsome Gas House Votes Tower Planned Farm Props
The Charleston skyline gains a blue and buff headquarters for United Fuel Gas Co and related firms, a 20acre site in South Ruffner witnessing prefabricated concrete panels and aluminum exterior walls. The second item notes the House passage of a farm bill with rigid price supports, margin five votes, 206 to 201, amid presidential opposition and Senate skepticism.
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United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston Group
Columbia Gas System
Gazette
Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co. J
South Ruffner
United Fuel
Washington
INS
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Allen J. Ellender
Congress
Ave
Daniel J. Flood
Harry R. Sheppart
Delayed signal on West Coast identity misfire sparks air alert
In San Francisco on May 6, a misidentified inbound B-47 bomber training flight triggered a West Coast air raid alert. Canadian radar, a communications delay, and later Air Defense Command notes caused confusion as civil defense sirens wailed in some cities and were silent in others.
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San Francisco
INS
Pacific
Civil Defense
Air Force
Washington
West Coast
Continental Air Defense Command
Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton Field
AIR Defense Command
Strategic Air Command
California
Arizona
Nevada
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Dempster
W. A. Smallwood
Atlanta
Smallwood
CI0
Tennessee
Toe Company
Lafollette
Knoxhall
Manyville
Belletrain
George Dempster
Knoxville
Crisis In Education
Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
OL Coliny Schooind
West Vir
Patie Wood
Harleston
City Scene
Reich
Bree
Bob Consid
the Gazetteer
Wallace E. Knight
Charity
Luis Amick
State Magazine
The
Charleston Gazette
the State Newspaper
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