De Gaulle signals Algeria plan amid talks with French extremists
In Algiers French Premier Charles de Gaulle urged liberty happiness and dignity for nine million Algerians while dodging a pledge to political or economic integration. He outlined a five year development program and highlighted Sahara oil and gas reserves expected to fuel France for decades.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Sahara
de Gaulle
Velure
Paris
Gabon
Equatorial Africa
No Guesses From Harry
Former President Harry S. Truman said the 1960 Democratic nomination race is wide open and he has no idea who will win. He noted he will stay hands off to avoid hurting any of the young candidates while recognizing several could emerge as frontrunners in a close field.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Averell Harriman
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Pacifists Demonstrate At Thor Rocket Base
A pacifist group staged a second assault on a secret Thor missile base near Swaffham England. Military police repelled the crowd as construction on the launching pad continued for United States supplied Thor missiles to the Royal Air Force. About 50 demonstrators were driven off by fire hoses on Saturday.
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Swaffham
England
United States
Royal Air Force
Weather Summary West Virginia and Nearby Regions
Cloudy and not as cold with light snow beginning northwest tonight. Low in the mid 20s. Tuesday snow turning to rain with rising temperatures. Another general snow storm possible in the north with rain or snow in the south Thursday or Friday. Snow flurries then continuing in the north at times. Temperatures average 5 to 10 degrees below normal with a warmer end of week trend.
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West Virginia
Ohlo
Atany
Issbaneus
Anchorage
Hirmatck
Sivadee
Chouay Ieciccas
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Memphis
St. Paul
Washington
Democratic Advisory Council drafts 24 point program for 86th Congress
The Democratic Advisory Council finished a broad 24 point plan covering Social Security expansion and civil rights, noting no specific recommendations on space issues. The move signals liberal emphasis amid newly expanded Democratic majorities in the House and Senate and a likely focus on national security.
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Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
House
Senate
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Congress
Johnson
Council
Officials Seek Clues In Ohio Gun Slaying
Roy Olif Ryen a 34 year old Goodyear Aircraft engineer from Doylestown was found shot in his car in a field near Barberton after a 10 am Saturday discovery. Detectives say he may have resisted a robbery and was shot while fleeing. He died Sunday at Citizens Hospital after surgery. Ryen had left his brother Earl at Earl's home early Saturday.
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Barberton
Roy Olif Ryen
Doylestown
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Ryen
Citizens Hospital
Earl
Red River Cuts Down site of Texas Claim
The Red River near Yuba Oklahoma has shifted, creating a new channel and annexing about a mile square from Texas to Oklahoma. No families inhabit the new Oklahoma area formerly part of Fannin County Texas. The Supreme Court has ruled the south bank as the boundary, but the shifting river complicates tax collection for both states.
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Yuba
Okla
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
Lone Star State
Sooners
Oklahoma Territory
Fannin County
Tex
U. S. Supreme Court
Rocket Engineer Dies in San Diego
Dr. Hans R. Friedrich, 47, a codeveloper of the German V2 rocket and an assistant chief engineer for development at Convair Astronautics, died Saturday. He led development work on the Atlas missile.
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San Diego
Hans R. Friedrich
Convair Astronautics
Colonel Walter Reid Dies At 68 Former Ellington Commander
Houston report says Col. Walter H. Reid 68 longtime Ellington Air Force Base commander during World War II died Sunday. He led base operations and contributed to early air power efforts during the war.
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Houston
Tex
Walter H. Reid
Ellington Air Force Base
Convicted Man John N Ross Hospitalized Before Sentencing
John N Ross, 33, convicted of second degree murder for shooting Russell Caputo, lay in Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital near death from pneumonia and malnutrition while his wife blamed jail neglect for delays in treatment. Dr. Matowitz said Ross refused food and deteriorated since conviction.
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Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
John N. Ross
Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital
Jean
Clayton C. Matowitz
Ross
Chicago Fire Toll Reaches Ninety-Two Victims
The Our Lady of the Angels School fire adds the 92nd death as Kurt Schutt age 9 dies at Edgewater Hospital. Eighty seven children and three nuns died the prior Monday with 57 more in seven hospitals. Coroner McCarron forms a blue ribbon jury for the inquest set to begin Wednesday.
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Chicago
Our Lady of the Angels School
Kurt Schutt
Edgewater Hospital
Walter FE. McCarron
Reds Accuse NKorea of Kidnapping Seventy Off Korea
Seoul reports North Korea seized 42 fishermen and seven boats off the east coast. The accusation comes amid ongoing tensions between the two Koreas and raises fears for maritime safety in the region.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korea
Civil Rights Commission Begins Alabama Voting Inquiry
The Civil Rights Commission opened its first hearing in Alabama amid resistance from state officials and reluctance to disclose records. Subpoenas had been issued to six counties as complaints of racial disenfranchisement rise, with Barbour and Bullock Counties’ files impounded by Circuit Judge George Wallace.
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Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
John A. Hannah
Robert G. Storey
Federal Commission
Commission
Barbour
Bullock
George Wallace
Dallas
Lowndes and
Wilcox
Macon
Two Men Die In Crash During Police Chase
In Marietta a police pursuit ends in a high speed crash on U S 50 near Little Hocking killing two Parkersburg men. One occupant was ejected and died, the other crushed as the car struck a bridge abutment. A third man survived. Jewelry was scattered along the route from earlier thefts in Parkersburg and Marietta.
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Marietta
William Locke
Belpre
U.S. 50
Vrad Wen Kenulea
Lauren K. Gardner
Cyrus J. Dotson
Parkersburg
W.va
Locke
Roy D. ‘Harris
Ohio 7
Here
Little Hocking
Snowstorm Cuts Death Toll In Ohio Traffic Count
The article notes two consecutive Fridays of snowy weekends reducing traffic fatalities. Eleven traffic deaths occurred last weekend including a Marietta chase ending at a bridge. A Cincinnati man died from carbon monoxide poisoning in his sleep and two hunting deaths came by drowning rather than gunfire.
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Ohio
Marietta
Cincinnati
Fire gutts Galion old industrial building in transformer blaze
Galion Ohio firefighters say a Sunday blaze gutted the two story brick building once hosting Starkey Machinery Co Inc maker of ceramic and brickmaking parts. Loss is estimated around 200000 dollars.
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Galion
Ohio
Starkey Machinery Co., Inc
Army aims for sun orbit after Pioneer III failure
Army scientists plan a new attempt to launch Pioneer III after its recovery and radiation measurements around Earth. Pioneer III reached a peak 66 654 miles altitude before burning up over North Africa due to an angle and fuel timing shortfall. Maj. Gen. Medaris said the next shot is at least a month away.
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North Africa
Ili
John P Medaris
Army Missile Command
Medaris
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Moon
Earth
West Berlin Election Defeats Communists and Boosts Brandt
West Berlin voters rejected Communist plans to end the four power occupation as shown by a decisive election result. Willy Brandt led the Socialists to 78 of 133 seats, Adenauer’s Christian Democrats took 55, while Communists earned only 1.9 percent. Brandt faces choices on governing coalitions as Moscow dismisses the results.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red
Willy Brandt
Khrushchev
Brandt
Christian Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow Radio
Pravda
West Germany
Adenauer
Socialist Party
Erich Ollenhauer
Trans World Airlines Resumes All Flights After Strike
Trans World Airlines resumes scheduled service after a 17 day machinists strike. The first flight departed New York at midnight bound for Los Angeles nonstop. Eastbound international routes start today and westbound international flights will begin later in the week.
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Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
New York
Los Angeles
Poorest Season in 19 Years Hits Great Lakes Shipping
Rugged weather and ice trimmed the Great Lakes fleet as steel demand waned. By late 1958 only 180 of 250 ships operated in fall. iron ore shipments fell 31 million tons from 1957, with total season under 55 million tons, the lowest since 1839. Sault Ste. Marie locks will close mid December until spring.
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Cleveland — i
Great Lakes
America
American Iron Ore Assn
U. S
U. S. Coast Guard
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Lower Lakes
OU Defeats Morris Harvey Faces Southern Illinois
The Messenger reports OU secured a victory over Morris Harvey and prepared to meet Southern Illinois as page nine coverage details the matchup and potential implications for the season standings.
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Morris Harvey
Southern Illinois
Browns
Pomeroy High School
Logan
Depot Street
Athens
Glouster
Point Pl
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Wey Trees
Pe Pere
Asian African Nations Hear Economic Plea at Cairo Conference
Cairo Egypt economy minister Abdel Moneim Kaissuny opened a 39 nation Asian African Economic Conference. He urged cooperation to confront European and other blocs without naming the six nation West European group. Delegates include 13 Arab states five Communist countries and six pro Western states.
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Cairo
UAR
Abdel Moneim Kaissuny
Gamal Abdel Nasser Kaissuny
Batista asks congress to declare national emergency
Havana reports President Fulgencio Batista urged the Cuban Congress to declare a state of national emergency to expand powers against Fidel Castro's rebellion. Congress was seen as likely to approve the request.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Congress
Fidel Castro
Haitian Army General Staff Dismissed in Plot Rumor
The entire Haitian army general staff was dismissed amid rumors of a plot by officers to seize the government in Port au Prince.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Enrollment surges beyond expectations across colleges and universities
Dr. Raymond Walter reports in his 39th campus population survey that total enrollments rise about 4.1 percent from last year. Freshman full time students reach 445,870 with women making up 172,594. Public universities climb 4.4 percent, independent teachers' colleges up 11.2 percent, while private universities show a slight decrease.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walter
University of Citteinial
Walters
Jury Resumes Deliberation On Temple Bombing Case
Fulton Superior Court jurors regroup after Saturday midnight recess to continue deliberations in the bombing case of George Bright the first of five men charged in the Atlanta Jewish temple bombing. Judge Durwood Pye had ordered a hotel stay due to Georgia law barring Sunday verdicts with the trial set after October 12 indictments against Allen Griffin Robert Bowling and Richard Bowling awaiting later trials.
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Atlanta
Fulton
George Bright
Durwood Pye
Georgia
Wallace H. Allen
Kenneth Chester Griffin
Robert Bowling
Richard Bowling
California Town Holds Wholesale Evacuation Experiment
In Chico California a wholesale evacuation exercise was staged with over 200 families from the north San Francisco Bay area driving 130 miles to Chico in police escorted convoys. They spent the night with local families as part of the test run.
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Chico
Calif
California
San Francisco Bay Area
Esparto
War Pattern Continues in Offshore Shelling Odd Days
Taipei reports the Chinese Communists maintained a recurring war pattern by shelling offshore islands only on odd-numbered days while their guns remained silent for the 19th consecutive even-numbered day.
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Taipei
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