Senate Hearing Proposes Civil Defense Commission for Hydrogen Age
Atomic hearings before a Senate subcommittee explored civil defense in the hydrogen era. Arthur Fleming urged a special commission to map dispersal of atomic targets with a May 15 report to guide survival legislation. Tests in Nevada were deemed unlikely to produce substantial fallout, while genetics experts warned on uncertain hereditary effects.
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Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Con
Gress
Subcommittee
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
West's Position Is Not Judged Strong
A Bangkok SEATO conference panel notes ongoing Asia battle and weak U S posture. Discussions in London and Washington address Quemoy and Matsu holds. Reports cite Communist pressure near Thailand and Red Chinese propaganda while SEATO remains Asia centered with three Asian members.
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Southeast Asian Defense Conference
Bangkok
Asia
Wilflid
London
Washington
Quemoy
Matsu
Thailand
United States
SEATO
Philippines
Pakistan
France
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Southeast Asia
China
Winter Storm Ravages Plains States Leaving Dozens Dead
A severe blizzard battered North and South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and Wyoming with 12 foot drifts and 28 inches of snow in Duluth. At least 17 people died and 33 Nebraska travelers were saved after 19 hours trapped in a car as others endured harsh conditions.
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North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Minnesota
Duluth
Congressional Maneuvers Betfog Party Responsibilities
The article notes Capitol Hill politicking over who bears responsibility for upcoming policy actions amid 1956 nominating tensions. Democrats aim to credit doings first, while Republicans seek credit on tax cuts and programs. Age politics and health measures loom as key debate lines.
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Capitol Hill
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower Congress Strain Over Welfare Road Plan
The piece notes Senator Knowland's critique of the UN as only a forum for security and reports Britain's plan to replace aging cruisers with guided missiles while building carrier groups. It covers a White House highway program push, a proposed $101 billion highway bill, and a Democratic tax cut idea. It also discusses federal school funds and racial segregation, party frictions, and the political split shaping the 1956 election landscape.
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Oreta Hobby
Congress
William ‘Knowland
R-Calif
United Nations
White House
Supreme Court
Mmany
GOP Senator Goldwater Warns on 1956 Senate Outlook
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee chair Barry Goldwater reports to the RNC that 10 GOP Senate seats are in serious danger in 1956 while only two Democratic seats face similar risk. He cites a regional decline in the Midwest and warns against false optimism from 1952 gains.
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Arizona
Republican National Committee
GOP
Senate
Goldwater
Congress
Midwest
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Senn
Iowa
Kansas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
New York
Washington
Middle West
America
Churchill's Evolving Stance Sparks Retirement Speculation
The article reports Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill adopting a new philosophy toward retirement talk. He has begun raising the subject himself, yet remains active as he leads government policy. At eighty, he hints at a quieter life but keeps Conservatives guessing about leadership and possible elections this fall.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Winston
Chartwell
Back to God Campaign Urges Faithful Americanism
President Eisenhower calls on all Americans to join a Back to God movement saying without God there could be no American government or way of life. He cites recognition of the Supreme Being as the first expression of Americanism and expresses hope that with God’s help it will continue.
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Asia
United States
Indonesia
India
U.S
Eisenhower
Men in Rain Drive Bus to Home in Protest
A Chicago man tired of waiting in rain for a bus crawled to a transit depot and drove a parked bus toward his home before being forced away by police. In Omaha, Sheriff Corrigan used a tow to seize a club owner’s car to gain entry for raid evidence. Ocean City workers uncover buried coins as eight blocks of boardwalk are dug up to replace with concrete, extracting about $300 in coins over 65 years.
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Chicago
James E. Burns
Omaha
Neb
Douglas County
Pat Corrigan
Ocean City
Manhunt ends with August Robles killed. New York police siege
A massive New York City manhunt culminates in a fiery apartment battle. August Robles dies from chest wounds after a prolonged firefight with police who stormed a third-floor tenement guarded by two hundred officers. He had resisted capture after a murder inquiry tied to a key witness.
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New York City
August Robles
England
New York
Robles
Harlem
Desperado
Housing Boom Signals Record Building and Debt Levels
House starts surged to 87,800 in January the highest for that month and 33 percent above a year earlier. Census plans a nationwide housing trends survey while officials defend the boom as progress and warn about rising debt and future family formations.
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James Downs’ Jr
Real Estate Research Corp
Chicago
Albert Cole
Census Bureau
Anniversary marks aviation birth at Ft Sam Houston
Dates list events commemorating the birth of military aviation at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas on Wednesday March 2 and a Jefferson-Jackson Day speech by Paul Butler DNC chairman on Thursday March 3 at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Paul Butler
Pittsfield
Mass
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Whitney
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