Nation's First Private Reactor Put In Operation
Atomics International of North American Aviation the Armour reactor begins operations in a $1 2 million Canoga Park plant near Chicago. Dr Richard F Humphrey says the reactor in a densely populated area is shielded by five feet of concrete with triple containment and no exhaust released. Twenty four industrial companies are involved.
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North American Aviation, Inc
Canoga Park
Calif
Chicago
University of Chicago
Stagg Field
Enrico Fermi
Richard F. Humphrey
Armour
Fermi
Humphreys
University reactor project funded by industry and Armour
Companies each contributed twenty thousand dollars toward constructing and starting the reactor facility with Armour Research Foundation supplying the remaining eight hundred thousand. The three year program aims to apply atomic techniques to industrial problems and offer technical advice limited training and patent benefits. The reactor not for power generation or reactor research yet sits in a 72 by 48 by 30 foot room using about one kilogram of 235 uranium solution fuel loaned by the AEC. The core is a one foot diameter steel sphere moderated by water and boron steel rods control the reaction.
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Humphreys
Atomic Energy Commission
U S to supply Argentina experimental atomic reactor
John A. Hall of the U S Atomic Energy Commission announced on June 28 that the United States will provide Argentina with an experimental atomic reactor within the next two years.
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Buenos Aires
John A. Hall
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Argentina
Washington Leads Continental Army’s 1775 Organization
When the Continental Army formed in 1775 George Washington was chosen to command despite having led only a Virginia regiment.
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George Washington
Virginia
Party Leaders Maneuver For Best Position
The piece outlines GOP strategy for Indiana nominating races with talk of a Scott switch to lieutenant governor to hurt Handley. Seven of 13 races face contests by midweek as candidates pay convention assessments. A four way lieutenant governor race forms among Parker Peters Harrell and Smith.
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Scott
Handley
Crawford Parker
John Peters
Samuel Harrell
Indianapolis
Dan Smith
Parker
Peters
Chou Enlai Appeals to Nationalists for Peaceful Reunification
Chou Enlai urged Nationalists to surrender and return to peaceful reform in Red China. He promised insured futures for Kuomintang workers aiding Formosa and called past crimes into question as patriots of one family. He cited global shifts toward détente and praised India Egypt Yugoslavia and nonalignment in peaceful coexistence.
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Red China
Kuomintang
Formosa
Chou
United States
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Britain
India
Band Leader dies in crash near Logansport
Loganport June 28. George Schumacher 45, a band leader and trumpet player, died when his car overturned on U S 24 west of Logansport while returning from a Monticello Country Club dance. Pianist Mary Lewis 52 and musician Richard James 22 were injured and hospitalized.
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Logansport
Ind
U. S. 24
Here
George Schumacher
Schumacher
Monticello Country Club
Mary Lewis
Logansport State Hospital
Richard James
Memorial Hospital
Grand jury uses air conditioned room then returns
In St Louis on June 28 the grand jury met in Chief Judge George H. Moore’s air conditioned courtroom by invitation. The panel later moved back to its own non air conditioned quarters. No smoking is allowed in the courtroom.
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ST. Louis
Grand Jury
George H. Moore
No Polio Death In Indiana In Last 6 Months
Dr. W A Kennedy of New Castle warns Indiana parents against vaccine complacency after a largely nonfatal polio period. He notes two thirds of 1.5 million children aged 1 to 19 remain unvaccinated and cites risk of an outbreak resembling 1952.
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W. A. Kennedy
New Castle
Indiana State Medical Association
Kennedy
Eden Government Faces Cyprus Crisis As Tory Revolt Grows
London reports a Conservative rebellion over Prime Minister Anthony Eden's Cyprus policy during the Commonwealth prime ministers conference. Captain Charles Waterhouse led a protest by 56 backbenchers from the 1922 Committee, threatening Eden's government if the Cyprus stance shifts.
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London
Anthony Eden
Cyprus
Eden
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Charles Waterhouse
Mediterranean
House of Dominons
Labor Party
Forty Reds Sentenced by Egyptian Military Court
Cairo reports a military court sentenced 40 persons accused of Communist activities to prison terms from two to seven years. Twenty-nine defendants were acquitted. The charges included plotting to overthrow social principles and organizing an Egyptian Communist party.
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Cairo
Egypt
Calvert Mint Julep and Freeze Spark Summer Sips
A frigid Calvert Mint Julep leads a summer lineup with the Glacier-cold Calvert Freeze. The trio continues with the Calvert Collins and a final tempting choice.
Senate Likely To Pass Foreign Aid Bill Uncut
Senate action likely to approve a trimmed foreign aid package while a House bill faces opposition. Army officials estimate a future missile system to counter ocean-spanning threats may emerge as Russia leads in missiles.
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Senate
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