Khrushchev Snow Job Shows Mastery of The Press Obscurity
The Khrushchev appearance before the National Press Club is labeled a masterful snow job in two acts: a reheated formal speech with no new insight and a blunt Q&A in which questions were dismissed as ill feeling. The piece argues Americans gain little trust despite better understanding of the man.
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Nikita Khrushchev
National Press Club
Khrushchev
Mr. K
Tony Jed
Washington Press Corps
Senators Go on Junket to Study Russia’s Hydroelectric Power
Ray Tucker reports a Senate junket funded by public power advocates to examine Soviet hydroelectric capacity. Leaders of the Interior Committee praise Russia’s water power while arguing for broader U S government ownership. The trip aims to counter private power critiques and bolster federal control ahead of the 1956 election year.
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Bypublic Power
Russia
Sen- ZA le Interior
United States
Fred SA Staton
Interior Committee
U. S
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Tanket
Eisenhower
Wll
James FE. Murray
Montana
Feader
Senate Bloc
Mississippi River
Tearing
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Grutning
Roosevelt Ickes Wallace
Yukon
Grand Coulee
Energy policy junket debated by Murray Committee
The Murray Committee examined a costly mission to promote the Bonneville Tower Administration as an independent economic entity. Michael W. Straus and lobbyists Clyde Ellis and the NREC Association aided the effort, while State Department opposed their inclusion. Secretary Seaton contrasted US and Soviet power with oranges and apples, noting US fuel limitations and vast water power needs without relying on atomic power.
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Michael W. Straus
Ickes
Michael Mapes
Bonneville Tower
Clyde Ellis
National Rural Electrification Cooperative Association
State Department
State
Murray Committee
Seaton
Knishchev
Atomic Power
U. & Bbovs
Sour Grapes Over Russian Moon Shot
Drew Pearson notes the Nixon claim of no proof of a Russian moon hit, arguing Russians succeeded and U S tracking confirmed it. He cites multiple failed U S moon attempts, budget delays, Madison Ave lobbying, and claims military value and secrecy missteps surrounding the Atlas test and Khrushchev’s timing.
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Washington
Nixon
Russia
Madison Ave
USA
John Q
Eisenhower Economizers
Eisenhower
Batten
Barton
Durstine
Osborne
Khrushchev
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
National Space Agency
Cape Canaveral
AIR Force
White House
Mid- Pacific
Long Beach School Histories Reminisce On Campus Roles
A dated column recalls past Lakewood campus instructors including Frank B. George speech Miss Alice M. Garrison librarian and Miss Thordis Haga physics. Other notes mark 20 year ago a rehabilitation school opening under Long Beach Elks leadership and 30 year ago bids for a Municipal Auditorium with plans by architect J Harold McDowell and work slated to begin February 1 1930.
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City College
Lakewood
Frank B. George
Alice M. Garrison
Thordis Haga
Long Beach
The
Hare
Joe E Mason
Crippled Children Committee
Long Beach Elks Lodge &88
Charles Halbert
UCLA
Courtney Clarke
Weee
Municipal Auditorium
G. L Buck
J. Harold McDowell
New York City
Khrushchev to propose disarmament plan at UN
Today quotes report Khrushchev says a new disarmament proposal will be presented at the United Nations. A New York police official notes tight security for Khrushchev with a grim aside about an even harsher mood. In Barletta Italy Vincenzo Farelli recalls the apartment building collapse with the absence of screams after the initial blast and the still silence that followed.
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Washington
Khrushchev
United Nations
Barletta
Italy
Vincenzo Farelli
Town Meeting Cold Shoulder
Two residents urge the public to ignore Premier Khrushchev and criticize U S policy while expressing harsh views on communism and President Eisenhower. Letters from Grace L Stafford and Charles Cordray discuss signs protests and a negative stance toward the Soviet leader.
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Eestina
Khrushchev
Grace L Stafford
E. Broadway
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Lipppmann Moon Shot Timing Signals A Cold War Test
Walter Lippmann weighs Khrushchev's moon shot as a propaganda overture and a test of serious talks. He argues the outcome depends on private talks between Mr K and the U.S. president, with a new German settlement formula needed from Mr K. Public rhetoric alone will not alter history.
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Moscow Fair
Moscow
U.S. A
Eisenhower
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