Atomic test near observers in Nevada set for Tuesday
In Las Vegas plans for a public shot at the Nevada Test Site 65 miles northwest are announced. About 1,500 soldiers and civilians will crouch in foxholes 3500 yards from a 300 foot tower as a smaller than Nagasaki Hiroshima scale device explodes at 5 20 am.
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Nagasaki
Atomic Energy Commission
Department For Defense
Nevada Atomic Test Site
Here
Yucca Flat
United States
AEC
Defense Department
Hiroshima
Government Not To Alter Housing Role
Washington reports that Albert M. Cole new head of the Housing and Home Finance Administration promises no hasty shift in the federal housing role. He plans a long range program with unveiling next year and will study government housing approaches while revising the HHFA budget. The Senate confirmed him 64 to 18.
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Albert M. Cole
Cole
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Senate
Kansas
HHFA
Budget Bureau
Raymond M. Foley
Missouri
Eisenhower
FHA
Chiang Kin To Open Bank Chiang Kin To Open Bank
Former Nationalist finance minister T V Soong plans to open a Bank of Canton branch in Singapore. The Singapore government has granted permission to establish the branch.
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T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
Bank of Canton
Jury Frees Two Accused In Death Of Attorney
A 12 jurors acquitted Lamar Herring and Tom Rich of the murder of Darlington attorney J A Watts Jr. in Darlington County. Each testified they did not know Watts and that they were together at Bennettsville and at Cousins Cafe the night Watts was killed. The verdict came after brief deliberation and drew little public reaction.
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Lee Melton
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Rich
Darlington County
Bennettsville
Cousins
J. W. Byrd
Florence
Byrd
Voice forecasts Malenkov graves for Molotov Vishinsky Beria
The Voice of America warned of photo forgery in Soviet coverage after Stalin's death. It suggested Malenkov seeks to fill Stalin's boots and questions whether Molotov Vishinsky and Beria could be sidelined or eliminated, as retouched pictures shift power dynamics in Moscow.
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Voice of America
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Vishinsky
Beria
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Iron Curtain
Malenkov
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Lubyanka
Moscow
Stalin
ILO
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Pravda
Vyacheslav Molotov
Andrei Vishinsky
Lavrenti Beria
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Lenin
Trotsky
Kamenev
Airman Held In Barracks Shooting at Sandia Base
Airman 1-C Lawrence H. West 24 of Charleston South Carolina pleads innocent to first degree murder in the fatal barracks shooting of Airman 1-C Anthony F. Catalfano Jr. 20 of Long Island New York West is held without bond pending a preliminary hearing. The incident followed a dispute over room cleaning before inspection.
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Sandia
Lawrence H. West
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West
Anthony F. Catalfano Jr
Long Island
N.Y
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Joint Protest Against Russians by Western Allies
In Bonn on March 14 the United States British and French high commissioners filed a protest over Soviet fighter activity near Western Germany. They condemned attacks on three Allied aircraft within 12 hours including a four engine Lincoln bomber and a British airline liner, demanding punishment of those responsible and measures to prevent repeats.
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Prague
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Fighters Hunt Enemy Food In Malayan Jungle Campaign
Men of the 1st Battalion of the King's African Rifles push to cut Communist support by targeting jungle food supplies. Police and home guards block food outflow from towns as Askaris from Nyasaland raid villages destroying gardens. In Pahang state 82 enemy gardens are uprooted and burned.
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King's African Rifles
Askaris
Nyasaland
Pahang
Homicide Linked to Bar Room Incident Report
Witnesses recounted that West went to Catalfano’s room urging cleaning to avert bar inspection punishment. Catalfano told him to shut the door. West slammed it and returned with a .45 caliber pistol. Two shots were heard as West entered Catalfano’s room.
Ex Czech Leader Gottwald death linked to drink and cold
Ex Czech envoy Juraj Slavik blamed Moscow weather and alcohol for Klement Gottwald’s death amid talk of satellite upheaval. The National Committee for Liberation of Slovakia warned of further Communist leadership changes as Stalin’s death influenced the region. Eisenhower sent condolences while officials noted Gottwald’s long illness and heavy drinking.
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Juraj Slavik
Prague
Slavik
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Josef Stalin
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Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Matyas Rakosi
Stalin
Eisenhower
Czechoslovakian
Malenkov
Egypt’s Baby King Fuad II at Center of Farouk Split
In Rome Queen Narriman and Farouk separate amid questions over the infant Fuad II. Moslem law blocks divorce by the wife, leaving the fate of Egypt’s future king tied to Farouk’s potential statement. Narriman seeks return to Egypt, while relatives discuss custody and possible divorce proceedings.
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Farouk
Narriman
Fuad II
Egypt
Geneva
Switzerland
Carlo d’Amelio
Nile Lands
Arriman
Assila Sadek
la Boite Pigalle
Violette Aly
Cairo
Mohamed Aly Sadek
Mohammed Naguib
Eight Bald Presidents Highlight U S Leaders
New York report cites chair expert Charles Antell noting Ike is the eighth U S president to be bald or nearly bald. He lists Washington Adams Adams Madison Tyler Hayes Garfield and others with thin hair during office.
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Eisenhower
Charles Antell
George Washington
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
John Tyler
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Buchanan
Cleveland
McKinley
Coolidge
F. D. Roosevelt
Antell
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