U S military chiefs predict atomic edge over Russia through 1960
Washington reports that U S military leaders believe America holds a sound lead in atomic weapon design and production over the Soviet Union and can maintain it until 1960. A major project aims to prolong superiority, with Eisenhower's advisory teams studying a Killian report on mobilizing scientific resources for emergencies.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
White House
State and Defense Departments
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Explosion Kills Nine at Hinomaru Coal Mine in Kyushu
Nine miners were killed and eight injured by an underground gas explosion at the Hinomaru coal mine in north Kyushu. Rescue and investigation teams worked at the scene as authorities identified the victims and assessed the cause.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Hinomaru
Kyushu
New Witnesses in Till Murder Trial Emerges
New witnesses with newly discovered evidence will testify as the state begins to prove the murder of Emmett Louis Till by Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. The trial, held in Sumner Mississippi, features an all white jury and Mamie Bradley’s testimony amid tense courtroom scenes.
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Sam Johnson Sumner
Miss
Robert B. Smith II
Smith
Gerald Chatham
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Emmett Louis Till
Chicago
Bryant
Till
Tallahatchie River
Chatham
Mamie Bradley
Mississippi
H. C. Strider
Tallahatchie
Formosa lawmaker seeks remarry allowance for mainlanders
Chinese Nationalist lawmaker proposes Formosa residents whose spouses are in Red China may remarry without bigamy charges. Miao Chi-ping told the Legislative Yuan there are at least 100,000 such mainlanders on the island.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Miao Chi-ping
Legislative Yuan
Parliament
Six men indicted in Houston land scandal case
Fifteen indictments against six men were returned in a city land office scandal in Houston Texas. Conspiracy and felony theft charges were included. Three city employees fired after the probe were named in other indictments, bringing the total to 34 since the investigation began into disappearing city owned houses and building material. Eight men including former City Treasury Director Roy Floyd were named. The houses and material involved were alleged to be for expressway right of way clearances.
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Houston
Tex
City Treasury
Roy Floyd
Negroes Win Voting Suit in Randolph County
In Columbus Georgia 22 Black voters were awarded 880 dollars in damages for a voting rights suit against Randolph County Board of Registrars. A federal jury set 40 dollars per person and ordered the sum paid by Board Chairman R S Banks and member C C Martin. Judge W A Bootle said he would rule later on an injunction to restore names to the voter list.
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Columbus
Randolph County Board of Registrars
Georgia County
R. S Banks
C. C. Martin
U. S
W. A. Bootle
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James R. Killian Jr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Melampy
Cincinnati
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Detroit
Pereon
Tamo
Pere
Es Aes Deva
Baltimore
Ohio
New York Central
J. W. Milan
Bill
Sumner
Milan
Harvey
Building & Loan Association
Central Ave
Eee
Etre Ene
Middletown
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PME
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Good House Kreph
Ronwear
New Radiant
Saly
Neary
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