Supersonic Bomber Shown Twining Tours Soviet Base
Gen. Nathan Twining and aides toured Kubinka near Moscow to view a claimed Soviet supersonic bomber and a TU104 jet transport. The delegation observed MIG-17s in flight, while Soviet leaders said the new bomber could fly faster than sound. Twining noted the demonstrations and asked questions.
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Moscow
Nathan Twining
U.S
Kubinka
Russia
Twining
Pavel Zhigarev
Sergei Rudenko
Birmingham Firm Wins Dredging Contract on Apalachicola Channel
McCullough Dredging Co. secured a 1,025,450 dollar contract to dredge a nine foot deep and one hundred foot wide channel on the Apalachicola River from the Gulf to Woodruff Dam in extreme northwest Florida. The project, awarded yesterday, removes about 2,860,000 cubic yards of earth and 45,000 cubic yards of rock and places 32,000 cubic yards in levees.
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Mobile
Birmingham
Gulf Eee Aays Woodruff Dam
Florida
McCullough Dredging Co
Georgia
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Brainbridge
Flint
Columbus, Ga
Chattahoochee
Medical Opium Use Limited to 500 Tons Worldwide
Editorial notes that legitimate medical needs consume only five hundred of the two thousand tons of opium produced annually, while the rest is unaccounted or diverted. The piece hints at drug policy or enforcement issues and urges readers to consider the global supply for medical purposes.
Are You Fit to Drive by W W Bauer M D
The article argues that physical fitness alone does not ensure safe driving. Emotions strongly affect driving behavior, with fear anger and stress triggering physiological responses that impair focus. Accidents often follow personal stressors linked to quarrels money health or family.
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Windle
Tetorises
Knowland backs smaller Air Force budget increase
Senate Republican leader Knowland said the Eisenhower administration sticks to its defense budget despite a Democratic bid to add 1 billion for the Air Force. He favored a Republican plan to raise Air Force funds by 0.5 billion, while acknowledging Congress may override. The debate followed a White House meeting with Sherman Adams as President Eisenhower remained in the hospital. Bridges urged a limit of 0.5 billion, predicting a close vote.
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Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Oer
Truman
Air Force
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Wet Weather For Big Area Mid Continent and Southeast
The Associated Press reports widespread wet weather across the mid continent and Southeast. Night storms dumped heavy rain in Central Plains and upper Mississippi Valley withImperial Nebraska soaked by two inches in six hours and Eau Claire Wisconsin about a half inch. Strong winds gusting beyond 55 mph hit Hill City Kansas while Sioux City Iowa saw gusts above 40 mph during a thunderstorm. A tornado damaged rural areas near Ivanhoe Minnesota with no injuries reported. Southeast thunderstorms were more scattered with light rainfall, while northeastern and southwestern regions enjoyed clear skies.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Central Plains
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Imperial
Neb
Eau Claire
Wis
Hill City
Kan
Sioux City
Iowa
Ivanhoe
Minnesota
Mollet Wins Easy Confidence Vote in Parliament
In Paris the French National Assembly backed Premier Guy Mollet by 275 to 121 in a confident show of support for higher transportation taxes. A second confidence vote was scheduled for later that afternoon.
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Mollet
Paris
French National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Pensions For Veterans Leaders Propose Half Cost Bill
Lawmakers press a plan backed by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars cutting pensions to 90 dollars monthly from 105. The move aims to reduce first year costs below one billion, with further reductions in other provisions. Debate grows as Teague and Rayburn weigh alternatives while White House reaction remains unclear.
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Washington
House
Edmondson
D-Okla
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House Veterans Committee
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
White House
Legion-Vfw
Mollet’s Budget Proposals Viewed as Routine Measures
The articles describe two government budget proposals deemed routine with no threat to the administration. They are the 19th and 20th such measures since Mollet assumed office in January, reflecting steady fiscal policy.
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Mollet
Truman Seeks Epitaph Reading For Georgian Tomb
President Truman toured Britain visiting ancient tombs and requested a concise epitaph. He quipped about preferring to be underground than under a stone floor and mused on escape when the born blows. He later walked Edinburgh streets and greeted by a reporter at dawn.
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London
Harry Truman
Britain
Lord Nelson
Gladstone
Truman
St. War I
Edinburgh
Ten-year-old demands traffic light for busy Pa intersection
Tom Don dore asked City Council for a traffic light on Schuylkill Avenue near his home. He says the intersection is very busy and crossing is hard. He is a student who attends a school near the busy corner.
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Reading
Tom Dondore
Schuylkill Avenue
Tom
Costs Of Living Soar During May
Washington reports May living costs rose 0.4 percent to 115.4 percent of the 1947-49 base, matching the October 1953 peak. Food prices led the gain with a 1.3 percent rise, though still below last year’s level. Officials warn further increases may occur ahead of harvest.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Rainy Lake in Presque Isle County Vanishes Through Ground Channel
A Michigan lake in Presque Isle County periodically drains through an underground limestone cavern. Geologists explain the lake level drops as water seeps away, then resurfaces when sediment plugs the bed crevices again.
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East Lansing
Rainy Lake
Presque Ile County
Michigan
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