Quemoy War Tensions Shape U S China Policy
The article argues that talks between Chiang Kai-shek and Dulles on Taiwan yielded a shift toward recognizing two Chinas, while Red China resumes shelling Quemoy to deny erosion of defenses. It portrays U S and Allied officials using the crisis for propaganda and questions whether the United States gained concrete gains or only moral effect.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Secretary Dulles
Taiwan
United States
Dulles
Chiang
Receo
Quemoy
Mr. Dulles
Formosa
Strait
Reds
Ulles
Red China
State Department
Henry Cabot Lodge
United Nations
Senator Morse
Oregon
Congress
Our Universities and the Atomic Age Heroes
George Sokolsky lauds Columbia University figures led by Dean George B. Pegram for pioneering atomic energy work that helped trigger the Manhattan Project. He notes Pegram guided early fission experiments, advisory committees, and the U S Navy alert, highlighting a shift toward valuing talent over wealth in American life.
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George B. Pegram
Columbia University
Pegram
Dean Pegram
United States
John R. Dunning
Enrico Fermi
Columbia Physics Department
Navy
Columbia
Alexander Sachs
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Albert Einstein
Dr. Pegram
England
Dunning
America
North Pole
Editorial Research More Test Ban Maneuvers
Three non nuclear nations shape the Geneva test ban debate as India backs a hard line for a total, not suspended, ban while Britain the United States seek a pause. France resists a preemptive renunciation of atomic arms, and Communist China looms as a possible control issue. Russia pushes a forever ban and urges higher level talks amid ongoing nuclear tests by both superpowers.
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India
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Assembly
U.N. Disarmament Commission
U.N
France
Geneva
de Gaulle
Jules Moch
China
Soviet
Russia
Britain
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Democratic caravan draws 1200 at Wilkesboro rally in NC
Lynn Nisbet reports a North Wilkesboro gathering for the eighth district meeting drew over 1200 attendees despite fog and rain. The piece notes heavy westward turnout, active Republicans, and strong use of armories and school facilities for rallies.
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Democratic Party
North
Wilkesboro
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Parkway
Wilkes County
Wilkes
National Guard
North Carolina
East
Elizabethtown
Widow of Hometown Hero Buried in Arlington Honors
Bernard Shufelt, born 1921 in Gloversville New York, lived in High Point Series of service in Panama Guatemala and US Army Air Forces. wheelchair veteran who advanced housing for the disabled and patented the Feather Touch Control. He died in Chicago and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after a life of public service and advocacy.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Bernard Shufelt
High Point
Gloversville
N.Y
Rockwell
Johnson Street
High Point College
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Church
Young Shufelt
Armed Forces
Panama
Amnalfo Arias
Guatemala
Medical Corps
Air Force
A.F.C.S
Asheville
Moore General Hospital
Atlanta
Mountain Home
Tennessee
McGuire
Richmond
Congress
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paraplegics Foundation
Journal of Paraphlegia
Evening School of Business Administration
University of Richmond
University of Tampa
Bernard
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Kappa Sigma Alpha
Pi Delta Epsilon
the Minaret
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Delta Sigma Omicron
Highland Park Hospital Foundation
Highland Park
Ill
Hines Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Zion Lutheran Church
Deerfield
Til
Boy Scouts Committee
Arlington
Annelore Thiemann
Carrie H. Shufelt
J.E. Shufelt
Edwin H
Greensboro
Robert
Cincinnati
Charles
Iowa
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High Point Enterprise
Aa Sena
High c
D. A
Niet
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Charles Pearson
Young Democrats
Holt McPherson
National Paraplegic Association
Bernard Shu
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