Las Vegas Witnesses Second Nuclear Test At Yucca Flat
The George shot of the 1955 nuclear series jolted Las Vegas at 5 45 a m waking residents. Seventeen congressmen and 200 observers watched from close but safe distances as a 300 foot tower fired the device at Yucca Flat 75 miles from the city. The mushroom cloud rose over 20 000 feet while winds pushed it east toward Utah and northern Arizona.
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Yucca Flat
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Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
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Utah
Arizona
Tactical Air Command
Ex-Communist Matusow says offered material to expose McCarthy lies
Washington report details Matusow testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. He claimed he offered to supply candidates with material that would expose the lies of McCarthyism and said he phoned journalist Jack Anderson in 1954 to pass on the tip. He admitted lying for money in prior testimony and repeated claims about Elizabeth Bentley also lying as a government witness.
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Harvey Matusow
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Clifford Case
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New Jersey
Subcommittee
Elizabeth Bentley
Bangkok Seeks Good Impression at SEATO Conference
Bangkok aims to project a positive image as delegates gather for the SEATO talks this week. Police and public notices urge residents to stay indoors for security and decency during the event.
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Thailand
SEATO
Toll Road Network Urged By 5 Midwest Governors
Five midwestern governors pressed a plan for a nationwide toll road network at a regional conference in Evansville Indiana They backed a fast track for an engineering survey of a Cincinnati to St Louis toll route and urged Congress to back Eisenhowers highway program Governors Craig Stratton Lausche and Weatherby plus Folsom endorsed the effort and discussed further steps with engineers and lawmakers
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William G. Stratton
Victor E. Anderson
Nebraska
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Kentucky
Ike
Congress
Eisenhower
Stratton
Craig
Lausche
Indiana Toll Road Commission
Indianapolis
Calumet
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Weatherby
Folsom
Alabama
Richard M. Flowers
Gov. Anderson
Sen
Capehart
Midwest
John L. Person
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Ohio River
Eisenhower urges Congress on highway plan for defense and growth
President Eisenhower asked Congress to approve a 101 billion dollar highway program to build a nationwide road network for rapid movement in case of atomic attack. He cited reduced deaths and injuries, lower transport costs, and growing national output as key reasons, outlining federal and state funding shares and the 10 year needs for interstate, primary, secondary, and urban roads.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Salk Vaccine Planned for Iowa Pupils
Iowa eyes a spring polio vaccination program for 144,000 first and second graders contingent on a favorable NIH verdict and official approval. Nine million dollars of vaccine orders trigger readiness, with 6,500 children in Scott, Linn, and Woodbury counties previously inoculated and another 6,500 given a neutral shot for effectiveness checks. Cass and Warren counties begin organizing to expand the program.
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Iowa
Jonas Salk
Pittsburg
Scott, Linn and
Woodbury Couneties
The
National Foundation For Inefantile Paralysis
Russians Claim Lead in Atomic and Hydrogen Weapons
Moscow broadcasts claim the Soviet Union leads the United States in producing atomic and hydrogen weapons. Lt Gen Shatilov asserts Soviet arsenal includes airplanes tanks artillery ships and nuclear weapons with production ahead of the Americans. Molotov had stated the U S lags in hydrogen bomb production. The remarks come as the U N disarmament talks near in London with major powers set to participate.
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V. M. Molotov
Supreme Soviet
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Russia
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France
Patrolman Tells Of Vice Before Patterson Death
Birmingham reports that a state highway patrolman testified that gambling and prostitution thrived openly in Phenix City two months before A. L. Patterson was slain. He and another officer visited venues and even joined dice games and pinball. The testimony aims to show unmolested racketeering tied to Fuller and two co defendants in Patterson’s murder case.
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Albert Fuller
Phenix City
A. L. Patterson
Russell County
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Curtis Simpson
Highway Patrol
Tom Carlisle
Patterson
Alabama
Fuller
Britain to Revamp Navy for Atomic Warfare Era
London outlines plans to restructure the navy around fast carriers and guided missile ships as atomic and hydrogen weapons loom. The first lord of the admiralty and the civilian navy head presented estimates and a white paper to Parliament predicting sea battles fought at long ranges with dispersed fleets and missile exchanges.
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Vets Bonus Bill Pushed in House Iowa
Iowa veterans could receive state funded bonuses under a bill recommended by the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. The plan would raise 25 million dollars via property tax to finance bonuses for Korean War era service July 1950 to July 1953. Survivors of those killed in action could receive up to 500 dollars, with monthly caps of 12.50 for abroad and 10 for domestic service, limiting total to 370 domestic and 462 foreign.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Chicago Primary Tests Democratic Leadership Power
Voters in Chicago face a municipal primary to decide whether Mayor Martin Kennelly or the 50-member Democratic organization apparatus gains control of the party. The result will determine who holds real influence over Chicago politics.
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Democratic Party
Martin H. Kennelly
Board of Democratic and
GOP Will Kill $20-a-Person Tax Cutting Bill, Halleck Says
Rep. Halleck of Indiana said he would urge President Eisenhower to veto any tax bill including a Democratic plan for a $20 per person income tax cut. He predicted Republicans would defeat the measure in a House floor fight, though some Democrats and Republicans doubt that. Senate opposition remains, with Byrd opposing tax cuts until the budget is balanced and other committee members calling the move unwise. The Ways and Means panel voted 15-10 to include the $20 cut in an administration bill, postponing about $3 billion in planned reductions.
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D-Ga
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One Killed Four Hurt In Highway 30 Crash West Of Cedar Rapids
A car driven by Arthur Dolash 21 of Vining struck a truck pulling off to enter a weighing station on Highway 30 ten miles west of Cedar Rapids. Dolash died and four others were injured including Mary Jane Backen 17 of near Tama and Mrs Edward Nekola 25 of Elberon. Nekola and Dolash were hospitalized and Dolash reported less seriously hurt.
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Tama
Edward Nekola
Elberon
University Hospitals
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Nekola
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Arthur Petermeier
Dolash
Ed Thompson
Fred Dole
Popejoy
Farm Extension Offices to Be Financed by House Bill
Iowa House Agriculture Committee members introduced a measure to fund county agricultural extension offices after their split from Farm Bureau units. The bill envisions 100 county districts with a council for each county except Pottawattamie, a budget ceiling tied to a half mill levy or $20,000, and potential state aid limits.
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House Agriculture Committee No. 1
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Iowa
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Pottawattamie
County Board of Supervisors
Armed Forces Day Proclaimed for May 21 by Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower designates Armed Forces Day for May 21 in Washington. The proclamation urges appreciation of military service and national defense across the United States.
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Eisenhower
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