Atomic bomb option considered in Korean War strategizing
Senate documents reveal Gen. Omar Bradley and the Joint Chiefs discussed using the atomic bomb in Korea but found no profitable targets. They also weighed blockading China and deploying Nationalist divisions while noting political and international risks including Soviet entry and treaty tensions with Moscow over Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
China
Union
Omar Bradley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Korea
Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Peking
Moscow
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Japan
Winter Weather Persists Across Dakotas Minnesota and Parts of U S
United Press International reports lingering cold in the Dakotas and Minnesota with lows near zero and wind chills dropping. Climatologist Paul Waite expects a shift toward spring like temperatures soon while other regions face flooding and scattered rain or snow conditions. Huang Ehman, a Chinese artist from the 1920s, is noted for silk designs created with his tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakotas
Minnesota
Midwest
Huron
S.D
Aberdeen
S.2
Iowa
Paul Waite
United Press International
Huang Ehman
Plane crashes into Chicago can factory killing one
A single engine plane crashed into the International Can Co. and Midwest Can Co. on Chicago's southwest side, starting a four alarm fire. Victor Amadeo, 23, was dead on arrival, and two other men were seriously injured after the aircraft, which departed from Midway Airport minutes earlier, severed power lines and ignited alcohol in the rear of the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Midway Airport
Tnternational Can Co
Midwest Can Co
Victor Amadeo
St. Anthony Hospital
Midwa
Thomas Kusek
Cook County Hospital
Nick Molsen
Midway
Crosby Still Too Sore To Travel After Stage Fall
Bing Crosby remains in Pasadena hospital with bruised muscles and a head cut after a 20 foot fall from a stage during a television taping. He will stay at Huntington Memorial at least one more day and his condition is too uncomfortable to travel. Crosby, 72, was visited by sons Gary and Lindsay as wife Kathryn stays nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Bing Crosby
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Crosby
Orchestra Pit
McCarthy
Gary
Lindsay
Kathryn
Spread of Coffee Reaches Europe and America
The text notes coffee was cultivated by Arabs by 600 A D but did not gain wide use in Europe until 1650 and in North America around 1670, highlighting its delayed adoption across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
North America
Concorde Landing Rights Threaten Franco American Ties
Paris envoy Jacques Kosciusko Morizet warned that Washington denying Concorde landing rights would spark a grave crisis in Franco American relations. Giscard d Estaing pressed Carter in a call urging approval, with New York officials to decide if JFK will host the jet. Carter relayed Giscard’s message to New York Governor Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
France
United States
Jacques Kosciusko Morizet
U.S
New York
Morizet
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Carter
Port Authority
New Jersey
Giscard
Hugh Carey
Carey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alexander Wiley
Upstate
Ohio Valley
Ohio River
Newburgh Dam
Indiana
Green River
Rough River
Rolling Fork
Kentucky
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Upper Michigan
New England
Pacific Coast
Quillayute
Wash
Melbourne
Fla
Brookings, S.D
Molsen
John Haberkorn Jr
Can Company
Bing
Lin
Ife
Ironstone
Gayfers Housewares
Santa Rosa Mall
Joe
Rocky Mountains
Middle Atlantic
Atlanta
Boston
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Duluth
Houston
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Phoenix
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
Truxton , FT. Walton
United
Gay
Fstira
Gayfers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!