AP Board backs reporters entering Communist China
The Associated Press board urges allowing qualified newsmen to report firsthand from mainland China despite U S State Department refusals and sanctions threats. The group notes improved access in some Communist areas and cites Poland and Czechoslovakia as examples of covered regions.
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David Lancashire
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Robert McLean
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Thinking it ie Many Pressures Shape Daily Life
The piece contrasts traditional pressures with modern complexity It notes water air electric gas and steam pressures affect equipment while mental and emotional pressures weigh on individuals The author argues inner pressure from the presence of God is needed to balance daily life and provide peace of mind and comfort for the soul.
Pirates Jamboree Set With Bridge Dedication and Races
Four day Dare coast festival opens with William B. Umstead Bridge dedication led by Gov Hodges and the Umstead family. Events include boat races, a pirate ball, surf fishing, buggy races, a mock battle, frog jubilee and grand coronation ball with Sunday services and a highway meeting following.
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William B. Umstead
Croatan Sound
Roanoke Island
Manus Harbor
Luther H. Hodges
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Dare Beaches
Fort Raleigh
Romey Pitt Marshall
North Carolina Christian Advocate
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Dare County Board of Commissioners
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Southern
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Eisenhower to Confer With Stassen on Disarmament
President Eisenhower will meet with Stassen in Augusta to advance disarmament policy. The talks, likely to involve a personal report to the President, reflect White House shifts in disarmament supervision with Dulles and the State Department set to guide future developments.
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Vaca
Dulles
London
White House
State Department
Warm Easter Monday Puts North Carolina Soaring Temperatures
North Carolinians enjoyed balmy Easter Monday with highs near 90 across several cities. Charlotte topped 88 beating a 61 year record, Winston-Salem reached 87, Raleigh 89, and Asheville 81 as communities held sunrise services at Moravian Church and Freedom Park with large crowds and musical tributes.
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Welcome
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God’s Acre
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Dulles Seeks Liberation Of Satellite Nations
Secretary of State Dulles declares the United States seeks the liberation of captive nations and warns freedom pressures are rising in the Soviet bloc. He outlines U.S. policy to aid allies and avoid political settlements at satellites' expense, stressing evolution to freedom and nonviolent change.
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Hungary
Communist Party
New Union For Drivers Is Talked
Washington reports Walter Reuther proposes forming a new truck drivers union if the Teamsters are expelled from the AFL CIO. He voices hope expulsion can be avoided but says the federation must clean up from within or risk aggressive action to create a clean union attracting rank and file.
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Teamsters
Labor Federation
Tornadoes Strike Texas Amid Flood Fears
A series of tornadoes swept the Texas Panhandle and South Plains causing heavy property damage and scorched by storms. One man was killed in Cotulla as rivers neared flood stage and Littlefield suffered communication cuts and ginning center damage. Roads flooded and several homes, two cotton gins blown away, with power lines knocked out near Lubbock.
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Adie
Cotulla
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Littlefield
Texas Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
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Lubbock
U.S. Plans Slow Move on Trade Talks With Red China
Officials say Washington will advance cautiously in easing Allied trade controls with Red China. The State Department announced talks with 14 Allied nations to trim embargoed items, while tightening Soviet bloc controls. The U.S. reiterates no full modification of its embargo on Communist China and eyes item by item negotiations in Paris over months. Britain and Japan press for revision amid congressional demands for strict Free World trade. Commodities embargoed to China include tractors trucks railroad equipment and certain iron and steel sheets.
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Red China
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Eisenhower
China
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Japan
Britain
Iceland
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U.S
Paris
Soviet Union
Jordan Foreign Minister criticizes meddling amid border tensions
Jordanian Foreign Minister accuses foreign missions of meddling as Israel reports 1000 Syrian troops and 2000 Iraqi troops approaching Jordan. Nabulsi and Khalidi defend new government policy toward Moscow and confirm inviting the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East.
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Butst
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Soviet Union
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American Falls Out Of Plane
J. R. Nash of Memphis Tennessee, an air traveler on an around the world trip, disappeared after an air crash near Istanbul when a window blew out on an Air France Constellation. Officials described the incident as rare but possible and Nash was not found as the plane landed in Istanbul. Friends in Memphis noted his travel passion and admiration for author Richard Halliburton.
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Tenn
Tehran
Istanbul
Air France
Paris
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Nash
Richard Halliburton
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Halliburton
Impassive 22-year-old arraigned in double slayings
Thomas Joseph Higgins, 22, showed no emotion as he was arraigned in Brookyn Felony Court on a homicide charge in the January hammer killings of Dorothy Campbell and another woman. Police say Higgins confessed, citing violent sexual assaults as motive. he is held without bail pending a hearing.
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Thomas Joseph Higgins
Ann Elizabeth Tighe
Brookyn
Albert D. Schanzer
Higgins
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Japan
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Brooklyn
Dorothy Campbell
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