Mother of three saves husband in home invasion
Kathleen Jones shot and killed a hooded robber as he menaced her husband David E. Jones, 44, operator of Jones Esso Service. Police sought ID on the dead man, found a name Toby Smith with Cat inscription, and forwarded clues to the FBI. The couple’s children were in the home during the attack.
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Enterprise
Kathleen Jones
David E. Jones
Jones Esso Servicenter
White House
Main Street
Ardale Drive
Jones
Memorial Hospital
Toby Smith
Cat
Davis Funeral Home
FBI
Eisenhower Defends Defense Plan Amid Congress Debate
President Eisenhower angrily defended his defense reorganization plan at a news conference saying it will not weaken the separate services. He argued Congress could “go nuts” to claim he seeks a single military service, while McElroy pressed lawmakers over civilian staff limits as hearings opened before the House Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sarah McClendon
Texas
Neil McElroy
House Armed Services Committee
White House
It Over It Over
Hindsight should guide foresight not be a post mortem. Anger or sorrow waste time. plan the present and tomorrow to avoid past errors. Combine material mental and spiritual aims with energy of love faith service and hope of eternity.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
FBI reports youth crime rise with 47.2 percent in major arrests
The FBI release notes a 55 percent increase in crime among under 18 since 1952, with youths making up 47.2 percent of major arrests last year. It records 2,796,400 major crimes in 1957, a 23.9 percent rise, and notes juvenile auto thefts rose 67.6 percent.
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Washington
Sobel
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover Long
United States
Food prices push living costs to new high in March
Government figures show the living cost index rose seven tenths of one percent in March to 123.3 percent of the 1947-49 average, the highest level since 1956. Higher food costs drove the gain, affecting over a million workers whose wages track the index, including about 800000 in the railroad sector receiving a four cent raise. A new Williams ton food processing plant was dedicated, with Governor Hodges praising local capital and North Carolina Business Development Corp support as catalysts for Eastern North Carolina's economic potential.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Williamston
N.C
Hodges
North Carolina
Austin Farms
Robersonville
Cape Hatteras
Ewan Clague
Labor
Clague
Eisenhower urges calm on recession and tax cuts
President Eisenhower said the recession appears flattened and urged Americans to avoid hysteria. He warned against hasty tax-cut moves and said no reduction request is imminent while administration studies the best anti-recession action. This marked his fifth straight news conference, reflecting a mix of joviality and irritation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S. Reverses Deportation For Heikkila Return Home
Washington officials admitted an error in deporting William Heikkila to Finland and ordered his return at U.S. expense. Immigration Commissioner Joseph Swing cited a technical mistake and said Heikkila should come home now while continuing his 11 year fight over the Communist party accusation. Heikkila, a 52 year old draftsman born in Finland, said he was a lifelong Democrat and has had no political activity since 1939.
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Washington
William Heikkila
Finland
Communist Party
Joseph M. Swing
Heikkila
U.S
Swing
Helsinki
Minnesota
San Francisco
Heikkilas
United States
Lloyd McMurray
Bruce Barber
Democrats Forecast Big Gains in November Elections
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler projected at least 40 House seats and 8 to 12 Senate seats for Democrats in the November elections. Meade Alcorn predicted Republicans will win a bare House majority, while Senate control remains in question. Senate leader Knowland cautioned it is too early to score, and Goldwater echoed the arithmetic challenge. Voters will decide 24 Senate seats and all 435 House seats in November.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
House
Meade Alcorn
Senate
Alcorn
White House
Eisenhower
Knowland
Sen
Goldwater
R-Ariz
You Auto Buy Now Drive Boosts Car Sales Nationwide
The You Auto Buy Now campaign is credited with at least 50 million dollars in car sales that would not have occurred otherwise. Launched two months ago in Cleveland, it has run in about 250 communities, with ANPA officials praising newspaper advertising’s role in stimulating the economy.
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New York
Cleveland
Albert Spendlove
Philadelphia Bulletin
ANPA
Full Presentation Of Facts Is Urged
NEW YORK The tide against the recession will be turned by a confident American people fully informed of the facts, says William Dwight president of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. He blasts suppressing recession news and urges truth to empower public confidence and policy. He adds unions must adopt new machinery to boost output and warns against paternalism.
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New York
William Dwight
Publishers
Assn
Dwight
Holyoke
Mass
Transcript-Telegram
Association
Congress
American Bar Assn
Bar Association
Governor Denies Plan to Stack Senate Seat for 1960
Raleigh Governor Hodges defends his appointment of B Everett Jordan to succeed the late W Kerr Scott. He denies a deal or seat warming motive, saying Jordan should not be viewed as a temporary placeholder. Hodges cites Johnson's interest in an early Jordan seating and notes broad Senate support.
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U.S. Senate
B. Everett Jordan
Hodges
Jordan
Sen
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
Senate
Saxapahan
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Everett Jordan
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