Rickover Seeks Third Navy Star Amid Debate
Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, the Navy's top atomic expert, is set for promotion to vice admiral as Secretary Gates works out procedures. Congress has raised concerns over the move, while President Eisenhower said Rickover will represent the Navy at the Nautilus welcome in New York.
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Washington
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas
Gates
Rickover
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Nautilus Publishes North Pole Extra After Polar Cruise
Sailors aboard the USS Nautilus released an 18 page North Pole edition of the Nautilus Express detailing the under ice voyage. The 116 man crew listed home towns and addresses in a seven page roster and included songs poems and history of the voyage.
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Nautilus Crew
William F. Sunderland
Polar
North Pole
Post Office
John Michaud
C. A. Payne
Richard F. Dobbin
Atlantic
England
New York
Deaf mute Parram Youngblood dies in highway chase
A coroner's jury ruled that Parram Youngblood died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after his stolen car hit a roadblock during a manhunt. Youngblood, a 32 year old itinerant peddler from Toomsboro, was pursued on a kidnapping charge and linked to the disappearance of Margie Jones. The case followed the discovery of Margie Jones's body in Kentucky and a separate note about newborn kangaroos.
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Macon
Parram Youngblood
Toomsboro
Margie Jones
Melvin
Sandersville
Youngblood
Margie
Three Die In Jet Crash At Follett Texas
A six engine B47 bomber from Biggs Air Force Base crashed near Follett Texas killing one engineer. The three other crew members bailed out and the navigator with a broken leg received hospital care in Shattuck Oklahoma. Names of the dead and injured were withheld by the Air Force. Capt A E Held and Norman E Hermes were identified as other crew members. Thunderstorms were reported in the area.
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Follett
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Shattuck
Okla
T. J. Tarbox
Air Force
A.E. Held
Ellingwood
Kan
Norman E. Hermes
Amarillo
Victoria Woodhull Nominated by Equal Rights Party in 1872
Victoria Claflin Woodhull emerged as a female presidential candidate after the Equal Rights Party nominated her in 1872. The platform demanded equal rights for women and paved a landmark moment in suffrage history.
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Victoria Claflin Woodhull
United States
Equal Rights Party
Scientists Eye Nuclear Test Ban After Geneva Talks
Western and Communist scientists reached a Geneva pact toward a global monitoring network to detect blasts. The plan involves up to 200 stations worldwide, land and sea, with funding and supervision questions unresolved. Moscow hints at immediate test bans, while Eisenhower warns against binding US limits before final scientific review.
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Washington
Geneva
Kremlin
United States
Eisenhower
State Department
United Nations
Switzerland
Pacific
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Canada
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Thief Likely Obese Robs Denver Home For Reducing Unit
In Denver the thief who robbed Mrs. Elsie Bobo’s residence ignored jewelry and valuables and stole a $350 reducing unit. Police say the suspect appears to be on the plump side, suggesting a weight clue.
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Denver
Colo
Elsie Bobo
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