Soviet charges brink of war over balloons over Russia
MOSCOW accuses the United States of brink of war actions after weather balloons crossed into Soviet air space. Soviet spokesman Leonid Ilyichev says balloons carried meteorological and aerial reconnaissance gear and threaten air navigation. The U S halted launches from West Germany and Turkey pending review and offered safety details and return of any scientific instruments parachuted to Soviet soil.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Spiridonovka Palace
Foreign Ministry
Leonid Klyichev
U.S
West Germany
Turkey
Russia
Ilyichev
Free Europe Committee
Germany
U S Plans Up To Fifteen Vanguard Satellites
Informants say the United States aims to launch up to 15 Vanguard satellites during the IGY between July 1957 and December 1958. GE is contracted to build the first-stage rockets with Aero-Jet General handling the second stage. Glenn L. Martin Co. leads the project for the Navy.
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Cincinnati
United States
General Electric Co
General Electric
Fred Brown
Brown
Vanguard
Navy
Interservice
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Aero-Jet General
Azusa
Calif
Earth
AFL-CIO Plans Opposition To Nine Senate Republicans
AFL-CIO leaders meeting in Miami Beach report nine Republican Senators Duff Capehart Thye Kuchel Welker Goldwater Millikin Wiley and Butler will face organized labor opposition in next fall’s elections. They also oppose organized labor support in Ohio for the Lausche-Bender race.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Senate
Duff
Capehart
Ind
Thye
Minn
Kuchel
Calif
Welker
Idaho
Goldwater
Ariz
Millikin
Cole
Wiley
Wis
Butler
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Bender
Rohio
Afl-Cio Committee On
George Meany
Mark Wee
Reds Claim Planes Hit By AA Fire
Tokyo radio quoted Peiping saying Red Chinese antiaircraft guns hit and damaged 10 more Nationalist planes off the Fu kien Province coast. The broadcast noted this was in addition to four Thunderjets the Reds said they hit Sunday and Monday.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Fukien Province
Reds
Immigration Proposals Scrutinized in Congress
President Eisenhower's immigration reform ideas to double quota immigrants faced cautious congressional scrutiny. Lawmakers weighed shifts to a 1950 base, regional pool leftovers, and anti Communist refugees while debating the impact on the McCarran Walter Act and national origins quotas.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
Judiciary
House
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senate Immigration
Britain
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Greece
Netherlands
Europe
United States
Russia
Baltic
Eisen
Army's 82nd Airborne to train in Greenland Arctic Night
A battalion combat team from the 82nd Airborne Division will fly from Fort Bragg North Carolina to Thule Greenland in March to participate in Exercise Arctic Night and practice fighting on the ice cap.
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Washington
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Greenland
Thule
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Gardner to Be Questioned Over Missile Program Stance
Sen. Jackson states a subcommittee will seek Trevor Gardner’s views on accelerating the Defense Department missile program. Gardner sent his resignation as assistant Air Force secretary for research and development to President Eisenhower, citing differences with Pentagon leadership. He urges a crash program for intermediate and intercontinental missiles, and notes Air Force was underfunded for research by about 200 million dollars. He declines to assess Russia’s progress but calls for rapid advanced testing and development. Jackson chairs the Senate subcommittee conducting hearings on U.S. arms posture.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Congressional
Trevor Gardner
Defense Department
Gardner
Eisenhower
Air Force
Pentagon
Congress
Gainer
Russia
Senate
House Atomic Energy
Hodges files for four year NC governor term
Raleigh Hodges official filing for Democratic primary May 26 as candidate for governor. He advocates higher NC income and outlines ABC Board policy reforms while signaling a campaign if opposed. He comments on Stevenson segregation stance and private school tuition grants study. In Algiers Mollet names Lacoste as resident minister to ease unrest.
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Raleigh
Hodges
State Board of Elections
Elections Board
Raymond Maxwell
Leaksville
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
ABC Board
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
California
NAACP
Cheek Won't Seek Governor Bid in North Carolina
Waldo C. Cheek former state insurance commissioner announced he will not run for governor this year. Governor Hodges declared plans for a four year term and faces no opposition. Cheek is president of an insurance company in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Waldo C. Cheek
Cheek
Hodges
Foreclosures of FHA Loans Rise Sharply in North Carolina
In Charlotte FHA director J L Widman reports a sharp upturn in Section 608 foreclosures in North Carolina over the past 90 days. Foreclosed properties include units at Forest Apartments in Charlotte and sites at Ft. Bragg Sanford and Reidsville with rents going to FHA during management under Younts Realty. The 1948 deed lists a $759 336 balance as of Oct 1 1955 and related RCFC loan details may be amended as cases proceed.
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Charlotte
Federal Housing Administration
J. L. Widman
North Carolina
Widman
Ft. Bragg
Sanford
Reidsville
U.S. Western District Court
Forest
Congress
Asst
U.S. Dist. Atty. I. Ward
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Theederal Housing Administration
Paul R. Younts
Younts Realty & Insurance Co
Younts Realty
Oe P. Loftis
Loftis Construction
Loftis
Tthe Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
FHA
Probers Seek Source of Funds in Campaign Donation Case
A Senate special inquiry committee will probe the origin of a $2,500 campaign contribution to Senator Francis Case. John M. Neff, Nebraskan attorney, says no strings were attached. Case voted against the natural gas bill after returning the money. The investigation aims to determine if other contributions sought to influence Case’s vote.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Francis Case
R-Sd
Senate
Case
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
Ivan D. Evans
Broken Bow
George Committee
Charles W. Steadman
Cleveland
Steadman
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Hennings
D-Mo
Sen. Gore
Dtenn
Deepfreeze Plane Sighted Aboard USS Arneb En Route to New Zealand
A missing Operation Deepfreeze Otter with seven crewmen aboard was sighted from a search plane on King Edward Peninsula east of the Rockefeller Mountains. The crew includes Lt. Cmdr. Glen H. Lathrop, Lt. Paul A. Streich, Aviation Machinist Mate 2.C. John H. Jr., and others as helicopters were sent to assist from Marie Byrd Land toward Cathe America.
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Arneb
New Zealand
George J. Dufek
U. S. Navy
Dufek
King Edward Peninsula
Rockefeller Mountains
Paul A. Streich
California
John H, Jr
Detroit
George Moas
N. Providence
R.J
Roland Levesque
Beverly
Mass
C. Alvah G. Edwards
Lakebay
Wash
Phoper
C. Chester M. Stevens
Bitter New Cold Wave Sweeps Europe
A Siberian cold wave grips Europe with blizzards and snow. Greece and Turkey face high death tolls while Italy, Britain, and France endure renewed freezing conditions. Authorities deploy troops, aid planes drop food, and officials consider delaying February elections.
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Europe
London
Tey
Greece
Turkey
Taly
Sweden
Falun
Stockholm
St. Stephen's Church
Britain
France
Thrace
U.S. Army
Leghorn
Austria
Iron Curtain
Poland
Hungary
Italy
Germany
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
Pans
Spain
Belgium
Stevenson Forces File 12 Delegate Slate in New Hampshire Primary
In Concord New Hampshire Stevenson supporters filed a 12 member delegate slate for the March 13 1956 Democratic primary. They aim to test Kefauver against Stevenson as voters choose preference and delegates. William L Dunfey Durham noted the contest as Stevensons chance to register broad support and possibly blunt Kefauvers bid.
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Concord
N. H
Aenson
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
New Hampshire
Stevenson
Cancee
Thea Tpiea
William L. Dunfey Durham
Stevenson Organization
Fauver
Adlai Stevenson
Dunfey
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Eden Says Relations With U S at Peak
Prime Minister Eden said relations between Britain and the United States are closer than ever after talks with President Eisenhower in Washington. He noted one dispute over Far East policy regarding Nationalist Chinese offshore islands and said both sides remained frank about their views.
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London
Eden
Eisenhower
Washington
United States
Britain
Far East
Ottawa
Selwyn
U. S
Quemoy
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Kruschev
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Arctic
Robert Lacoste
Lacoste
Algeria
Algiers
Guy Mollet
Géorges Catroux
Mollet
Pierre Mendes-France
Paris
Committee of Public Safety
Wachovia
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Loftis and Forest Apartments, Inc
FHA Realty
J. J. Currin
Winston-Salem
Vietin
Ation
Corporation
Oper
Venice
Vilnhofen
Danube
Siberia
Stevenson State
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