Tough American Commander Faces Up To Communists In West Berlin
Maj. Gen. Ralph Morris Osborne commands 5 000 U S troops in West Berlin and leads a 70 man diplomatic mission. He acts as Berlin’s de facto fourth commander and must balance alliances while guarding against East German and Soviet pressure. He rejects the idea of defeat and believes readiness and morale can deter aggression.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Ralph Morris Osborne
U.S
Osborne
West
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Mikhail Pervukhin
Communist Party Presidium
U.S.S.R
Ossborne
West Germany
Asell
Jin Bonn
East Germany
Lenin
Baruch
Russia
Knapsack
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Sword Dancer
Bald Eagle
Discoverer satellites push toward outer space and espionage
The Discoverer program marks space firsts with XIII and XIV recoveries while lagging behind Soviet gains. Officials outline aims to develop the sky spy fleet, with later capsules to land near bases using aerial catches, and plan more flights including possible lunar missions.
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Discoverer XIII
Earth
Discoverer XIV
Hawaii
Pacific
Holloman Afb
N.M
Edwards Afb
Calif
Discoverer
Death ray dream nears reality via laser and maser
In a Los Angeles report, scientists reveal MASER and LASER devices amplify and concentrate radiation to beams that can cut tissue or illuminate space. Dr. Theodore Maiman of Hughes Aircraft explains potential uses from brain surgery to sharper astronomical imaging and notes safety limits and classified research.
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Los Angeles
Earth
Theodore H. Maiman
Hughes Aircraft Co
Maiman
Atomic ‘Physics
Hughes’ New Research Laboratory
Malibu
Calif
Stanford
Army Signal Corps
Solid South Not So Solid In Winston County Ala
Winston County in north Alabama is described as a Republican stronghold within Democratic Dixie. The piece traces its Civil War era neutrality and postwar Republican voting pattern, noting current party control and a Democratic hope to sway Republicans in the next general election.
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Winston County
Ala
Haleyville
Winston
Alabama
Dixie
Alf Landon
Franklin Roosevelt
Maine
Vermont
Free State
Tennessee Valley
United States
Confederacy
Board of Revenue
Labor Fights Boil in California Farm Rift
Stockton AP reports mounting clashes between growers and migrant farm workers amid AFL-CIO backing for AWOC and measures feared to spark a nationwide union drive. California Farm Bureau President Rozzoni warns against violence, while growers deny labor recognition and boycott talks as tensions rise over the migrant labor policy era and Steinbeck era echoes.
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Stockton
Calif
California
James P. Mitchell
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Federation
Grange
Afl-Cio
National Convention Action
Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
Afl-Cio Executive Council
AWOC
Norman Smith
General Motors
Ford
Louis A. Rozzoni
California Farm Bureau Federation
John Steinbeck
Baruch Reviews Truman Era and World Leaders
Bernard Baruch, in The Public Years, lauds Harry Truman for hard decisions like the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin airlift, and Korea response while noting past conflicts with Truman. He praises Adams, Wilson, Hopkins, and others and reflects on his own career, wealth, and late-life calm.
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Associated Press News
NEW York (Ap
Bernard Baruch
Sherman Adams
White House
Eisenhower
Col. House
Wilson
Harry Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Harry Truman
Baruch
Mr. Truman
Korea
Truman
War Industries Board
Woodrow Wilson
the Treasury
Wall Street
Democratic Party
London
Congress
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Samos
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Agena
Theodore Maiman
Labor Fight
J. M. Roberts
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