Pentagon Espionage Case Reflects on Five Year Gap
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Willam H Whalen is accused of spying for the Soviet Union from December 1959 to March 1961 while on the Joint Chiefs of Staff staff. The indictment claims a $5,500 payment in installments for passing secret information through two Russians. questions surround why the FBI delayed five years before arrest.
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Willam H Whalen
Soviet Union
FBI
Whalen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Col Whalen
Voter turnout and national election figures analyzed
The Census Bureau projects 116,383,000 people will be old enough to vote this November though eligibility varies by state. Past presidential races show turnout varies with campaign intensity, while factors like organized labor and minority voting may boost participation.
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House
Senate
For My Part By Ray Cromley China’s nuclear hopes face limits from education
The National Science Foundation cautions that China’s nuclear effort rests on a thin top layer of high quality scientists trained abroad. Prominent figures include Chien Sanchang, Wang Kan-chang, and Chao Chung-yao with PhDs from Paris, Berlin, and Caltech. But the regime’s universities are compromised and junior scientists must rise to the rank, even as leaders like Ch’ien Hsueh shen headline rocket work.
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National Science Foundation
Peking
Red China
United States
Western
Europe
Japan
China
Chien Sanchang
Institute of Atomic Energy
University of Paris
Wang Kan-ch’ang
Chao Chung-yao
Wang
University of Berlin
University of California
MIT
US Navy
Germany
Kuo Yung-huaji
Shen Yuan
Kuo
Institute of Mechanics
Cal Tech
Shen
Communist China Aeronautical Engineering Society
Londdon University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Remembering the Days It Was Then and Now
Hal Boyle distills a nostalgic collage on memory as the true measure of a man. He contrasts bygone customs with modern life via vivid vignettes of fashion, medicine, hair lengths, work, humor, travel, and daily routines to evoke a wistful time when small town sounds, movie stars, and aging habits defined society.
British gains near Pozieres and impact on trench lines
British forces captured a German trench near Pozieres and gained several positions from Bazentin-le-Petit Wood to Longueval, driving Germans from Ovillers and La Boisele. Separately, boxing fans watched Kid Sheeler defend Maryland welterweight honors with a knockout of Jimmie Mack, and Kid Alberts defeated Knockout Ketchel in another Frederick show. Local traffic law changes and road works were noted as well as a Maryland contractor starting dual highway base work between Myersville and Frederick. Brigadier General D. John Markey, retired, was slated for Republican Senate nomination, and Richard F. Kline announced a new cement and building blocks company with a five-acre site secured near Frederick.
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Pozieres
London
Bazentin-le-Petitwood
Longueval
Ovillers
la Poisele
Kid Sheeler
Frederick
Maryland
Jimmie Mack
New York
First Regiment Armory
Kid Alberts
Ketchel
Baltimore
Jimmy Taylor
Mickey Brooks
Myersville
C. J. Langenfelder
Cone Tractor
Richard F. Kline
Walter J. Powell
East Fourth Street
East Fifth Street
Publicity quest over CIA debate draws criticism
Washington Today discusses Senate secrecy on enlarging the CIA committee, arguing the move risks security. Rear Admiral Raborn defends limited disclosures to protect sources and methods. The piece condemns lawmakers seeking publicity over national interests and warns of potential foreign policy damage.
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Appropriations Committee
Senate
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Inteligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
William F. Raborn
CIA
U.S. News & World Report
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Central Intellience
National Security Council
United States
Congress
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Waltz King
Lawrence Welk
News-Post
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