Dissident Notes Call for Missile Czar to Boost Defense
Trevor Gardner, who resigned as assistant Air Force secretary for R and D, says the next year’s funding yields only the second best Air Force. He urges a dedicated ballistic missile chief with control of funds, criticizes current missile handling as chaotic, and argues the U S must lead in intercontinental missiles to keep pace with the Soviets. Gardner notes Russia appears ahead in missiles and urges crash programs to accelerate long range missiles, bombers, and fighters.
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Trevor Gardner
Air Force
Gardner
United States
Soviet Russia
Congress
Wilson
Russians Embrace Massive Retaliation Policy Shift
Marshal Georgi Zhukov announced a new Soviet doctrine at the 20th Congress, criticizing the United States for creating distant military blocs to protect its safety, signaling a reversal toward massive retaliation as a guiding policy.
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Soviet Union
Georgi K. Zhukov
Communist Party
Zhukov
United States
U.S
Taut Nerves In South Georgia As Eisenhower Decides
The atmosphere of expectancy grows as President Eisenhower weighs a second term. About 40 Washington reporters accompany him to the Georgia farm of Secretary Humphrey to cover hunting, golf, and the final decision on his political future.
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Eisenhower
Piney Woods
South Georgia
Washington
Scott Hotel
Thomasville
James C. Hagerty
Schools consider year round operation with rotating vacations
A convention discussion proposes 12 month schooling to maximize use of buildings and staff. Critics say administrative hurdles and social patterns, such as summer vacations, hinder adoption despite potential efficiency gains.
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Atlantic City
White House
Newark
N. J
Aliquippa
Penn
Los Angeles
Wendell Godwin
Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Nat Burbank
Boulder
Colo
Citizens’ Committee
West German Coalition Ousts Premier in North Rhine Westphalia
Socialist Fritz Steinhoff defeated Premier Karl Arnold by 102 to 96 as socialists and Free Democrats form a left right alliance to curb Adenauer in West Germany. The upset weakens Adenauer's Bundespraw and signals broader anti Adenauer efforts ahead of the 1957 elections.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Karl Arnold
North Rhine- Westphalia
Ruhr
Arnold
Fritz Steinhoff
North Rhine-Westphalia
Bundesrat
Middle East arms flow tests U S policy limits
The piece argues the Middle East arms situation is rising in tension as Israel and Arab states seek strength, with the United States under pressure over an embassy arms policy. The Feb. 20 Saudi tank shipment spurred Israeli arms requests and calls for a policy inquiry amid election-year scrutiny and Soviet outreach.
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Israel
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria
Egypt
U.S
Dharan
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Holy Land
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
New York
Eisenhower
Fifty two killed in French airliner crash near Cairo
A French airliner attempting an emergency desert landing near Cairo crashed, killing fifty two aboard. The incident underscores fragile Middle East tensions and the scramble for military and oil leverage shaping regional politics.
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Cairo
Egypt
Paris
Heinrich von Brentano
Christian Pineau
Saar
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Soviet Union
Ford Motor Co
Senate Probes Lobbying Ties Amid Veto and Debate
Senate leaders agreed on a broad inquiry into campaign practices and money backed lobbying after President Eisenhower vetoed a gas bill amid lobbying controversy. The probe aims to cover donors and influence, with Johnson and Knowland pushing a bipartisan panel to reform lobbying laws and campaign finance.
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Senate
Icsse
Knowland
Johnson
Sen. Case
Parking Lot Quagmire At Memphis College Notice
Notice appears on a bulletin board at Christian Brothers College Memphis Tenn after heavy rain left a new unpaved parking lot deeply muddy. A student asks others not to warn about the condition as the college aims to build late model cars before paving. Joe Vesely, a former Chicago janitor, praises Los Angeles jail benefits and asks for no probation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Los Angeles
Joe Vesely
Chicago
Contempt Petition Against University of Alabama Postponed
Court hearing to ban Autherine Lucy from the University of Alabama set for Wednesday in Birmingham. Texas Independence Day noted. A special convention in Richmond on March 5 aims to amend Virginia’s constitution to permit school segregation.
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Birmingham
Ala
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Richmond
Virginia
Army chief notes strength and modernization optimism
Secretary Wilber Brucker told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Army is enthusiastic about its ability to cope with any military problem of the atomic age. He said the force is modernizing equipment weaponry tactics strategy and logistics as it grows stronger.
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Wilber Brucker
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Greece Votes Signal Shifts in Western Ally Support
Pro Western Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis retains a parliamentary edge after Greece’s complex electoral system muted Communist gains. The 300 seat Parliament splits with at least 155 for Karamanlis and the rest for a seven party opposition including Communists and nationalists. Analysts note possible centrist swing backing in the next session amid anti American and Cyprus related tensions. The result tests Western policy stance as Cyprus tensions and Turkish actions shape Greek politics.
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Constantine Karamanlis
Karamanlis
National Radical Union
Communists
Cyprus
Initanbul
Izmir
Wey
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