Soviet small scale H bomb test raised alarm, says scientist
Dr. Ralph Lapp, a Manhattan Project veteran, estimates the Soviet Union may have conducted a small scale hydrogen bomb test to verify the principle. He notes detection could occur within days and that if true, it would force a major overhaul of U S air and civil defense. Lapp suggests Beria may have led atomic work and that Malenkov’s claim would boost his prestige.
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Washington.p
Setan Gay
Ralph Lapp
TPES
Als -O
Lapp
United States
Russia
East
Malenkov
Lavrenty P. Beria
Beria
Radar Speed Traps Turn Rochester Into Speed Conscious City
Rochester officers report radar speed traps are highly successful with plans for 24 hour coverage. Since June 7 1952 two squads have accounted for about one third of six month speeding arrests with 99 percent conviction. The system cuts accidents, saves wear on cars and boosts driver awareness.
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Rochester
N. Y
Albert O. Daniels
America
Daniels
Full Moon Affects Crime Activities And Human Behavior
Enterprise report notes veteran police agree full moon periods bring busier nights. They cite higher crime rates during weekends with a full moon, though records offer no conclusive proof and factors like weekends complicate statistics.
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Leon Burnett
W. G. Friddle
Lishd
Profit sharing plans gain popularity in U S
Chicago report notes that pension trust and profit sharing plans rose among American businesses. The Commerce Clearing House says 1,346 employers qualified new plans in the first quarter of 1953, up from 898 in 1952, a near fifty percent increase. Qualified plans meet IRS regulations for tax exemptions and employer deductions.
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Chicago
Commerce Clearing House
Clearing House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
CCH
Infantry Unit Leaves Today For Training
Fourteen members of the local infantry reserve group depart by bus at 7 45 a m for Fort Jackson South Carolina for two weeks of active duty training. Led by Captain Mark Combs the unit Co L 518th Regiment 108th Infantry Division will spend one week on routine training and one week in the field return August 23. Enlistments are open to youths 17 and older with parental consent.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Mark Combs
Co. L
518Th Regiment
108Th Infantry Division
N. Wrenn Street
Combs
World's biggest omelet tested at Davis to study egg quality
Poultry specialists at the Davis campus of the University of California test 17 000 broken eggs from 50 California breeding flocks in a project to determine if a whole flock can lay Grade AA eggs. The omelet may reveal key factors in breeding for egg quality.
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Sacramento
Calif
Davis
University of California
California
The Pearl the Only Sea Born Precious Stone
The piece notes that the pearl stands as the sole gem formed by a living process and the only precious stone harvested from the sea.
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Damascus
U.S
B. F. Johnson Agency, Inc
Shirley West Johnson
N. Main
High Point Laundry
N. Wrenn ST
Yyren
Penney’s
Penney’s Own
Percale
Penney
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