Dual-Action Atomic Flash Lights Desert
Desert test details describe a rapid four second blast and a rising gray smoke column forming a flower-like base. By 7 05 the first boom sounded and a second followed, with a white cloud reaching 20 000 feet, forming a pink cotton candy sphere before dissipating. Observers include Senators and generals as thousands of servicemen arrive.
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Zales H. Ecton
R-Mont
George W. Malone
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Camp Desert Rock
Yucca Flat
Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
Tone in Row With Newswoman in Hollywood Court
Franchot Tone faced trial set for December 11 after an incident with Miss Muir at Ciros. He claimed he spat but did not kick, while Miss Muir described a rambling, intoxication-free confrontation amid ties to Barbara Payton and past clashes with Tom Neal. The case ties to Miss Payton’s federal grand jury probe into a narcotics ring and Davidian's killing.
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Tone
Miss Muir
Barbara Payton
Plozabel
Sheriff's Deputies
John Norris
Tom Neal
Miss Payton
Neal
Florabel
Los Angeles Mirror Today
Franchot Tone
Ciro's
Abe Davidian
Davidian
Fresno
Calif
Stoney W. Adams
Los Angels
Adams
Hollywood
U. S
Ernest Tolin
FBI
Dore
Grand Jury
Willowbrook laborer suffers burns at bridge project
Herman Baca, 34, of Willowbrook, injured at the San Gabriel River bridge site when a gasoline hand saw caught fire after gasoline spilled from a container. He remained in fair condition at Community Hospital. Firefighters from Lakewood Bellflower and Artesia extinguished the blaze, with damage estimated up to 350 dollars.
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Community Hospital
Willowbrook
San Gabriel River
Spring St
Herman Baca
122Nd St
Baca
Lakewood
Bellfohrer
Artesia
Fiery Gas Barge Crash Claims Captains Heroic Duty
In Huron Michigan a fiery crash on the lakes left Captain Guyette and his helmsman dead after guiding their freighter away from a burning gas barge. Crewmen faced 14 missing and 3 known dead as rescue efforts continued through the night.
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Huron
Mich
Coast Guard
Guyette
Jimmy Hassette
Edward Myers
Penobscot
Roy
Preemie Gains Seven Times Birth Rate In Long Beach
Virginia Marie Cvecko, born January 3 in Long Beach, weighed 3 pounds 11 ounces at birth and 10 months later weighs 24 pounds. Her parents Joseph and Virginia Cvecko cite rapid growth after a cited AP report of a 2 pound 1 ounce premature birth. The Long Beach infant now has eight teeth, far more than the St. Louis example.
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St. Louis
Long Beach
Joseph Cvecko
Stanbridge Ave
Associated Press
Virginia Marie Cyecko
Virginia
Viginia
Reds Beaten Back by U N Forces in Korea
U N troops repelled Chinese attacks along the Kum Song and Heartbreak Ridge sector. Sharp fighting Tuesday left the Reds with only light probing efforts, while Allied forces held positions and advanced about 1000 yards by noon in the same area.
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Kumsong
Heartbreak Ridge
U.N
Heartbreak
U. N
Eighth Army
Judge Rules Belief OverChurch in Conscientious Objector Case
Huntington W V October 30 A federal judge ruled that personal belief determines conscientious objection to military service not church membership The decision by Judge Harry J Watkins Fairmont W V could affect draft law enforcement Howard Everagain 23 formerly of New York now Point Pleasant WV is charged with violating the Selective Service Law Everagain pleaded that war is immoral The judge stated the key issue is whether an individual's interpretation of religious teachings makes him a conscientious objector
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Watkins
President Signs Postal Rate Hike Amid Deficit Projections
President Truman signed a bill boosting postal rates to help cover a projected $520 million fiscal year deficit. The package adds $200 million yearly from higher parcel post rates while offsetting gains from increased rates with higher postal pay and benefits. The Railroad Retirement Act also raises benefits by 15 percent for about 460,000 retirees, effective November 4, with maximum monthly payments increasing from 144 to 165.60.
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Leite de
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman
The man who won against cancer story
A doomed Navy man, Bubyoung Rosenberg, defied a doctor’s dire two week prognosis. He prayed, fought four fatal cancer attacks, and persuaded Congress to pass a law for his return to duty. His tale appears in Reader's Digest November issue.
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Rosenberg
Congress
Watt
Ex-Red Berman Tries Suicide After HUAC Testimony
Honolulu reports Ed ward N. Berman a former Communist party member and local Democratic figure attempted suicide yesterday amid despondency and ill health after the House un American activities committee testimony referencing Jack H. Kawano of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union.
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Honolulu
Edward N. Berman
Communist Party
House un-American Activities Committee
Berman
Congress
Jack H. Kawano
Hawaii
Oferry Bridges’ International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
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