Britain Tames H-Bomb and Wins Nuclear Race
Britain reportedly wins the race to tame hydrogen bomb power and prepare details of a controlled reaction. British scientists at Harwell, aided by American teams, may reveal an important advance with potential peaceful uses and energy from a new source, possibly sea-derived uranium alternatives.
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Paris
Britain
Harwell
United States
Canada
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Macmillan
Eight Die As B52 Crashes In Spokane Takeoff
Spokane air base 92nd Bomb Wing loses eight crew members in a dramatic B52 crash during takeoff. Tail gunner survives and sergeant Graye, the sole survivor, recalls a frightening moment as jet fuel erupts in a towering cloud.
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Spokane
Wash
Gene I. Graye
Augusta
Kan
Herbert H. Spiller
Lowell
Ark
Douglas F. Schwartz
Minneapolis
Minn
Douglas E. Gray
Guthrie
James D. Mann
Mountain View
Calif
Ralph R. Alworth
Dilton
Okla
Thomas N. Peebles
Carson, Va
Jack J. Vainisi
Oak, Ill
U S Flier Sets World Speed Mark
Air Force Maj. Adrian E. Drew, 37, set a new world speed record for manned flight on a 10.1 mile course at 1,207.6 mph in a twin jet F101A Voodoo at 39,000 feet. The record breaks the previous 1,132 mph mark held by Britain since March 1956 and was timed at Edwards Air Force Base and submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Adrian E. Drew
Drew
Edwards Air Force Base
National Aeronautic Assa
Federale Aeronautique International
Aris
Counterfeiters Held in $1 Million Operation
French police say two Corsicans, Paul Giducelli, 37, and Jean Baptiste Paoletti, 30, were arrested for counterfeiting nearly 1 million dollars in American hundred dollar bills. They allegedly distributed the notes in Nice Villefranche Marseilles and Genoa.
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Nice
France
Paul Guidicelli
Jean-Baptiste Paoletti
Villefranche
Marseilles
Genoa
Italy
Brando Rift Denied by Mrs Brando in Hollywood
Mrs Marlon Brando denies split rumors amid widespread talk of a rift. She says the reports are untrue and notes she expects their baby next July. Brando declined comment, reiterating that his private life is his own business. The Brandos wed on Oct 11 and announced the pregnancy on Nov 13.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Brandos
Aldermaston Nuclear Accident Claims Life in Laboratory
A British Atomic Energy Authority report says a senior experimental officer aged 39, Douglas Whittaker, died in an Aldermaston laboratory furnace accident. Several others were injured. no radiation occurred. A board of inquiry will determine the cause. The plant conducts military nuclear research near Berkshire, 45 miles west of London.
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London
Britain
Aldermaston
British Atomic Energy Authority
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Berkshire
England
Douglas Whittaker
U S Bulletin Advice Questioned by Representative
Washington rep H R Gross IA Iowa criticizes a government food prep memo. He highlights the dish washing guidance that dishpans should be large enough for dishes but not too large for the sink. He questions the usefulness of such guidance in a newsletter for voters.
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Washington
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Gross
U.S. and Reds Discuss Swap of Educators
Washington reports the United States is negotiating with Russia for an interchange of educational specialists. Secretary of Welfare Folsom cites aims to improve knowledge of Soviet education and seeks funds to strengthen the comparative education branch amid debate over departmental attention to Soviet schooling.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Folsom
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Office of Education
Fulbright
Eleanor Lowman
Ussr
Congress
Injury Suit Gets Change Of Venue
A Maricopa Superior Court order transfers a $100,000 injury suit from Maricopa to Pima County. Plaintiffs claim permanent injuries from a July 12, 1956 jeep collision on E Waverly Street and Craycroft Road in Tucson. Defendants include Sam Pilcher Raymond Larson and State Consolidated Publishing Co.
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Maricopa
Pima County
Sam Pilcher
Raymond Larson
State Consolidated Publishing Co
Arizona Daily Star
Odes F. Ferrin
Columbus Blvd
Maricopa Superior Court
Tucson
Atty. S
Paul Ferrin
Phoenix
E. Waverly St
N. Craycroft Rd
Pilcher
Larson
Ferrin
Atty
Burglary Double and Robbery Reported Early Today
A strong arm robbery netted $50 from Phil Baker a transient cotton picker on South Meyer avenue at 2 a.m. A burglar tripped an alarm at VFW Post 4903 on East Speedway at 3 a.m. and fled. Mrs. Aubrey Martin awoke to a youth at her bedside at 2 a.m. and he fled. nothing missing.
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Phil Baker
South Meyer Avenue
VFW
E. Speedway
Aubrey Martin
E. 9Th St
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U. S. Bulletin
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Southgate Center
Westerner
W. Congress
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Broadway
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U.S.D.A
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