Churchill Warns of Russian Nuclear Threat in Commons
London AP report quotes Prime Minister Churchill stating the United States has many times the hydrogen bomb power of the Soviet Union and Russia could launch a full scale attack on North America within two to four years. He notes Britain is building hydrogen bombs as deterrent and warns of a possible Soviet surprise strike with massive retaliation if war comes. He says the United States leads in knowledge and power to deploy nuclear weapons and urges steadfast patience and courage.
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Jack
Smith London
Churchill
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
North America
House of Commons
Nister
Britain
Free World
Soviet Russia
Gulf
Attacsk
Sovietia
The
Commons
Sis
Lava Eruption Threatens Pahoa As Emergency Declared
A volcanic eruption on Hawaii Island prompts a state of emergency and evacuation of a village. About 100 acres of sugar cane and timber burn while lava streams advance, forcing 400 residents to flee. Fire fountains reach 50 to 100 feet as Red Cross mobilizes.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Paboa
Robert Spence
Red Cross Disaster
Girl Bitten as Rabies Alert Sought for Wolflike Dog
Karen McKinney, a four year old, rode her bicycle near her Was had home when a brown dog described as wolflike bit her. The child’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McKinney of Ladoga Avenue, urged the dog’s owner to come forward. The dog, possibly named “Sy,” was last seen near Waxville and Wardlow Streets. Police seek the dog for observation for rabies risk and the family provided a contact number 31 2863.
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Karen McKinney
Daigiter
Alr
Leonard McKinney
Ladoga Ave
Haren
Tosh and
Wardlow Sts
Waxville Ave
Ale Kinneys
Atomic test flash seen across five states in 1955 series
A predawn atomic detonation at Yucca Flat produced a bright reddish flash visible from Idaho to Utah and Arizona. The AEC reported a substantial yield near one kiloton with wide aircraft support and no injuries in the surrounding area. A separate Santa Ana incident involved a homemade device found in a garbage track, with investigators recovering fuse fragments and no other parts located.
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Las Vegas
Pocatello
Idaho
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Yuccy Flat
Livermore
AEC
Hiroshima
Santa Ana
Nevada
Albert D. Gearson
Flower St
Red Cross Blood Drive Opens During March Campaign
The Red Cross begins its annual drive proclaimed by President Eisenhower as Red Cross Month. The drive runs through March to boost funds for blood supply used by Long Beach hospitals and to provide gamma globulin and plasma at no cost to patients. The chairman notes no reserve fund exists and if the quota isn’t met, operations may be curtailed.
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Red Cross
Eisenhower
Long Beach
Gillespie
BONANZAGRAM Word Game Bets Up To 150 Weekly
A Sunday Press Telegram promotion offers BONANZAGRAM with prizes up to 150 weekly for correct crossword solutions. Subscribed carriers may earn 100 in hook prizes. if no winner, the amount carries over to the next week. Families of employees are ineligible. multiple winners split prizes.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
Bonanzagram
Jgent Aca Press-Telegram
Ner
Etn Ai
Carrier Boy
Zagram
Where to Find It Beach Combing Boyle Bridge and More
A compact guide lists newspaper sections and page references for various content. It directs readers to Beach Combing on B-1 and Boyle on A-1, Bridge on A-11, Classified on B-7 to B-11, Comics on B-6, Crossword on A-11, Editorial on A-10, Financial on B-3, Obituaries on B-2, Radio and TV on A-3, Shipping Table on B-2, Sports on A-12 and A-13, Theaters on A-8, Tides Temperatures on B-2, Wilson on A-1, and Women on B-4 to B-5, with Your World on A-2.
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Boyle
Wilson
Rescue Ski Party Seeks Pair Lost in Sierra Wilds
A Bishop rescue party hunts for Frank Dunn 21 of Sunland and Janice Off 25 of Los Angeles after air spotting them walking in chest deep snow at about 10 000 feet in Rush Meadows near Gem Lake 40 miles from Bishop. They signaled no medical aid and received food and supplies. They had been missing since February 78 after departing Tioga Pass for Mammoth.
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Bishop
High Sierra
Bob Symons
Bishop Mountain Rescue
Frank Dunn
Sunland
Janice Off
Los Angeles
Rush Meadows
Gem Lake
Dun
Miss Off
Tioga ‘Ass
Mammoth Re
Mammoth
Three Missing as Flood Hits West Virginia
Three persons were missing today as flood waters from the Guyan River boiled into homes along its banks in this southern West Virginia area. Streams throughout parts of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky below Huntington and Charleston were on the rampage. More rain fell overnight.
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Logan
Guyan River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Huntington
Charleston
Matusow invokes Fifth Amendment in testimony
Harvey Matusow, once a self styled Communist, refused to answer questions about his 1933 Texas Industrial Commission appearance citing Fifth Amendment privilege. He had previously testified for days before the Internal Security Subcommittee and challenged fellow witnesses for alleged false testimony, warning he would invoke his rights on further queries.
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Washington
Harvey Matusow
Texas
Senate Inter
Senate
Congressional
Internal Security Subcommittee
Matusow
Texas Industrial Commission
Daniel D-Tex
Subcommittee
Daniel
Matusows
Elizabeth Bentley
Paul Crouch
Louis Budenz
Matt Cvetic
Miss Beritley
Budenz
Crouch
Cvetic
I “Matusow
Hel
Missing Scientist Pontecorvo in Moscow Letters Claim War Motives
Italian-born British scientist Bruno Pontecorvo, long missing since 1950, sent letters to Soviet papers claiming he works in Moscow on peaceful atomic projects. He accuses Britain and the United States of weaponizing atomic energy, urges Western scientists to protest military use, and hints at his switch from the West.
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Moscow
Bruno Pontecorva
West
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Pontecorvo
Congressional Atomic Energy (Committee
Pontecors
Pravda
Tzvestia
Soviet Communist Party
Dam Threat After Jackson Lake Breach Near Cincinnati
Early today swollen waters pushed the Jackson Lake dam 70 feet downstream, threatening a spill over towns to the north. Ten families were evacuated as hip booted patrolmen blocked roads and cleared around the 32 acre lake about 18 miles east of downtown Cincinnati.
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Wincinnatl Weswolle
Jackson Lake
State Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
City Denies Title Fund Accusation
A legislative fight over Long Beach tidelands grants erupted as Assemblyman Francis Lindsay of Loomis charged 30 2 million in oil funds unaccounted for. City officials rejected the claim, defending public records and insisting no funds were misused. City Manager Sam E. Vickers and Finance Director S. M. Roberts insisted the town’s records are complete, open, and scrutinized, while Auditor John R. Mansell echoed confidence in the tideland oversight.
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Jovi Sacramento
Maksim Epler
Lindsay
Sam E. Vickers
Long Beach
M. Roberts
Allen
Tidelands
John R. Mansell
State Senate
Little or No Rainfall Forecast for Southern California
The U S Weather Bureau forecast little or no rainfall for the next five days across Southern California. The forecast predicts temperatures rising above normal and dry conditions expected to continue in the period ahead.
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Utte
California
U. S
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