Indonesian Marines Land in Sumatra Battle Against Rebels escalates
Jakarta said two Marine companies landed at dawn on the Sumatra coast near Tiku 35 miles from Bukittinggi as forces close on the rebel capital. Jakarta expects the rebellion to be crushed within a week while ground columns converge on Bukittinggi.
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Tiku Beach
Sumatra
Jakarta
Bukittinggi
Padang
Indonesia
Java
Sukarno
Indian Ocean
Tiku
Sjadruddin
Subandrio
Tokyo
Celebes
Donggala
Highway Funds To Be Apportioned Across States
Washington officials announce early apportionments under the new highway bill. Immediate allocations include 400 million for primary secondary and urban roads with 200 million state match and 115 million borrowable from Washington, plus 200 million in interstate grants with 90 10 funding. Also slated are 2.5 billion interstate funds for 1960 and 900 million A B C funds with 50 50 matching, all usable now.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Lee
Congress
U.S
Puzzling Senate Choice Faces North Carolina Governor
Governor Hodges faces a dilemma after the death of Sen. W Kerr Scott. Names like J Melville Broughton Jr. and Associate Justice William B Rodman Jr. appear in speculation as potential Scott successors. Other figures linked include Rep Harold D Cooley Capus Waynick and Harold Makepeace with Hodges guiding the process.
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Hodges
Scott
Haw River
Senate
Broughton
J. Melville Broughton Jr
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
William B.rodman Jr
State Supreme Court
Rodman
Supreme Court
Beaufort County
Harold D. Cooley
Nashville
Congress
William B. Umstead
Sen
Willis Smith
Cooley
Alton A. Lennon
Wilmington
Umstead
House
Waynick
Capus Waynick
Scott Camp
Tar Heel
Colombia
Nicaragua
Truman
Harold Makepeace
Sanford
Death of North Carolina Senator W Kerr Scott
North Carolina mourns U S Senator W Kerr Scott who died from a ruptured damaged heart at 61 on the eve of his birthday. Funeral at Hawfields Presbyterian Church with services led by Rev Ralph Buchanan and Rev Russell Fleming. Burial in family plot at church cemetery. Scott known as a farmer and politician and former governor who built rural roads and championed farmers.
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Sen. W. Kerr Scott
Burlington
Hodges
Scott
Burlington, N.C
North Carolina
U.S
W. Kerr Scott
Hawfields Presbyterian Church
Washington
Southport
England
N.C
Scelene Shoe
Esther R. Painter
George Smedburg
G. W. Blair
Ralph Buchanan
Russell Fleming
West Haven Presbyterian Church
Rocky Mount
Rich and Thompson
Hawfields
Government Heads Express Sorrow For Sen W Kerr Scott
Flags at half staff mark the death of Senator W Kerr Scott as Gov Hodges and other leaders mourn. In Raleigh Hodges called Scott a warm human leader who served the state. In Washington the Senate adjourned after passing a resolution of deep regret and Senator Sam Ervin praised Scott as humble and modest.
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Associated Press
Sen
W. Kerr Scott
Raleigh
Hodges
Scott
Washington
Senate
Sam J. Ervin
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Rep
Ralph Scott
Burlington
N.C
North Carolina
Hawfields
Alonzo Edwards
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Carey H. Bostian
North Carolina State College
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd E. Peyton
Charlotte
Edwin Gill
Squire
Haw River
Young Mother Of Two Drowns Two Children Tragedy Near Charlotte
Relatives seek Betty Shephard 29. her children Tommy 9 and Charlie 7 drowned in a muddy drainage ditch while Alice 5 survived. The accident happened near U.S. 29 bypass site west of Charlotte. Joe 4 witnessed scene. Parents separated. father believed to be in Las Vegas. Lifesaving crews failed to revive the two boys. Department reports describe it as a tragic accident in a newly excavated ditch.
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Belmont
N.C
Betty Clinton Shephard
Dexter Weaise
U.S. 29
Charlotte
Tommy
Charlie
Alice
Betty
Thomas Roy Shephard
North Carolina
Leonard Tucker
Treasure Hunt Hopes Dimmed in Dallas Pit Dig
A Texas family led by James Gayton and Jesse Gayton, advised by a supposed treasure expert, dug a 12 by 10 foot pit beneath Eugenio Gayton’s home after a flagstone clue and a mine detector’s hint. They report finding rocks and a boulder blocking underground rooms said to contain gold.
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Dallas
James Gayton
Jesse Gayton
Eugenio Gayton
Herbert Dyson
Gaytons
Miguel Rodriguez
del Rio
Tex
Production Rate Falls Amid Recession Signals
Government officials estimate the nation’s production rate dropped about 15 billion dollars yearly below boom levels. Commerce Department figures due soon reportedly show a 7 billion dollar quarterly skid in late 1957 matched by a further fall in early 1958, signaling a deeper recession than 1953-54 and approaching the 1949-50 slump.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Commerce Department
Girls barred from one of the last masculine strongholds
San Pedro club director Nick Trani faces an essay contest on letting girls use club facilities. Readings from 10 to 15 year olds reveal strong resistance with a few tentative reads, while Trani declares rules excluding girls who smoke, use snuff, or wear a derby hat.
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San Pedro
Calif
Nick Trani
YWCA
Trani
San Pedro Boys’ Club
Scott family asks flowers be omitted for funeral
Members of W Kerr Scott's family request no flowers for the funeral at Hawfields Presbyterian Church. Contributions may be made to the Heart Fund or the church Sunday School building fund. Scott, a former North Carolina senator, served as a deacon and elder and supported the church building drive. The service is set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Haw River
N.C
W. Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Heart Fund
Hawfields Presbyterian Church
Scott
Hawfields
Hawfield Church
Eisenhower Fights Critics Over Defense Reorganization
President Eisenhower blasted congressional critics as nonsensical while urging swift approval of his defense reorganization plan. He spoke at a luncheon for editors and the International Press Institute and warned of a Prussian style command structure. Vinson of Georgia attacked the plan as a move toward a supreme high command and scheduled open hearings.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
American Society of Newspaper Editors
International Press Institute
Capitol
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
Secretary of Defense
World’s Fair Opens in Brussels with Peace Aim
King Baudouin opened the postwar world’s largest international exposition in Brussels. Crowds streamed into both the American and Soviet pavilions despite cold wind. Soviet displays focused on Sputnik models while the American exhibit drew attention from visitors, including many women in bathing suits.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
U.S
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Malaya
Singapore
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Gov. Hodges
U.S. Senate
J. B. Lee
Blair
Little Joe
Gill
Elizabeth II
Konrad Adenauer
Windsor Castle
Adenauer
Great Britain
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