Fifth Of '55 Series Junior Size Bomb Set Off In Nevada
A junior size atomic explosion was used to test whether a 50 foot smoke screen could reduce heat radiation. The fifth 1955 series detonation occurred at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas at 5 20 a m 75 miles from the city. Sixty five aircraft participated and the cloud rose to 36000 feet as observers tracked its effects.
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Desert Test Site
Losaes
Sem Yrensleco
Sotsae
Phoenix
Ariz
Klama Falls
Ore
Calif
Inyokern
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Yucca Flat
AEC
Army
Navy
U S Plans Outlined If Reds Strike Quemoy Matsus
Washington reports a drafted U S war plan for potential action to defend Formosa Okinawa and allied posts if China’s Reds attack. Initial moves would be limited but a three front counter strategy in Korea Formosa Indochina could be used if aggression continues. The United States backs Chiang Kai shek’s Nationalists in Formosa the Pescadores and related positions with uncertainty over Quemoy and Matsu inclusion.
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Washington
U.S
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsui
Delies
Southeast Asia
United States
Chiang Kaishke
Formosa
Pescadores
Matsu
Matusow Held In Contempt in Jencks Case
U.S. District Judge Thomason upheld Clinton Jencks conviction for lying in a 1950 affidavit. Harvey Matusow, a key Jencks witness, was held in criminal contempt for obstructing justice. The ruling barred attorney Nathan Witt from practice, and stated no lawyer may invoke the Fifth Amendment in Thomason's court. Jencks led Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers at Bayard NM.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.S
Clinton Jencks
Matusow
Jencks
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Bayard
N.M
Witt
National Labor Relations Board
N C State Chancellor J W Harrelson Dies at 69
Raleigh dispatch reports Col J W Harrelson 69 chancellor emeritus of North Carolina State College died after a cerebral stroke. He collapsed before a library dedication address at Rex Hospital, ending a 19 year tenure as chancellor and later service as archivist.
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Raleigh
J. W. Harrelson
North Carolina State College
Harrelson
Rex Hospital
State College
Cleveland County
H. Hill
State College Oer
Hill
Carey H. Bostian
Caret Vv
Aesson
Knowland Sees Setback For Senate Tax Cut Plan
Senate faces a Republican prediction of defeat for a Democratic income tax cut plan. Senator Knowland of California says Republicans will block a compromise and push an administration backed bill to extend current corporate and excise taxes past April 1. He warns Eisenhower would veto a measure pairing cuts with other relief.
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Senate
Washngton
Ph Sen
Calif
Chamber
House
Congress
Krowland
Eisenhower
Princess Margaret Faces Love or Duty Dilemma
London report on Princess Margaret weighing marriage to divorced Townsend against royal duty. Church opposition and public concern over monarchy prestige accompany the romance as Edward VIII’s abdication era looms. Townsend speaks from Brussels while Margaret’s fate remains unclear.
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Peter Brussels
London
Townsend
Margaret
Sydney
Australia
Sun-Herald
Edward VIII
Church of England
Royal Lodge
Windsor
Elizabeth
Chelten
Elizabeth II
Lord
Lady Mountbatten
Hampshire
Capt. Townsend
Brussels
Sydney Sun-Herald
Fugitive Son Charged With Parents Murder
Sawyer County authorities file warrants against Eugene Salzman 21 as theft suspect in the case of Emil and Clara Salzman killed in Hayward Wisconsin ambush. Police traced the fugitive to Texas and Minnesota where the parents’ car was found abandoned and a brother aided in the search.
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Tex
Clyde Williamson
Salzman
Wisconsin
Eugene
Texas
Hayward
New York
Eau Claire
Here
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Gerald
Davis
Salzmans
Dolores Sipe
Colorado Fallout From Nevada Tests Reaches Public Health Stage
Denver reports radioactive dust fallout from Nevada nuclear tests. University of Colorado Medical Center scientists warn the rise in radioactivity is measurable within hours and poses inhalation risks, beyond Geiger counter readings.
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Denver
Colorado
Nevada
University of Colorado Medical Center
Ray R. Lanier
E Energy
Sae Ao Uerah
Uiversity Biophysics
Spy Ring Smashed By Swedish Force
Swedish police say they have busted a nationwide spy ring tied to Swedish arms making and military secrets. Nine suspects are in custody across three cities. six are Swedish citizens and three are foreigners. The investigation centers on possible links to the Swedish legation and potential closures.
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Stockholm
Sweden
7th Fleet Urged to Stop Finnish Tanker Aruba
Senator Knowland pressed the 7th Fleet to halt the Finnish tanker Aruba carrying 13 000 tons of jet fuel to Red China as Sen George urged restraint noting no blockading rights. McClellan blamed government inaction on WesternChina trade while Finland claims no control over the shipment chartered to a Hong Kong based firm.
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Sen
Knowland
California
China
Sen. George
Georgia
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Aruba
7Th Fleet
Indian Ocean
Red Romania
Senate
U.S. Navy
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Red China
McClellan
Great Britain
Finland
Harold Stassen
Ho Pce
Formosa
McCiellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Democrats
Congress
McCarthy
Red
United Nations
Far Eastern Enterprises, Ltd
Hong Kong
Attempt On Nehru Life In Nagpur Fails
A rickshaw boy with a six inch knife leaped onto Prime Minister Nehru's running board in Nagpur but struck no blows. Basu Rao, 32, from Maharashtra, was identified as the attacker. another man was arrested. Nehru dismissed the incident as insignificant and said he would have taken the knife away. Police removed Rao. the episode lasted about 10 seconds.
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India
Nehru
Ees
Basu Rao
Maharashtra
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rao
Delhi
Pandit R. S. Shukla
Madhya Pradesh
Independence
Sonegon
S ‘S
Bombay
Sho
New Delhi
Shukla
Two Dead After Chemical Explosion At New Jersey Site
In Fairview New Jersey on March 12 a toy factory construction blast killed Alexander 11 and Ronnie 8. Andrew Farrell 8 and Michael Korolewicz 8 were critically burned. Police say youths tossed a lit match into a drum of highly explosive coating chemical near a construction area.
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Fairview
N.J
Alexander
Frank Alexander
Ronnie
Englewood Hospital
Andrew Farrell
Michael Korolewicz
Jersey City
Princess Ann of
N.J., Inc
Raymond Grenhalgh
Thomas Damiani
Farrell
Neal
Damiani
Andrew
Michael
Murder Verdict in Sleeping Pills Death of 3-Year-Old Fancy
Coroners jury in Chicago returns a murder verdict in the February death of 3-year-old Fancy Stewart from barbiturate poisoning. The mother Lola Stewart, 26, is charged and the grand jury may consider further action after testimony.
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Chicago
Fancy Stewart
Lola Dewitt Stewart
Hayes Hotel
South Side
Stewart
Pace
President Hosts Dinner for Special Assistant Cutler
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower hosted a White House dinner for Robert Cutler who retires April 1 as special assistant to the President in charge of national security affairs. Dillon Anderson of Texas is named to succeed him at a $20,000 annual post. Cutler will return to his former role as president of the Old.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Robert Cutler
Cutler
Dillon Anderson
Texas
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