Washington Notebook Bits From Eisenhower Era Gossip and Tech
NEA reports include the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit used by Eisenhower to forecast golf days, a costy social clash over Perle Mesta’s bungalow, and the Archives testing atomic exposure on documents. Also notes Civic Defense tensions, a Senate joke on late sessions, and Sinclair Weeks' red flag.
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Douglas Larsen
Kenneth 0. Gilmore
NEA
Washington
Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
Weather Bureau
White House
Ike
Wanton Murder Claims Mar 10 Shelling Off North Korea Coast
UN Command accuses Communists of wanton murder in the May 10 shelling of South Korean fishing boats off North Korea. Maj. Gen. Parks notes the boats were defenseless while the Communists call the action an armed armada. Five boats sunk, six Koreans killed, one wounded. three boats and 13 men missing as Red shore guns shell the fleet.
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Munsan
Korea
North Korea
Harland C Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Flier predicts Sabre Jet record will fall soon
The Los Angeles flier, winner of a coast to coast race, notes the Sabre Jet is six years old and newer fighters exist. 1st Lt John M. Renans of the Majiarma Air National Guard says faster fighters are coming.
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Los Angeles
John M. Renans
Majiarma Air National Guard
Draftee Farm Training Under the Korean GI Bill
Major Thomas M Nlas explains that farm training eligibility under the Korean GI Bill is stricter than other training. Requirements include farm ownership or management, full-time commitment, and 90 days active service between 1950 and 1955 with honorable separation. Steps include checking local VA schools, submitting an outline, school certification, and farm control evidence. Classroom hours total at least 20 per year with 100 hours of individual instruction, plus two farm visits monthly. Training length depends on need, with a max of 36 months and monthly stipends that decrease over time.
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Thomas M. Nlas
Veterans Administration Office
Nial
Atomic Propulsion Seen Maritime Aid
New York May 22 Joseph Minetti a Federal Maritime Board member said today that atomic propulsion could make the United States the pre eminent maritime power and bolster national defense by enabling longer range ships and faster travel between ports across the globes.
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New York
Joseph Minetti
Federal Maritime Board
Maritime Day speech touts atom powered liner plan
Minetti in Seattle and Rockefeller Plaza speeches highlighted the push toward atomic propulsion for US ships. Eisenhower announced a planned atom powered freighter with operators sought, aiming to modernize the American merchant fleet within six years.
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Minetti
United States Lines
Eisenhower
Seattle
Minett
Rockefeller Plaza
King's Point US
Merchant Marine Academy
Explosion in Hamburg Harbor Kills Three Missing Two
In Hamburg Germany on May 22 1971 an explosion and fire tore through a tanker in the harbor killing three men and injuring ten with two others unaccounted for. The vessel Marianne reportedly rocked by the blast while being loaded with gasoline. Police recovered bodies of a fireman and two crew members.
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Hamburg
Germany
Frederick
Marianne
Taln
Iman
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