Gaillard Wins Confidence in Algeria Plans Vote
Paris report states Premier Felix Gaillard won two confidence votes in the National Assembly on Algeria policy. The measures for restricted home rule and election procedures passed 269-200 and 267-200, despite opposition from Communists and Poujadists. The framework law affirms Algeria as part of France with regional administrations and a looser federal structure under centralized control.
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Paris
Felix Gaillard
French National Assembly
Algeria
Gaillard
France
Pierre Mendes- France
Maurice Bourges - Maunory
U.N
New York
Front of National Liberation
National Assembly
Algiers
French Republic
Spectacular Yule Parade Lights Princeton in Holiday Glory
About 20 000 spectators lined Princeton streets for the annual Christmas parade. Twenty four units including Princeton, Peterstown bands, and multiple garden clubs marched the mile route with 4 300 lights and a 25 foot tree at 4th and Mercer. Awards went to Mountain Laurel Garden Club for Home For Christmas with 50 dollar prize. Bud and Blossom Garden Club took second. Green Thumb Jr. Garden Club third.
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Princeton
Jr. and Sr. Chamber of Commerce
Altizer
Chamber of Commerce
Peterstown
Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Bud and Blossom Garden Club
Green Thumb Jr. Garden Club
Florabunda Garden Club
Key Club
Princeton Junior Woman's Club
Santa Claus
Bluefield
F. Morton Wagner
Mercer County Circuit Court
Charles Scott
St. Lukes’ Hospital
James E. McCoy
First National Bank
W. L
Stubby) Currence
Daily Telegraph
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
4Th and
Mercer Streets
Princeton High School
Elizabeth Kee
Congress
Amos R. Beam
W. Grady Carper
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
James G. Kelly
Princeton Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Post Office
Sunset News-Observer
Bud & Blossom Garden Club
Friendship Garden Club
Periwinkle Garden Club
Princeton Jr. Woman's Club
Peterstown High School
Lions Club
Elks Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ford
Tunisia shifts stance amid Algerian mediation push
At the United Nations Tunisia urged France to accept a Tunisian Moroccan mediation for Algeria. Ambassador Mongi Slim told the 82 nation committee that reform cannot end the rebellion and warned against French electoral domination. France and Britain backed ceasefire followed by elections and talks with Algerian nationalists.
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United Nations
N.Y
Tunisia
Algeria
U.N
Mongi Slim
France
Morocco
Slim
National Assembly
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Rabat
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Ingrid Bergman Says No Chance of Reconciliation
London dateline reports Ingrid Bergman stating there is no chance to reconcile with Roberto Rossellini. She says they are legally separated and not children, and that divorce is not being pursued. Bergman notes Italian church does not recognize divorce and she remains not bitter about the separation.
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London
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Ossellini
Italy
Miss Bergman
Department Store Sales Rise Nationwide
The Federal Reserve Board reported that department store sales last week were 4 percent higher than the similar week in 1956. Major cities and retailers saw a nationwide uptick reflecting stronger consumer spending in a postwar era.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
1958 Coal Show Queen Bituminous To Be Named Today
At least 36 girls from the Blue field area compete for Queen Bituminous this morning at 10 o clock in the Appalachian assembly room. The event, sponsored by the Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute, accompanies the Bluefield Coal Show. Judge Jack Adams said the new queen and attendants will be announced in Sundays Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
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Bluefield
Appalachian Assembly Room
Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Jack Adams
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Air Force unveils full pressure space suit for moon flight
Brig. Gen. Flickinger announced a full pressure suit designed for space travel and the North American X15 program. Test pilot Scott Crossfield, 36, will be the first to fly in the suit which weighs 24 pounds total and enables movement in extreme conditions.
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Washington
Air Force
Donald D. Flickinger
Air Research and Development Command
Baltimore
Scott Crossfield
Crossfield
Flickinger
David Clark Co
Worcester
Mass
Turbojet Added To NATO British Bases
The U S 3rd Air Force announced the Douglas B66B turbojet Destroyer will join NATO forces in Britain. Over six months next year the 47th Bombardment Wing will convert from B45s to B66Bs and the 17th Bomb Wing will relocate from Eglin AFB Florida to Sculthorpe England.
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London
U.S
3Rd Air Force
Britain
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Sculthorpe
England
Air Force pursues antimissile Wizard defense
General White announced the Air Force is developing an antimissile missile dubbed the Wizard to counter intercontinental threats. He cited ongoing research at Kirkland AFB New Mexico and noted shifts to deploy big U.S. missiles while predicting one or two more bomber generations before sole reliance on missiles.
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Washington
Air Force
Thomas D. White
White
New York Times
Army
U.S
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Kirkland Air Force Base
New Mexico
Kirkland
America
Cold Wave Grips Midwest and Plains States
A severe cold wave swept the Midwest into the Ohio Valley as north winds gusted 30 to 50 mph. Temperatures plunged to 10 to 15 below zero in the Dakotas and Minnesota, with near zero to 5 above in surrounding areas. Snow and rain mixed across the central U.S. while winds battered Texas and New Mexico and cool air spread to the Northeast.
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Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio Valley
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Upper Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Lubbock
Tex
Texas
Secretary of State D. P. OBrien Dies of Heart Attack
Charleston reports state Secretary of State D P OBrien, 57, died at his east side home from a coronary occlusion. He served since 1948, survived by wife Mildred and daughter Patricia, with governors and officials mourning the loss and noting his long public service.
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Charleston
D. Pitt O’brien
East Side
O'Brien
Goff P. Lilly
Buckhannon
Underwood
O’brien
Board of Public Works
Upshur County
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wesleyan
William S. O’brien
Clarence W. Meadows
Raleigh
Mildred Elizabeth Smith
Weston
Patricia
Eisenhower back at Gettysburg for weekend rest after stroke
President Eisenhower returns to his Gettysburg estate following another minor stroke. Doctors say rest at home is best and no decision yet on NATO Paris trip. He will stay through the weekend as aides discuss the legislative and foreign policy agenda.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Washington
Will
Douglas B. Cornell
NATO
Paris
Snyder
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Andrew Goodpaster
Adams
Goodpaster
Thurmont
Ile Itis
Hiding Dickenson, Korean War Returnee Held Up by Neighbors
Edward S. Dickenson, once a prisoner of war who defected to the Communist side, disappeared after a Knoxville Journal interview and radio broadcast questioned his loyalties. He left Cracker's Neck Virginia for unknown reasons as his family faced media attention and public scrutiny.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Edward S. Dickenson
Korea
Dickenson
Knoxville Journal
Charles N. Dickenson
Colder Weather Due For Mountain State
West Virginia braces for below normal temperatures through Wednesday with 3 to 6 degree drops from normal. The Weather Bureau expects colder conditions Tuesday or Wednesday and a chance of snow flurries tomorrow and next Monday or Tuesday. Precipitation averages about half an inch as north and south parts see near 38 and 41 degree normals.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
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Stotesbury
Student Army Training Corps
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John T. Copenhaver
Mary O'Brien
Perry
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Pitt O'Brien
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