Hodges Named Kennedy Commerce Secretary Marking Southern Rise
Luther Hodges longtime North Carolina governor becomes John F. Kennedy's secretary of Commerce in a move praised as boosting national economics and education. Hodges increased state education funding and expanded the Triangle area with universities and labs, creating thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in payroll.
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University of North Carolina
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Washington
Ambush Victim In Fair Shape After Shooting
Jimmy H. Smith, 28, of Atlanta was wounded by four bullets Tuesday at Babe Hodges’s home near Macedonia Community in Scottsboro Alabama. He was in fair condition at a Chattanooga hospital. County Solicitor Lou Campbell said investigators are puzzled and do not know who fired or why. Deputy Sheriff Jack Greene reported the shots came from an ambush as Smith and Bill Hicks walked toward a smokehouse. A .22 caliber rifle was found nearby.
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Non Striker's Home Targeted by Bullets in Strike Context
Mobile AP reports bullets struck the home of a gas line worker. Marie Moultrie says black pickets recently urged him to quit but he refused. He notes his employer works for Mobile Gas Service Corp with workers on strike since December 1 over a contract dispute.
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Mobile Gas Service Corp
Poland campaigns to rid horses believed to eat too much
Poland launches a campaign aiming to remove horses as reports claim the animals consume excessive amounts of feed. Officials cite economic strain and mounting costs but provide limited details on implementation or affected horse populations.
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Poland
Florida escapees cause gas leak in Ozark crash
Two Florida reformatory escapees fleeing officers in a stolen car crashed near Ozark Alabama blowing a gas valve and forcing evacuations. John Brodnax and Bernard Cruickshank, both teens, were booked on car theft and treated in hospital as crews halted the leak.
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Ben-Gurion Hints at Resignations Over Lavon Affair
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion hints he may resign to spur a full legal probe of the Lavon affair. The cabinet cleared a 1955 investigation blaming a high army officer for forging evidence, while Ben-Gurion and Golda Meir face pressure from Mapai to reexamine under oath.
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Levi Eshkol
Supreme Court
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Army
Yacov Dori
Raleigh Council Tells Budget, Hikes Liquor Income Forecast
The Raleigh city council, facing a tight municipal budget, noted the legislature will meet in Raleigh next spring and promptly raised its liquor store income estimate by 10 000 dollars as part of budget planning.
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Raleigh
N. C
Nixon Declines TV Tribute to Eisenhower
Vice President Richard M. Nixon refused an invitation to appear in a Patriots tribute show for President Eisenhower. Press secretary Herbert Klein cited two reasons: the taping time required Nixon to be out of town and his policy to avoid television appearances for the time being, as a courtesy to Mr. Kennedy.
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Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Mapai Figure Demands Vindication After Five Years
A Mapai ally and current secretary-general of Histan drut, the Israeli labor federation, has pressed for vindication for a five year period amid internal party and factional disputes.
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Mapai Party
Histandrut
Israeli Federation of Labor
Old Agent Set Record In Alabama Pension Spending
Alabama Department of Pensions and Security reported a fiscal year end total of 81.4 million dollars in aid to the needy, a record. The average old age payment rose to 53.21 dollars, with 135,472 payments mailed and 6,224 families receiving non financial aid. The federal share was about 73 percent, versus 35 percent twenty five years earlier under Social Security.
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Alabama Department of Pensions and Security
Alvin T. Prestwood
Pen and Securities Commissioner
Eisenhower TV Portrait to Air January 10
The NBC program tracing Dwight D. Eisenhower from boyhood to the presidency is scheduled for January 10. The piece notes his repeated salutes to the President as part of the narrative.
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