United States tightens curtain on secret Pacific tests
U S report to the United Nations outlines a strict military curtain around Pacific nuclear test zones under American trusteeship. Areas include Bikini and four former Japanese island clusters in the Mariannas, Carolines, and Marshalls. UN visits are allowed to open zones except the closed areas. Bikini was evacuated as a site for nuclear fission experiments.
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Lake Success
HMS
U. S
United Nations Today
Pacific
Marianas
Carolines
Marshalls
U.S
Trusteeship Council
Philip Sayre
Lee Duke
Benjamin C. Gehrig
Ing
Bikini
Pact Stops Short of War
The article discusses a tentative treaty draft with Friday suggestions from the senate foreign relations committee and input from Canada Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Envoys meet with Acheson for final touches before senate review and possible publication. A 35 vote by all governments is sought on steps to include Norway in the Atlantic security system despite Soviet warnings.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Acheson
Senate Committee
Ign
Norway
Einar Gerhanssen
Soviet Union
Solon Demands Bikini Test Report Release
Rep Melvin Price of Illinois urged a general report on the Bikini atom bomb tests be released from military censorship. He argued that Russians could observe the tests while the American public has been kept in the dark, and demanded full disclosure to the public.
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Washington
Melvin Price
D-W
Price
Unclear historical text about medical product application
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions itching and dermatitis like terms and a product name BLUE STAR DI MENT. It is difficult to extract a coherent event, date, or person. The readable items suggest a medical or cosmetic context with symptoms such as itching and skin complaints.
Service Pay Bill Launched Before Congress Hearings
Washington February hearings opened on a military pay bill proposing broad raises for the armed forces. Secretary Forrestal testified as the House Armed Services Committee examined a plan costing about 500 million dollars yearly, with an average 14 percent boost and per cent scales from sergeants to generals. The commission urged civilian parity where feasible but warned against creating a “severed military class.”
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Public Health Service
Coast and Agrodetic Survey
Billy
Forrestal
Kilday to chair armed services pay bill hearing
Rep Kilday of San Antonio will preside over the House Armed Services Committee on Monday as it considers the Army pay bill. The bill, drafted by Kilday, is a working instrument intended for adoption with committee testimony. It incorporates the Hook commission recommendations, with members present, following Defense Secretary Forrestal's study delegation.
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Defense
James Forrestal
Paul Kilday
Texas
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
Kilday
San Antonio
Armed Services Committee
Hook Commission
Forrestal
Bacon Eludes Police Threat in Detroit Hog Attack
In Detroit on February 23, three patrolmen pursued a 306 pound hog that escaped from a packinghouse. Shimmell Kastl and another officer fired multiple shots but the animal charged repeatedly, finally fleeing bullet ridden along a railroad track.
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Detroit
Daniel Shimmer
Jane Johns Kastl
Cox Lands Health Program Opened 24th Annual Meeting
The 24th annual Texas Public Health meeting opened at the Plaza with about 500 attendees. Dr George W. Cox, state health officer, declared twelve years of constructive work built a public health program second to none and said expansion is rapid. He noted improved infant mortality and state health funding growth since 1936, while stressing broad public support for health protection. Other speakers included Mayor Callaghan and Dr W F Ross, with Dr Austin E Hill delivering the president's address. Additional speakers were Drs Albert E Bailey Theodore J Bauer J R Heller and Dr Joseph Kopecky.
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Texas Public Health Alsn
Plaza Helel
George W. Cox
Cox
Eee
Welfame
Callaghan
W. FR. Ross
Tyler
Austin E. Hill
San Antonio
Albert E. Bailey
Office of Visa Statistics
Washington
Theodore J. Bauer
J. R. Heller
U. S. Public Health Service
Joseph Kopecky
Heart Campaign
Suit Names 10 Oil Firms In Texas Antitrust Action
The state alleges ten oil companies control about 65 percent of Texas gasoline refining and 90 percent of retail outlets, charging higher Texas tank wagon prices. They are accused of colluding to prevent crude price increases and maintain the spread between crude and refined gasoline. Actions seek injunctions and penalties from 50 to 15000 dollars per day for each violative day.
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Texas
OPA
Phillips
Sinclair
Simmons, Montgomery Ward and
Gold Seal Co
Two Charged With Assault In Lamesa Case
In Lamesa, two men R D Taylor and Jack Aldridge charged with aggravated assault after principal Ray Culp was beaten at his home last Friday night. Culp had earlier whipped Taylor’s son with a rubber hose for misconduct in school. Bond set at 1500 for Taylor and 1000 for Aldridge. Culp treated for a badly cut forehead, bruises and three broken ribs, and returned home today.
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Lamesa
Ray Culp
Culp
Vernon Adcock
R. D. Taylor
Jack Aldridge
Taylor
Aldridge
Adcock
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