Poisoned People of Rongelap Described After Hydrogen Test
Marshall Islands residents on Rongelap Atoll recount radioactive ash from the March 1 hydrogen bomb detonation. Seventy natives were burned and evacuated after exposure, with many suffering hair loss and skin symptoms. The population fears lasting contamination and has petitioned the United Nations to halt or regulate atomic testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rongelap
William J. Waugh
Associated Press
Rongelap Atoll
Marshall
Islands Atoll
John Anjin
Anjin
United Nations
Horolulu
Marshalls
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
State Department
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
United States
Hawaii
Philipppines
U. S
U. N
Bikini
Eniwetok
Utirik
Toma Navil
Acreage Cuts Loom If Surplus Grows Says Morse
True D Morse under secretary of agriculture told Farm and Home Week listeners that excess farm products could force reductions of more than 30 million acres next year. He warned cuts would ripple through cotton and wheat labor to farm machinery and fuel industries. Morse urged production and consumption growth as path to prosperity, noting parity ratios have eased little since Benson's start. He also noted no tobacco price support change.
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Raleigh
N. C
D. Morse
Morse
North Carolina
Commodity Credit Corp
Benson
Washington
Govae
French bombard Vietminh near Hanoi as exchanges planned
French planes tanks and artillery hit Vietminh guerrillas in the Red River delta while rebels tighten positions near Hanoi. Up to 100 killed or captured near Hanoi as exchanges of 267 wounded and 302 prisoners are set for June 11 and June 14 at Dinh Cau and Thu Bon River.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Dien Bienu
Dinh Cau
Thu Bon
Tourane
Saigon
Early Economic Upswing Seen by White House Adviser
President Eisenhower's economic adviser Dr. Arthur Burns says the economy shows signs of an early upturn led by defense and business expansion. He warns unemployment may reach four million by July unless the rebound accelerates, with a rising trend expected to reduce job losses in the fall.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur F. Burns
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Burns
White House
Congress
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Wholesale Food Prices Decline This Week
New York report shows Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index at 7.36, down from 7.38 last week and below the May 28 high of 7.46. The index remains 12 percent above the year earlier 6.54, covering 31 staple foods.
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New York
Dun& Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet
Peace Talks in Indochina Near Break as Molotov Sets Terms
Western diplomats react with dismay to V M Molotov's Indochina peace speech. He urges parallel talks on military and political questions for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and accuses the United States of aiming to widen the war. Western leaders and Paris debate the impact on French government stability.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
U. S
United States
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Les Bidault
Paris
Laniel
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Bac
Timmerman Wins South Carolina Governor's Vote
Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr., 42, won the Democratic primary 174250 to 108197 over Lester L. Bates in a light voting. He pledges to maintain SC's segregated schools while exploring options after the Supreme Court ruling. Bates criticized the plan as mixed schools and bankruptcy risk.
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Columbia
George Bell Timmerman Jr
U.S
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Columbia Insurance
Lester L. Bates
Timmerman
U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
James P. Richards
Robert T. Ashmore
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Burnet R. Maybank
House
Ernest F
Fritz) Hollings
Charleston
House of Representatives
Adj
James C. Dozier
Roosevelt Nominated For Congress In California Primary
In California a cross filing revival produced Democratic nominations across major races. James Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for Congress from Los Angeles to face Republican Ted Owings, while Rep. Robert Condon and others also secured party nominations. The era of dual-ticket nominations waned as party labels appeared on the ballot for the first time in 40 years.
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San Francisco
California
James Roosevelt
Congress
Los Angeles
Theodore
Ted) Owings
Robert L. Condon
Calif
Stephen Mitchell
John F Baldwin Jr
Roosevelt
Condon
Atomic Energy Commission
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard P. Graves
Graves
Knight
Earl Warren
Samuel W. Yorty
House
Thomas H. Kuchel
Warren
Kuchel
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Fred N. Howser
League of California Cities
Cohn Tells Army Hearing Adams Threatened Schine Shipments
Roy M. Cohn testified that Army Counselor John G. Adams implied Schine’s overseas fate hinged on Adams views. The exchange occurred on day 30 of the Army McCarthy hearings as McCarthy pressed for a recess and Symington pressed for investigation into McCarthy’s finances.
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McCarthy Army
Symington
McCarthy
Washington
Roy M. Cohn
John G. Adams
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Army Loyalty Board
Cohn
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Adams
Schine
Sen
Camp Kilmer
D-Mo
Senate
Wisconsin
Carthy
Symaun
Nixon
McCarthy McCarthy
Cookies For Emperors Visit Through Minnesota Stops
Minnesota farm wife Mrs. Edwin Doty prepared cookies and lemonade for Haile Selassie during a brief 20 minute stop on his Minnesota tour. The royal party visited Christ Lutheran Church in St Paul and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, with engagements at the Hormel plant in Austin and a Northfield tea with St Olaf College president Granshou before a dinner at the University of Minnesota. The caravan then heads to Spokane.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Edwin Doty
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Rochester
Dotys
Highway 63
Mrs. Doty
Austin
Cade
Selassie
Geo. A. Hormel Co
Clemens M. Granshou
St. Olaf College
Northfield
University of Minnesota
Spokane Wash
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R. L. Beukenkamp
Netherlands
L. Y. Bellentine
Chatham
Wilson
Forsyth
Orange
Stokes
Rutherford
Asne
Rockingham
Ike
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Stuart Symington
DMO
Ner
J. Roy Jones
Bates
George Timmerman JR
Symington, McCarthy
Roy Cohn
Stevens
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