Let Them In Hearing Delayed by Pushing Mob Riot
In San Francisco a House subcommittee on Un American Activities faced a riotous disturbance as about 400 demonstrators tried to push through police guards into the jammed hearing room. Police reinforcements rushed to City Hall to restore order after the afternoon session was stalled nearly an hour.
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Archie Brown
Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
City Hall
Merrill Brodsky
Brown
House
Supervisors’ Chamber
Reds claim pilot Powers survived U2 shoot down
London Daily Worker reports American pilot Francis Powers survived May 1 U2 shoot down over Soviet territory as rocket exploded beneath the tail. It says the J57 jet engine cooled the blast and questions linger about the Soviet claim the craft was hit at 60,000 feet.
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London
Communist Party
London Daily Worker
Francis G. Powers
Powers
Moscow
Norway protests U2 landing plan at Bodo
Oslo formally protested to the United States over pilot Francis J Powers reported plan to land his U2 at Bodo Norway after a spy flight over the Soviet Union Khrushchev reported the plan the United States admits Powers was on an intelligence mission but has not confirmed a Norway landing intent
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Norway
United States
U. S
Francis J. Powers
Bodo
Soviet Union
Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Russia
Eisenhower
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Francis G. Pow
Powers’ fatal high altitude crash described by Daily Worker
U S experts doubted Soviet salvage of films Powers worked on after his plane fell from 68 000 feet. The Daily Worker described Powers being flung forward when the rocket exploded and, despite injuries and fuselage deformation, freeing himself after tumbling 27 000 feet, opening the coup cover and bailing out.
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Powers
U. S
Power
Daily Worker
Hearing Erupts as Protesters Block City Hall Access
Spectators and demonstrators were ejected from the hearing room after shouting Let them in while public address loudspeakers were set outside City Hall. The rotunda sang America and The Battle Hymn as UC and SF State students joined the protest. Three witnesses named by the committee refused to answer about alleged Communist activity on constitutional grounds. The scene followed a 1100-strong rally in Union Square with clergy and local politicians urging abolition of the House investigating committee.
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University of California
San Francisco State College
Richard Arens
Communist Party
Merrill Brodsky
Martin Marcus
Pacific Grove
Monterey County
Douglas Wachter
Berkeley
Union Square
Richard Byfield
Grace Episcopal Cathedral
Phillip Burton
John A. O'Connell
San Francisco
House
Project Echo Fizzles in Failed Orbit Attempt
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The United States failed to place a giant balloon satellite into orbit using a Thor Delta rocket as a reflector for long range radio. The balloon collapsed after jets failed to operate. NASA estimated device and rocket cost at four to five million dollars. NASA will retry before year end with 12 more rockets planned for inflatable spheres and solar power experiments.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Yeday
NASA
House panel orders reappraisal of defense build program
AP dispatch notes the House Appropriations Committee instructs the Defense Department to rethink the military construction program in light of the space age and to scrap string savers and empire builders. The item reflects a shift in budget priorities amid evolving tech and defense needs.
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Washington (Ap
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Empire Builders
Chattanooga Protest Sparks Mass Negro Arrests in Tennessee
In Chattanooga 50 hymn singing Black youths were jailed after a downtown protest at a white lunch counter. Two drenched from a hose, they were among those charged with disorderly conduct and loitering. Nashville and Montgomery also faced segregation demonstrations with fines and warnings.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert V. Thacker
Weekend forecast brings sun after rain in Miami Valley
The Miami Valley enjoys clearing skies after slow moving rain and drizzle. Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 60, while tonight drops to around 40. Saturday and Sunday promise sunny, warmer weather with highs in the 70s. Middletone reported a high of 49 yesterday and a low of 42 this morning, with rainfall since last Saturday at about 0.84 inches.
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Miami Valley
Middletone
Ike praises helicopters as handy and quiet at society dinner
President Eisenhower hailed helicopters for reducing wear on the disposition and easing traffic, noting avoidance of traffic halts and crowd annoyance during whirlybird trips from the White House to Gettysburg. He credited the rotary wing fleet with drawing world attention and urged growth in number size and improved silence.
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Washington
Eisenhower
American Helicopter Society
Secret Service
Society
White House
Gettysburg
Atlas Missile Ready for 9000-Mile Flight Attempt
Cape Canaveral technicians worked overtime to ready the Atlas missile for another 9000 mile flight attempt before President Eisenhower’s Paris summit. Engines fired Thursday but auto shutoff by a last-second fault device likely saved the rocket from destruction.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Eisenhower
Paris
Balloon 1000 Mile High Orbit Mission Fails
NASA reported the first stage burned correctly and the second stage performed well but contact was lost after the second stage burnout during a long coast. The plan aimed to place a balloon the size of a ten story building into orbit with a 1000 mile high altitude. The failure left teams uncertain about subsequent events after burnout.
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NASA
Mao Could Gain From Spy Story
AP dispatch from Tokyo notes the May 1 shooting of an American reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory could boost Mao Zedong's standing in the Communist bloc while eroding Khrushchev's prestige. The incident may push the Soviet leader toward a tougher line favoring Maoist policies and a harder approach to negotiations with the United States.
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Tokyo
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Mao Tze-tung
West
Khrushchev
Mao
Joseph Stalin
Khrushchev Contends With Chinese Leaders Over Cold War
Chinese leaders escalated attacks on the United States calling it aggressive imperialism and vowed resistance to the death. Khrushchev’s dominance in communist thinking loosened, while Mao could only pay lip service to his desires for peace. The plane incident let Mao express contempt toward Khrushchev with an implied “I told you so.”
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United States
Khrushchev
Mao
Kremlin
No Warning as Jet Hit Turbulent Air Over Miami
Delta DC8B bound from Chicago to Miami diverted into rough air injuring 2 of 55 aboard, with 4 more treated for injuries. Among the hospitalized are William Lanutti of Miami and Theresa Novacek of Hollywood, plus stewardess Betty Joe Morris. Captain Reed Knight described a sudden drop to 10,000 feet before landing.
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Miami, Fla
Delta Air Lines
William Lanutti
Miami
Theresa Novacek
Hollywood
Fla
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Lanutti
Novacek
Hollywood Memorial Hospital
Betty Joe Morris
Coral Gables
Kurt Strauss
Coatesville
Strauss
Ronnie Albert
Medgie
Reed Knight
Fort Lauderdale
Phyllis Cotter
Miss Cotter
McCrackin Tax Case Delayed in Cincinnati
The government seeks 5078 in income taxes from the estate of Mau rice McCrackin's mother. U S District Judge Carl A Weinman ordered July 15 for new information and legal citations. The suit targets McCrackin and his sister Julia Watson who inherited the estate. McCrackin says he renounced his share. Watson was represented. McCrackin had no lawyer on record.
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Cincinnati
Maurice McCrackin
McCrackin
Imother
U.S
Carl A. Weinman
Julia Watson
Reverend McCrackin Refuses Taxes Over War Tax Stance
The Reverend McCrackin has long refused to pay income taxes arguing that part funds military aims and that war is a sin. He maintains tax resistance as a moral objection tied to antiwar conscience.
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McCrackin Long
Soviet Air Chief Delays U.S. Visit Over Tense Spy Flight
Chief Air Marshal Vershinin of the Soviet air force postponed his planned United States trip citing unfavourable circumstances from the May 1U2 incident. The visit was to include demonstrations at Andrews AFB and tours of Air Force centers, part of a formal exchange arrangement dating to 1956.
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U.S
Washington
United States
K. A. Vershinin
Moscow
U.S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Thomas D. White
Andrews Air Force Base
Nathan F. Twining
Twining
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vershinin
White
Pentagon
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