Senate budget plan aims to speed up American defense
Senate debates a multibillion dollar military appropriations bill to fund army navy and air force for the new fiscal year. Senators push to accelerate air force strength and tighten Pentagon spending while warning of Soviet atomic threats and peak power expected by mid-1954.
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Air Force
National Security Council
Security Resources Board
Security Training Commission
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O’mahoney
D-Wyo
O'Mahoney
Pentagon
Russia
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U.S
Sen. Ferguson
R Mich
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Truman
House
Ferguson
Habitual Burglar Sentences Self To Death In Detention
Millard Wright a 42 year old habitual burglar died in his detention cell after slashing his wrist with a shard from eyeglasses. He left notes including apologies to his wife Roberta and to prison officials and a neurosurgeon who had performed a lobotomy in 1947. Police had linked him to numerous robberies after a pawning arrest exposed his stash of stolen goods.
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W.P
Millard Wright
State Police
Wright
Roberta
Yale David Koskoff
Bayne Hicks
Gen Ridgway Arrives In Norway For Defense Visit
General Matthew B Ridgway NATO commander lands in Oslo for a three day inspection of Norwegian defenses and allied forces progress during the NATO mission.
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Gen. Ridgway
Norway
Oslo
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO
East German town loses gas supply from West
An East German town cut off its gas supply from western Germany citing protection against saboteurs. The state owned Weimar Gas Works terminated its contract with Neustadt gas plant amid ongoing interzonal border sealing by the Communist authorities to sever East and West Germany contact.
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Germany
Weimer Gas Works
Neustadt
West Germany
Monsoon Rains Cool India Area
Heavy monsoon rains swept northern India and western Pakistan with 68 mph winds, cooling New Delhi from over 100 degrees to 79.3 as temperatures dropped sharply.
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New Delhi
Pakistan
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