Torpedo Nearly Struck Iowa During Teheran Voyage Reunion Tale
Miami survivor H. Seward Lewis recalls the 1943 near disaster aboard the USS William D. Porter when a misarmed torpedo fired toward the battleship Iowa during a Teheran conference voyage with President Roosevelt aboard. An investigation found no sabotage. officers received reprimands and the Porter later sank in the Pacific.
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Miami
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Ernest King
Naval Operations
Teheran
Miami News
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Lewis
Navy
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Launching of Satellites Prepared at Cape Canaveral
Navy and Army prepared to launch two satellite vehicles Vanguard TV4 and Explorer 3 this month. Explorer 3, 80 inches long and six inches in diameter, will test a second stage and release a 10 foot balloon for visual tracking. Observers noted activity around the launching stands as engineers work to clear past firing difficulties.
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Fia
Navy
Vanguard
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Army
Russians Hold Nuclear Test
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the Soviet Union conducted another nuclear weapons test Saturday at the usual Siberian test site. It was below the megaton range in explosive power, the third Soviet test announced in two days, with only terse details provided.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Siberian
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Knowland says tax cuts likely held until June action
Sen Knowland reports Congress will likely delay any income and other tax reductions until after June 30. He notes bipartisan consultation before any revision and cites Republican calls to shift civilian and defense contracts to distressed areas to fight unemployment. Other senators urge targeted contracting.
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Knowland
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Treasury
How to Handle Criticism in Christian Life
Dr Edwin T Dahlberg discusses enduring criticism through faith and action. He cites David and Shimei to illustrate humility and prayerful response, urging readers to love bless do good and pray for persecutors. A personal anecdote shows a temperate man influencing others toward faith.
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Six Die In Auto Collision Near Fuquay Springs
Six people died in a three car crash near Fuquay Springs North Carolina on Saturday night. Two adults identified are David Lee Baker 19 and Bobby Glenn O Neal 18 both from Willow Springs Rt 1. Three Negro children Larry 7 Pattie Jo 4 Arthur 4 and Jo Anne McQueen 3 were also killed along with the McLamb and McQueen families families were en route to a store for Saturday night shopping when the crash occurred on US 401 about 8 45 p m three miles north of Fuquay Springs.
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Here
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Highway Patrol
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Bobby Glenn O'Neal
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Willow Springs
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Pattie Jo
Arthur
Henry Joe McLamb
Jo Anne McQueen
June McQueen
Larry Ray
Ray
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Ape Gets Best Of The Navy In Norfolk Escape
The Barbary ape Nicky outsmarted the Navy at Norfolk Naval Air Station by climbing a 50 foot mast after escaping from a cargo ship. Crews failed to fit the oversized cage through a door for the Beechcraft trainer bound for Memphis Zoo. The Navy then handed the cage and ape to Railway Express for transport to Memphis, expected Monday.
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Memphis
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Railway Express Agency
Atom Sub Shows Mettle In Testing
The Seawolf and other U S nuclear submarines are discussed as a possible world circumnavigation under water. Cmdr Laning says such a voyage is feasible with current technology, while noting U S fleet plans and Russian submarine development attract ongoing interest.
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Cmdr
Richard B. Laning
Seawolf
United States
Globe
Letters Reveal Love Inspired Her Poetry by Emily Dickinson
Cambridge based report on Thomas H. Johnson gathering hundreds of Emily Dickinson letters. The collection drawn from drafts and personal missives shows Dickinson’s secret correspondences with Master Charles Wadsworth and Judge Otis Phillips Lord and reflects her lifelong seclusion.
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Belknap Press
Harvard University Press
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Northampton
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Wadsworth
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Otis Phillips Lord
Lord
Soviet propose U N body to police outer space
Moscow proposed a United Nations body to police outer space with aims to ban ballistic missiles and liquidate U S bases. The plan, linked to peaceful space use, would study launches and control programs, promote IGY research, and coordinate international space efforts.
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Kremlin
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James J. Wadsworth
United States
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Eisenhower weighs halt to nuclear tests for three years
The administration studies a plan to suspend nuclear tests for three years under international supervision. Dulles returns from the Far East to speed work, and a decision by President Eisenhower on policy change is expected within weeks.
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Russia
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Dulles
Far East
U.S
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Atomic Energy Commission
James R. Killian Jr
National Security Council
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Edward Teller
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