National Guard Tested In Surprise Continental Mobilization
The National Guard conducted a continent wide peace time mobilization named Operation Minuteman drawing praise from defense planners. About 280 000 guardsmen in 2 000 communities from Florida to Alaska reported within two hours of the alarm. Guardsmen and aircraft were deployed to defend cities coastlines airspace and remote fronts while emphasizing a citizen soldier concept for rapid homeland defense.
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National Guard
Minuteman
Florida
Alaska
Pensonaj
Edgar C. Erickson
National Guard Bureau
Army
Air Guard
State Guard
Guard
Pentagon
Orlando
Fla
David Long
Paul Reveres
Little Diomede Island
Bering Straits
Soviet Siberia
Diomede Island
Not Allowed to Testify High Point Man Is Last Witness in Scales Case
In Greensboro the Smith Act trial of Junius Scales nears its end as the defense rests after calling its sixth and seventh witnesses. Duke Law professor Maggs denied details of conversations with FBI agent Clontz. Henry Koonts testified about a draft classification change for UNC student Charles Childs. The defense argued the case targets Scales rather than the Communist cause.
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Greensboro
Junius Scales
Scales
The
Carolinas
Douglas B. Maggs
Duke University Law School
Ralph Clontz
Charlotte
FBI
Clontz
Maggs
Mages
Henry V. Koonts
High Point Real Estate
Selective Service Board
Charles B. Childs
University of North Carolina
Childs
Point Board
Draft Board
J. B. Bryan
Kvents
A. M. Scales
Postal Workers Pay Raise Vote Faces Likely Veto
The House backed an 8.2 percent postal pay rise for 500000 workers, estimated at 171 million dollars annually, but a presidential veto looms after Eisenhower rejected a 7 percent increase last year without revenue. The Senate approved 10 percent previously, with higher projected costs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
North Carolina Guard Mobilizes In Minutemen Alert Test
The 30th National Guard division and Air National Guard units in North Carolina, about 8 000 strong, rushed to defend key facilities in a nationwide Minutemen drill. Lt Col C B Shimer reported 92 percent assembled quickly, with jets from Charlotte in the air within 40 minutes.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Old Hickory” National Guard
Air National Guard
Pentagon
Washington
C. B. Shimer
Raleigh
Charlotte
Se Tagon
Sideus Cadete
State
Shimer
Greensboro
Morganton
Ahoskie
Raeford
Sanford
Durham
139Th Infantry Regiment
Dan K. Edwards
CAA
Raleigh-Durham
City
Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co
Oxford
Asheville
Service Co
120Th Infantry
Beaucatcher Tunnel
White Fawn Reservoir
John Hall Manning
State Capitol
Sandstorm Names Stir West Texas Advisory Board
Midland officials joke about a civic panel naming sandstorms with masculine names after protests against feminine hurricane names. The board, formed Jan 7, includes Delbert Downing and Bill Percy with Barbara Culver, as storms Adam through Farouk are described in light satire.
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Midland
Tex
West Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Delbert Downing
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
Bill Percy
Barbara Culver
Adam
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Casanova
West
Texas
Ely
Farouk
Gus
Sam
Foreign Aid Bill Faces Senate and House Resistance
Eisenhower's foreign aid proposal is met with fierce opposition in Congress. Senators Byrd and Potter urge cutting direct economic aid to allies. Mansfield suggests reducing the $3.53 billion military and economic request. Committee chairs defer action, delaying final decision until the other chamber acts. More on page five-a.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Potter
R-Mich
U.S
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Asia
Rge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Lawrence H. Smith
Amore
London newspaper strike ends after 26 days
After a 26 day shutdown British papers resume with expanded editions and front pages packed with key events. Churchill retirement and UK election May 26 are highlighted as the backlog is delivered to about 15 million readers. The Express estimates the strike cost four million pounds.
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News Chronicle
Daily Express
The
Daily Telegraph
London
Winston Churchill
New York
Gotham
Times
Daily Mirror
Marilyn Monroe
Benninghoff Net work behind Billy Graham crusade in Britain
The Benninghoff Network links over 2 500 towns across Scotland England Wales and Ireland to broadcast Billy Graham sermons nightly using leased telephone lines an innovation born from a London prayer meeting by Bob Benninghoff of the American Broadcasting Co It enables a million listeners per night with potential interruptions for emergencies and is a milestone in post office scale communications The story notes the relay system and its creator while citing on page three a continuation of the feature.
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George Burnham
Glasgow
Scotland
Great Britain
Evangelist Ya Graham
England
Wales
Ireland
Benninghoff
Ying Island
Ivin Hall
Billy Graham
Bob Benninghoff
American Broadcasting Co
Billy
Bob
Graham
Memr
Cease-fire test mission sent to Formosa amid tensions
Adm. Arthur W. Radford and Walter S. Robertson traveled to Taipei on a 10 day mission seen as testing Nationalist sentiment for a cease fire line mid Formosa Strait. U.S. hopes to ease pressure while noting renewed Soviet jet deliveries to Red China and calls for coordinated action with Britain and the U.N. on Quemoy and Matsu.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Russia
Red China
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter S. Robertson
Taipei
Congress
Quemoy
Matsu
Dulles
Radford-Robertson
Chiangshek
Robertson
Radford
Chiang
U.N
Prime Minister Sir John Attacks Colonialism at Asian African Meet
At Bandung Sir John Kotelawala denounced Communist colonialism and urged a universal stand against all colonialism. Chou En Jai demanded time to answer and urged peaceful coexistence across systems. Yemen's Saif El Islam El Hassan questioned Britain's Aden colony as delegates debated Israel and New Guinea.
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Bandung
Indonesia
John Kotelawala
Ceylon
Red China
Chou En - Jai
Sir John
Europe
Chou
Saif el Islam el Hassan
Yemen
Britain
Aden
Africa
Israel
Palestine
Dutch New Guinea
Statewide Liquor Vote Ruled Out in North Carolina
North Carolina House Local Government Committee killed an all or nothing statewide liquor referendum. Rep. Carson Gregory failed to secure a minority report with enough signatures to resurrect the measure. Gov Hodges supported a statewide vote, but no referendum bills have passed in recent legislatures.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Carson Gregory
Harnett
Gregory
Carl Venters
Onslow
Radford Powell
Hodges
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