Two cargo ships collide off North Carolina coast
In dense fog off MANTEC North Carolina two foreign freighters the Bahia de Matanzas and the Ciudad de Bogota collided. One crewman was fatally injured and the Bogota later died. Fire and flooding hampered rescue as the Lookout Barber and Cherokee and a lifeboat crew converged.
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Mantec, N. C
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Bahia de Matanzas
Ciudad de Bogota
Bogota
Matanzas
Barber
Cherokee
Oregon Inlet
Salk Polio Vaccine Rollout In North Carolina Planned
The Associated Press reports Operation Sure Shot will vaccinate about 250 000 first and second graders in North Carolina with the Salk polio vaccine. The vaccine shows 80 to 90 percent effectiveness and requires three shots over time with the first clinics to begin as early as the coming week in counties like Davidson Guilford and Forsyth and cities including Greensboro Hickory Durham Asheville and Raleigh.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
I State Board of Health
Raleigh
Tar Heel
J. W. R. Norton
Norton
Lexington
Davidson
Greensboro
E. H. Ellinwood
Guilford County
Salk
Guilford
Hickory
Caldwell County
Charlotte
Durham
Forsyth County
Forsyth
Asheville
Eisenhower OKs NATO atomic weapons data exchange
President Eisenhower approves a proposed NATO data exchange on atomic weapons among the 14 alliance members. The agreement covers defense planning, training, and evaluating enemy capabilities. He informs Senator Anderson and names George W. Perkins to sign for the United States.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
NATO
Sen. Anderson
D-N.m
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Anderson
North Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
George W. Perkins
U.S
House Panel Projects Record Bankruptcy Levels in Coming Year
The House Appropriations Committee noted a possible peak in bankruptcies for the new book keeping year starting July 1, with about 75 000 cases expected next year and 65 000 this year. It approved a 450 398 227 dollar appropriations bill funding State Department Justice Department USIA and the Federal judiciary plus the Information Agency and cut presidential requests by roughly 7 percent.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
State Department
Justice Department
Federal Judiciary
U.S. Information Agency
Congress
New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Edward J. Corsi
USIA
FBI
Immigration Service
Eight-Foot Drifts Close New Mexico Highways
Snow and strong winds created eight foot drifts isolating Clayton and trapping hundreds of motorists. A Greyhound bus and passengers were dug out near Capulin after the driver reported the scene. National Guard crews aided rescues as stranded motorists sought shelter and a mother with two children was freed from a vehicle.
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Clayton
N. M
Wyoming
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Tex
Greyhound
H. D. Prater
Amarillo
Capulin
Raton
G. H. C. Haddock
Prater
Clayton-Raton
Wayne Curry
National Guard
Curry
W. J. Josey
No Sign Of Quemoy Invasion Today
Report from Quemoy Island notes continued shell exchanges with the mainland as artillery fire crosses the channel. Nationalist defenses remain strong with 40 000 men previously estimated and drought affecting crops, livestock, and food supply on Quemoy and nearby mainland areas.
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Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Amoy
Five Mile Channel
Bernard Druette
Marseilles
France
Liu Yu-chan
Little
Tien Shu-sin
Matsus
Far
Col. Tien
Tien
Winds Unleash Wide Destructive Storm Across Southern States
A violent wind storm battered Southern states from Texas to Mississippi, toppling homes and barns and causing thousands in damage. One fatality, Josh Shavers, a 47 year old farmer from Jefferson County Arkansas, died while escaping his wrecked home near Sherrill.
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Nanan
Pater Ofxas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Josh Shavers
Jefferson County
Ark
Sherrill
Pine Bluff
Vicksburg
Miss
Municipal
East Texas
Frankston
Latexo
Crockett
Rodeo Grounds
Baton Rouge
Hernando
Graham’s Scotland Crusade Shakes Ministers Faith
Glasgow ministers report a deep impact from Billy Graham’s All-Scotland Crusade. One pastor credits sermons with converting myths to gospel truth and inspiring church reform, while parishioners respond to the persuasive power of scriptural authority.
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George Burnham
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Glasgow
Scotland
Billy Graham
Kelvin Hall
Billy
Communist Party Literature Read at Length Trial of Scales
Government attornies read 18 Communist party texts to prove the party’s violence aim in Junius Scales case. Ex Communist John Lautner testified on Marxist Leninist schooling and the party’s goal of proletarian dictatorship by force. Defense argued the case targets an individual, not the organization, and noted Scales’ Greensboro birth and North Carolina education shaping his socialist path.
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Greensboro
N.C
Communist Party
Junius Scales
John Lautner
Lautner
David Rein
Rein
Justice Department Atty
Scales
Pearl Harbor
Molotov Says Talks Helpful in Austrian Treaty Push
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov said talks with Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab could aid a state treaty ending the decade long occupation by the four powers. He noted progress but said agreement among all powers and Austria is needed, with talks on an old basis becoming more precise. The discussions began yesterday and end tomorrow as Austrian delegates depart Friday.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Julius Raab
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Austria
Norbert Bischoff
U.S
Charles E. Bohlen
Nikolai Bulganin
Death Blow Feared As North Carolina Seeks Delayed School Integration
North Carolina argues before the Supreme Court that an abrupt end to race segregation would likely devastate public schools. Attorney General assistant I Beverly Lake urges avoiding actions that could seriously impair or destroy schools, seeking local time and public acceptance of mixed schools. The state warns of possible bloodshed, while opponents push for a fixed deadline for desegregation and others advocate an open decree leaving implementation to district courts.
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Washington
North Carolina
I. Beverly Lake
Lake
Virginia
South Carolina
High Court
Oklahoma
Maryland
Texas
Simon E. Sobeloff
Delaware
Inia
Kansas
District of Columbia
Hearings On Water Bill Held
Two statewide bills to empower seven Piedmont cities to secure adequate water supplies were sent to sub committees after a joint Senate House hearing. The appointment of sub committee members was to be announced by Senator Robert Morgan and Representative Clyde Shreve. Proponents included Grover Hundley E W Schadt and Hinson with amendments urged by W H Weatherspoon Robert Howison and Schadt seeking a public election on water authority contracts rather than local government discretion.
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Raleigh
Piedmont
Senate
House
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
Clyde Shreve
Guilford
Grover Hundley
Jones
High Point
E. W. Schadt
Thomasville
E. Hinson
W. H. Weatherspoon
Carolina Power and Light Co
Robert C. Howison
Carolina Aluminum Co
Nantahala Power and Light Co
Schadt
Sanitation Bill Action Deferred by Senate Committee
The Senate Committee on Conservation and Development deferred action on a sanitation bill but signaled likely passage. Sen. William Medford chairs the panel and schedules a final hearing and vote for next Wednesday morning. The bill, by Sen. Lunsford Crew, would require municipalities to issue revenue bonds to fund sewage treatment with bond payments covered by sewer charges.
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Ralfight
Senate Committee On Conservation and Development
William Medford
Haywood
Lunsford Crew
Halifax
Crew
Ben Douglas
Conservation and Development Department
Fe Fond
Yeovim
Han Comet Jimes
Perquimans
Albele
Perquimans County
Nationwide polio inoculations begin as Salk vaccine approved
Doctors and health officials across the nation celebrate the 80 to 90 percent effectiveness against paralytic polio and prepare to inoculate millions of children. Cities plan to start inoculations within a week or two, with San Diego aiming by Saturday and some places delaying to May as first vaccine shipments reach state and local health groups after federal approval by Secretary Hobby.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Secretary of Welfare
P Hobby
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