H-Bomb as a Hole Card in International Armament
An AP expert explains the H-bomb shifts world thinking as a hidden ace in the arms race. Both U S and Russia test yet hold deliverable weapons close, while secrecy fuels debate on defense cuts, secrecy, and the risk of a new atomic economy driven by neutrons and tritium.
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U. S
Alton L. Blakeslee
Science Report
New York
United States
Russia
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eniwetok
Japan
Savannah River
Augusta
Discipline Worries Red China Group
Red China creates supervisory correspondents to watch workers for damage to the state and peoples' interests. The move signals heightened suspicion and fear as dissidents face internal spying and potential retaliation, risking more internal conflict and eroded trust among party cadres.
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China
Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Red
Education Is Getting Improved Treatment
Commissioner LEE M. THURSTON of HEW notes U S communities expanding education with more classrooms funds and PTA growth. He forecasts 2,000,000 more students next year and 10,000,000 by 1980 amid looming shortages and crowding in public elementary and secondary schools across the nation.
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Lee M. Thurston
U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Washigton, D. Cc
Thei Hols
PTA
Nations Citizens’ Commission For
United States Office of Education
United States
Farl
Smallest Post Office Closes in Grimshaws North Carolina
The nations smallest post office in Grimshawes, 74 years old and 6 by 6 feet, has closed as the Post Office Department cuts costs. It served six families in Whiteside Cove Jackson County. Mail now arrives via star route. Former postmistress Mae Passmore notes letters once came from around the world for postmarks.
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Grimshawes
U.S. Post Office Department
Whiteside Cove
Jackson County
M*s. Mae Passmore
Spectacular Cleveland Mayoral Victory Shapes Up
The 45-year-old Anthony J. Celebrezze wins the Cleveland mayoral race without regular Democratic organization support, defeating GOP candidate William McDermott. Burke initially backed the party man but later shifted to Celebrezze for the finals and has been appointed to the U S Senate seat of the late Robert A Taft.
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Anthony J. Celebrezze
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Celebrezze
Democratic Organization
GOP
William McDermott
Burke
U. S
Senate
Robert A. Taft
International
Moonshiners Cause Whiskey Slump Amid Coal Slowdown
Charleston, West Virginia. The Liquor Commission investigated a drop in whiskey sales and found it tied to over-active moonshine stills in the hills while coal production waned. The official summed up the situation with a blunt line about no coal meaning no pay, and moonshiners preferring illicit prices to legal stores.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Liquor Commission
Mountain Glens
Tax burden per person rises across states in 1953
Commerce Clearing House reports state tax burden averages 68 dollars per person in 1953, up 4 dollars from 1952. Washington leads at 108 dollars, New Jersey remains lowest at 37. States gained about 10.5 billion in revenue, with sales and gross receipts taxes the largest source.
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Commerce Clearing House
Clearing House
Washington
New Jersey
Clearingse
CCH
Alabama
Michigan
Illinois
Virginia
Machines and Gadgets Work Without Coffee
New York report outlines the coming mechanized office with devices that sort cards, count money, record conferences, and sense trends. It describes auto typists, Ferrography tape, high speed computing, magnetic tape, and portable recorders like Minifon for discreet note keeping and customer reactions.
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Hugh
Charm School
Gray Manufacturing Co
Remington-Rand
U. S
International Business Machines
Minifon Corp. of America
Son Aided Reds Widow Weeps Over Soldier Sentenced
Mrs Florence Dorey of Somerville Massachusetts mourns her son Pvt Robert Dorey age 20 being sentenced to 15 years at hard labor in Fermn for working with the Soviet police. She plans to appeal to President Eisenhower for clemency after a court martial conviction on guilty plea.
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Florence Dorey
Somerville
Mass
Pvt
Robert Dorey
Eisenhower
Gulty
International Soundphoto
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