Soviet resumes atomic tests with substantial blast
Washington reports the Soviet Union resumed nuclear weapon testing at Siberia’s proving grounds. A detonation on August 22 described as substantial follows prior April and August test activity, as the United States continues its own Nevada test series and seeks safeguards in disarmament talks.
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Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Soviet Union
Siberian Proving Grounds
London
United States
Strauss
Americans Arrive in Peiping Amid Welcoming crowds
Forty one young Americans arrived in Peiping after nine days on the Peiping Express from Moscow. The reception featured Chinese crowds singing for world peace while the delegation expressed intent to share impressions of China with the American public. The group plans to convey their views back to the United States and to foster understanding of both nations.
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London
Peiping
Reuters
Red Capital
United States
Siberia
China
Moscow
Eisen
Hower
Dean Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Red China
U. S. State Department
America
Cool Front Hints Rain to Oklahoma and Panhandle
A cool front enters the Panhandle with little chance of rain for the immediate area. Isolated thunderstorms may occur in the Panhandle and west of the Pecos Valley while most rainfall is expected in Oklahoma and northward. Temperatures fall to the mid 90s with dawn readings from 65 at Lubbock to 81 at Galveston. Highs Thursday range from 102 at Presidio to 88 at Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Pecos Valley
Oklahoma
Amarillo
Lubbock
Galveston
Presidio
Colorado
Hoffa Disturbed By Underworld Influence in Teamsters
Senate hearings reveal Hoffa expresses shock at New York underworld presence in the Teamsters Union and pledges a cleanup. He admits possible ties to mobster Johnny Dio, vows disciplinary action if misconduct is found, and says he would uphold respectability if elected president.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
New York
Teamsters Union
Midwest
Hoffa
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Underworld
Johnny Dio
Dio
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
John McNamara
New York Teamster Local 195
McNamara
Teamster
Ives
Chicago
The
Link Radio Co
Florida
Sun Valley
Wind Erosion Plan Program Expands in Plains States
Secretary Benson activates a conservation program funded by Congress with 10 million dollars for the first year. It covers 221 Texas counties among 64 in the Great Plains and nine other states and offers long term cost sharing to farmers and ranchers who submit land use and soil and water conservation plans. Local and state cooperation will administer the effort targeting wind erosion and climatic hazards.
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Great Plains
Congress
Benson
Colorado
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wyoming
Parachute Jump Wish Ends At Winston Field
An unnamed 20 year old at Winston Field sought a plane ride for a parachute jump to liven a dull day. Frank Bean the assistant air port manager asked if he had paratrooper experience. the man said no but had jumped before. No volunteer pilot or parachute found and he departed.
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Winston Field
Frank Bean
Prime Minister to Visit Red China in April Next Year
Colombo Ceylon Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike announced plans to visit Red China in April next year outlining renewed diplomatic outreach and a shift in regional relations. The statement signals broader engagement with Asia amid postwar geopolitics.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Solomon Bandaranaike
Red
China
Local Workshop Ends as Teachers Finalize Plans
Thirty-one teachers from high school and junior high wrap up a three week staff utilization workshop. Dr. Palmer Johnson of Minnesota reviews the historical basis for a comparative study and discusses instructional arrangements.
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Pat Falls
William Nesbitt
Palmer Johnson
University of Minnesota
Johnson
Minnesota
Nesbitt
Boy Missing From State Hospital Sought For Medicine
Abilene police hunt Michial Guest a 14 year old boy who cannot live without his medicine. The Department of Public Safety says he disappeared Sunday from the State hospital for Epileptic Patients and may be in immediate danger. He formerly lived in Killeen and was seen south of Abilene Sunday.
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Abilene
Department of Public Safety
Michial Guest
State Hospital
Killeen
Here
Four Escape One Dies In Mine Mishap
TIMMINS Ontario rescuers found the body of 15 year old Ronnie Blakemore wedged down a 1400 foot mine shaft ten feet below where 16 year old Bonar Scholes was rescued. Four teens fell into the shaft. three escaped as timbered walls collapsed.
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Timmins, Ont
Ronnie Blakemore
Bonar Scholes
Weather Report for Texas Regions Bright and Warm
Readings show high 97 and low 63 with 7:30 am temperature at 66 degrees in East South Central area. North Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy through Saturday with little change. West Texas partly cloudy through Saturday with isolated thundershowers in the Panhandle and Pecos Valley. No major changes expected.
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Snyder
Texas
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Democrats prep rights plan to break civil rights deadlock
Speaker Rayburn indicated Democrats may have a compromise proposal ready tomorrow to end the civil rights stalemate, aiming for a clear, well written plan. He criticized the Massachusetts GOP plan backed by Eisenhower for placing judges in sentencing without full facts. Johnson joined the call for dialogue as talks proceed.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Eisenhower
Martin
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Congress
Burglaries Hit Local Veteran's Club and Gun Shop
Police investigate two break ins yesterday across town. At the gun shop on Avenue S owned by A A Seaburn and Tom Freer a theft of 55 80 was found at closing time after the owner stepped away for coffee. The Veteran's Club was entered through a north side window and a kitchen door a vandal drank soda ate sandwiches and stole a small cash amount and two cigarette cartons.
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Avenue S
A. A. Seaburn
Tom Freer
Steele
Veteran's Club
Lowell Prince
Identical 83-Year-Old Twins Fill Life With Energy
In San Antonio Elena Quiroz and Maria Corona, both 83, are carefree twins who drink and smoke heavily, claiming youthfulness. They visit Corona's daughter Rita Moreno, with Quiroz living in Austin and Corona in San Antonio. They boast high energy and playful laughter as they light cigarettes.
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San Antonio
Elena Quiroz
Maria Corona
Mrs. Moreno
Fifteen Men Trapped in Pittsburg Sewage Tunnel
Fifteen men were trapped for nearly three hours in a downtown Pittsburgh sewage tunnel after a fire started by an electric motor on a locomotive used to move dirt. Dense black smoke filled the tunnel entrance. an explosion was possible. None of the trapped workers were injured.
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Pittsburgh
Sanitary Authority
Car Strikes Bridge Kills Von Ormy Man
John Semlin Ger, 28, of nearby Von Ormy, was killed yesterday when his car struck a bridge in the San Antonio area.
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San Antonio
John Semlinger
von Ormy
Colonel disputes testimony in Ft Sill court martial
At Ft Sill Oklahoma Lt Col Walter P Berger testifies to contradict Lt Col Lloyd Swink about mortar fire during the June 22 training death demo. Berger says communications were faulty and he did not recall asking why a cease fire was ordered as Lt Col Short, son of Pearl Harbor commander Gen Walter Short, is noted in testimony.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Walter P. Berger
Lloyd G. Swink
Berger
Swink
Walter Short
Short
Pearl Harbor
Fort Sill
Henry J. Olk
Thirty Defections From Poland Hit Communist Poland
About 800 Poles defected during a holiday voyage as the liner and refugees sailed home. The defection toll is reported at least 30, with the voyage ending without the refugees aboard.
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Copenhagen
Poland
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Bill March
University College of Los Angeles
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Tombs Prison
Victor Riesel
Secretary of Agriculture
Spot Muse
Scurry County
Soil Bank
Blakemore Bay
Demos
Lyndon B. Johnson
Veteran’s Club
T. L. Steele
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