Congress Warns Junking Atom Weapons Risks Annihilation
Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard Libby told Congress that testing carries a small risk but must be weighed against the risk of annihilation if weapons are surrendered. He argued in a prepared testimony that massive wartime use would cause widespread cancers and genetic abnormalities, while critics claim the AEC withholds fallout data. Libby praised Project Sunshine data but said secrecy is nonessential to understanding hazards and that ending tests is a political choice.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Willard F. Libby
Congress
Libby
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Columbus Art Patron Dies
Frederick W. Schumacher, 93, Columbus art patron and civic leader, died in his E Broad Street mansion after a life spanning immigrant beginnings, drug sales, mining, philanthropy, and global art patronage. He aided the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts and the Schumacher Collection, leaving two daughters, three grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frederick, W. Schumacher
E. Broad Street
Schumacher
Denmark
Canadian Wilds
Ont
Burg Auf Fehmarn
Baltic Sea
Waco
Tex
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Pige Retains Mayor's Seat in Buffalo West Virginia
Vernon D. Pigg, who admits there hadn't been a real election in Buffalo for about ten years, won the mayoral race 90 to 36. The all-male council and recorder withstood a challenge from an all-woman slate led by Mrs Norma Warner. Warner said the women ran due to a do nothing attitude but would be watching over their shoulders.
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Buffalo
W. Va
Vernon’ D. Pigg
Pigg
Allmale Council
Norma Warner
Spelling Champs Beat Senators in Impromptu Duel
Washington Ohio Senators Bricker and Lausche were defeated in an unscripted spell down by seven Ohio teen spelling champions during a luncheon. Both politicians misspelled girandole while the children prepared for the national contest here. Sponsors include Carol Lawrence Portsmouth Times and others from Canton Reposit ory Columbus Citizen Dayton News Akron Beacon Journal Cleveland Press Cincinnati Post.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
Senators
Carol Lawrence
Portsmouth Times
Sandra Owen
Canton Repository
Danny Corbett
Columbus Citizen
Lucy Seiver
Dayton News
Sharon Seiis
Akron Beacon Journal
Marianne Novy
Cleveland Press
Stan Schmidt
Cincinnati Post
Cincinnati Man Convicted in Wife Slaying
Cincinnati Edwin Smith aged 38 was found guilty of first degree murder in the January 21 shooting death of his wife Jean 26 at her mother's home. The jury urged mercy, mandating life imprisonment. Smith claimed her interest in rock 'n' roll music led to neglect of their children.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Smith
Jean
Smith
Cartoon lampoons Russian TV talk in Figaro
Paris edition Figaro prints a cartoon showing Russian children watching a blank TV as their father asks what they wait for. The children reply that they await Eisenhower to appear and promise that their children will all be capitalists.
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Paris
Figaro Today
Eisenhower
Miami Glee Club and Campus Owls Reunion On Alumni Day
Miami University's Alumni Day features a 50th anniversary Miami Men's Glee Club reunion with about 75 alumni joining a terrace sing after the barbecue on Reid Hall lawn. Former Campus Owls members, a dance band since the 1920s, are slated for an informal jam session with current members on Saturday.
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Oxford
Miami University
Miami
Miami Men's Glee Club
Reid Hall
East Dining Hall
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