Miss America pageant and Mars beam propulsion ideas
British atom scientist Dr Shepherd outlined an ion rocket concept at a conference, proposing a space station orbiting Earth and a beam of ions as propulsion. The system would operate between Earth and Martian moons Deimos and Phobos, with landings requiring conventional engines. Also noted were contestants from North Carolina and Alabama in the Miss America pageant.
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London
Mars
S. Shepherd
North Carolina
Mg Ogburn
Smithfield
Alabama
Gia Saar
Old Salem College
N. C
Shepherd
Atom Laboratory
Harwell
British Interplanetary Society
International Congress of Astronautics
United States
Earth
Space Station
Deimos
Phobos
Hit-Run Driver Reported to Albuquerque Police
Rudolph Rael reported a hit and run driver to the city police department yesterday. Rael provided details of the incident and identified the involved vehicle and suspected driver. Further investigation was requested by Rael and the police provided a reference for follow up.
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Albuquerque
Rudolph Rael
Rael
Sailor faces trial for food gripe at Navy base
Bruce S. Hopping, a Maplewood New Jersey yeoman, admitted distributing handbills criticizing base meals at Bainbridge Md Naval Base. Naval authorities recommended a general court martial, with sources noting the campaign was broad enough to raise mutiny concerns and may fall under general military law. A separate incident mentions police cars failing to stop after hitting a stop sign near the business district.
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Washington
Bainbridge
Navy
Bruce S. Hopping
Maplewood
N. J
Congress
Imea
Hopping
Iran oil talks hit spark as Majlis boycotts session
Premier Mohammad Mossadegh faces a major hurdle as more than half of Iran's Majlis abstain from a session to approve his oil policy. He warned Britain to reopen talks on nationalizing the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. or risk expelling 350 British technicians from Abadan. The Senate endorsed him, while the Majlis failed to reach a quorum, prompting a Sunday rematch amid security shows and public demonstrations in Tehran.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Abadan
Mossadegh
Senate
Majlis
Depisites
Barzaars
Jamal Emami
London
Senate OKs Gift for 24 Warships
The Senate approved a plan to transfer 24 destroyer escort ships to allied nations by voice vote, sending the measure to the White House. Fifteen ships have already been allocated to France, Brazil, and Great Britain, with France, Denmark, Uruguay and Peru set to receive additional vessels. Recipients would cover refitting costs.
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Washington
Senate
White House
France
Brazil
Great Britain
Denmark
Uruguay
Peru
De Gasperi Heads to Atlantic Conference Tour
Premier Alcide de Gasperi of Italy arrived in Paris en route to Canada and the United States for the Atlantic peace conference in Ottawa and talks with U S officials in Washington. He travels with senior Italian government officials and plans to meet Premier Rene Pleven before departing by train to Cherbourg to board the Queen Elizabeth.
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Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Canada
United States
de Gasperi
Ottawa
U. S
Washington
Rene Pleven
Cherbourg
Kansas Flood Threat Wanes
AP dispatch from Kansas City reports flood danger easing as Kansas River crests lower and rains lessen. Industrial districts remain alert after July flood damage estimated at $2.5 billion in Missouri and Kansas. precautionary evacuations and yard embargoes affect Argentine and Armourdale areas while Topeka and Ottawa report partial flooding and river drops.
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Kansas
Missouri
Truman
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
Argentine
Armourdale
Central
Santa Fe Railway
Armour
Wilson
Kansas River
Topeka
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Salina
Weather in U S Generally Fair Across Regions
Weather across the United States was generally fair with only a few wet spots. Rain touched the Great Lakes region and upper Ohio Valley while Nebraska and Kansas saw showers. The Kansas River fell and eased the flood threat to Kansas City's industrial areas. Heat persisted along the Gulf, Texas, and the far southwest with normal readings in the west and cooler levels in the Great Lakes and northern plains. Yesterdays highs reached 106 at Presidio Texas and ldays top at Duluth Minn.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas River
Gulf Coast
Texas
Plains
Presidio
Duluth, Minn
Man O War the Converted Ex Communist Horse of Marines
In Korea near Sept 6 the one horse unit led by Co Victor H Krulak is being prepared for a fall roundup. Man O War, a 15% hands high red coated former Communist target, recovered from leg wounds with athlete foot salve and nourishment from Marines. He is calm, trained, and inspires plans for more abandoned animals to join the harvest.
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Eastern Front
Korea
Victor H. Krulak
First Marine Division
Man-O-War
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