Fireballs Puzzling Experts Across Southwest Skies
In a sweeping meteoric display over seven states, unusual fireballs outsize typical showers have alarmed scientists. The Institute of Meteoritics at New Mexico University reports unprecedented frequency and atypical behavior including straight flight, silence, and a green hue. Two meteors reportedly crashed near Cloverdale, creating a smoky cloud without sound, prompting Dr. Lincoln La Paz to speculate on nonnatural causes and even joke about Nevada atomic tests.
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Institute of Meteorites
New Mexico University
Lincoln la Paz
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
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Princess Elizabeth and Duke visit Prince Edward Island
Nov 9 1940 Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on Prince Edward Island Canada’s small island province for the first of three stops on a North American tour. From PEI they head to Cape Breton Island to visit Sydney before sailing to Britain on the Empress of Scotland after a farewell in St John’s.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
Newfoundland
Cape Breton Island
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Britain
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St. John’s
Czech diplomat named top Communist spy in U S
Senate internal security investigators call Col. Oto Biheler, military and air attache at the Czechoslovakian Embassy, a key figure in Communist espionage. He is said to have gathered data on bacteriological warfare and atomic defense techniques while in the United States and is now reported to be in Czechoslovakia. The hearings criticized State and Justice Departments for lax administration of the Internal Security Act and visa practices.
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Senate Internal Security
Sens
Carran D-Nev
O'Conor
Oto Biheler
Czechoslovakia
Biheler
I Defense
United States
O’conor
Truman
Justice Department
Bicheler
State Department
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Biche
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Justice
Imment
Congress
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Can
Dada
Mexico
Pinch of Economy to Force NATO Cut
Washington officials say NATO will likely scale down its western European defense plan as Britain faces financial strain and Allies stumble under inflation. A 12 nation “wise men” group led by Harriman may propose revisions at the Rome NATO council, easing the 1984 target of 90 divisions while Eisenhower pushes faster arms deliveries for a 30 division readiness next year. Germany’s potential contributions could shape the trim, amid fears of Britain’s national bankruptcy and broader economic woes.
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UFI
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Britain
NATO Council
Rome
W. Averell Harriman
Ottawa
Europe
Eisenhower
France
Italy
Winston Churchill
Eisenower
Germany
West Germany
Victim Accuses Officers of Unjust Shooting in Florida
Walter Irvin, a rape case defendant, charged Sheriff Willis McCall and Deputy James L. Yates with shooting him and another Black prisoner without cause as they were transported for a retrial. Irvin described being shot while wounded, with Yates allegedly pressing the fleeing man to “kill him.” The incident occurred after a traffic stop near Raiford en route to Tavares for a hearing.
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Yates
Tavares
U. S Supreme Court
Supreme Court
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J. J. Elliott
Fuller Warren
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Shepherd
Former Girl Scout Leader Succumbs
New York reports the death of Mrs. Louis B. Myers longtime national vice president of the Girl Scouts of America from 1930 to 1939. Born Florence Bragg Ranstead in Williamsport Pennsylvania she was married to a Rockefeller Foundation treasurer who died in 1932.
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Louis &. Myers
Girl Scouts of America
Rockefeller Foundation
Myers
Williamsport
Flor
Ence Bragg Ranstead
Crime Doesn’t Pay comic stolen on Atlanta drugstore visit
Detectives M. J. Standredge and C. C. Hamby said Earl Martin, 22, stole a dime comic book titled Crime Doesn’t Pay from a drugstore in Atlanta. Police recorder A. Callaway noted a net loss of $12.90 after fining him.
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M. J. Standredge
C.C. Hamby
Earl Martin
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