Navy Awards Atom Powered Submarine Contract
The Navy let a contract to Electric Boat Co of Groton for an atomic powered submarine. Officials offered few details, but experts say the craft would have vast underwater range with potential speeds of 25 to 60 knots. The project, seen as a major step in nuclear propulsion, may test in about two years undersea.
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Lyear
Atomic Energy Commission
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House Atomic Energy Committee
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Russia
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Arco
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Electric Boat Co
Carleaton Shige
Soviet Signing of Treaty Seen
Tokyo reports growing belief in the Soviet Union signing the Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco next month. Japanese circles expect Moscow to demand a definite departure date for the American military in Japan and oppose a bilateral US Japan treaty without such terms.
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Israel Engineer Slain Near Jordan Border
An Israeli engineer was killed and two others seriously injured when their car was fired on near the Jordan border south of the Dead Sea. Private sources report attackers as smugglers or intruders in the frontier zone.
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West Coast Forest Fires Rage as Drought Deepens
Fires continue to burn across Oregon Washington British Columbia and California with hundreds of new blazes. More than 7000 firefighters mobilized along with planes and equipment. Major fires threaten timberlands communities and logging operations while emergency declarations expand. Local crews report hundreds of thousands of acres scorched and a hazardous dry season forecast.
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California
Neilson Forest
British Columbia
West Coast
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Victoria
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Western Forest Industries
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Fred Herbert
Rumsey
Lake County
Clear Lake Oaks
Husband Rescued From Angry Wife in Oakland
In Oakland on August 22 a jealous wife, Alta Holcomb, reportedly forced her estranged husband Robert Holcomb to drive through rush hour traffic with a cocked .22 rifle aimed at him. Police tailed the chase in squad cars and seized the woman before she could harm her rival. Robert Holcomb, divorced last April, had been living with another woman, and the incident ended with Alta Holcomb booked on assault with a deadly weapon.
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Oakland
Alta Holcomb
Robert L. Holcomb
Holcombs
Mrs. Holcomb
Holcomb
Rockefeller Bride Tours New York City Visit
John D. Rockefeller Jr and his bride Martha Baird Rockefeller visited Rockefeller Center in New York for a one day stay. Mrs. Rockefeller called the visit wonderful and said they were keeping their hotel secret while photographers captured them by the lower plaza fountain. The couple, married last Wednesday in Providence, are a widower and a widow.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Rockefeller
Martha Baird Alen
Providence
R. I
Czechoslovakia to attend San Francisco peace talks
Czechoslovakia informed the United States it will attend the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco starting September 4. It becomes the third Communist state to accept the U S invitation after Russia and Poland. Of 50 nations invited, 33 have accepted, with India, the Philippines, Burma and Indonesia undecided.
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San Francisco
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Prague
Russia
Poland
India
Philippines
Burma
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