Army conducts atomic warfare experiments at Fort Ord
At Fort Ord California Brig Gen Frederick W Gibb leads the Combat Developments and Experimentation Center testing troop organization weapons and doctrine to shape a pentomic streamlined infantry division suited for both conventional and atomic warfare. The program uses draftees and 1690 to 1700 man five combat groups per division.
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FT. Ord
Calif
Frederick W. Gibb
Gibb
Gen. Gibb
Experts Warn Against Overdiagnosis of Bone Cancer
Phoenix experts caution doctors have cut off limbs too often believing bone tumors are malignant. They urge careful history, extensive X rays, and biopsy before surgery to avoid overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis in bone cancer cases.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
American Cancer Society
Vernon Luck
Los Angeles
Eugene Pendergrass
University of Pennsylvania
Army's New Look In Defense Test Delayed By Winds
The 24 hour delay forces a postponed parachute drop for 1,200 troops of the 187th Combat Group at Ft Campbell as part of Operation Market II. Lt Gen Thomas S Hickey leads the four day exercise with observers from Britain Australia and many U.S. commands. The test examines the Pentagon’s pentomic airborne division concept and its smaller combat groups with atomic warhead capability.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
187Th Combat Group
101St Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Washington
Thomas S. Hickey
Third Army
Ft. McPherson
Britain
Australia
U. S
Chester E. McCarty
18Th Air Force
187Th
Leaf Prop Reduction Sparked Criticism by North Carolina Farmer
Dillon farmer Bethea denounces a federal order cutting 1957 price supports in half for three flue-cured tobacco varieties. He claims the action targets crops bred by Coker Pelit Seed Co. and labels it a blacklist, arguing Carolina State College and other North Carolina seed firms would not face such measures. The dispute centers on West Point and related grades.
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Dillon, D.co
Dillon
Bethea
Coker Pedilt Seed Co
Hartsville
Carolina State College
North Carolina
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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