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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1957

Page

3

Russian Officers Defect Report Sparks Statehood Hope

Bristol, R. I. UP and San Francisco report that two Soviet naval officers attached to the office have defected and are in Washington. Cmdr. Harvey Webster said nothing definitive about the defectors. Gruening of Alaska and Sen Webster cited American estimates of Soviet strength, then refused to elaborate.

Bristol Chief of Naval Operations Ington Cmdr Harvey O- Web- Webster Alaska State Rotary Club San Francisco Gruening Alaska Ree Seay Congress Sian William A. Egans Sen Webster Tory Journal- Russian Vincent Information Office Navy Washington

Britain poised to deploy hydrogen bombs on bombers

Britain’s Bomber Command is being fitted with hydrogen bombs and the Air Ministry disclosed that the new twice speed of sound bomber carries unarmed H bombs on routine patrols. The move follows Soviet missile advances and aims to deter without extensive nuclear fallout. Royal Air Force officials say the thermonuclear trigger and fissionless fusion provide powerful yet reduced radioactive risk, a point pressed by Laborites over weapon safety and strategic use.

Kintland Air Force Washington Charles Orr-Ewing Air Ministry Oan U. S Roy Mason Orr-Ewing British Bomber Command Will Dann Britain London Bomber Command Albuquerque

Nun Buried Beside African Convent Founder in Kampala

Franciscan sister known as Mama Kevin died in Boston and was buried Tuesday beside the convent she founded in Kampala. Baganda tribesmen who admired her work note her fifty years of service among Uganda Africans and the long journey to bring her body home.

Kampala Uganda Mama Kevin Boston Vass Baganda Kevin Jganda

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