Atom Blast Doubles Power Of Hiroshima Test
Tribune reports a desert town blast nearly twice Hiroshima's yield. A 30 to 35 kiloton device created a 25 second fireball, wiping a radio station and damaging homes near Doomsday Drive while Survival City plans a Friday tour. The final 1955 shot may occur from Yucca Flat seven miles away as watchers observe the towering test.
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Hiroshima
Doomsday Drive
Nagasaki
Yucca Flat
Klamath Falls
Ore
Woman Held in Poison Case in Indiana
In Warsaw Indiana Mrs Gladys Blubaugh described as a man hater was held on an affidavit charging her with poisoning her husband Francis Blubaugh. Police planned to dig up her third husband Glen Tullys body to check for signs of arsenic poisoning.
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Warsaw
Ind
Gladys Blubaugh
MacDonald Hospital
Silver Lake
Blubaugh
Indiana University Medical Laboratory
Warm Weather Persists Across Indiana After Heat Wave
An early-season heat wave brought sunny skies and mild temperatures to Indiana with highs reaching 86 in Marion and 88 in Evansville. Thunderstorms and 60 mph wind gusts occurred around Lafayette, Goshen, and Lebanon, cooling trends expected tonight with lows 45 to 50 and highs around 80 Friday.
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Indiana
Marion
Lafayette
Goshen
Lebanon
Evansville
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana
Fair and cooler conditions prevail with temperatures varying from 52 to 85 degrees yesterday. The forecast calls for fair and cooler tonight and pleasant Friday with highs around 75 to 77 degrees. Lake Michigan influence lowers tonight’s temps to near 42 to 50 and street readings show 54 at 6 am and 77 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Vicintity
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Civil Defense Director Calls Test Successful
ATOMIC TEST SITE reports say Operation Cue was a successful atomic shot. Civil defense officials note the test helped gauge effects on homes utilities and facilities. Maj. Gen. Clyde E. Dougherty accompanied the director as they observed from five miles from ground zero. The result aimed to strengthen America deter war and educate the public via television.
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America
Ground Zero
Clyde E. Dougherty
Twelve Die As Plastics Factory Fire Rages In Mexico
In Mexico City last night at least 12 people died from a plastics factory fire sparked by an electric circuit breaker. A 2,500 gallon thinning fluid tank released a flaming solvent shower that enveloped a bus at the gates, killed six passengers, and burned others. The blaze also set the factory alight, with five or more additional fatalities inside. A bus passenger died after being struck by a falling power line while fleeing.
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Mexico City
Polio Vaccine Under Close Study After Idaho Findings
Idaho researchers link a direct relation between the Salk vaccine from Cutter Laboratories and 10 polio cases among 32,000 Idaho children. Two died, three are critical as New York and Washington seek vaccine shipment delays. President Eisenhower proposes power to distribute free vaccine if needed.
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Idaho
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
New York
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Hawaii
Proclamation Sets National Hospital Week Theme
National Hospital Week runs May 8 to 14 to honor hospital humanitarian service worldwide and celebrate Florence Nightingale’s birthday on May 12. Terre Haute mayor Ralph Tucker issues the proclamation.
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Florence Nightingale
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Ind
Preview of Man's Doom at Nevada Test Site
Report describes a visitor’s dramatic mock A bomb exposure in a desert foxhole near the Nevada test site. The narrator explains the blast would instantly brutalize unprotected body parts while emphasizing the realism of the simulation and the global destructive power of atomic weapons.
Diem Suffers Setback In Congress Split
In Saigon May 5 Premier Ngo Dinh Diem faced a major setback as his provincial delegates split in anger. A rival congress run by the Revolutionary Council endorsed firing Emperor Bao Dai and establishing a provisional republic under Diem. Diem’s faction failed to secure southern backing as Saigon delegates walked out or did not attend, undermining the premier’s plan for a moderate program and threatening to curb the Revolutionary Committee’s rise. Bao Dai was reportedly planning a quick trip to Paris from Cannes where he has resided since 1953. Continued on Page 6.
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Via
Ngo Dinh Diem
Revolutionary Council
Bao Dai
Diem
Viet Nam
Revolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Congress
Cannes
France
Paris
House Group Approves Cuts In Manpower
The House Appropriations Committee backed the administration’s planned military manpower cuts and approved new defense funding totaling 31.49 billion dollars. The panel said total Defense Department spending could reach 43.081 billion for the coming fiscal year, with extra funds possible if world conditions worsen, prioritizing continental air defense amid threats of massive retaliation.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
House
Senate
Mahone
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ebane
Oes
Fargr Ins
Afghanistan Ends Pakistan Relations Claims State of Emergency
Kabul officials declare end to relations with Pakistan and call ministers home as Radio Kabul reports mobilization of the army. The government says it faces external aggression and warns of a possible confrontation with Pakistan.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Six Generations Born in Kokomo Family Line
In Kokomo Indiana on May 5 Mark Cory Ingels was born to Mr and Mrs James Ingels marking the sixth generation in their family. His mother is 19. His grandmother Mrs James Lay is 34. His great grandmother Mrs Hazel Hubbard is 52. His great great grandmother Mrs Meta Kee ver is 68. His great great great grandmother Mrs Mary Katherine Walker of Nicholasville Kentucky is 98.
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Kokomo
Ind
Mark Cory Ingels
James Ingels
James Lay
Hazel Hubbard
Meta Keever
Mary Katherine Walker
Nicholasville
Transit Firm Will Build New Bus Terminal
H Ralph Johnston president of the Terre Haute Transit Co announced that the firm will build its own bus terminal in six to eight weeks. In the interim buses will be housed in the old Motor Freight building on Warbash avenue between 18th and 19th streets. The site for the new terminal will be announced this week. Buses will begin arriving in Terre Haute next week and reconditioning is nearly finished in Dayton Ohio. The company aims to resume service by May 16.
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H. Ralph Johnston
Terre Haute Transit Co
Johnston
Warbash Avenue
Terre Haute
Dayton
Ohio
Flam ing Truck Driven to Safety in South Bend
Charles Batzel 26 drove a flaming gasoline truck loaded with 5600 gallons through downtown South Bend at 50 mph to a safe area. He sounded horns to warn others as police and fire crews sprayed the blaze with chemicals. Had he not acted, the fuel tank could have exploded and caused a tragedy.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles Batzel
Batzel
Just Carrying Out Orders Col Dilly Reforms Attire
In Frankfurt Germany Col John H Dilly commander of the Frankfurt Army detachment defends a dress code crackdown on army wives. He says he is merely carrying out orders though critics call him a moralist and power hungry. The campaign bans slovenly wear and prompts both praise and anger worldwide.
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Frankfurt
Germany
John H. Dilly
West Point
Dilley
Allied Occupation Ends as West Germany Gains Sovereignty
In Bonn on May 5 the 10 year Allied occupation ended at noon marking West Germany's sovereign status. The Allied High Commission repealed laws and dissolved itself, then British and French high commissioners completed sovereignty treaty formalities at Chancellor Adenauer's office. The United States and West Germany had done so earlier on April 20. The Saar agreement was also put into effect.
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
Allied High Commission
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Progress Report on Austrian Pact Reaches Key Concessions
In Vienna on May 5 the Soviet Union dropped two major objections in the Austrian treaty. The United States announced plans to withdraw American troops from Austria. Russia modified demands on Article 16 allowing repatriation of 36000 refugees and Article 17 limiting Austria defense to 53000. An Austrian spokesman hailed the concessions and said the army size will meet their needs. Evacuation procedures for occupation forces were outlined in a U S Army release.
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Austria
Soviet Union
U.S
Russia
U.S. Army
I. I. Ilyichev
Kremlin
Ilyichev
Moscow
Mother Held For Child Beating In Los Angeles
Los Angeles May 5. The mother of four year old John Haska is accused of beating the child who is under treatment for a possible brain blood clot, black eyes, bruises and burns. Police found the boy near his home Tuesday night and booked Mrs Pearl Chew on suspicion after she said she knocked him down when he laughed during scolding. John says she made him sit on a stove. She has two other children and is expecting a fourth.
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Los Angeles
John Haska
Pearl Chew
John
French Relent Freezes German War Crime Offenders
In Bonn on May 5 the French announced amnesty for 35 Germans convicted of war crimes and other offenses. Twenty one were released outright while 14 were paroled. Fourteen had their sentences reduced. The French reported 18 Germans remain in French prisons for war crimes, with the British holding 34 and the Americans 86.
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Bonn
Germany
Dulles Sees Hope for Peace in Far East and World
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he is optimistic about peace prospects in the Far East and noted small but possibly significant signs that Communist policy worldwide may move toward peace. He cited economic factors in Southeast Asia and urged continued economic aid to Asia to counter subversion amid Bandung conference expectations.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southeast Asia
Bandung
Dulles
Red Ching
United States
Formosa
Asia
Eisenhower
Communist artillery pounds Quemoy in heavy barrage
Taipei Formosa May 5 Communist artillery pounded the Quemoy area in one of the heaviest barrages in eight months. Nationalist Defense Ministry said Red batteries in Amoy fired more than 150 rounds at Little Quemoy, four miles from Amoy, as the offshore island front quickened tempo.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Amoy
Little Quemoy
U N Intensifies Efforts to Free 15 U S Fliers
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold said the drive to release 15 American fliers imprisoned in Red China has been intensified. He noted his Europe trip influenced the matter and that contacts with Peiping have continued and recently intensified without predicting new developments.
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N. Y
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red
China
Europe
Peiping
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