U S May Detonate H Bomb AEC May Move Tests to Pacific
Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission may detonate a hydrogen bomb with power greater than all WWII conventional bombs. Officials say equipment moves to the Marshall Islands for a new phase of weapons tests, with no observers other than U S officials.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
AEC
Pacific Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands
Nevada Desert
Hiroshima
U.S
Ries
Nevada
Bikini Atoll
Eniwetok
Bikini Isla
Bobo Takes 514 Million in Rockefeller Settlement
Barbara Bobo Rockefeller accepts a 54 percent million dollar settlement to end her marriage to Winthrop Rockefeller. The agreement provides for Mrs. Rockefeller and her son Winthrop Paul 5 the multi million dollar sum plus 70000 annual income or a 300000 trust. Divorce likely, with Rockefeller resident in Arkansas. Married Valentine’s Day 1948, estranged since 1950s.
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New York
Barbara Bobo
Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Bobo
Mitchell To Be On Stand Again Monday
In Cincinnati John Mitchell, a former Communist Party member in the 1940s, will resume testimony Monday in U S District Court in the perjury trial of Melvin Hupman. Hupman is charged with swearing he was not a Communist when signing an affidavit as a local IU Union officer. In Dayton, Hupman and Mitchell’s hometown, a Dayton jury could not reach a verdict in a separate trial.
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Cincinnati
John Mitchell
Communist Party
U.S. District Court
Melvin Hupman
Hupman
United Electrical Workers Union
Dayton
Mitchell
Port of New York Faces Shutdown Rally by Rival Unions
Rival unions threaten a complete waterfront shutdown as AFL ILA declares it will seal the Port of New York if the old ILA strikes. Ace Keeney, executive director, vows action to remove the ILA from the docks amid an election dispute and NLRB complaints. The ILA counters with charges against Gov Dewey and AFL chief Meany, alleging interference.
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New York
AFL International Longshoremen's Assn
ILA
Afl-Ila
Ace M. Keeney
Keeney
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
NLRB
George Meany
Last
Eisenhower Rejects Universal Military Training Plan
President Eisenhower today ruled out administering a universal military training bill in this session. He backs postponing UMT to study and possibly overhaul the reserve system, aligning with ODM and Defense Department studies that project about 3.3 million in uniform through 1960 and a token training of 100,000 if needed. The plan faces further review before any legislative action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Arthur S. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Soldiers donate 448 pints of blood in Hood Texas
Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division stationed at Hood Texas donated 448 pints of whole blood for the Red Cross after a holiday blood shortage. They began lining up at 8 a.m. and seven hours later the total reached 448 pints as calls for donations followed a drop in blood stocks due to holiday accidents.
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Ft. Hood
Tex
1St Armored Div
Red Cross
Slav Claims He Has New Jet Designs
Dusan Premovic, a 37 year old Yugoslavia born engineer, was arrested in St. Albans Vermont after crossing from Canada at an unguarded border point with cloth tracings said to contain revolutionary engine designs. He faces illegal entry charges and awaits federal court action. Immigration officials plan to notify Air Force officials of the designs and assess their claim that the designs exceed current U.S. technology.
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ST. Albans
Dusan Premovic
Uni
Premovic
West Berkshire
Ernest E. Salisbury
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Salisbury
United States
U.S
Chittenden
Burlington
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Ar Force
Air Force
Canada
France
Yugoslavia
Ambassador Says Thais Will Fight Invasion
New York dispatch reports U S ambassador to Thailand William J Donovan says the Thais will resist an invasion. He calls the Thai people brave and capable in the face of aggression and stresses their readiness to defend their sovereignty.
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New York
William J. Donovan
U.S
Thailand
Eisenhower Faces Possible Setbacks in State of Union Plan
President Eisenhower faces possible defeat on about one third of his broad program as Congress weighs the State of the Union message. Analysts say the plan’s breadth appeals to many, but lawmakers expect substantial revisions. Senate and White House aides signal farm price supports and housing aid may change, while a Senate committee probes price spreads and potential manipulation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Monroney
D-Okla
James C. Hagerty
White House
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
CIO
Aiken
Rvi
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lausche Held Up Survey Funds For Turnpike Plan
The Ashland Times-Gazette accuses Governor Lausche and Rep. McClure of delaying release of 135000 dollars for a Cincinnati to Conneaut north south turnpike survey. Governor Rhodes pushes for immediate 90000 and 45000 for Toledo spur, with final 650000 survey funded if feasibility is shown.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ashland Times-Gazette
Frank J. Lausche
J. Frank McClure
Ashland
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
State Controling Board
Cincinnati- Conneaut
Toledo
Controling Board
Chou En Lai proposes steps to start Korean peace talks
Chou En Lai urged rapid resumption of the Panmunjom negotiations with three proposals to restart talks. He called for Russia to attend full negotiations, for the U N General Assembly to address the issue with Red China and North Korea as eligible delegates, and for the Berlin Big Four to lead to a five powers conference with Red China as the fifth power. The broadcast also noted North Korea’s denial of U S efforts to reopen preliminary talks. South Korea’s foreign minister rejected a U N warning and four pro Communist prisoners sought transfer to Poland or Czechoslovakia through India guards.
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Panmunjom
China
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Peiping
Tokyo
Red
Russia
U. S
Arthur Dean
U. N. General Assembly
Red China
North Korea
U. N
Berlin
Washington
United States
South Korea
U.N
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
NATO Plans Linkage Of Jet Bases And Fuel Lines
NATO aims to complete 160 jet airfields with a linked communications network and fuel pipelines. The 1954 infrastructure program totals about 224 million dollars, with two large 10 inch fuel lines planned from Marseille to Dijon and from Le Havre to an undisclosed inland terminus.
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Paris
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
U.S. Defense Department
Congress
France
Mediterranean
Marseille
Rhone River
Dijon
le Havre
Formosa Regime To Elect Leader
President Chiang Kai-shek summons the 3,045 member National Assembly to meet February 19 in Taipei to elect a new president and vice president. Chiang is virtually certain to win a six year term, with Premier Chen Chung as leading vice presidential candidate.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist China
Chiang
Chen Chung
Four Nations Already Give 18-Year-Olds Right To Vote
The piece notes that if the United States lowers the voting age to 18 it would align with Mexico Argentina Turkey and the Soviet Union. It compares age rules across nations including Germany Switzerland Britain France Canada and Norway and discusses arguments for and against a nationwide 18 year old voting age with Eisenhower’s push for a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
United States
Agen Ra Ag
Mexico
Argentina
Turkey
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Canada
America
Russia
Encyclopedia Britannica
U.S
Eisenhower
Potter seeks explanation for halted Army atrocity film
Senator Potter of Michigan said he will press State and Defense officials to explain why an Army film detailing Communist atrocities in Korea, set for weekend TV release, was delayed. He will still air a report based on Army files and survivor testimony, timed with the film’s planned broadcast.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
State
Defense Department
Korea
Defense Departments
U.S
Russia
Eisenhower
Berlin
Senate
Series Of Strikes To Hit England
London reports 2000 electricians in the Electrical Trades Union vote to strike next week seeking pay raises up to 11 shillings a week. The action targets atomic energy stations, missile plants, airports, refineries, and steel mills, with a planned one day nationwide stoppage for 20,000 more on January 18. The union warns of a lockout counter by employers’ association and vows full labor mobilization.
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London
England
Employers’ Association
National Federated Electrical Assn
Frank Foulkes
Electrical Trades Union
Foulkes
Churchill
Ten Million Dead if A-Bombs Used in Korea War
New York reported Ambassador Arthur H. Dean warned that up to ten million civilians could die if United Nations forces used atomic bombs in North Korea. He added that hostilities would not be resumed by any party, including the United States, the Soviet Union, or South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee.
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New York
Arthur H. Dean
U.S
Panmunjom
United Nations
North Korea
Syngman) Rhee
South Korea
Mars Timepiece by Hamilton Watch Co Unveiled
Lancaster report on a Hamilton Watch Co invention that displays Mars Standard time including month and year on both planets. The four dial, electrically operated clock aims at future space travel use though immediate need is unclear.
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Lancaster
Mars
Hamilton Watch Co
Ars
Hamilton
Solons Find Fuel Lines To Nowhere
Washington senators exposed an 80 mile fuel pipeline leading nowhere and two million dollars of surplus lumber in North Africa. Sen Case said the base not built, salvage may fund new Spain bases as a 50 million dollar start was approved. Military construction follows strict pre spend review by subcommittees.
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Washington
North
Africa
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services
Case
North Africa
U.S
Spain
Congress
Sugar Heir Jail Bound
Adolph Spreckels II was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating his divorced fifth wife Kay Williams. Superior Judge Robert Gardner castigated his record of five marriages and divorces, two drunkenness arrests, and a discharge other than honorable from military service. The judge stressed that protecting women is a law duty and criticized violent conduct.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Adolph Spreckels II
Kay Willams
Robert Gardner
Gardner
RKO Fined $25,000 Over Unapproved Jane Russell Film
Hollywood reported a 25000 dollar penalty against RKO studio for exhibiting and advertising Jane Russell's French Line without the Production Code seal. The film faced Catholic church bans from the Legion of Decency and the St Louis archdiocese after its St Louis premiere. Joseph Breen condemned an indecent exposure scene during a dance number and Russell declined to attend the premiere in St Louis.
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Hollywood
RKO Studio
Jane Russell
Production Code Administration
Legion of Decency
St. Louis
Joseph Breen
Miss Russell
Warrant issued in Reuther shooting case amid witness escape
Detroit prosecutors say key witness to the attempted assassination of CIO leader Walter Reuther escaped police protection and fled to Canada. Four men face murder and conspiracy charges based on his statement, but without the witness authorities doubt convicting the suspects. The Canadian witness, described as a former slugger and ex-convict, fled a downtown hotel with two guards.
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Detroit
Gerald K. O’brien
CIO
Walter Reuther
Canada
O'Brien
O’brien
Reuther
John
Donald S. Leonard
Polio Victims May Receive Cobra Venom
Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson of the University of Miami said polio patients may be treated with cobra venom toxoid in controlled clinical experiments. A Birmingham report by Dr. Murray Sanders found cobra venom toxoid may combat polio in monkeys, with potential vaccine development for prevention as noted.
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Miami
Fila
Jay F. W. Pearson
University of Miami
Birmingham
England
Murray Sanders
Pearson
Sanders
Windy and Cold Weather Down Midwest to Northeast
Frigid air grips the Mi ami Valley tonight with a 17 degree low and light snow flurries. A tomorrow high near 24 degrees keeps the valley in cold, windy weather from Van dalia. Snow is forecast for many Midwest states with freezing temperatures across the eastern coast and Great Lakes region. The cold air moves from the Northern Plains toward the Midwest, with snow and freezing rain in parts of the Midwest and along the continental divide.
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Miami Valley
Vandalia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Rockies
Montana
North Dakota
St. Lawrence Valley
New England
Plains
Midwest
Great Lakes
Continental Divide
Wyoming
Middlebush Quits Missouri University Presidency
Dr Frederick A Middlebush resigned as University of Missouri president after 19 years, effective June. The announcement comes from the university office and ends a long tenure guiding the state institution.
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Sr. Louis
Frederick A. Middlebush
University of Missouri
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