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UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS Powerful A-Bomb Blast LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 8.— One of the most powerful atomic bombs ever exploded in the United States was set off in the air today a half mile above an elaborate array of targets at the Frenchman flat proving ground. The atomic burst came with a blinding flash that momentarily dimmed even the bright desert sun at 8:30 a.m. PDT 10:30 a. m. CDT and was seen brilliantly even from Las Vegas, 55 miles from the test site. Red Jets Out and In SEOUL, Korea, May 8.— Sixteen Red jets sneaked out of their Manchurian sanctuary today for the first time since Gen. Mark Clark offered 00,000 to the first pilot to deliver a MIG-15 to the Allies. They found 10 American F-86 "MIG Killer" Sabrejets waiting for them near the Yalu River. The outnumbered Yanks damaged three MIGS before the Red pack roared back to their haven. All Rubber Controls Off WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.— The Government today removed all controls from rubber for the first time in 12 years. The last of various restrictions that have been in effect since 1941 was lifted by the National Production Authority. This restriction controlled the use of pale crepe natural rubber in pneumatic tires. Aid French in Laos HANOI, Indo-China, May 8. — American civilian pilots, flying the latest model U. S. cargo planes, today began parachuting emergency supplies to the main French-Union defenses of invaded Laos. The Americans went into action as the French command here warned that a Communist "rollback" from previous advance positions in the invaded Indo-China state may be "only a temporary maneuver." UN to Demand Guarantee PANMUNJOM, Korea, May 8. — The United Nations will demand at a truce meeting tomorrow that the Communists give a firm guarantee against any attempt | to force repatriation of anti-Red war prisoners, it was understood tonight. British Ask Defense Zone LONDON, England, May 8. — Britain has : told Egypt that it will not agree to evacuate the Suez Canal Zone unless provision is l made for its maintenance as a vital defense i zone, authoritative sources said today. Urges World Trade Lead WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.— Canadian I Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent said today that the United States must take a l "bold lead" in freeing world trade or risk letting Communism "win a bloodless victory." Cant Balance Budget WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.— The Eisenhower administration announced today that it has given up all hope of balancing r the fiscal 1954 budget and that it may have to ask Congress to increase the national debt limit.
