Atomic Explosion Destroys Survival City In Massive Test
The 1955 open shot at Yucca Flat produced a 30 to 35 kiloton blast with a 25 second fireball and dust cloud over Survival City. Observers reported radio and home damage while a final test shot may occur before dawn Friday as a tour follows.
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Hiroshima
Doomsday Drive
Nagasaki
Yucca Flat
Klamath Falls
Ore
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Survival City
House Appropriations OKs Defense Cuts and New Funds
Washington May 5 AP The House Appropriations Committee approved military manpower cuts and authorized 31.5 billion in new defense funds with urgency provisions for worsened world conditions. The panel proposed a total 43.1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year starting July, aiming to bolster continental air defense and massive retaliation readiness while trimming Navy Air Force and Army budgets. Personnel counts show 2,852,000 active duty on June 30, 1956, down from 2,954,000 a year prior, with shifts across Army Navy Marines and Air Force balances.
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House Appropriations Committee
Mahon
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Peret
Navy
Air Force
Army
Salk Parents Honored by Jewish Federation
New York May 5 AP Daniel and Mrs Daniel Salk aged 65 are named Jewish Parents of the Year by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York for supporting son Dr Jonas E Salk, discoverer of the antipolio vaccine.
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Salk
Jewish Federation New York
Daniel Salk
Jonas E. Salk
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of
New York
Weather Summary for Crab Orchard Area
Temperature ranged from 56 at 7 a m to 70 by 6 p m with yesterday high 88 and today forecast near 80. Precipitation totaled .43 inches from 7 a m yesterday to 7 a m today. Sun rises 4 57 a m sets 6 54 p m water levels at Crab Orchard Lake 2 inches above spillway. Little Grassy Lake noted.
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Sian
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Broyles Bills Under Attack in Chicago and Rockford
About 700 Chicago union members from 15 groups condemned the Broyles anti Communist bills as unnecessary and dangerous and urged Gov. Stratton to veto them. The Illinois Bar Association also criticized the bills as threatening civil rights and vague in scope. The measures would bar Communists from state jobs and require loyalty oaths for state employees.
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Chicago
Stratton
Robert Drake
American Civil Liberties Union
Rabbi Morton Berman
American Jewish Congress
Rockford
Board of Governors
The
Illinois Bar Assn
Broyles
Illinois
Peanuts Removed From Basic Price Supports Debate
House leaders aimed to strip peanuts from the basic list of required price supports with Republican help and Democratic votes. A 186 to 150 vote moved to remove peanuts, with a roll call pending. Senate action was uncertain and the President likely would veto any bill.
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House
Democratic Jomship
Eisenhower
Senate
Illinois Delegation Returns Without Atom Bomb Test
Illinois civilian defense delegation heads home without witnessing the atom bomb test. Brig. Gen. Robert M. Woodward, state CD director, dismisses the group with deep regret. The original over 30 members had dwindled to six after nine days of postponements.
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Illinois
Robert M. Woodward
Truck Rates Under Study by Illinois Commerce Commission
The Illinois Commerce Commission began an investigation into intrastate truck rates for livestock moving between Illinois points. All live stock carriers for hire will be parties to the inquiry, with public notice posted in commission offices. The move follows a March 17 order setting minimum rates for Monmouth area haulers and cites concerns about uncapped lower rates by other truckers.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Commission
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Monmouth
Steak Shakes Official Shot in Accidental Police Shooting
John R. Engle president of Steak n Shake Inc was shot in the lower jaw and seriously wounded by a patrolman who said the discharge was accidental. Engle 47 lived in Glendale and previously in Bloomington and Indianapolis.
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St. Louis
John R. Engle
Engle
Steak ’N Shake Inc
Gendale
Bloomington
Ill
Indianapolis
Ind
Oscar Farmer
Anthony Joyce
Enle
Farmer
Tanker Falls Nine Missing In Atlantic Crash
A U S Air Force Stratocruiser tanker with nine crewmen went down in the North Atlantic near Iceland after reporting a fire. Air-sea search continues with no survivors detected. the plane was en route from Keflavik to Prestwick on a training mission.
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Reyjavik
Iceland
U.S. Air Force
North Atlantic
U. S. Air Force
Keflavik
Prestwick
Scotland
Kon
310Th Air Refueling Squadron
Swas
Salina
Kan
West German Sovereignty Declared Ending Allied Occupation
West Germany became a sovereign nation at noon as the 10 year Allied occupation ended. The Allied High Commission repealed 60 laws and 130 ordinances, and deposted its powers. France and Britain completed the Saar accord, while the U S and West Germany issued their sovereignty treaty. Francois-Poncet hailed Federal Germany reentering the circle of free nations.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Allied High Commission
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Son Never Forgave Dad and No Inquiries After Break In 1924
Detroit May 5 AP. In 1924 Thomas E Josephs argued with his 16 year old son Bernard who fled and was never found. Years later Bernard, now 47, wrote asking his father for citizenship papers via police. The father claimed the son made no inquiries about him.
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Detroit
Thomas E. Josephs
Bernard
Police Missing Persons Department
Jos
Ephs
Military Transport Service
Pacific
Joseph
Record Entries Lift Weekly Little Stinker Prize Total
This week the $50 Little Stinker prize drew 3479 entries. Among them were over 100 solutions from a Zeigler woman. Fans stayed quiet, sending poetry and letters in support.
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Zeigler
Stinker
Quemoy Under Heavy Fire from Communist Batteries
Nationalist Defense Ministry reports heavy shelling of Quemoy by Red Batteries in Amoy area. Amoy port batteries fired more than 150 rounds at Little Quemoy, four miles from Amoy, as offshore island front activity rises. Further details awaited.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Amoy
Little Quemoy
Three Milford youths burned to death in auto crash
Three Milford youths Daniel Jaskula 16 Tracy Lowe 19 and Forrest Lewis 18 died when their car burned after a collision with Ralph Boyd 23 of Danville. Bert Munson 18 was ejected and injured along with Boyd as both cars burned near High No 1 outside Watseka.
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Daniel Jaskula
Tracy Lowe
Forrest Lewis
Milford
Bert Munson
Ralph Boyd
Danville
Munson
Boyd
Iroquois Hospital
Watseka
Charles Struble
Mike Struble
Baby revived after nine months restored to life
The nine month old Matthew White stopped breathing for 10 minutes and was revived with oxygen and artificial respiration on Tuesday.
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Matthew White
Utes
Dispute Flares Over Premier Diem's Powers
In Saigon a 4000 strong assembly approved Bao Dai removal as chief of state while a separate 700 member congress debated giving Premier Ngo Dinh Diem sole power to arrange elections. Bao Dai’s authority wanes. Diem seeks a provisional regime.
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Ener
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
United States
National Revolutionary Committee
States
National Political Congress
French Riviera
Diem
Sa”Ellitenn
Cao Dai
U. S
J. Lawton Collins
Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
State Department
France
Vieta
Military
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