Nehru Confirms Dalai Lama Escape to India
Indian Premier Nehru announced in New Delhi that the 23 year old Dalai Lama fled Lhasa and crossed into northeast India near Towang with about 80 companions. He said the Dalai Lama is in good health and will be given asylum while Tibetan exiles rejoiced and Indian frontier authorities monitored the border.
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Nehru
India
New Delhi
Dalai Lama
Tibet
Towang
Lhasa
Kalimpong
Calcutta
Parliiament
Assam
U S Reds Adopt New Look in Communist Campaign
The House Un-American Activities Committee reports a new Communist strategy to win friends through loyalty claims and unity with Socialists and liberals. The 120 page study, led by Francis E Walter, notes a shift to direct action in community affairs and youth outreach, with Southern California the focus of new efforts.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
United States
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
California
New York
Henderson Cotton Mill Strike Turmoil Weighed by Jeers
In Henderson North Carolina labor tensions rose as about 100 workers at Harriet Henderson mills jeered non striking peers amid a deadlock between Gov Hodges Textile Workers Union of America over job rights and union check off. A night watch of about 200 citizens patrolled mill areas after Hodges announced mediation failure. A mass meeting by local TWU units was planned to hear a report and decide next steps.
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Henderson
N.C
Harriet-Henderson Mills
Gov Ae Mill
Textile Workers Union of America
Night Watch
Hodges
Harriet Henderson
Raleigh
State
Vance County
Cudeer Bekincaiine Ee
Soldiers Face Stiff Challenge at Fort Bragg
Gen Bruce C. Clarke warned troops and industry leaders that future Army units must be combat-ready against the enemy’s best. He cited Soviet mobility as a benchmark and urged improved strategic mobility and readiness of the Strategic Army Corps for rapid, decisive ground battles.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Bruce C. Clarke
Clarke
U.S. Army
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Ftragg
Men Outnumber Women Smokers
A House subcommittee study led by Rep. John C. Watts finds about 70 percent of US men smoke versus just over 30 percent of women. It notes rising global smoking, cites psychological motives and social stress as key factors behind the habit.
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Washington
House Tobacco Subcommittee
John C. Watts
D-Ky
U.S
Air Force colonel cleared in transport bumping incident
Lt. Col. Charles Platt Jr. of Brooklyn was cleared of charges over allegedly bumping six homeward bound enlisted men from a plane for a Hawaii vacation. Investigators said there were eight vacant seats on the flight and the officer’s presence contributed to an administrative error. The board forwarded findings for possible disciplinary action. Five soldiers completed their trips. one later found another flight.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Hawaii
Air Force
Charles Platt Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Platt
Lee Air Base
Tachikawa
United States
Lewis Stramski
Harrah
Okla
Jailer Overpowered Bank Robber Killer Escapes Fayetteville Jail
Two inmates Bradford and Odum overpowered a Cumberland County Jail guard and escaped about 2:30 a.m. using the guard’s car. Bradford faces charges of robbing a Ft. Bragg branch bank and killing teller J. Frank Johnson. Odum faces auto larceny.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Cumberland County
Charles Thomas Bradford
Ft. Bragg
John William Odum
Aneodeceek
Bradford
Odum
McLaurin
J. Frank Johnson
Ft. McPherson
Third Army Band
Fuquay Springs
Expert predicts cold vaccine within two years
Dr. Thomas G. Ward of Notre Dame forecasts a vaccine that could prevent 60 to 70 percent of common colds. He notes that 75 to 80 percent of colds stem from a bacteria group or streptococcus viruses and that vaccines made from killed viruses can build immunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas G. Ward
University of Notre Dame
Western policy hardens over Berlin crisis at NATO talks
At a NATO foreign ministers session in Washington the Western Big Three discuss Berlin crisis strategy. The United States pledges full use of nuclear forces if needed while Britain leans toward a softer Geneva approach and West Germany favors a hard line until concessions are earned.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
NATO
United States
Britain
France
Europe
North America
Christian Herter
Foreign Ministers Council
U.S
Herter
Allied Cieneitaemetetame
Heinrich von Brentano
Eisenhower
NATO Council
Geneva
Germany
West Germany
U.S.S.R
Confederate Home Bill Enacted in North Carolina Senate
The North Carolina Senate approved a 10 year lease extension for the Confederate Women's Home at Fayetteville, extending its expiration to January 1 1970. A separate measure re enacted 1957 Ports Authority powers after concerns it repealed too much, while another revision aligned Tar Heel National Guard laws with recent reorganization.
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Naleigh
Fayetteville
Senate
Frank Snepp
Mecklenburg
Snepp
Confederate Women's Home
Wilson
Eastern Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Tar Heel National Guard
Guard
Driver Bites Patrolman In One-Way Street Stop
Asheville pa trolman John Pipitone halted a driver on a wrong way one way street. The driver Marvin Smith bit the officer while the license was checked. A struggle followed with injuries to another officer. Smith faces charges of assaulting two officers resisting arrest damage to property and wrong way driving.
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Asheville
N.C
John Pipitone
Jear
Marvin Smith
Rt. 4
Smith
Pipitone
a@ oneiway street
North Carolina General Assembly Considers School Budget Boost
The House introduces a bill to raise the public school operating budget by nearly three million for the next biennium, with allocations for libraries, instructional supplies, water rights, janitorial and telephone services, health programs, and teacher scholarships. A concurrent resolution protests federal unemployment insurance changes. The Senate Roads Committee moves to fund state paid counsel for Highway Patrol actions, and weighs tougher speeding penalties.
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Raleigh
Congress
General Assembly
John T. Henley
L. Sneed
Cumberland
State Board of Education
Hodges Ke
Hamilton
Senate Roads Committee
State Highway Patrol
Roads Committee
Key to Kremlin Red Chief Stands for World Slavery
Article discusses Nikita Khrushchev as party leader, tracing his rise after a December party session and the shift in stance against rivals. It notes the creation of a new cliché portraying opposing big players as guilty in the ongoing power struggle within Soviet leadership. The piece hints at broader analysis continued on page two.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
Moscow
Serdyuk
Khrushchev
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Kasmmir
Sinkiang
Tang
Miles
China
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Burma
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Col. Platt
Jailer
Ihe Sneriults Department
E. B. McLaurin
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Russia
D’arcy Patrick Reilly
Kremlin
William L. Ryan
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