Hydrogen bomb test shown to public under censorship
The United States released details of the November 1952 hydrogen explosion at Eniwetok Atoll. A censored motion picture of the thermonuclear test was released by the Federal Civil Defense Administration to educate the public about nuclear weapon destructiveness, referencing Eisenhower’s UN speech on arming the world with facts for peace.
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Atomic Energy Commission and
Defense Department
Eniwetok
Ican
Eisenhower
United Nations
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Marshall Islands
Elugelab
Atoll
Welcome One Excise Slash May Be Big Headache
A billion dollar federal sales tax cut took effect today creating friction for the public, businesses, and government. Implementing officials and the Administration foresee mixed effects on consumer prices and revenue losses, with guidelines issued on refunds for precut purchases and installment plans.
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Frank O'Brien
Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Marshal Juin Stripped Of Two Top Posts In France
Paris reports France's government dismissed Marshal Alphonse Juin from his two top military strategy posts over his public criticism of the European Defense Community. He may also lose his NATO command in central Europe. The cabinet cited discourtesy and disobedience after Juin refused to explain remarks to a reserve officers group.
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Marshal Juin
France
Paris
Alphonse Juin
NATO
Europe
Marshal
National Superior Council For Armed Forces
Joseph Laniel
European Defense Community
EDC
America
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
National Superior Council
Rene Coty
Juin
NATO Council
U.S
Alfred M. Gruenther
SHAPE
Gruenther
Laniel
April Fool Jokes Praised By Public Opinion Prober
Evanston Illinois report quotes Curtis MacDougall Northwestern University professor of journalism urging harmless pranks to ease tension during cold war era He notes jokes peak in secure times and decline in war urging revival to reduce vulgar outlets and cites Franklin Grant Roosevelt as historical jokers while recounting a loaded cigar joke from Horace Norton's family anecdote
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Evanston
Ill
Curtis MacDougall
Northwestern University
MacDougall
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Grant
Horace Norton
Norton
Scelba Orders Loyalty Check in Government
Rome premier Mario Scelba launches an anti Communist drive ordering loyalty checks for government employees. A second directive bans union or other meetings in government offices or by workers during working hours.
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Rome
Mario Sceba
Eisenhower housing plan to emerge intact says GOP leaders
Republican leaders predicted President Eisenhower's housing program would survive in the House after passage of a bill granting 5.56 billion for housing agencies and other federal bodies. Some GOP members challenged the view that 35,000 new public housing units could be built next year under existing acts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
The
Veterans Administration
TVA
GOP
Martin
R-Mass
Auth
Alaska
Hawaii
Sen. Anderson
Gotham's CD Plans Changed
NEW YORK AP Official declaration that a hydrogen bomb could destroy any city including New York led to a rapid shift in civil defense planning. Evacuation becomes the only solution, with eight million New Yorkers to be moved northward into upstate areas. Three days needed to evacuate. warning time may be only an hour or two.
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New York
White House
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Herbert R. O'Brien
Washington
Civil Defense
City to collect temporary payroll tax
The City of Cincinnati announces the start of a temporary one per cent payroll tax collection aimed at funding municipal services. Officials say the levy will apply to current payrolls and run for a defined period to support city programs.
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Cincinnati
U S Rejects Reds Security Proposal In Berlin Clash
Washington rejects Molotov plan for a 32 nation European security treaty and possible Soviet or Chinese observer status. Officials brief allies and study the note as a Trojan Horse bid to gain inside Western defenses while testing NATO and EDC unity.
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United States
Britain
France
Russia
West
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Dulles
Molotov
Soviet Union
NATO
Europe
State Department
Vietminh Slacken Assaults After Heavy Losses At Dien Bien Phu
Report from Hanoi states Vietminh forces suffered about 2,000 dead in 24 hours at Dien Bien Phu and halted attacks to rush more ammunition. French spokesman said Hanoi's forces, about 30,000 regulars plus guerrillas, faced a second major Vietminh push and held the northwest Indochina plain.
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Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Hot Snow Reported By Geologist In Montana Region
Billings Montana AP reports radioactive snow between Billings and Sheridan Wyoming measured at about three milliroentgens per hour roughly 200 times background yet deemed practically nil danger by geologists Chuck Hauptman and Donald Todd. They cite the March 1 hydrogen bomb test in the South Pacific as a probable cause though forecasters favor the latest H bomb blast. Three inches of snow fell Saturday and Sunday. Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists report slight radioactive signs in the air since March 10 in Cambridge. The radiation detected in rain is considered insignificant for health and safety.
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Billings
Mont
Here
Sheridan
Wyo
Chuck Hauptman
Hauptman
Donald Todd
South Pacific
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
McCarthy Inquiry Gets Special Counsel Sears
Senate investigations subcommittee appointed Samuel P. Sears of Boston as special counsel for the McCarthy Army row inquiry. Mundt will preside and expects hearings to begin within 10 days after a unanimous vote. Kefauver sought to shift control to Armed Services but failed.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Samuel P. Sears
Boston
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Sears
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Seneate Armed Services Committee
McCarthy Army
Armed Services Group
Sen. Hendrickson
R-Nj
Senate Investigations Committee
Bank holdup in Boonah caps early Baltimore day
Three gunmen robbed a Boonah bank in southeast Baltimore today, netting about 39,000 dollars. The heist followed minutes after a Brinks armored car delivered 24,000 dollars to the same bank. The event disrupted morning banking in the area.
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Boonah
Baltimore
Brinks Co
Statehood Okay Seen In Senate
Washington reports the Senate nears final action on Hawaii Alaska statehood after a month of debate with a possible vote by nightfall. President Eisenhower has not endorsed the plan in its current form and the House remains unsure with Alaska opposition to a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
House
Hawaii
Eisenhower
Sen. Smathers
D-La
Walkout Grips Columbus Construction Projects
AFL mechanics in Columbus walked out at 12:01 a.m., with about 4,000 on strike. Union leader Phil O’Day predicted 50 to 60 percent may return by day’s end as contractors outside the Building Trades Employers Assn sign retroactive wage increases. Six unions officially on strike. about $1.2 million in school projects, the Veterans Memorial, and a new Columbus Dispatch building could be affected.
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Columbus
Ohio
AFL
Phil O'Day
Columbus Building Trades and Construction Council
Building Trades Employers Assn
Train Explosion Kills 31 in India Near Gorakhpur
The Railway Board reports thirty one dead in a crowded parrain near Gorakhpur. Thirteen of the injured are in serious condition. The blast blew the roof off a third class coach and damaged others as 1,500 sticks of gelignite exploded. Police were on the air.
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India
Gorakhpur
Railway Board
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