Careful Letter To Bulganin May See Talks
Eisenhower and top policy chiefs approve a reply to Bulganin rejecting a large East West nonaggression pact while hinting at a possible summit. Disarmament and German unity talks could shape progress before any high level meeting.
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Bulganin
John A. Scali
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Bulgaria
National Security Council
Nixon
State Dulles
Defense McElroy
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
U. S
United States
White House
Bulgarin
Dulles
Macmillan
State Dept
Joseph Reap
Paris
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Soviet Union
Congress Opens With Somber Mood Amid Security Fears
Washington opens the new session as fears rise over Soviet space age threats and defense gaps. President Eisenhower plans to address the nation in a televised State of the Union, while defense spending and missiles prompt urgent committee action.
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Washington
Congress
America
Russia
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Gettysburg
Senate
House
ABC
CBS
NBC
James C. Hagerty
Bomb Found In Car At Great Falls
John Adomono electric guitarist at a Great Falls hotel escaped injury when a car bomb was discovered in his vehicle after the engine misfired. The device consisted of five sticks of dynamite wired to a spark plug. The hood bore owner Mike Guon’s name. both men denied knowledge of the placement. Explosives expert John Cato supervised safe disposal and warned of potential casualties if it had exploded in street or garage.
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Great Falls
John Adomono
Adomono
Mike Guon
Guon
Adomo
Gavin says criticism cost promotion and command
Lt Gen James M Gavin told the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee that public criticism of Defense Dept policies helped derail his career. He retired March 31 after leading the Army Research and Development Division, citing budget defense as another reason. He had urged abolition of the Joint Chiefs and lamented the Soviet satellite launch.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
James M. Gavin
Senate
Defense Dept
Gavin
Army
Sen
Johnson
D-Tex
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Devaued Family Welcomes 25th Child in Small French Village
In Epannes, France, 47 year old Madeliene Deveaud and her farm worker husband welcomed their 25th child, a boy named Michel. The newborn brings the Deveauds to exactly one tenth of the village population, underscoring a remarkable family size in the rural community.
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Epannes
France
Madeleine Deveaud
Michel
Deveauds
Rickover Missile Fitting Plan Rejected by Navy Chiefs
Rear Adm. Hyman Rickover testified before a Senate subcommittee that the Navy rejected his proposal to fit atomic submarines to fire ballistic missiles. He said he later believed missile fitting was feasible, but naval submarine officers blocked the project.
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Washington
Hyman Rickover
Senate
Navy
Rickover
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Edwin L. Weiss
Plane Crashes Near Norfolk Housing Area Killing Four
A Navy Mercator plane carrying 12 men crashed near Norfolk destroying three houses and damaging three others. Eight survivors were hospitalized. four airmen were unaccounted for. Civilians suffered minor injuries. The crew included Cmdr. Clyde Curley and ten others. addresses not released. The aircraft was en route from Bermuda to Norfolk and struck two cars before crashing into cottages.
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Norfolk
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Bermuda
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Cmdr
Clyde Curley
Naval
Curley
Naval Air Station
Nick Copeland
Lawrence Phillips
Edward Johnson
Ronald Smith
Charles Hall
James D. Crockett
Aviation Electrician
Wallace Major
Thomas York
Gilbert Miller
Frances McClain
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Lucille Marshall
Norfolk Hospital
Montana Toll for 1957 Falls to 210 After Revision
Montana Highway Patrol reduced the 1957 highway fatality toll by removing one crash victim. The toll stands at 210 for last year, down from 267 in 1956. Rudolph Erickson of Miles City was injured fatally December 20 on a private road 23 miles north of Miles City. patrol notes fatalities on private roads are not listed.
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Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Montana
Rudolph Erickson
Miles City
British Finance Chief Resigns Over Inflation Policy
London Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Peter Thorneycroft quit after a dispute with the Macmillan government over protecting Britain’s currency. Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds him as chancellor with John Hare becoming agriculture minister. The shakeup also sees Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch resign. J E Simon named financial secretary.
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London
Britain
Peter Thorneycroft
Macmillan
Derick Heathcoat Amory
Thorneycroft
Lord Hailsham
John Hare
Amory
Enoch Powell
The
Treasury
Nigel Birch
J. E. Simon
Authoritative Press Association
Millan
Halisham
Polio Drive Gathers Steam In Butte Ahead Of Major Events
Silver Bow Chapter drives polio relief with school collection cards dime boards in business houses. Polio bowling tourney at Martys Alleys on Jan 26. eight teams from Philipsburg. Tolls for Polio on Jan 18. Mothers March on Polio Jan 27. R O Godtland outlines fund use from 1938 to 1957 with 61 cents to patient aid. Salk vaccine cited but needs remain. rehabilitation vital for thousands.
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Silver Bow
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Butte
Marty
United States
Russians Announce 300000 Man Cut in Armed Forces
Soviet Russia says it will withdraw and disband 58 000 troops in Hungary and East Germany as part of a 300 000 man reduction this year. 41 000 will come from East Germany and 17 000 from Hungary. Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov said cuts start immediately and aim to reduce manpower below three million.
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Harold K. Milespy
Soviet
Russia
Hungary
East Germany
V. V. Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Kuznetsov
Macmillan
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Ukraine
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
U. S
Moscow
A. C. B. Lovell
Olin Eggen
Washington
Fred Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Laika
Sputnik
U.S. Air Force
Ivan Kincheloe
Air Force
Douglas
Russian Claim Is Good Propaganda
A Soviet announcement of a 300000 man armed forces cut is treated as propaganda rather than a real disarmament move. It signals Moscow’s push for a summit and serves to bolster the Soviet peace offensive while masking internal manpower needs.
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William L. Ryan
Moscow
Soviet Union
First Rail Crossing Gate Patented 1865
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Montana weather forecast eastern and western regions
East Montana remains fair with increasing high clouds through Wednesday. Tuesday brings warmer temperatures with highs 35 to 50 and lows 15 to 30, dipping little on Wednesday. West Montana sees valley fog in places and high clouds north, otherwise fair with highs 25 to 35 and lows 10 to 20, except 0 to 10 in higher southern valleys. Maximums cover 12 hours, minimums 18 hours ending 5 30 p.m. Monday.
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Montana
Rumor of manned rocket mission with parachute claim
Moscow rumors say a man rode a rocket to 186 miles, parachuted safely back. No official confirmation. Western experts offer mixed skepticism and cautious scientific context.
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Earth
GOP Blames Truman for Lag in Missile Race
In a 15 page memo to 200 House Republicans, Leslie Arends argues the Truman era caused U S lag behind the Soviet Union in missile supremacy. Democratic Leader McCormack dismisses the GOP effort after five years of GOP control.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Russia
House
Leslie Arends
House Armed Services Committee
John W. McCormack
Mass
Ben Gurion Forms New Coalition Government
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion announced a new five party coalition in Jerusalem. The cabinet lists 16 members and includes two left wing parties still resisting full authority. The government presented to President Itzhak Ben Zvi and slated for Knesset approval.
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Jerusalem
Israeli Sector
U.P
David Ben- Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
Knesset
U S Rocket Capable of Taking Man Aloft
Cambridge scientists describe a rocket in American hands capable of reaching 186 miles, explaining the physics of a non orbital ascent for a man. Dr. John S. Rhinehart notes a satellite requires higher velocity and trajectory, while a ballistic ascent could use parachutes for descent and a brief five minute ascent with a longer return.
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Cambridge
Mass
John S. Rhinehart
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Russia
Rinehart
Earth
Dr. Rinehart
Northwest DC7 Lands at Billings With Sick Passenger
A Northwest Airlines DC7 en route Seattle to New York diverted to Billings Logan Field to remove a ill passenger H H Dickenson 33 of West Vancouver Canada. He was hospitalized for complications of air sickness but condition not serious. The crew dumped fuel to lighten the load before continuing to New York.
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Billings
Northwest Airlines
Seattle
New York
Logan Field
H.H. Dickenson
West Vancouver
B. C
Canada
Dickenson
Russians Seek Moon Not Stars in Soviet Broadcast
In a Moscow radio home service broadcast Rostislav Strelnikov dismissed the idea of the United States sending 10 glamorous movie stars to the Soviet Union to distract Russians from Sputniks as ridiculous and difficult to take seriously.
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London
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Rostislav Strelnikov
Russell Patterson
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