Arrival Of RB66s To Usher In New Era In Tucson
B W Clawson Tucson plant manager says RB66 and B66 planes arrive for testing after Long Beach production. Testing will occur in desert air, with takeoffs away from the city when winds allow. About 200 more local jobs expected by February. Tucson division holds 8,000 to 10,000 job applications. First flown 1954, RB66 links reconnaissance and bombing roles for USAF.
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House approves four year extension of military draft
The House Armed Services Committee votes 32 to 0 to extend the draft for four more years with two changes. It keeps two years active service and six years reserve duty, with adjustments for National Guard service before 21 and prior military service not opening a second tour in peacetime. Blandford notes 144000 served a second tour at one time.
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China Rejects UN Talks Unless Red Seat Heats Up Aide
Peiping radio quotes Premier Chou En-lai demanding the Chinese Nationalists gain the Security Council seat and the United States be cast as a defendant before Formosa discussions. He ties participation to removal of Chiang Kai-shek’s bloc and insists China can only join if the council condemns U S aggression and withdraws forces from Taiwan.
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China Coast
New York
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Peiping
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Soviet Union
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Taiwan
Far East
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Taiwan Straits
New Zeaand
Bell Vertical Takeoff Plane Unveiled at Bell Aircraft
Bell Aircraft Corp unveils a jet powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Founder Lawrence Bell calls it the most significant development since the Wright brothers. The design uses two side mounted jet engines on an axle for vertical and horizontal flight with reaction controls and no wheels.
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David W. Howe
Bell Aircraft Corp
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lawrence D. Bell
Wright Brothers
Howe
Arizona bill targets Russian travelers and officials
Rep. Del Rogers bills to bar entry for Russians and Russian government representatives in Arizona. The measure prohibits travel by residents of Russia or Russian satellites, aiming to restrict Soviet or allied individuals from the state.
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del Rogers
Maricopa
Arizona
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Russia
Mine Mill Union Loses Privileges Under Taft-Hartley Law
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers loses all Taft-Hartley privileges after the NLRB finds secretary treasurer Maurice E. Travis signed a non Communist affidavit falsely. The union at its Denver HQ vows to appeal to the Supreme Court and seeks an injunction.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Maurice E
Travis
Denver
Supreme Court
Matusow accused as planted Communist witness
Chairman Francis E. Walter of the House Un-American Activities Committee charged that Harvey Matusow was planted by the Communist party to pose as an ex Communist. Walter said Matusow is or has always been a Communist and was placed as a professional witness to discredit congressional investigations.
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House un-American Activities Committee
Harvey Matusow
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
House
Matusow
Walter
Soviet boosts 1955 defense budget over 12 percent
Moscow announces a 1955 defense budget of 112.1 billion rubles, about 12 billion rubles more than last year, equal to roughly 28.03 billion dollars at the official rate. Finance Minister Zverev cited no international changes to justify the rise as delegates applauded the military figure amid a 589.6 billion ruble total budget.
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Supreme Soviet
Arseny G. Zverev
Kremlin
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
French Premier faces possible fall as Mayer opposes policy
In Paris Premier Pierre Mendes France's government teeters after Radical Socialist Rene Mayer announces a vote against him on the North African policy. Mayer's move threatens the majority in the national assembly as deputies applaud amid support from de Gaulle loyalists during the second day of debate.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes
Charles de Gaulle
Mendes-France
What Is A Jew Relgions of Our Day feature series
A new weekly series explores religious beliefs across faiths beginning with an article on Judaism. Subsequent installments will cover Protestant denominations and other beliefs, with publication planned Thursday and Friday each week.
Markets At A Glance
New York stocks slipped on a modestly selling day as bonds showed mixed, narrow trading. Cotton and grain overall quiet with short covering in cotton. Wheat weak amid forecasts of heavy snow in western Kansas. corn and oats follow wheat. Hogs steady with a top of 18.25 dollars. Cattle steady to weak with steers and heifers topping 28.75 on choice.
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New York
Kansas
Snow Flurry Totals Trace as Tucson Feels Cold Front
A Tucson weather report notes a trace of snow in the night showers with melting before ground contact. The cold front lowered temperatures to 30 before dawn, with a forecast near 25 tonight and a high of 65 yesterday, mostly clear and windy conditions expected.
Coldest Spell In Years Hits Eastern U S
Easterners shudder under a harsh cold wave with temperatures plummeting to record lows. New York City marked its coldest Feb 3 in years and linked fires from kerosene heaters to multiple deaths while cities from Philadelphia to Maine logged subzero conditions and heavy snows.
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Pennsylvania
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Maine
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Watertown
Lebanon
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Kane
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Hanover Township
Utica
High Point
Greenville
Augustana
Syracuse
Portland
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Stokes Forest
Boston
Buffalo
Rochester
West European nations reject Soviet note on gas warfare claims
Six nations Britain France Italy Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg delivered replies to a January note from the Soviet foreign office denying that West German rearmament violates Geneva conventions by prohibiting poison gas and germ warfare. The replies reportedly categorically reject the Soviet charge.
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Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Red Fleet Massing For Tachen Push
Taipei reports Communist fleet massing near Yikiangshan to press the Tachens evacuation under U S Seventh Fleet cover. Nationalist guns shell Tachen as ships concentrate to the north. two Communist vessels have been destroyed amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Formosa
United States
Taichen Island
Yikiangshan
Tachen Island
Taipei
China
Sabrina Fair opens at Tucson Little Theater tonight
Tucson Little Theater launches Sabrina Fair with an 8:30 PM show at the El Conquistador hotel tonight and another performance at 8:30 PM tomorrow. The schedule also lists free talks by Ifaat Husain at BPA 110 and a gallery tour at Tucson Art Center led by James Powell Scott.
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Tucson Little Theater
Sabrina Fair
S. Ifaat Husain
San Francisco
International Students Club
BPA College
Tucson Bridge Club
Tucson Art Center
James Powell Scott
UA Art Department
W. Jackson St
el Conquistador
Elks
UA Auditorium
TLT
el Conquistador Hotel
Trinidad welcomes princess
Trinidad reports welcoming a princess with a warm reception and community fanfare across the city venues, highlighting official ceremonies and public participation.
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