Schoolboys ignite first US major atomic exposition
Two boys descendants of Paul Little used a Geiger counter and a 75 000 watt lamp to trigger the lighting of Americas first major atomic exposition in Boston. The event signals the launch of a large public display on atomic energy with a nuclear engineering and science congress in Cleveland. Sponsored by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the expo showcases peacetime atomic applications with a joint council coordinating the congress and exhibit.
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Cea
Americas
Poe
Boston
Old North Church
Ales
Sam Little
Erec
Thies
Atomic
Pervay Medicine
Agricul
Ture
Chivelenn
Nuclear Engineering and Science Congress
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Engineers Joint Council
CAA Head's Resignation Accepted After White House Review
The resignation of the Civil Aeronautics Authority chief was accepted with the President noting his long service and achievements. Sen. Magnuson had urged investigation days earlier amid aviation concerns, and a White House recess appointment was sent to replace the post. The outgoing head cited growth in civil and military aviation and the jet age as a turning point.
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White House
Taylor
Sen
Magnuson
D-Wash
Lee
CAA
Civil Aviation
Public Operates Devices At First Atom Explosion
At the atomic energy exposition in Cleveland the public could operate remote control devices to pick cigarettes for bystanders and light them. A game called find the radioactive turtle let visitors identify the radioactive turtle among five, using a Geiger counter to detect radioactivity.
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Public
Cleveland
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Three More War Criminals To Be Freed
A wartime tribunal freed Naoki Hoshino 63, Mao Chi Ko, 66, and Hiroshi Oshima 60 with life sentences. Jointly, Allied powers including the United States and Britain approved the releases amid a wider Axis alliance case.
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Germany
Italy
Sugamo
Tob
Sato Cenaea
Genestry
Sato
Naoki Hoshini
de Soe Cunient
Maochi Kido
Hiroshi Ouima
Hirohi
China
Greater East Asia
Hoshino
Tojo
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Oshima
Negro Girl Selected As Campus Queen at Iowa State
A 17 year old Negro girl from Tex as was chosen by men students at the State University of Iowa as Miss SUI of 1955. Dora Lee Martin, Fig mage in the College of Liberal Arts, will be crowned at the Winter Fire and Ice dance. She won from 29 candidates all white. The event marks the first time a Negro has held Miss SUI.
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Towa City
Iowa
Atty
Cases
Tex
State University of Iowa
Sui
Dora Lee Martin
College of Liberal Arts
Martin
Biartins
Miss Sui
Next Year's Foreign Aid Request May Be Smaller
Budget Bureau sets a lean foreign aid request for the coming year totaling 2 670 000 000 dollars described by officials as a bare bones version. The decision comes amid calls to end foreign aid programs. Woodchucks or groundhogs are primarily vegetarians.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Hoover rejects candidacy for Republican nomination
Senator Jenner says FBI Director J Edgar Hoover declined a bid to run for the Republican presidential nomination. The comment follows Jenner’s report Hoover would not enter the race, amid questions about support for Senator Knowland and Eisenhower’s whether to run again.
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Washington
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Emg
Indiana
Hoover
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Eisenhower
Senate
California
San Francisco
First Pipe Organ at Hangars Church Claims Heritage
Hangars Church in Birdsnest Virginia built in 1751 is cited as having the first pipe organ in America. The article notes the organ pipes were later melted into sinkers for fishermen during the Revolution.
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Hangars
Birdsnest
America
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