Auto disappearance prompts three square mile Kernersville search
Discovery of an abandoned car with a billfold a class ring and an untouched lunch spurred deputies and co workers to comb nearly three square miles on Kernersville outskirts for Porterfield. Neighbors describe him as a fine family man. He was last seen in High Point at nine in the morning Tuesday and did not return home.
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Kernersville
Porterfield
Midtown High Point
Hayworth Roll and Panel Co
Ernest G. Porterfield
Bomb blast rocks Henderson cotton mill home
A dynamite blast damaged the home of a Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills official in Henderson North Carolina as the six month strike by TWUA members intensified. No injuries were reported and authorities pledged full investigation while labor leaders called for progress by weekend amid ongoing violence and stalled negotiations.
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Blast Rocks
Harriet- Henderson
Marshall
Boyd Payton
Carolinas
Striking Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
John D. Cooper Jr
Connie Nicholas Seeks Bond Release After Manslaughter Sentence
Connie Nicholas awaits appeal bond at Indiana Women’s Prison after her 2 to 21 year manslaughter conviction for the shooting death of her lover, For rest Teel. Judge Faulconer set $10,000 bond, with 30 days to appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court. If the appeal fails, parole possible in 21 months.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Connie Nicholas
Indiana Women's Prison
Forrest Teel
Oral Hospital
Marion County
Thomas J. Faulconer
Nicholas
Indiana Supreme Court
Faulconer
Nixon to Visit Moscow for American Exhibition
Vice President Nixon will travel to Moscow in late July to open an American exhibition on July 25. He is expected to meet Premier Khrushchev as part of broader U.S.-Soviet talks, with the trip seen as boosting his profile ahead of the 1960 Republican nomination.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
Fisenhower
White House
Augusta
Nikita Khrushchev
New York City
Eisenhower
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Bolshoi Ballet Triumph Captivates New York Audience
In New York the Bolshoi troupe drew standing room crowds and lavish praise. Galina Ulanova led Prokofieff Romeo and Juliet as Soviet and American flags fluttered above a full house of 3,616. The event drew diplomats, industrialists, and high society as the performance earned broad acclaim.
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New York
Tal
Tone
Bolshoi Ballet
Galina Ulanova
Sergei Prokofieff
Mikhail Menshikov
United States
Evan Capitalist
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Soviet Union
Ily
Agreement Is Reported To End Riot At Prison
President Eisenhower moves toward naming Christian A Herter secretary of state after a neutral medical check reportedly found his arthritis will not hinder duties. Herter has long been seen as the leading candidate to replace John Foster Dulles with the Senate poised to confirm.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Herter
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Mine Strike Violence Kills One in Kentucky Clash
In Whitesburg Kentucky a gun battle between striking coal miners and a nonunion truck driver left one dead and another wounded. Three United Mine Workers members were arrested on murder charges including Harri son Stidham Verlin King and Democrat Holliman. Stidham wounded and under hospital observation. The incident followed threats and a confrontation near the Letcher County community of Cowan at a nonunion mine.
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Whitesburg
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
James Otis Adams
Dangola
Nonunion
Little Shepherd Mining Co
Harrison Stidham
Verlin King
Holliman
Marlowe
Stidham
Letcher County
Cowan
Eighteen Hostages Still Held in Montana Prison Riot
In Deer Lodge Montana the 16 hour riot ended with a tentative agreement after convicts threatened to burn hostages with gasoline. Eighteen captives remained while deputies and guards were harmed and a deputy warden was killed. Father Gerald Lyman said a formal announcement would follow with three out of state reporters admitted.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Montana Prison
Gerald Lyman
Father Lyman
Keith Fuller
Associated Press
Denver
Arthur McDonald
Krem-Tv
Spokane
Wash
Theodore Rothe
Waupun
Wis
William Cox
Floyd Powell
Powell
S. H. Mitchee
Guar
Father Lya
Jerry Myles
Butte
Montana Parole Board
Elmer Erickson
Brothers Suffocate In Fire in Pittsburgh Apartment
Three young brothers died in an apartment fire as a slammed locked door blocked their rescue. A neighbor forced entry while police and officials investigated. Fire damage was estimated at $10,000. the victims were children of Mrs. Marlene Jones and identified as Negro.
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Pittsburgh
James Slusser
Vincent
Marlene Jones
Jones
Is A Cucumber Really Cool A Heat Test Across Items
A Philadelphia AP report describes a test engineering study measuring temperatures of varied objects to probe claims of chilliness. Data show cucumbers reach 68.9 degrees, toast warmth around 82, lips near 92, cabbie collar about 95.9 after driving, and other items range 67 to 85 degrees.
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Philadelphia
Leeds and Northrup Co
Castro Addresses Editors at ASNE Meeting
Fidel Castro speaks to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington as questions loom about Cuba’s Batista executions and press coverage, while editors protest perceived restrictions and show banners labeling Castro a red puppet or dictator.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
American Society of Newspaper Editors
United States
Cuba
Batista
ASNE
U.S
Castro
Figler
Western Hemisphere
Civil defense drill tests alert across nation in 1959
The first phase of Operation Alert 1959 runs two days with drills in hundreds of communities from New York to New Orleans. Thousands of federal workers head for shelter as residents in Kodiak Alaska and Savannah Georgia take cover and schools use buses to rail points.
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Washington
New York City
Chicago
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Resi
Savannah
New Orleans
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Hodges
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Theodore B Bayles
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Peggy Nolan
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