Atom Flash Lights Up West Sky
Atom Flash Lights Up West Sky Commission. It exploded from a 700-foot tower at Sint am after a 30-minute wind check. The blast yielded a force equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT, lighting the sky over San Francisco and Long Beach with a blue flare. The mushroom cloud rose to 33,000 feet. fallout was feared to be widespread. Military and civil defense tests accompanied the detonation with dummies and shelters used to study shock, decontamination, and debriefs. Several named personnel observed the test, including Col Norman Wilson-Senith and WAC members Mollie Bruhn, June Mette, Alma Ladd, and Juanita Bennett.
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Longest Congressional Session Since 1957 Ends Amid Budget Cuts
The 1957 session stretched with civil rights debate and a record peacetime budget. Congress trimmed Eisenhower’s requests by about 4.9 billion, shifting focus to economy measures, defense reductions, and new civil rights provisions. Major acts included housing funds, tax extensions, farm program support, and a new civil rights division in the justice department. Alaska statehood and broader wage and trade proposals remained unresolved for 1958.
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Former Editor Dies in New York Drought of Years Misprint
Frank J. Bause aged 62, longtime managing editor of the New York Daily News, died Friday. He served as editor from 1925 to 1895, years noted in error, marking a significant era in the paper’s history.
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Missile Launch at Cape Canaveral Believed Thor Test
Reported launch from Cape Canaveral involved a 70-foot air force Thor rocket with Jupiter as a sister design. Initial observations described a four minute flight ending with booster vapor and seaward arcs. Officials offered only that a missile was launched amid heightened interest after Russia’s claimed long range test.
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Riots Mark Rites for Mussolini in Italy
In Predappi Italy fascist militiamen and neo fascists held a funeral mass for Benito Mussolini then staged a demonstration at the Sen Cassiano cemetery near Rocca Delia. Police charged to disperse the crowd as Mussolini's widow Romana, her son, and Mussolini's nephew attended the service. Mussolini’s burial was planned in the family tomb amid controversy and security concerns.
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Two Pupils Admit Setting Three Fires at Woodman School
VAN NUYS Authorities say two 11-year-old pupils at Woodman Avenue School admitted setting three fires in the building and were turned over to the juvenile division. Fires occurred Thursday night causing about $15,000 in damage to administrative offices. Classes are slated to begin as scheduled September 16, with registration delayed to September 10.
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Two More Identified as Russ Spies
The House Committee on Un American Activities named two more alleged Soviet spies from a recently exposed ring. Dr Henry Spitz and his wife Beatrice Rabinowitch Spitz, now in Vienna, were linked to atomic science work and proximity to Los Alamos during Spitz’s 1949 Albuquerque veterans hospital tenure. Both later naturalized as Americans and then became Austrian citizens.
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Ex Maharani Seeks Divorce From New Mate
Ex Maharani Morros a Russian born former wife of a Hollywood composer director seeks divorce from businessman PEI. She names Martha Frederick Tillinghast and Dodd Stern as members of a Soviet spy network. The Sterns, now in Czechoslovakia, deny the charge.
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Fleeing felon holds hostage in Milwaukee car chase
Milwaukee police and FBI joined a manhunt after Fred Ratelle of Marquette Mich said he was kidnapped and held for 10 hours by escapee Jack Bielac, a life term murderer. Ratelle was driven toward Milwaukee, forced to swap clothes in Green Bay, and warned he would be killed if he moved. The suspect, armed with a six inch knife, fled from a dormitory escape attempt at Northern Michigan Prison.
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Divorce Petition Details From Local Couple
The woman says she consulted Attorney Allan Moore about the complaint. She states Tillinghast, her husband since 1956, will not oppose the divorce. They have an infant daughter named Darrin.
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Long Beach Daily Audit Note Some Delivery Details
Fragmentary public notice from Long Beach records, listing daily publication details, circulation audit crew, and delivery timing. Mentions location at 6th and Pise Ave and references a Saturday edition. Names appear garbled and partially unreadable.
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