Top Official Denies Bikini Miss By H-Bomb Drop
A high government official denied reports that the hydrogen bomb dropped over Bikini last month missed its aiming point by miles. The drop was deemed conducted as scheduled and “okay” though detailed distances remain classified.
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Washington
Bikini
Miming
Namu Island
Honolulu
Eniwetok
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Defense Department
Air Force
Capitol Hill
Plant Blast Kills Three at Bermite Powder Plant
In Saugus California a blast at the Bermite Powder Co plant killed three employees and injured three others. The dead are Pablo FE Avila Jr 25 Piru Herman Zachow 50 Saugus and Alma Trowbridge 35 San Fernando. Two years earlier an explosion wounded 17 at the same facility. Authorities sealed details pending investigation.
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Saugus
Calif
Bermite Powder Co
Desert
Los Angeles
Pablo FE. Avila Jr
Piru
Herman Zachow
Alma Trowbridge
San Fernando
Avila
Zachow
Forest fires sweep Sitgreaves National Forest near Winslow
Fire crews faced 40 mph winds as a Sitgreaves National Forest blaze expanded to more than 18 000 acres. Supervisor C K Spaulding said millions in timber already destroyed with little chance of control until winds subside. No injuries reported. scattered camps and lookout stations disturbed.
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Winslow
Ariz
U.S. Forest Service
Sitgreaves National Forest
C. K. Spaulding
Spaulding
Teacher Slugged On Last Day
Santa Monica California W A University High School student Arthur Stewart 18 attacked his male teacher Stanley Ksanznak 27 on the last day of school after being refused early release. Ksanznak treated for a broken nose and injuries. Stewart jailed on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Arthur Stewart
Stewart Feild
Stanley Ksanznak
Crash Kills Motorist Near Plattsburg
Charles A. Blanchard, 34, was killed last night when the automobile he rode in left a highway three miles south of Plattsburg, flipped end over end, police reported.
Russian take on Olympic future dominates Steward's Dinner
A near capacity Intercollegiate Rowing Assn dinner at Hotel Syracuse featured Frank Coniff warning of growing Russian enthusiasm to dominate sports. He tied this to the Cold War and urged US funds to back facilities and coaches as Jeremiah Ford hosted the program with city leaders and sports officials in attendance.
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Hotel Syracuse
Intercollegiate Rowing Assn
Frank Coniff
Coniff
Hearst
Russia
United States
Jeremiah Ford
Penn
Alexander F. (Casey) Jones
Herald Journal
Board of
Stewards
Donald Mead
Asher Markson
Chamber of Commerce
Clifford
Tip
Chaplin Tax Debt Put At 1.1 Million in U. S. Action
Los Angeles reports Charlie Chaplin owes 1,100,000 dollars in back taxes plus interest for 1933. An officer will depose him in Lausanne this fall for the U.S. Tax Court case. Chaplin, living in Switzerland with Oona O’Neil and five children, faced potential charges of moral turpitude and Communist leanings.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Lausanne
Switzerland
Chaplin
U.S
Celebrated Films’ Inc
Chaplin Studios Inc
Geneva
Europe
Oona O'Neil
General Steele Reassigned to Paris Post
Major General Wycliffe Steele, commander at Sampson Air Base since April 1953, becomes deputy director of the joint construction agency in Paris, a U S Europe subsidiary. He departs July 7 for leave, August 1 from Washington, to assume duties in Paris. Col. Richard C. Boys will become Sampson's director.
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Geneva
Wycliffe Steele
Sampson Air Base
Joint Construction Agency
Paris
France
Europe
Steele
Washington
Richard C. Boys
Sampson
TV Cartoonist Killed in Crash at Mt Equinox
Harry Bud Mason a 30 year old Schenectady New York cartoonist and WRGB TV program host was killed late last night when his 1953 Arnolt Bristol roadster ran off Mt Equinox Skyline Drive and rolled over. He was here for the fourth races scheduled to start today. Police said he was halfway up the mountain on a trial run when a right wheel left the road shoulder.
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Manchester
Harry
Bud'' Mason
Schenectady
N.Y
Wrgb-Tv
Mt. Equinox
Mason
Argentina Stays on Edge as Revolt Anniversary Tension Grows
Buenos Aires reports waves of rumors amid the anniversary of a bloody revolt that preceded the Peronist overthrow. Officials raise security with doubled guards in the capital and alert forces at key points as fears of strikes by labor groups surface.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Pedro Aramburu
West Berlin Remembers 1953 Workers Rebellion
West Berlin marks the third anniversary of the June 1953 uprising against East German communist rule. Soviet troops and East German forces crushed the revolt. eight killed in Berlin, thousands arrested, and hundreds sentenced or jailed. Ceremonies honor victims as observers assess conditions and potential trouble.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
Germany
Lwestern
Conferences Will Signal Ike Recovery Through Cabinet Talks
Washington reports that hospital bedside conferences with Vice President Nixon and Secretary Dulles are planned as part of a series to update President Eisenhower on cabinet progress. The sessions aim to reassure the nation he will return to work, following his intestinal operation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Administration
Nixon
State Dulles
Denver
Dulles
Ionrad Adenauer
West Germany
Confusion Over 1949 Restaurant Defection Incident
Senate Internal Security subcommittee says U S agents mistook each other for Soviet spies in a Washington restaurant melee involving defectors Peter Pirogov and Anatole Barsov. FBI not involved. Barsov arrested for deportation after secret contact with the Soviet Embassy.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U.S
Peter Pirogov
Subcommittee
Pirogov
Barsov
Senate Group
United States
Amercan
FBI
Capitol Hill
Central Intelligence Agency
Know Your Bank Week Declared in New York
Gov Harriman proclaims Know Your Bank Week for Oct 14 to 21 in New York State. He urges residents to familiarize themselves with the banking system.
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Albany
New York State
Harriman
Sixth Strike Cripples Chrysler Plants In Detroit
A wildcat strike by 1,100 trim workers halted production at eight Chrysler plants in Detroit, idling 13,500 employees. Windsor Ontario and Detroit area labor actions affected 3,300 Canadian workers. The UAW says the strikes are unauthorized and aim to pressure for job cuts amid large 1956 model inventories. Michigan unemployment exceeded 207,000 as of May 15, with further rises expected through summer.
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Transit Authority
Transport Workers Union
Unt
TWU
Michael Quill
MBA
Loos
Detroit
Detroit Area
Chrysler Corp
Trim Department
Chrysler
Detroit River
Windsor
Ont
United Auto Workers Union
Michigan
UAW
Trick Newspaper Report Of Fake Crash Headlines
A Williamson West Virginia man phoned Columbus police after reading a paper he claimed named The Columbus Tribune. He believed four friends were hurt in a crash, but police found no such newspaper and traced the address to a former penny arcade that sold phony newspapers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Williamson
W.va
Columbus Tribune
Lillian Black
Two Freed Priests Rest In Shanghai
Two American priests, Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, both from San Francisco, were freed after three years in Red Chinese prisons and said they would rest in Shanghai a few days before deciding next steps. They spoke to the Associated Press by telephone and said Bishop James Edward Walsh is free from semi house arrest and may visit soon.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
San Francisco
Associated Press
Red
China
Peiping Radio
Father Clifford
Clifford
James Edward Walsh
Walsh
Cumberland
Red China
Communist China
Father Phillips
Railroad to Drop Canandaigua Run
The Public Utility Commission in Harrisburg authorizes Pennsylvania Railroad to end its last round trip diesel passenger train on the 68 mile Pennsylvania section of the Williamsport to Canandaigua line via Elmira. New York commission had already approved dropping the run to Canandaigua. The railroad cites a $122,000 deficit with $68,000 tied to Pennsylvania operations due to lack of patronage.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Canandaigua
N.Y
Elmira
New York Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Commission
Gas Bill Veto OK, Oilman Says
Oilman Paul Kayser testifies to the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee that the natural gas bill veto by President Eisenhower is acceptable if Congress does nothing more. He describes NGO organizers pushing public support to ease price controls and argues industry aims to ease regulation without further action.
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Washington
Paul Kayser
Congress
Kayser
el Paso
Tex) Natural Gas Co
Senate
Oil and Gas Industry
Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee
NGO
Eisenhower
Saltonstall Urges GOP To Run On Record Of Peace Prosperity
Worcester Mass Sen Saltonstall tells the State Republican Convention the GOP will be proud to run this fall on a record of peace without appeasement prosperity without war and progress without bureaucracy He urges votes for Eisenhower and GOP leadership and convention chairman Martin calls for reelection of the Eisenhower administration in November.
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Worcester
Mass
Sen
Saltonstall
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
House
Eisenhower
Plot to Stop Bolivia Vote Charged in Pre-Election Tense Week
In La Paz a government crackdown followed reports of subversive plans to delay elections. Police say opposition leaders fled to embassies and a two month postponement was urged by Socialist Falange while exiles colluded with Argentine and other officials. Balloting will proceed with new voting rules allowing women and loosening literacy requirements.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Anumia
Eduardo Messuti Roca
Republican Socialist Union
PURS
Federico Fortun
Defense Ministry
Argentina
D. Jorge Escalante Posse
Oscar Unzaga de la ‘Vega
Farlange
Judge Imposes 195 Day Jail Term For Wilson
New York Chief Magistrate John M. Murtagh jailed Walter Wilson after he pleaded guilty to fifteen traffic and parking violations over four years. Wilson asked to be jailed to hide from the police and end his fugitive status.
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New York
John M. Murtagh
Walter Wilson
Murtagh
Wilson
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