Russians Pass Protest On To East Germans
Soviet authorities redirected a Western protest over a border shooting to East German authorities as East West tensions over four power rule in Berlin grow. The move follows a British protest after a 31 year old West Berlin traveler was wounded at a border control point. East Germany seeks sovereign recognition and ministry level handling of barge traffic, complicating Western claims.
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Berlin
P. A. Dibrova
West Berlin
C. Robert C. Cottrell-Hill
East Germany
Dibrova
Redkgent
Dibrera
U. S
Les L. Dasher Jr
Russia
Germany
CCC reports record investment figures for one month term
The Commodity Credit Corp. posted an all time high investment of 7.745 billion dollars in commodities on Oct 31, with loans outstanding at 1.881 billion and inventories totaling 5.864 billion. Cotton, tobacco, and wheat drove the October rise as the agency funds price support programs. The net realized loss for the first four months of the fiscal year reached 240.514 million, up from 198.924 million last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
US Canada Stage Air Defense Systems Test
A joint exercise by the U S Defense Department and the Canadian Department of National Defense began late today to test radar tracking and interceptor response under winter conditions. Elements of the U S Army Air Force Navy and National Guard participated as Planes of the Strategic Air Command acted as the hypothetical enemy.
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Washington
U. S
U. S. Strategic Air Command
Defense Department
U. S. Defense Department
Canadian Department of National Defense
U. S. Army
Air Force
Navy
National Guard
Seven Die as Bus Plunges Over Cliff in Colombia
A bus plunged over a 400 foot cliff in Bogota killing seven people and injuring 26 aboard. Police and rescue teams searched the wreckage as survivors were rushed to nearby hospitals. Military and civilian authorities investigated the cause of the crash and coordinated relief efforts.
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Bogota
Colombia
Eisenhower Addresses AFL CIO Convention From Gettysburg
President Eisenhower via telephone from his Gettysburg farm told 1,409 delegates that labor unions have a legitimate political interest but must reflect the wishes of their rank and file. He outlined a philosophy of voluntary labor relations and opposed government overreach while noting the AFL CIO’s role in shaping the 1956 political scene.
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Eisenhower
Aflcio
Gettysburg
71St Regiment
Park Avenue
Apl-Cio
George Meany
Buret
APL
CIO
Adlai Stevenson
America
Labor
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Afl-Cio
Humphries Open to Vice Presidency If Offered
Humphries stated he would accept the vice presidency if offered, though not actively seeking the role. He told Morgantown Dominion News reporter Alice Baggett that he would gladly accept if honored. He spoke at West Virginia University during a convocation honoring the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity.
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Stevenson
Humphries
Alice Baggot
Morgantown Dominion News
Pumphries
West Virginia University
Phi Beta Kappa
Panty Raid Disrupts William and Mary Campus Wake
About 400 male students staged a two hour panty raid at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg with traffic disruption and several laundry items taken. Police broke up the raid and handcuffed one male student as crowds urged his release. No arrests were made and the dean lamented the incident.
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Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Bbe
J. Wilfred Lambert
Woman Drowns after Leaving Final Will and Pets
Hendersonville, N C December 5 Mrs Florence E Carroll 84 died by hanging in her home after leaving a 10 page will and testament and bequests to her milkman She drowned three dogs and two cats and requested cremation or burial in a pine coffin with minimal ceremony The assistant coroner ruled death by suicide and she left a stark note criticizing fear hatred and materialism in America.
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Hendersonville
N. C
Florence E. Carroll
Chicago
Dana
Jimmy Marshall
Marshall
Canine
R. P. Freeman
AAR Reports October Net Income For Major Railroads
The Assn of American Railroads estimates Class 1 carriers earned 92 million dollars in October, up from 77 million a year earlier. For the first ten months this year net income is placed at 753 million dollars, compared with 484 million in the same period last year. Net income equals earnings after operating expenses and fixed charges including taxes. Class 1 railroads are defined as those with at least one million dollars gross annual business.
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Washington
Assn. of American Railroads
AAR
Five Teen Girls Held for Grand Jury Murder Charge
Five teenage girls from Akron are held for the grand jury on first degree murder charges in the death of a detention home matron after an escape. Judge Russell W. Thomas ruled they should be tried as adults and they remain jailed without bond. Defendants include Ruth Beichler 17, Mirl Cain 15, Margaret Nicholson 15, Shirley Shingler 15, and Zelda De Cost 16.
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Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Russell W. Thomas
Thomas
Alva J. Russell
Teres Ens
Ruth Beichler
Mirl Cain
Margaret Nicholson
Shirley Shingler
Zelda de Cost
Cold Wave Dampens Eastern Cities With Snow and Rain
Cold air plunged into the eastern United States on Monday with temperatures 20 degrees or more below Sunday at many spots. Montgomery dropped from 75 to 52 while Buffalo fell to 32 and Pittsburgh to 60 at midday. Bis marck registered 2 below zero and Lander 7 below. Flurries hit the eastern Great Lakes as rain and snow spread in the Northwest.
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N.Y
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N.D
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Wye
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Dallas
Omaha
Seattle
San Francisco
Phoenix
Chicago
Boston
Judge Signs Off in Haste on Jail Slip
Judge C. Berkley Lilly hurriedly signed a jail commitment slip for a prisoner who failed to pay a $105 drunk driving fine. The judge then left for a meeting and police could not locate him to obtain a correction or detain him.
Stanley Plans Vote Campaign On School Bill
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley travels to meet legislators across Virginia to push a referendum on amending Section 141 to allow a limited convention aimed at preserving school integration limits while paving tuition grants for private schooling. A statewide campaign will coordinate efforts with Democratic workers and the Gray Commission backing. Virginia Young Democrats pledge support and will work at polls.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Education Study Commission
Petersburg
Danville
General Assembly
Dels
Roy Soter
Riond
Commission On Public Education
Capitol
Carter O. Lowance
Ben D. Lacy
Garland Gray
Waverly
Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
Gray Commission
Democratic Party
Ted Dalton
Radford
Gov. Stanley
Loveless Murder Indictment Dismissed in Charleston Case
The murder indictment against Melvin Loveless of Charleston was dismissed by Circuit Judge C. C. Chambers on grounds the May grand jury was not properly dismissed. Loveless had faced a 1953 robbery slaying of Mrs. Sarah Reed in Logan. prosecutors will seek a new indictment from a special grand jury this week. The case follows Loveless’s two prior murder convictions overturned on appeal.
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Logan
Melvin Loveless
Charleston
C. C. Chambers
Loveless
Sarah Reed
Chambers
Jackson Savage
Circuit Court
Claude A. Joyce
State Supreme Court
Eisenhower Eden to Plan Strategy on World Issues
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden will meet at the White House on January 30 to map strategy against Soviet cold war maneuvers. The talks follow Geneva ministerial failures and face a broad, entrenched set of international issues with no urgent push for a direct alliance.
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Eden
Gettysburg
White House
Russia
Geneva
Eisenhower Eyes National Role as Health Foes Rise
President Eisenhower faces a sharpened foreign policy debate with Russia diplomacy, Middle East and Asia tensions, and France crises. He met with Nelson Rockefeller and Cabinet NSC sessions amid hopes he will seek a second term, while GOP leaders voiced cautious optimism and no definite decision.
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Soren — Grams
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National Security Council
Nelson Rockefeller
James C. Hagerty
NSC
Presidential Lodge
Catoctin Mountains
Imont
Probers Press Subpoenas in Dixon Yates Inquiry
Sen. Langer urged the Senate Antimonopoly subcommittee to subpoena Postmaster General Summerfield and White House aide Sherman Adams to probe Dixon and Yates. The 107 million dollar West Memphis power plan and campaign fund ties are under scrutiny as Kefauver leads the inquiry. Strauss and Hughes decline to discuss executive branch conversations, citing privilege.
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Langer
R-Nd
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Summerfield
Sherman Adams
White House
Dixon - Yates
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Mr. Yates
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Eisenhower
Edgar H. Dixon
Eugene A. Yates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
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Atomic Eaery Commission
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Adams
St. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Connelly
Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
Seaudete
Se Langer
Summerfield Adams
Republican National Committee
Churchill Steps Into Red Debate
The former British prime minister denounced Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin as engaging in an "exhibition" of politics during a Woodford England speech. The visit and comments sparked mixed reactions, with Pravda condemning Western press criticism and Khrushchev accusing colonial powers of profit while Burma's people suffered.
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South Asia
Woodford
England
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita 8
Khrushchev
Heronesty
Bulganin
Britain
London
Moscow
Pravda
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Pet
Aes
Mandalay
Nine Workers Killed In Tauern Alps Avalanche at Kaprun
A 300 foot wide avalanche roared down from the Tauern Alps at the Kaprun power project in Linz Austria killing at least nine workers and injuring three. Police said six or seven others were missing and feared dead.
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Linz
Austria
Tauern Alps
Kaprun
Boys Find Dismembered Body In Railway Yards
Two boys discovered the dismembered body of a man in the Norfolk Southern rail yards in South Norfolk Virginia. Police identified the man as David Lyles from a Social Security card found on him. Authorities theorize the victim was run over by a train, with death presumed last night. The body was turned over to the state medical examiner for final determination.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
David Lyles
Man Earns Indictment For Plane Theft Case
William J. Beloate 25 was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for stealing a plane and flying across state lines from National Airport. He admitted taking the plane, planning to reach Cuba, and the craft crash landed near Aulander North Carolina. He surrendered in Norfolk Virginia. The aircraft was valued at $10,000 and belonged to Washington businessmen.
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William J. Beloate
Beloate
Doctors Hospital
Washington
FBI
National Airport
Cuba
Aulander
N. C
Norfolk
Churchill to hear Colonial Williamsburg trustees in London
Sir Winston Churchill will meet 11 Colonial Williamsburg trustees in London to receive their first annual freedom award at his Hyde Park home tomorrow afternoon. The event, tied to Virginia's historic capital, reflects the trustees’ efforts and Churchill’s involvement in commemorations.
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London
Winston Churchill
Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg
Hyde Park
Soviet Architect Faces US Plot Charge Prevails in Moscow
Soviet architect Vlasov accused two American reporters of distortion in Moscow Pravda interview. He said his builders' delegation made Americans hopeful for Soviet US ties, prompting protests in the US and France to his possible return. He criticized AP and the New York Times for crude misrepresentation of a decree praised by Khrushchev and Bulganin.
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India
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France
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Viasov
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Union of Architects
Associated Press
New York Times
Dinarten
Remier N. A. Bulganin
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