U.S. Sees Hopeful Signs in Soviet Disarmament Plan
U.S. Ambassador Frederick M. Eaton lauds four potential advances in Khrushchev's plan while warning the United States will stay allied and not accept any disarmament that threatens Western security. He notes progress on verification, cutoff of fissionable materials, dropping four year deadline, and possible international force but cites missing balance in military power terms.
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United States
Free World
U.S
Frederick M. Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Eaton
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Buchanan Girl Clinch Queen at Richlands Bathing Beauty Contest
Peggy Bailey 17 from Oakwood won Miss Clinch Valley at Richlands High School in an all Brunette night. Virginia Dye 17 of Big Rock took second place with Betsy Ratliff 15 of Haysi third. Judges included N B Hutcherson and A L Philpot. The event supports Richlands Kiwanis Club fundraising.
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Buchanan County
Clinch Valley
Richlands
Peggy Bailey
Oakwood
Virginia Dye
Big Rock
Betty Ratliff
Haysi
Dickenson County
N. B. Hutcherson
Rocky Mount
Franklin County
House of Delegates
A. L. Philpot
Bassett
Richlands Kiwanis Club
French Civil Servants Strike Paralyzes Daily Life
Paris and other cities faced a 24 hour strike by more than a million civil servants demanding a 45 000 franc minimum monthly wage. Mail service, marriages, burials, schools, flights, garbage collection, and public functions were disrupted while workers marched on Rue de Rivoli and booed Finance Minister Baumgartner.
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Paris
Wilfred Baumgartner
Rue
Finance Ministry
Louvre
Typhoon Mary Strikes Okinawa and Hong Kong
Typhoon Mary battered Okinawa forcing evacuation of military personnel and securing aircraft as winds hit 65 mph. Dozens of fishing boats wrecked around the Matsu Islands with three injured. Hong Kong reported at least 18 000 Chinese homeless and missing in the storm’s wake.
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Naha
Okinawa
East China Sea
Taipei
Matsu Islands
Formosa Strait
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Torquay
Hong Kong
Strike Looms As Lockheed Workers Rejected Offer
In Burbank California IAM members at Lockheed Aircraft Corp Missiles and Space Division rejected a new contract offer. The union warned of a strike by about 10 000 workers next Wednesday. The IAM cited wage gains offset by cuts in fringe benefits and higher insurance costs as reducing take home pay.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Convair
San Diego
Engineers & Architects Assn
IAM
FAA
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
United Auto Workers
Douglas
Long Beach
Lockheed
San Francisco
Tom McNett
Eisenhower to Proceed With Tokyo Visit Despite Antagonism
President Eisenhower will honor his June 1922 Tokyo trip despite a mob assault on James Hagerty in Tokyo. White House aides say Hagerty escaped unharmed and U S officials judge cancellation would harm American prestige and Japan relations. The State Department offers no protest, noting Japan has apologized.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Japan
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Tokyo
White House
Anne Wheaton
U.S
State Department
Llagerty
Ward
Risenhower
United States
West
Nixon and Rockefeller Reconcile at British Trade Exhibit
Vice President Nixon and Gov Rockefeller met for the first time since fall bickering, sharing a friendly handshake and smiles with Prince Philip at the exhibit opening. They toured exhibits together, with light humor and cordial remarks about Anglo American friendship.
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GOP
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Coliseum
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockeflier
Feller
Rockefeller
Nixon
Prince Philip
Philip
Red Lion
Jean Morton
Duke
Holme Jean
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Rockefeller
Herbert G. Kiem
Nelson
Gov
Lawrence Seaway
Gov. Rockefeller
Japanese mob threatens Hagerty as Eisenhower visit looms
A 10 000 strong leftist mob in Tokyo blocked Hagerty s car and slashed tires while surrounding the convoy. The incident prompts safety concerns and questions about crowd control as plans for President Eisenhower s arrival proceed amid tight security and a powerful anti visit backdrop.
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Hagerty
Navy
Eisenhower
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
United Sates Leftiet
Mrs FDR Urges Kennedy as Stevenson VP Mate
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt asks Sen John F Kennedy to accept the No 2 spot on a Democratic ticket led by Adlai Stevenson. She argues the VP post would grant Kennedy many more years of public service and urges courage and unselfishness amidst the Paris summit setback.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E. Stevenson
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Stevenson
Navy Balloon Escapee Drifts Over Pacific off California
A giant Navy balloon carrying more than a ton of instruments drifts westward at 66,000 feet, tracked by radar near San Nicolas and Point Arguelo. Four jets attempted to shoot it down. holes failed to vent enough helium, and officials hesitate to strike again to avoid damaging the gondola’s 2,500 pounds of instruments.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
San Nicolas Island
Point Argueilo
Navy
Nixon cites uncertain Cold War timeline at Waldorf luncheon
Vice President Richard Nixon told about 1200 at a Waldorf luncheon opening a British trade expo that the Cold War with Russia could last five years or more and might be settled by war, though he preferred a peaceful outcome. He warned against impatience and urged stamina.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Russia
Coliseum
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Soviet
Warm Clear Days Across Mountain State Forecast
The weather bureau said skies stay clear through Wednesday with little rain. Temperatures will hover near normal, around 70 in the north and 71 in the south, as a slow warming trend continues through the five day period.
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Huntington
Mountain
Weather Bureau
Plane crash off Mackay leaves two presumed dead
An airliner from Brisbane to Mackay crashed into the Coral Sea Friday night with two aboard presumed dead. The US passenger was among the crew of Transaustralian Airlines. Dawn search found two bodies and wreckage including the plane log book.
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MacKay
North
Queensland
Transaustralian Airlines
Brisbane
Soe
Coral Sea
Australia
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U. S
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Thomas Stevens
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Midas
Samos
International Assn. of
General Dynamics
Atlas
Rocky
Bury
Bilt
MacArthur
Mmassador
Thomas FE
Stephens
White Lniee
Oktawa
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Navy Ballon
Queen Elizabeth 11
Britain
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