Cole Declares Nothing Evil In Bomb Delay
Rep. W Sterling Cole said there was no sinister motive in months of debate before pressing work on the hydrogen bomb. He noted the decision came four months after Russia’s first atomic test and acknowledged he was wrong to oppose proceeding. The story covers officials arguing delay claims, Eisenhower and Truman comments, and Strauss detailing costs for a thermonuclear weapons program.
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Washington
W. Sterling Cole
Cole
New York
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Truman
Kansas City
Sumner T. Pike
Atomic Energy Commission
Augusta
Maine
Pike
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate Appropriations
Strauss
Wea
Pacific
Free World
Commission
ABC
Income Tax Opponents Stand Firm Against Drill Down
Senators Byrd and Carlson said they would not back a substitute “head tax” in place of a large income tax cut. Treasury officials warned the plan could drop 25 million from the rolls, while Frear promoted a $5 or $10 annual head tax to keep people on the tax rolls. The measure would raise exemptions by 200 this year for a 42 billion dollar cut, then 400 in 1955 and beyond, totaling 7.8 billion annually.
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Senate
Byrd
D-La
Carlson
R-Kan
Treasury
Sen
Frear
D-Del
George
D-Ga
Kerr
D-Okla
Defeat Seen for Wiretap Bill in House Debate
Washington AP dispatch reports GOP leaders fight faltering bid to pass administration wiretap legislation expanding FBI and military intelligence eavesdropping in national security cases. Debate centers on court order requirement versus executive authority. Democrats push for court orders. administration warns of slow FBI action.
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House
Attorney General
FBI
Rep
Willis
D-La
Brownell
Dodd
D-Conn
United States
Keating
R-Ny
Judith Copion
Luxembourg Gives Final Approval to EDC Pact
Luxembourg's one-house Assembly approved the European Defense Community treaty 46 to 4 with four Communist deputies voting no. Belgium Netherlands and West Germany have approved. Italy and France have yet to act. Debate dates in Italy and France unclear after summer recess.
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Grand Duchy
Belgium
Netherlands
West Germany
Italy
France
Chamber of Deputies
Destruction of Red Files Probed by Senate Panel
Senate internal security subcommittee opened public questioning on destruction of naval intelligence files on Communist activities. Witnesses reported to have handled the Navy Communist files in New York and Boston during World War II. Jenner said a 1944 White House order directed destruction, a claim King and Nimitz later disputed.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Jenner R Ind
White House
Tain Naval Intelligence
Subcommittee
Navy
New York
Boston
Robert Morris
Jenner
Russia
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz
King
Wilson Announces Revised Military Security Program
Secretary of Defense Wilson unveils a revised security program to remove and bar loyalty risks from the armed forces. He aims to standardize criteria across Army Navy and Air Force, speed removals, and ensure national security is protected when credible security concerns arise. Known Communists and others with disqualifying loyalty responses face exclusion from service. Continued on Page 20.
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Wilson
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Air Force
Defense Department
Armed Services
Armed Service
Even Persons Who Break Traffic Laws Become Convicts In Alabama
Montgomery reporting reveals Alabama prisons fill with county offenders jailed for short periods over fines and costs. Kilby records show 984 county convicts in 1952 53 with many serving under three months. Officials note cash strapped counties and 75 cent daily labor repayments drive confinement for unpaid fines.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Prison Department
Planes Crash Over Moose Jaw In Northeast Heavy Loss
Bulletin from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan reports two aircraft collided in the air over the northeast industrial area. nearly 30 persons killed or reported killed with many injured as rescue and relief operations begin.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Counsel Appointed For Probe In Senate McCarthy Hearings
Washington AP Ray H Jenkins named special counsel to the Senate investigations subcommittee with a pledge to be fair and impartial as televised hearings on McCarthy era accusations against McCarthy and Army officials set to begin April 21. He succeeds Samuel Sears who stepped aside amid claims of bias. Dirksen and Mundt coordinated the selection, with Jenkins to organize the office and establish ground rules.
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Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy
Army
R-Wis
Pvt
G. David Schine
Jenkins
Samuel P. Sears
Boston
Subcommittee
Sears
Sday
A. A
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. Dirksen
R-Jll
Tennessee
Mundt
Dirksen
Knoxville
Ferguson Seeks Multi Billion Evacuation Highway Plan
Washington Senator Fergusson announced plans to sponsor a multi billion dollar federal aid program for city highways to speed evacuation in case of attack. He said essential populations would be protected while nonessential residents may be removed if war occurs. The push follows Senate approval of a 10 million dollar aid program for planning and building radial and access highways, part of a larger two billion dollar road package awaiting House action and potential compromise with Eisenhower's request for 1.8 billion.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Erguson
U. S
GOP
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Canadian Air Brings Frost to Midwest and Great Lakes
A surge of cold Canadian air moved southeast across the Midwest, lowering temperatures to below freezing from the northern Plains to parts of Nebraska Iowa and Wisconsin. Snow flurries were reported in the northern Great Lakes as the front stretched from northeastern Ohio along the Ohio River into eastern Texas.
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Ohio
Ohio River
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Great Lakes
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Possible Naval Air Units Will Be Used Smith
Washington AP Senate Republican Leader Knowland said Congress might withhold a decision on foreign aid until America's allies decide how to respond to Secretary of State Dulles call for collective action on southeast Asia.
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Senate
Knowland
Congress
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Dulles
Southeast Asia
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Eisenhower
Indoschina
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Paris
United Will
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Indochina
Sen
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R-Nj
Americas
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Smith
Foreign Relations
Free World
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Philippines
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New Zealand
Mansfield D-Mont
State Dulles
Sen. Dirksen
R-Il
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Aations Committee
Dirksen
Laos
Cambodia
Viet
Sixty Rebels Slain In Fresh Dien Bien Phu Siege
French Union troops widened operations around Dien Bien Phu destroying a trench line for another Vietminh assault. Sixty rebels were killed as Vietminh continued digging fox holes within 600 feet of the fortress as Gen Vo Nguyen Giap prepared new frontal attacks.
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Indochina
Bien Phu
Vietminh
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Dien Bien Phu
Soldier from Alabama wins Medal of Honor in Korea
Sgt. J C Lao L Mize of Gadsden Alabama learned he would receive the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during 14 hours of battle after 2 000 Chinese attacked Outpost Harry on the central front last June. He is credited with rescuing a wounded comrade killing at least 65 enemy soldiers regrouping his unit for a counterattack and assisting in evacuating the wounded after the fight ended.
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J. C. Lao L. Mize
Gadsen
Ala
America
Mize
U.S. Tour Sets Off for Korean Children Folk Program
Twenty five Korean children departed by air to join a folk singing and dancing troupe in the United States. The trip supports the American Korean Foundation campaign to raise ten million dollars for its work.
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Seoul
United States
American-Korean Foundation
Five Airmen Die In Tanker Crash
A Tokyo bound air tanker crashed during air to air refueling, killing five crewmen. Four bodies have been recovered, with one additional crewman missing and presumed dead. Air Force officials stated the jet was rotating a fighter when the accident occurred.
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