Bomb Test Postponed Again at Bikini Atoll
The planned U S thermonuclear test aboard USS Mount McKinley off Bikini Atoll was postponed again, with wind shifted conditions delaying the blast to Sunday or later. Joint Task Force 7 and the Estes moved observers and crews to Bikini Lagoon as ships turned back and sweeping aircraft ensured the test area remained secure.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
Estes
U. S
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok Atoll
Bikini Lagoon
Civil Defense
Eniwetok
Central Pacific Proving Grounds
It Over YUL It Over by Robert L Dieffenbacher
A reflective piece urges careful speech and thoughtful consideration before talking. It argues many voices speak without audience, notes talk can unburden minds, ease tension, and that weighing truth against hearsay improves communication.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
America
Senate panel to strip two major features from social security bill
The Senate Finance Committee plans to remove from a House social security bill two key provisions: lowering women's retirement age from 65 to 62 and a disability benefit system for those disabled at age 50 or older. Opposition centers on the proposed tax hike to finance the plan. The panel also backs extending coverage to about 250,000 more people, mainly self employed professionals.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
American Medical Assn
Defense Bill Is Expected To Get Okay
The House appears poised to pass the defense bill with little change, approving funding for the Army Navy and Air Force. Some members urged restoring about 512 million dollars cut from Eisenhower requests, but Rep Mahon said no major alterations are likely. He warned of the mutual destruction risk with the Soviet Union while urging continued defense spending.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
Mahon
D-Tex
United States
Russia
Scrivner
R-Kan
Flood
D-Pa
Chemist Gave Data To Russians
A Senate Internal Security subcommittee heard testimony from an unnamed American chemist who said he supplied technical industrial information to the Russians from 1933 to 1940 with later, spotty contacts through 1950. The witness, living in the New York area, was employed by a private firm and has been in FBI contact.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Robert Morris
New York
Morris
FBI
Harry Gold
Dulles Sees No Peace Reductions Yet in Soviet Armed Forces
Secretary of State Dulles said the Soviet Union may have cut armed forces but warned it is not peace and the free world must stay on guard. He urged maintaining a $4.9 billion foreign aid program amid debate on possible cuts, noting signs of cautious openness but expecting long-term tension.
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Washington
Dulles
Soviet Union
Free World
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Richards
D-Sc
Russia
Stalin
United States
Martial Law Expands in Eastern Algeria
Resident Minister Robert Lacoste imposed martial law in eastern Algeria extending military control over the Constan tine and Bone counties to quell the rebellion now in its 19th month. The move tightens armed power in a region already under urgent state, with raids on posts villages and farms by Arab nationalists and heavy French counterstrikes reported though casualty totals are uncertain.
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Algiers
Algeria
Robert Lacoste
Lacoste
Constantine
Bone
Farm Bill's Grain Price Hike Faces Senate Vote
Senator Aiken condemned the soil bank feed grain price boost in the new farm bill saying it benefits only a few farmers by about 175 million dollars while costing others about 500 million dollars a year. He warned of a veto unless the section is removed. The Agriculture Committee sent the bill to the Senate erasing eight hours of talks and voting 13-1.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
Senate
New Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
D-La
Agriculture Committee
Fresh bloodshed in Middle East sparks new clashes
Reports from Jerusalem describe multiple incidents on both sides of the Israeli Arab frontiers after a cease fire. An Israeli patrol allegedly killed an Arab farmer in Gaza near Beersheba, while an infiltrator was shot dead south of Jerusalem. An Israeli plane allegedly violated Egyptian air space and the Beersheba Tel Aviv railway line was sabotaged. Minor exchanges were also noted on border roads near the Samarian Hills.
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Jerusalem
Oas
Gaza Strip
Jordan
Egypt
Mixed Armistice Commission
Gaza
Beersheba
Tel Aviv
Israel
Mediterranean
Negev
Toric
British Hang 2 Cypriots in Nicosia Prison
Two 23 year old Greek Cypriots, Michael Karaolis and Andreas Demetrious, were hanged at dawn in Nicosia Central Prison for killings linked to the Enosis campaign. Security tightened island wide as protests and church prayers accompanied the executions.
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Nncosta
Cyprus
Michael Karaolis
Andreas Demetrious
Nicosia
Enosis
Union of Cyprus
Lother
Jle
Karaolis
Demetrious
Athens
U.S
Confederate Memorial Day Observances in Raleigh
Confederate flag fluttered atop the Capitol as state offices closed for Confederate Memorial Day. United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters planned ceremonies at churches and Confederate cemeteries in North Carolina. Oakwood’s Raleigh chapter held a program in the Confederate section with flags on veterans’ graves.
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Raleigh
United Daughters of the Confederacy
North Carolina
South Carolina
Stonewall Jackson
UDC
Champter
Oakwood
Eisenhower weighs second post for a Democrat
President Eisenhower reportedly seeks a widely known Democrat for a high administration post after offering retiring Senator George of Georgia the ambassadorship to NATO. Talmadge seeks Democratic Senate nomination, with others named as potential primary opponents.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
George
D-Ga
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Senate
Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Earle Cocke Jr
Atlanta Airs Lines
American Legion
Atlanta
Sen. George
Senate Foreign Relations ‘Committee
Democrats
NATO
White House
Bus Segregation Will Continue In South Carolina
The State Public Service Commission stated state laws requiring segregation of interstate and intrastate bus passengers remain in force. The Supreme Court refusal to hear the operators’ appeal does not settle intrastate transportation. Attorney General Callison says the issue remains unsettled at the high court.
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Columbia
State Public Service Commission
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Eden Faces Storm Over Frogman
London Laborites attack Prime Minister Eden over the disappearance of Cmdr. Lionel Crabb the frogman last April near the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze in Portsmouth Harbor. Parliament and newspapers demand answers while Eden defends secrecy and disciplinary action.
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London
Eden
Cmdr
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Ordzhonikidze
Portsmouth Harbor
Times
House of Commons
Crabb
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Admiralty
Crab
Secret
Labor Party
Laborite Daily Herald
North Carolina Seeks 19 Million for Storm Rehabilitation
A North Carolina group asked the Rivers and Harbors Congress for 19 million dollars in federal aid to rehabilitate hurricane damage. The filing accuses the state of falling behind others in obtaining its rightful share of funds for rivers and harbor projects. The report was presented to the 43rd convention by a committee appointed by Gov. Luther Hodges.
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Washington
North Carolina
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
Luther Hodges
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