Skipjack Sub's First Trials Mark Fastest Submarine Claims
GROTON Conn Atomic powered Skipjack completed extensive trials off Long Island Sound and Atlantic waters. Vice Admiral Rickover praised the submarine claiming world speed records. Lt Cmdr Behrens Jr noted the craft is fastest and most maneuverable yet built. Trials included surface submerged runs diving and evasive maneuvers as officials observed.
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William H.r Behrens Jr
Harrisburg
General Dynamic
Electric Boat Division
Behrens
Bualt
Long Island Sound
Atlantic
Rickover
Sraw
Skipjack
Navy
Electric Boat
Westinghouse
Midwest storm dumps heavy snow across eight states
A surprise Midwest storm dumped up to 18 inches of snow, snarling highways from Indiana to Illinois. Seven inches fell in Clinton Illinois and seven in Indiana, with 10 inches in Champaign and other cities reporting multiple inches. Dozens of trucks jackknifed, traffic froze on U.S. 40 and 51, and the Weather Bureau faced criticism for underestimating the system as more storms loomed from the West.
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Mingis
Indiana
Clinton
Champaign
Ill
Nebraska
Missouri
U.S. 51
Marvn
U.S. 40
Brazil
Ind
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Columbus
Covington
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Spencer
Moline
Peoria
Charleston
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
U S Plans Greenland Radar Extension
The Defense Department announced a 27 million dollar extension to the D E W Line radar system guarding Arctic approaches. The eastward sweep across Greenland, developed with Denmark, aims to boost early warning against ballistic missile attacks and is expected to take about 18 months to complete.
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Washington
UPI
Fleet Defense Department
Arctic
Greenland
Berlin
Denmark
Defense Department
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Canada
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Russia
Dance Studio Sued by Son of Widow in Sacramento
Arthur Murray Dance Studio faces a Superior Court suit for $3,014 charged to an 81-year-old widow who could not attend lessons. Her son William Heskey, her guardian, alleges fraud as the operator Frank Ranelli promised she would be transformed into a dancer and seeks a refund of payments made.
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Sacramento
Arthur Murray
Superior Court
Beda S. Heskey
William
Eise
Frank Ranelli
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Eisenhower Orders Mandatory Oil Import Controls
President Eisenhower ordered mandatory government controls on imports of crude unfinished and finished oil products to safeguard national security and a stable domestic petroleum industry. The new program, administered by Capt. Matthew V. Carson, replaces the expiring voluntary quotas and may affect prices if imports rise.
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UPI
Eisenhower
Aeve Atamagumnyay
Oetan
Matthew V. Carson
Lea! Hoegh
Civilian Defense Ad
Carson
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Pull Trigger Order Ruled Suicide by Coroner
Beverley England coroner ruled that PvL Spames Pearcy committed suicide after directing rookie Pvt. William Dixon to pull the trigger. Pearcy had embezzled funds from the officers mess and handed Dixon a loaded rifle, claiming it was unloaded. Dixon testified he believed the weapon safe and did not know it was loaded. The coroner described the act as an unusual and roundabout method of killing himself.
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Beverley
England
UPI
Pvl
Pearcy
Pvt
William Dixon
Dixon
Senate confirms Rickover promotion to vice admiral
The Senate confirmed Hy man G. Rickover for promotion to vice admiral and approved the promotion of Vice Adm. Robert J. Dennison to full admiral, recognizing Dennison as former naval aide to President Truman.
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UPI
Senate
Navy
Hyman G. Rickover
Robert J. Dennison
Fruman
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