New Series of A Bomb Tests Begin
LAS VEGAS NEVAD A nuclear scientists pulled another atomic device from their growing stock and exploded it in an air drop at Frenchman s Flat. The initial 1952 spring test erupted 75 miles north of Las Vegas and shook the city as thousands watched from rooftops. No troops or animals participated, and officials said the blast was barely visible and not audible locally. The mushroom cloud rose later and no damage reports were received.
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Here
AEC
Frenchman’s Flat
Yucca Flat
Tax Probers To Question Woodring
Washington investigators plan to question former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring about a personal relationship with Henry W. Grunewald. Grunewald held a $20-a-day three room Washington hotel suite in 1948 and 1950, first registered in Woodring's name, then Grunewald's. Woodring, ex-Governor of Kansas, served as secretary of war 1936 to 1940.
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House
Harry H. Woodring
Henry W. Grunewald
Ways and Means
Grunewald
Washington Hotel
Woodring
Spring Day In Southern California With Warm Afternoons
The weather forecast notes mostly sunny skies across Southern California on Wednesday night and early morning coastal fog and low cloudiness. It calls for slightly warmer afternoons in the west, with April 1, 1852 seeing a high of 78 and a low of 43, and recalls last year’s temperatures. A humorous local note mentions a man’s wry remark about rain and a wild anecdote about a Scotch passenger tossed from a train, ending with a mistaken accusation and a river incident.
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California
Taft Kerr Compete In Midwest Primaries With Record Turnouts
Taft and Kerr fight for leverage in Nebraska and Wisconsin as Wisconsin voters face a 30 delegate tally and Nebraska eyes write in impact. The Wisconsin race features Taft, Warren, Stassen and Ritter on the ballot while Nebraska omits Taft and centers on write ins for Eisenhower and MacArthur allies.
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Taft
Kerr
Four Senate Members Retire. Resolution Passes
A Sacramento resolution congratulated four retiring members of the Senate who will not seek re election. The four are Senator H E Dillinger of Placerville Senator Clyde Watson of Orange Senator H R Judah of Santa Cruz and Senator R R Cunningham of Bandon.
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Sacramento
H. E. Dillinger
Placerville
Clyde Watson
Orange
H. R. Judah
R-Santacruz
R. R. Cunningham
Danford
Six Die As Largest Military Maneuver Unfolds
At Fort Hood Texas the nations largest military drill Longhorn sees six dead and many injured. An 82nd Airborne truck wrecked on a bridge near Ding Dong Texas killing two and injuring five. A cook's helper fatally shot a young lieutenant. Capt Clifford Mellveen died in a crash at Connally AFB Waco. An 82nd paratrooper died on opening day as a parachute failed and another soldier was run over.
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Sever 82Nd Airborne
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Ding Dong
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Texas Highway Patrol
Farm To Market Road
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Longhorn
Clifford G. Mellveen
Boise
Ida
Connally Air Force Base
Waco
Tex Mellveen
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Truman Pledges Cooperation In McGrath Probe
Washington Attorney General J Howard McGrath, target of a congressional inquiry, will miss a testifying session due to a President Truman appointment. Rep Frank Chelf said Truman pledged full cooperation and urged executive action to allow access to specific case files and income tax records of McGrath and 19 DOJ officials. Chelf pressed for McGrath taxes and 11 DOJ case files for a fair probe.
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Newbold Morris
Frank Chelf
D-Ky
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Chelf
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House Judiciary Subcommittee
Trunan
Labor Party Loses Bid to Block Steel Price Hike
In London the Labor party suffered a defeat as the Commons voted 286 to 174 against a motion to annul steel price increases averaging $11 per ton. The opposition argued the raises were unjustified despite the industry’s record profits following nationalization.
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London
Commons
New Jersey Prison Riot Overcome
Twenty nine prisoners hospi talized after a two day riot at a New Jersey state prison wing. Tear gas flooded the three story block as inmates barricaded themselves inside. Warden William H. Carty ordered a controlled exit after talks through a blocked door.
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Trenton
New Jersey
William H. Carty
Carty
CPS Doctors To Be Prosecuted In Fraud Cases
Los Angeles based California Physicians Service says it will pursue restitution from doctors who billed for services not performed. About 200 of its 10 950 member doctors are under investigation by the Los Angeles County Medical Society and the state Board of Medical Examiners. Criminal prosecutions are sought, with possible license revocation or suspension for convicted physicians.
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California Physicians Service
CPS
Los Angeles County Medical Society
State Board of Medical Examiners
California
Council of the
Los Angeles Medical Society
Jury Ponders Fate Of Reds
In Baltimore six accused second string Communist leaders face a nine woman and three man jury. Judge W. Calvin Chesnut instructed jurors to set aside personal feelings about the Communist party or social movements and focus on whether the government proved the defendants were party members and conspired to advocate violent overthrow.
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W. Calvin Chesnut
Communist Party
Chesnut
Navy chief hints Nationalists would be cheered on Formosa move
Secretary Dan A. Kimball told reporters in Tokyo the U S Navy would likely cheer a Nationalist invasion of the Communist mainland from Formosa and would battle any Communist attack even after the Korean truce. He stressed his view as personal and noted it contradicted President Truman’s June 1956 Far East directive.
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Navy
Dan A. Kimball
U. S. Navy
Formosa
Kimball
Truman
South Korea
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Kirball
Lam
Far East
Largest State Budget Goes To Governor
California lawmakers ended a lengthy confrontation to send the largest state budget in history to Gov. Earl Warren. The final plan totals about 1.19 billion dollars, with Assembly and Senate negotiators trimming a proposed 12.235 billion figure to reach a compromise just before midnight. Debate centered on narcotics inspectors, Central Valley Project funding, Highway Patrol manpower, and a proposed Carquinez Straits bridge, sparking party and regional tensions as both houses weighed spending versus restraint.
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Assembly
Edmund G. Brown
Central Valley
Highway Patrol
Senate
Earl Warren
Six Indicted For Roles In Redfield Case
A federal grand jury indicted six individuals over a $1.5 million Reno home burglary targeting millionaire La Vere Redfield. Jeanne d’Arc Michaud, 34, allegedly moved $50,000 in cash, $23,000 in jewelry, and $74,000 in stocks to Los Angeles and Flagstaff. Co-defendants Andre Hubert Young, John Driliege, and Frank Sorrenti Jr. were charged with transporting $35,000 of the loot to Milwaukee. Leona Rogers aka Leona Giordano and Benton H. Robinson allegedly moved $5,000 to Los Angeles.
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Reno
la Vere Redfield
Jeanne d’Arc Michaud
Los Angeles
Flagistaff, Ariz
Mit Redfield
Andre Hubert Young
John Drilliege
Frank Sorrenti Jr
Milwaukee
Leona Rogers
Leona Giordano
Benton H. Robinson
French Capture 500 Red Rebels in Indo China Action
Saigon dispatch reports French union forces killed or captured 500 Viet Minh rebels encircled between Taikinh and the sea. The communique tallies Communist casualties at over 2,000 in recent days while remnants of the 320th division attempt to break the ring.
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Indo-China
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Taikinh
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Ice Jams Cause Flood In Havre Montana Inundates Lowlands
Havre Montana reports a flash flood driven by ice jams along the Milk River and Big Sandy, flooding about 300 homes and 1500 people while 50 000 to 100 000 acres submerged. Mills and highways affected as bridges washed out and air teams consider dynamiting jams.
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Here
North Side
Fresno Dam
Oval Hatter
Hafler
Great Northern
Harlem
Chinook
Serviceman Bests Burglar With Comic Twist
An absent serviceman outsmarted a burglar who broke into his home in Santa Maria. The thief stole clothes and a joke book with an explosive cap placed on the bed as a prank. Much of the loot consisted of Confederate paper money.
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Bob Weldon
Allies Down Or Damage 23 MIGs In A Single Day
In Korea today American Sabrejets destroyed or damaged 23 Communist MIG-15s in multiple dogfights. Sabres shot down 10 MiGs, with three probably destroyed, achieving a record by total hits in a single day. Col. S Gabreski became the eighth jet ace after downing one MiG, bringing his tally to five and a half. Capt. Robert J. Love and 1st Lt. Billy Dobbs each credited with further kills.
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Seoul
Key Day In Steel Wage Talks Sets Stage For Strike
In New York negotiators resumed bargaining to avert a nationwide steel strike set for April 8. A top industry spokesman urged price boosts in Washington while a government source called today the key day in the wage dispute. United States Steel President Benjamin Fairless was said to meet with Ellis Amall to push a price increase sufficient to offset the 26 cent per hour wage rise sought by the union.
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Washington
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Crop
Ellis Amall
Briscoe to Replace Joy as Far East Naval Commander
The Navy announced Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe will replace Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy as commander of Far East naval forces. Joy will move to Annapolis to lead the Naval Academy. It is not stated whether Briscoe will take over Joy's duties as chief negotiator at Panmunjom truce talks.
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C. Turner Joy
Far East
Robert P. Briscoe
Navy
Briscoe
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Joy
Dutties
Naval Academy Command
Annapolis
Sutton Kling Found Guilty Of Bank Robbery
In a dawn verdict, Willie Sutton and his partner Thomas Kling were convicted of robbing a Queens bank of 839,942 two years ago. Sutton faces up to 80 additional years. Kling could add years to his parole violation sentence, while a key witness failed to identify them.
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Kling
New York
Willie
Thomas
Mad Dog
Queens County
James P. MecGrattan
Klirg
Million Not To Register To Vote
Sacramento reports that more than 1,000,000 Californians will not register by the April 10 deadline to qualify for voting in the June 3 primary. Secretary of State Frank M Jordan said about 7,128,960 would be eligible, but he estimated only five and a half million would register, noting many cite constitutional rights yet ignore others.
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