Russian Bombers Can Hit Any Point In Europe Within Hour
Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg warns the USSR possesses a growing IL28 light jet bomber force able to strike any European target within an hour. He cites ranges, fuel, and mid air refueling as extending reach, and notes Moscow and industrial centers behind the Iron Curtain remain vulnerable to rapid allied counterstrikes.
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Europe
Vandenberg
Washington
Hoyt
Siberia
Russia
United States
U. S
Moscow
Ural Mountain
Lake Baikal
Air National Guard
Air Force
Senate
Wilson
Pentagon
Soviet Russia
Vandenbe
Korea
Iowa Bar Association
Sioux City
Eisenhower
Youth Tells Of Fight With Big Alligator
A 15 year old Jimmy Stewart describes battling a seven foot alligator in a deserted swimming hole near Miami. He kicked the gator in the belly and was bitten on foot arm and chest before reaching shore and help arrived. The incident adds to recent local alligator encounters including a Cub Scout saving a girl from a saurian two years earlier.
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Fin
Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy
Greynolds Park
Charlie
Stewart
Port Everglades
Whan
Anti-Communist POWs Riot Over Korea Partition
In Seoul on June 7, about 2,000 anti-Communist North Korean POWs demonstrated at Masan for 45 minutes opposing partition. Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd amid fears the prisoners and guards could turn against Americans. camps hold thousands of NK prisoners, S Korean guards, and U.S. personnel.
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Seoul
Sun
Korea
Koje
Masan
Tanker collision in Delaware River sparks massive blaze
Two giant tankers the Phoenix and the Pan Massachusetts collided in the Delaware River near Wilmington. 83 crewmen escaped the explosions and fire from 160000 barrels of gasoline. one body was recovered, with two others believed missing. The Phoenix broke midships while both ships burned and drifted onto sandbars. Local residents aided survivors as Coast Guard investigated the crash.
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Delaware River
Here
Coast Guard
Joseph Donnelly
Marcus Hook
Burdette
Williams Jr
Milford Conn
Phoenix
New Jersey
Delaware
Reginald Gross
Houston
Tex
Pan- Massachusetts
Eden In Boston For Major Surgery
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrived in Boston to undergo major gall bladder surgery at New England Baptist Hospital. He flew in aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force luxury liner used for royal tours. security surrounded his arrival and departure. A rabbit lifespan note appears as an abrupt final aside.
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Boston
Anthony Eden
New England Baptist Hospital
Royal Canadian Air Force
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Eden
Taft Predicts Senators Will Back AF Cutbacks
Senator Taft predicts the Senate will support President Eisenhower's Air Force budget cuts. He notes a likely fierce fight as Gen. Vandenberg argues for a 143-wing force, while Wilson and Eisenhower favor 110 to 114 wings with a 120 wing interim target by 1955. Wilson asserts jets can be redirected to reserves as needed.
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Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Congress
Secretary of
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
White House
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilson
Sonja Henie Loses Race With Thieves In London
Ice star Sonja Henie chased burglars through Eaton Square at 4 20 am after they stole about 50000 dollars of her wardrobe. The thief fled leaving two mink garments. police found two minks later near ashcans. Her cash and other items were insured.
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London
Sonja Heni
Eaton Square
Miss Henie
Carrie Roberts
Henjie
Henie
Bidault Seeks Top French Post With Austerity Plan
In Paris Georges Bidault, veteran politician and former foreign minister, heads to the National Assembly to seek approval to form France’s next postwar government. He offers an austerity platform and aims to win time and authority, facing a tough political obstacle course.
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Georges Bidault
National Assembly
France
Auriol
Bidault
Rene
Catholic Popular Republican Movement
MRP
French People
RPF
Elysee Palace
White House
Paul Reynaud
Pierre Mendes-France
Antoine Pinay
Pinay
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Cite Shaala
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Emory Parity
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Jerry Lewis
Stitt
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Dream Wife
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