Leapfrogging Missile Gap Takes Center Stage
U.S. defense leaders warn leapfrogging to a new missile era could secure early gains but risks later inferiority. Koreas air war lessons show the danger of assuming a gap will trigger costly bombers. mobility and solid fueled systems like Minuteman Polaris Sky Bolt are favored to deter and outpace fixed bases.
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Khrushchev
Intercontinental
U.S
Ofloway
Allis
Titan
Mortion
Helicopter Crashes Off Vieques Killing Naval Officer
A Marine Corps helicopter crashed at sea off Vieques Puerto Rico killing one naval officer and injuring four others, two of them in critical condition. The crash occurred last night as the helicopter was abroad, with ten aboard, according to a Navy spokesman.
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Norwolk
Marine Corps
Vieques
Twining Cites U.S. Ability To Retaliate
Gen Netham Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Senate committees that the United States could inflict unacceptable damage on any attacker now or in the future. He defended the defense program, urged higher budgets, and noted intelligence estimates are regularly revised. Senators pressed for the JCS view as President Eisenhower nears a summit.
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Netham
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Defense Program
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Eisenhower
Adm
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval
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Defense Department
Twining
T 13
Secretary of Defense
National Security Council
U. S
John D. Stennis
D-Miss
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
JCS
Air Force
Stennis
Minister shot by teens linked to city robberies
In Chicago the Rev. Leo Bishop and his wife were robbed by a gang of seven youths including five boys and two girls, all Negroes. He was shot in the groin area, while his wife was struck and escaped unharmed. Police say the same group targeted others, including an electrical engineer, a doctor and his wife, in a spree across South Side districts. Mrs. Bishop described the attackers as carrying rifles and driving away in a car. The minister, a noted civic leader, was hospitalized after surgery.
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Brotherhood
Leo I
Bishop
National
Cenfer
Jence
Illinois
Central Hospital
South Side
Ike Willing To Revise His Farm Plan Congress Told
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter spoke at a news conference about Berlin and the Soviet Union. He warned a new showdown could loom at the Paris summit in May but anticipated further negotiations and perhaps a second summit to resolve the dispute. He noted Khrushchev’s tougher foreign policy and Soviet space gains affecting world opinion, while acknowledging past Soviet moves since Camp David.
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Christian A. Herter
Soviet Union
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Herter
Khrushchev
United States
Hig
West Berlin
Khrushchevy
Eisenhower
Camp David
MSU votes to end compulsory ROTC program
The Academic Senate at Michigan State University voted to end the school's compulsory military science ROTC program. The fate of the 43-year-old program now rests with the MSU board of trustees amid a yearlong campus debate over compulsory versus voluntary ROTC and the land grant act context.
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Michigan State University
MSU Board of Trustees
Michigan State News
Michigan State
Weather report for Southern Tifinis area
Rain is expected tonight and Wednesday with milder temperatures tonight. Turning colder late Wednesday with a low around 40 and a high in the 50s. Wednesday night low near 20. Yesterday's low 28. At 7 am today 44 and 6 pm yesterday 50. Yesterday's high around 54. Sun rises at 7 am and sets at 5 34 pm.
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Tifinis
Probing Downey Finances Ties to Stratton Aide
Governor William G Stratton confirms federal inquiry into the finances of his former administrative aide William W Smokey Downey. Downey has been with the state since 1930 starting as secretary to Hugh W Cross in the Illinois House of Representatives. The government keeps investigations secret until grand jury action.
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Gene Rogan
Tinoisan Gap
William G. Stratton
William W. “Smokey” Downey
Stratton
The
Journal
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Goveror
Lincolnet
Hugh W. Cross
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Cross
Springfield
Chicago
Promotion Scheme Charity Was Record Plug
An orchestra leader testified that a 1958 Brockton charity party was essentially a record promotion scheme. Lester Lanin said Epic Records distributor Dumont offered $1,000 to perform, with WBZ radio promoting his records in advance. He noted he was paid $400 and expected the rest from Epic, as the committee probed payoffs to DJs for plugging records.
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Lester Lanin
House
Lanin
Don
Dumont
New England
Epic Records
Columbia Records
Brooklston
House Committee
Epic Records Comepany
Durmont
EPIC
Brockton
WBZ
Lanin Orchestra
Chariity Lanin
Eisenhower Offers Farm Aid Shift in Wheat Policy
President Eisenhower delivered an election year address urging Congress to craft a plan better than his existing wheat program. He backed constructive proposals within three guidelines: moderate price supports, avoid excess subsidies, and oppose broad direct subsidies. He signaled willingness to approve diverse approaches that remove or refine production controls while guarding farmers and markets.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Richard’ M. Nixon
Sell Bank Land
Curta
Food For Peace
Graft Hinted In Federal Road Scheme
Washington reports hints of irregularities as House Public Works opens inquiry into interstate highway spending. Rep. Jim Wright cites high costs and planning flaws, signaling possible local graft and contractor conflicts. The probe covers defense aspects and right of way land deals linked to the 41,000 mile system authorized in 1956.
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House
House Public Works
Defense
Seadoff
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Carmites
Wright
Congress
John A. Blatnik
Dminn
Public Roads Department
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China
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