Atomic blast over Yucca Flat tests marine corps fireball
Two marine battalions dug in near Yucca Flat witnessed an A-bomb burst from about 2000 feet, producing a bright 10 to 12 second fireball. The detonation from a B-50 at 30,000 feet occurred 75 miles from Las Vegas, with observers noting a smaller cloud than past tests and no audible shock in the city.
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LAS VEGAS
Nev
marine corps
Yucca
Nevada
ground zero
air force
Kirtland air force base
Albuquerque
N. M
Mt. Charleston
zero
IIt
Browns vs Red Sox: Pillette dominant in 6-1 St. Louis win
In Boston on May 1, the St. Louis Browns defeated the Red Sox 6 to 1 behind Duane Pillette's four-hit pitching. Pillette earned the win over Masterson as Gumpert and White handled the late innings. Detroit at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, and Cleveland at Washington scheduled for night games.
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BOSTON
St. Louis Browns
Red Sox
Bostonians
Duane Pillette
RHE
New York
Pittsburgh
Hearn
Wentrum
Queen
Suchecki
Werle
Waugh
Main
Garshin
Mangan
Westrum
Thompson
St. Louis
Stevenson Draft Move Reported
A reported draft movement seeks to nominate Governor Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois for the Democratic presidential ticket. Backed by several national party lieutenants, the effort follows earlier maneuvering in selecting candidates, including vice presidential picks, amid opposition to Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.
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WASHINGTON
Adlai ‘E. Stevenson
Illinois
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
selecof
Lady Godiva On Motorcycle Spurs Search
SOUTH PASADENA May 1 UPi Police searched for a modern Lady Godiva described as scantily dressed with a poodle haircut atop a motorcycle. Officers from South Pasadena Pasadena and Los Angeles joined the hunt after reports of a bike speeding across San Pasqual Bridge. A sighting of an unlit motorcycle was reported but it escaped and she was not found.
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SOUTH PASADENA
UPi
Godiva
San Pasqual bridge
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Lady Godiva
May Day Parades and Riots Across Cities World Wide
May Day sparked rioting and demonstrations as Communists and non Communists clashed from Tokyo to Berlin and New York. In Tokyo police fought rock throwing crowds injuring many including American speakers Norman Thomas and J Philip Randolph. In Berlin patrols guarded rival marches while Stalin appeared at Lenin's tomb. Singapore observed a solemn labor holiday with prayers for war dead. Louis Weinstock faced trial with 15 other leaders on related charges.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
united
Tokyo
Berlin
Stalin
Lenin
Red square
New York
Eighth avenue
Louis Weinstock
Singapore
Norman Thomas
American brotherhood of sleeping car porters
J. Philip Randolph
Meiji park
Cleanup Job Follows Flood After Mississippis Peak
Omaha dispatch reports a massive cleanup across the Missouri river valley after the greatest flood. After a month of terror the Missouri began spilling its peak load into the Mississippi near St. Louis. Communities faced evacuations and levee breaches, with some areas containing waters behind hastily raised barriers.
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OMAHA
Missouri river valley
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Louis
MAAG chief warns Reds over invasion risk in Formosa
PiMajor General William C. Chase, in his first year heading the U.S. military assistance advisory group to Formosa, warned that Chinese Reds face disaster if they attempt to invade the Nationalist bastion in Formosa.
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TAIPEH
Formosa
William C. Chase
U.S. military assistance advisory group
MAAG
Reds Prepare Friday Reply to Allied Peace Plan
MUNSAN Korea May 17 Reds to answer the United Nations package proposal at a crucial session Friday after studying the plan for three days. Brig Gen William P Nuckols said the Reds announced readiness to meet and accepted the offer in ten minutes. The talks stall over prisoner exchange Russian participation and airfield rehabilitation with a possible counter proposal expected if the Communists follow usual tactics. Col Chang Chun San notified Panmunjom security officers of readiness to meet from Kaesong.
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MUNSAN
Korea
United Nations
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Chang Chun San
Panmunjom
Chang
Kaesong
Red
Travel ban to Soviet bloc travel tightened by state department
Washington May 1. The state department banned all travel to iron curtain countries by U.S. citizens without permission. New passports will be stamped stating they are not valid for travel to Albania Bulgaria China Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Roumania or the USSR unless specifically endorsed. Permission will be granted for legitimate reasons to travel to most countries but China Czechoslovakia and Hungary remain blocked.
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WASHINGTON
state department
iron curtain
Albania
Bulgaria
China
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Roumania
Union of Soviet Socialist republics
department of state
Divorced Father Slays Children in Baltimore Tragedy
Police report a separated father, Leo A. Schneider Jr., 49, took his son and daughter to a cemetery last night, shot the girl dead, mortally wounded the boy, and killed himself. The boy gasped the tragic account on the way to a hospital before losing consciousness. Schneider was a part owner of the cemetery.
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BALTIMORE
Leo A. Schneider Jr
Monkey's Antics Earn Him Return to Jungle Habitat
A Java Monkey named George at Nature's Haven in Los Angeles sparked a cage uprising. He freed animals, damaged cages, and scattered pet supplies before owners Ralph Helfer and Irvin Freeman stopped him. The escape ended with his return to Jungle Habitat and no injury to Cleo the boa constrictor.
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LOS ANGELES
George
Nature's Haven
Ralph Helfer
Irvin Freeman
hig
Cleo
Government to pursue new steel wage talks urged by Sawyer
The U S court of appeals, by a 5 to 4 vote, refused to bar government action on wages while mills were seized. Secretary Sawyer urged new negotiations between the steel industry and the CIO Steelworkers Union, and asked Congress to provide a clear legal basis for handling similar crises. He warned of a titanic clash between industry and labor risking national life, while mills in steel towns remained closed with pickets.
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WASHINGTON
U.S. court of appeals
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
LU BV UCL
evan
CIO
congress
U. S
David A. Pine
court of appeals
Pine
supreme court
E. A. Barrett Prettyman
Henry W. Edgerton
Charles Fahy
David L. Bazelon
George T. Washington
Harold M. Stephens
Missing Pan American Stratocruiser Found Broken in Two
Rio de Janeiro reports a missing Pan Am Stratocruiser found wrecked with no survivors. In Miami officials confirm radio sighting near Carolina, Brazil, after the craft vanished April 29 with 50 aboard on a Buenos Aires to New York flight. Search planes cover vast jungle and plateau as authorities trace the route between Barreiras and Carolina.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Pan American World Airways
airways
MIAMI
Fla
Carolina
Brazil
PAA
Belem
Buenos Aires
New York
Barreiras
Tocantins river
Hobson Deck Officer Survives Mystery of Loss
Washington May 1 A Hobson deck officer who escaped may aid in solving the crash mystery with the carrier Wasp The damaged Wasp steaming to New York with 61 Hobson survivors reported Lt B E Cummings junior deck officer at the time of collision The Hobson's skipper Lt Cmdr W J Tierney went clear but was not found One hundred seventy five of the ship's company perished
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WASHINGTON
Hobson
Wasp
New York
B. E. Cummings
Cmdr
w. J. Tierney
mid-Atlantic
Australia confirms Montebello islands as British atomic test site
Canberra May 1 The Australian government confirmed that the Montebello islands off Western Australia will be a site for British atomic bomb tests. The Commonwealth Gazette declared the coral group and nearby Row Tey shoals will become prohibited areas designated for testing war material.
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CANBERRA
Australia
Montebello islands
Commonwealth Gazette
Row‘Tey shoals
Impeachment Talk Grows In Congress
Impeachment talk grows in Congress as lawmakers debate giving the chamber power to halt strikes by injunctions. The Smith bill would broaden Taft Hartley injunctions and, after 80 days without agreement, place receivership over plant operations with cost shared by union and management. The move aims to curb steel industry disruption amid White House and Supreme Court battles.
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WASHINGTON
capitol
congress
Truman
supreme court
house armed services committee
house judiciary committee
house
Rep
Smith
D-Va
senate
armed services committee
Vinson
D-Ga
UN Artillery Attacks in Korea on May Day
UN forces employ artillery planes and naval guns against Communist positions in Korea on May Day. A MiG-15 jet was damaged after a 15 minute air duel with 31 Sabres. Allied air forces claim 41 MiG-15s shot down in April with 38 Allied planes lost. Rail lines damaged in 2300 places and Allied casualties listed. Ground forces report 2116 Communist casualties April 22 to 28.
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SEOUL
Korea
United Nations
U.S. eighth army
Red
Price controls on cotton likely to be suspended next week
Washington bulletin reports Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall stated that price controls on raw cotton and cotton textiles and apparel are expected to be suspended next week. Arnall indicated the move could ease market pressures and align with current economic conditions.
Robeson to perform in church concert after memorial ban
Barred from singing at San Francisco war memorial opera house Paul Robeson will give a May 22 concert in the 1800 seat auditorium of the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Negro church.
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SAN FRANCISCO
war memorial opera house
Paul Robeson
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Negro church
Idaho Teachers Walk Off Jobs in Protest
Idaho Falls teachers walked out today, releasing 5,500 pupils from classes. About 149 teachers participated in a protest against the Bonneville Board of County Commissioners’ refusal to grant a 4 mill special emergency school levy. Advocates say the levy would fund a $240 yearly salary increase for teachers, in addition to a $60 regular raise the board is authorized to give.
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IDAHO FALLS
Bonneville Board of County commissioners
Nationwide oil strike hits shortages nationwide
A two day nationwide oil strike by about 90 000 unionized oil workers triggers gasoline shortages in scattered areas including Gary Hammond and East Chicago Ind and prompt warnings from Washington of possible major shortages if the walkout continues. Union talks with Shell in San Francisco proceed with wage and shift differential concessions under discussion.
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DENVER
Gary
Hammond
Chicago
Ind
mid-west
Washington
oil workers international union
CIO
AFL
San Francisco
Shell off
Cyrus S. Ching
federal mediation service
Standard oil
Indiana
Sugar Creek
CIO union
Ching
Reports Oatis In Good Health
Washington says William Oatis, jailed in Czechoslovakia since April 23, 1951, is in good health after a meeting with American Ambassador Ellis Briggs. The visit marked the first embassy contact since his arrest, and the State Department notes his health remains sound with dental care reading writing and exercise allowed.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Czechoslovakia
William Oatis
Oatis
Associated Press
department
Ellis O. Briggs
McMahon Announces Democratic Presidential Candidacy
New York on May 1 reports Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut has announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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NEW YORK
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Bureau Reaffirms Loans Deductible
The revenue bureau reaffirmed rulings that loans to political parties may be deducted as bad debts if uncollectible. It rejected Sen Williams suggestion to reverse four cases. A spokesman said loans must be valid and efforts made to collect. if clearly political contributions they are not deductible.
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WASHINGTON
revenue bureau
Sen. Williams
R-Del
John B. Dunlap
house tax dai
Rep. King
DCalif
tax bureau
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