Unseasonal April Weather Deluges Carolinas
Cold air and heavy rains swept the Carolinas over the weekend with 1 to 4 inch totals in many areas. Raleigh logged 2.14 inches in 24 hours while Transylvania County reported 4.77 inches. Flood risks rose on Neuse Tar Cape Fear rivers and a large forest fire in Hyde Tyrrell Washington counties was put out after about 14 000 acres burned.
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Raleigh
Spartanburg
Greenville
S. C
Charlotte
Rosman
N. C
Transylvania County
Neuse
Smithfield
Tar
Cape Fear
South Carolina
Columbia
Pelzer
North Carolina
Hyde, Tyrrell
Washington
Carolinas
Mt. Mitchell
Greensboro
Asheville
Proof Women’s Clothes Cost More Says Army
The Army testified before a House subcommittee that it costs more to clothe enlisted women than men. Initial allowances total 232.36 for women versus 166.20 for men, with items like handbags and different footwear cited. Undergarments for women are listed as an added cost, highlighting gendered clothing differences in military logistics.
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Washington
Army
House Appropriations
Nye Back Home After Cuba Imprisonment
Alan Robert Nye arrived in Whiting Indiana with his mother and stepfather after a 106 day Cuban jail term and death sentence for allegedly planning to kill Fidel Castro. Nye, a former U S Navy flier, greeted by family at Midway Airport in Chicago, expressed relief and sought to forget the ordeal.
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Chicago
Alan Robert Nye
Whiting
Ind
Cuba
Aeee Ee Ae
Fidel Castro
US. Navy
Midway Airport
Havana
Nye
Joseph Lynch
Daniel Lynch
Joseph P. Sullivan
Hodges predicts North Carolina court reform plan picks
Governor Hodges said the Legislature will fashion its own court reform program using parts of two plans from the North Carolina Bar Association and a constitutional study commission. He warned against delaying reform by seeking a broad constitutional amendment and noted no need for a special session.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carolina Bar Assn
Constitutional Study Commission
Nuclear Controls Proposed for Surface Nuclear Tests
The United States and Britain urged the Soviet Union to accept a prompt suspension of surface nuclear tests while leaving other test types for later talks. The plan aims to ban surface and atomic tests first, with high altitude and underground blasts addressed later, to enable quicker agreement and reduce health hazards.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
U.S
James J.wadsworth
David Ormsby-Gore
Skipjack Sets New Records in Deep Run
The atomic submarine Skipjack, with seven congressmen aboard, plunged to depths surpassing any known sub and achieved speeds over 20 knots during a trial. Commander Clinton P. Anderson confirmed the depth exceeded 400 feet, but exact figures remain classified.
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Groton
Satellite Try Will Precede Venus Shot
NASA plans a Venus vicinity satellite launch from Cape Canaveral under supervision. A June follow-up is expected. The next satellite features four rectangular fins and a stronger solar battery than Vanguard I. Vanguard I remains in orbit with its transmitter active. The new craft aims for 20 000 to 30 000 miles peak altitude, dipping to 200 miles, to study cosmic rays and magnetic fields.
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Washington
United States
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Vanguard
Top Floor Traffic Heavily Busy At Southern Furniture Market
Winter market opens with buoyant confidence as 5 000 to 6 000 buyers from United States and Canada visit High Point and surrounding areas. Exposition buildings and showrooms fill, hotels strained, top floors busiest, limousine service in heavy demand. market runs through week with continued buyer traffic.
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Robert Marks Enterprise
Southern Furniture Exposition
Stretc
High Point West
Lenoir
Pean
United States
Canada
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Drexel
Wins
Greensboro
Dulles Heads To Intensive Tests As Ike Visits
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returns from Florida to Washington for a new head to toe medical checkup aimed at delaying cancer progression. President Eisenhower plans a visit amid hopes Dulles can stay as adviser during the May Geneva talks. Dulles appeared frail, weighing 185 pounds previously, with weight loss estimated at 15 to 20 pounds.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Anex
Florida
Snannar
Soviet Union
Dulles
State Department
Eisenhower
Germany
Geneva
Satellite Launchings Expected from West and East Coasts
AP reports two space launches likely today a Discoverer polar orbiter from Vandenberg and a Vanguard three in one from Cape Canaveral. Roy W Johnson ARPA director said Discoverer would come within 12 hours amid prior military silence.
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Washington
California
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Roy W. Johnson
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Johnson
New Canaan
Conn
Vandenberg
Aviation Daily
Vanguard
Rockefeller Campaign Is Pushed
Washington AP reports that Nelson Rockefeller’s bid mirrors Willkie style tactics. Republicans cite mobilizing bankers lawyers doctors and other professionals as backers. The California group Californians for Rockefeller formed under Los Angeles businessman Charles Lewsadder.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
GOP
National Committee
Rockefeller
Willkie
Charles Lewsadder
Los Angeles
President Heads For Capital
President Eisenhower flies from Augusta to Washington aboard Columbine III to receive a new report on the condition of Secretary of State Dulles. He is accompanied by press secretary James C. Hagerty who says there is no new information. A late departure was caused by cold weather ending morning golf plans.
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Mgumuc Grains
Lamvlus
Eisenhower
Dulles
Augusta
James C. Hagerty
Washington
Alf
Columbine III
Newsmen Risk Lives In Some Nations
Zurich AP report summarizes a study by the International Press Institute on the dangers faced by journalists in authoritarian regimes. It cites spies, censored works, and sentences from Hungary 1956 to Spain 1958, with examples from Czechoslovakia East Germany Yugoslavia Portugal Latin America Egypt and the Far East.
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Zurich
Switzerland
International Press Institute
Joszef Gali
Gyula Obersovsky
U.S.S.R
Halj
Obersovsky
Spain
la Coderniz
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Yugoslavia
Portugal
Latin America
Egypt
Far East
Pigeons May Prove Useful Aid In Heart Disease Fight
A North Carolina team led by Dr. T B Clarkson reports pigeons may naturally develop atherosclerosis like humans. Studying White Carneau and Show Racer breeds under identical conditions, researchers found the disease in White Carneau birds, suggesting genetic factors and promising future biochemical studies for prevention.
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Atlantic City
N.J
North Carolina
T. B. Clarkson
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Federation of American ‘Societies For Experimental Biology
H. B. Lofland
R. W. Prichard
M. G. Net‘sky
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Virginia
House
Bassett Furniture Co
Janet Teague
Ike
Herter
Christian Herter
Richard M. Nixon
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