Atomic Defenders New Missile Navy Guards Rim of Asia
Aboard the USS Worcester the Seventh Fleet performs simulated atomic defense drills along the rim of Asia. Crews don Martian suits to measure radiation while damage control and radar guided missiles shape a modern battle posture amid costly A bomb stocks and shipboard protection measures.
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New Missile
Navy Guards
Rim of Asia
Ray Falk
U. S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Yokosuka
Bangkok
Worcester
Aluminum Plan Boon to Coal Areas
New York AP reports the aluminum industry plans to shift from hydroelectric power to coal and natural gas to fuel plants in the Ohio Valley. Three firms, Aluminum Co. of America Kaiser Aluminum and Olin Mathieson, seek to build near coal mines to cut electricity costs and boost future production.
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New York
Aluminum Co. of America
Kaiser Aluminum
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Ohio Valley
Olin Mathieson
Canada
Alcoa
Point Comfort
Rockdale
Tex
Pittsburgh
Trouble Spot Boils Anew
In Rabaul New Britain natives protest a race course, forming a passive resistance against the land claim. Drums of diesel oil and earth-moving tools vanish from the site and survey plugs are repeatedly pulled up as work resumes after tourists began arriving last month.
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Rabaul
New Britain
Mars Nears Earth in Biannual Close Approach
Washington reports Mars is swinging near Earth about every two years. This month the distance is roughly 35 billion miles with a close approach that brings Mars nearest to Earth outside the Moon and Venus. Observatories worldwide track the approach under an international Mars committee with radar mapping planned by Harvard University to chart the planet’s surface as light is distorted by Earth's atmosphere.
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Washington
Nana
Mars
Con
Moon
Venus
Solar System
Earth
Jupiter
International Mars Committee
Harvard University
Harvard Observatory
Poles Seek New Life Beyond Russian Domination
In Warsaw and across Poland ordinary citizens press for greater freedom to shape their lives away from Moscow. Respondents envision a Swedish or British Labor style socialist democracy, gradual reforms, and wider education gains, with no return to prewar landlord power and a strong emphasis on self-directed changes. The piece notes Poland’s recent liberalization and cites high school enrollment and public sentiment as indicators of momentum toward a second, nonviolent revolution.
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Warsaw
Poznan
Gdynia
Gdansk
Poland
Morocco Set to Block U S Air Base Use in War
Paris dispatch reports Morocco plans to insert a clause in a new bases pact requiring Moroccan consent before U S strategic bombers can operate from Moroccan soil in wartime. Replacements would also need Moroccan approval, and rental terms may not reflect wartime value. Moroccan stance hardens after Suez crisis, with tensions tied to nationalist sentiment and pro Soviet leanings. Concluded on page 2, column 4.
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Paris
America
Morocco
U. S
France
Egypt
Suez Canal
Russia
Soviet Union
Cupid Made Hay in August
New York reports a string of unlikely marriages in August 1956. Benjamin French, 82, and Mabel Smith, 79, wed after decades apart, while Janet Baron, 21, and James Munro, 22, married following a shooting that paralyzed her. Angel Torres, 26, and Doris Smith, 25, tied the knot in a Hoboken jail breakfast after narcotics charges loomed. Other couples include Louie Sneeden and Joan Cournoyer planning November vows, and Lena Book, 76, suing for divorce from an 82-year-old husband.
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New York
Nana
Tiverton
R. 1
Benjamin French
Mabel Smith
French
Hamilton
Janet L. Baron
James J. Munro
Kessler Institute
New Jersey
Hoboken
N. J
Angel Torres
Doris Smith
Louie C. Sneeden
Joan Cournoyer
Circuit Court
Miami
Cupid
Lena Book
Toronto
Russian Bases Strengthened Near Alaska Raise Alarm
U S Air Force intelligence reports substantial reinforcement of Soviet air power in the far northeast. MiG fighters and IL 28 jet bombers are identified on Chukotsk Peninsula bases, with about 50 air facilities in the region.
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Nome
Alaska
Nana
U. S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Ussr
Alaskan Air Command
Nathan Twining
Russia
U. S. Navy
Siberia
U. S
Chukotsk
Bering Straits
Arctic
Chukotsk Peninsula
Chuk
Smoke-Eaters Jump Into Forest Fires
MISSOULA Montana based smoke jumpers of the U S Forest Service are trained parachutists who suppress small Northwest fires before they spread. Region one centered in Missoula staffs 150 men near the base seven miles west of town. They train four weeks and can earn up to five hundred dollars in a season. Jumpers range in their 20s and have made thousands of jumps with no fatalities. Detachments frequent Silver City New Mexico and other critical points as fire threats shift with the season.
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Missoula
Mont
Nana
Northwest
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
U.S.F.S
Region Six
Cave Junction
Oregon
Winthrop
Washington
Region Four
McCall
Idaho
Region One
Montana
Donald Pitts
Porterville
Calif
Oregon State College
Pitts
Jay
Silver City
New Mexico
France
Germany
West Germany
Germans Prefer TV To Bathtub In NW German Survey
A NWDR poll of 18 000 TV owners found 26 percent had no bathtub and most said they could do without a tub but not a TV. Inns taverns and hotels own 47 percent of sets used for show windows, with the rest owned by workers officials and farmers.
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Hamburg
Germany
North German Radio
NWDR
West Germany
Franco German Aircraft Merger Aims to Dominate Continental Aviation
France and West Germany study a joint stock aviation merger to pool research and production. Key supporters include Paul Mazer and Ernst Heinkel with government backing. The plan envisions shared facilities, equal cooperation, and expanded export markets across Europe and North Africa.
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Bonn
France
West Germany
Paul Mazer
Federation of Aviation Industries
Mazer
Germany
Luftwaffe
Ernst Heinkel
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Niagara Falls
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Communist Party
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Pole
London Times
Red Chinese
Hong Kong
China
Peiping
Jen Min Jih Pao
People’s Daily
Central People’s Government
Lo Jui‘Ching
Chang Ting-Cheng
Supreme Court
Tung Pi-Wu
Minis
Beria
Chang Ting- Cheng
Szechuan
Henan
Shansi
Shensi
Kansu
Chekiang
Kwangsi
Heilungkiang
Shanghai
Tientsin
Europe
By Omer Anderson
Lufthansa
NATO
North Africa
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