Eisenhower Promises No New Munich in Talks to Grow Confidence
President Eisenhower pledges no appeasement while outlining a tough but measured path on defense, taxes, agriculture, and security. Cabinet heads George M. Humphrey, Oveta Hobby, Benson, and Brownell present plans as TV charts hold viewers. He cites 1988 concessions to Hitler and previews Bermuda talks with Churchill.
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Munich
George M. Humphrey
the Treasury
Congress
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
White House
Pawtucket
R. I
Sen
Carlson
R.-Kan
House
Joseph, W. Martin
R.-Mass
Rayburn
Texas
Douglas
D.-Ill
Bermuda
Churchill
Bomb Rattles Homes in L B
Witnesses said the bright flash created an atomic dawn effect and rattled windows from Long Beach to the San Fernando Valley. Residents in Burbank Santa Monica Beverly Hills and Mt Wilson reported shocks as police noted flood of calls and one irritated complaint from a light sleeper threatening city hall action.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Burbank
van Nuys
North Hollywood
San Fernando Valley
Lancaster
Palmdale
Jim Black
Atomic bomb blast seen across western states
A massive 4:15 a.m. test near Yucca Flats produced a bright, 40 second fireball seen from Las Vegas to Alberta and Mexico. Observers noted a blinding flash, a shock strong enough to rattle windows, and a mushroom cloud rising to 40,000 feet. The B-36 dropped the device from high altitude, with effects extending to California, Colorado, and as far as San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Ogden
Utah
Southland
California
Modesto
Western Pacific
Feather, River Canyon
AEC
Air Force
Las Vegas
Proving Ground
W. Donley Lukens
Mt.Charleston
Yucca Flats
The
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Here
Los Barriles
Nevada
Rifle
Colo
San Francisco
Los Angeles
B 29 Crash Fatal Claims Pilot Died At Takeoff
Mountain Home Idaho report notes a B 29 crashed after lifting off and struck a power line. Captain George Russell Roche, 29, of Columbus Ohio, died in the wreckage. Thirteen crewmen escaped unharmed, with Roche identified by Mountain Home AFB officials. He was survived by his wife Helen Roche in Boise and his parents in Columbus.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Mountain Home Air Force Base
George Russell Roche
Columbus
Ohio
Helen Roche
Boise
My L. Roche
Anna Mfay Brown
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