Boy Buried As Tunnel Collapses
In Spartanburg South Carolina nine year old Erving Boggs was buried five minutes under three feet of dirt when a tunnel he and friends dug collapsed. His brother Ted ten and Crom Carmichael helped pull him out with neighbors. The boy survived with good condition after the rescue.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Erving Boggs
Erving
Ted
Cram Carmichael
Converse College
Oliver C. Carmichael
Crom
Harold Hunt
Caracas Regime Fires Young Military Leader
Caracas reports the military junta dismissed Lt. Col. Hugo Trejo for political involvement. Trejo, former sub-chief of the general staff, was slated to depart for exile as ambassador to Costa Rica. Palace sources say he sought public popularity and ignored orders to stay in his role.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Trejo
Trejo
Costa Rica
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Marcos Perez Jiminez
Larrazabal
Nixon Begins South American Tour With Uruguay Visit
Vice President Richard Nixon arrives in Montevideo on an eight nation 18 day goodwill tour. A 21 gun salute greets Nixon and his wife Pat as Uruguay seeks oil and cotton sales to cope with a dollar shortage and ties with the Soviet bloc. Nixon says economic issues lead the trip built around Argentina's Frondizi inauguration.
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Montevideo
U of
Richard Ar
South America
U.S. Air Force
Carrasco
Uruguay
Soviet Union
Nixon
Pat
Ledo Arroyo Torres
Kremlin
Atlantic
U.S
Washington
Argentina
Paraguay
Bolivia
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
Arturo Frondizi
Buenos Aires
Soviet Bloc
Air Force unveils small rocket to reach the moon
Denver report says the Air Force designed a cheap compact rocket capable of lunar reach. Dr. Morton Alperin notes it builds on SR Project Farside balloon launches and seeks authority to develop a supplementary lunar research vehicle alongside larger probes.
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Denver
Air Force
Morton Alperin
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Pasadena
Calif
Pacific
Alperin
OSA
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
Navy Vanguard
Moon
Little cooperation yields tan from freckles
A lighthearted note explains that even small groups can achieve a tan together, implying freckles could darken similarly if they joined forces. The playful line uses freckles as a metaphor for collaborative effort.
Eisenhower urges Arctic disarmament inspection with Khrushchev
President Eisenhower appeals to Khrushchev to join Western Allies in an Arctic area inspection program and to work with U.S. experts on nuclear test ban controls. He notes U.N. action planned in Security Council and argues inspection could pave the way toward general disarmament.
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Augusta
Fisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Arctic
Wwe Aremun
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
United Nations Security Council
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
Weather Bureau notes rising river headwaters in region
The Weather Bureau reports marked rises in the headwaters of the Broad and Catawba rivers. The Broad will crest at Gaffney about a foot over bank, and at Blairs around four feet over bankful by 6 p.m. tomorrow. The Congaree at Columbia is forecast to reach 11 to 12 feet, with light flooding in lowlands. The Catawba near 15 feet, slight flooding near Catawba town, Pacolet shallow flooding, Saluda near nine feet tomorrow morning.
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Columbia
Weather Bureau
Broad
Catawba
Gaffney
Thankful
Blairs
N.C
Cardinal Stritch Arm Amputated To Save Life In Rome
In Rome, Samuel Cardinal Stritch underwent a 35 minute surgery to amputate his right arm above the elbow to remove a blood clot. The operation was led by Dr. Pietro Valdoni with help from Chicago doctors Ralph Bergen and John Keeley and Vatican staffer Filippo Rocchi. The 70 year old prelate recovered well and expected to spend about two weeks in the hospital. Pope Pius XII blessed the effort and the cardinal, who had already received last rites, remained in good spirits and pain free. A relic of St. Francis Xavier was placed on his arm the night before the procedure.
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Rome
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Pietro Valdoni
Palmiro Togliatti
Vatican
Ralph Bergen
John Keeley
Filipo Rocchi
Rocchi
Pius XII
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
St. Francis Xavier
Naples
Aeacey
UAW Eyes Three Month Auto Price Cut Plan
The United Auto Workers plan a three month contract extension with GM Ford and Chrysler in return for car price cuts and higher SUB benefits from 60 65 to 80 percent. The extension would take effect as current pacts expire and would align with 1959 model introductions. Ford and Chrysler declined comment while GM questioned the proposal.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Auto
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Wounds Fatal To M G Mann In North Carolina Farm Circles
M G Mann a leading figure in North Carolina farm cooperatives for over 25 years died of throat wounds ruled personal safety related by Wake County Coroner Marshall W Bennett. Mann age 68 had heart attacks in 1952 and 1954 and had been in poor health. He died while being taken to a hospital after investigators said his shower was running unusually long. He led the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Assn since 1926 and was general manager since 1934 and helped organize the Farmers Cooperative Exchange. He received the State Grange distinguished service award in 1951 and Progressive Farmer named him Man of the Year in Agriculture in 1956. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Raleigh
M. G. Mann
North Carolina
Wake County
Marshall W. Bennett
Mann
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Assn
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
North Carolina State Grange
Progressive Farmer
North Carolina Agriculture
Racial Attitude Affirmed by Southern Presbyterian Assembly
The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church reaffirmed its liberal stance on racial matters amid debate. The assembly resisted deleting articles about predestination from the Confession of Faith and faced potential disputes over integration as other racial questions lingered. Dr. J. N. Thomas presented the committee report, with heated exchanges during discussion.
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Charlotte
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Central
Mississippi
Brazos
Texas
J. N. Thomas
Graduate School
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
John A. MacLean
Melbourne
Fla
Twining backs plan for defense overhaul
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told Congress Eisenhower’s defense reorganization aims to keep joint forces intact. He supported the plan before the House Armed Services Committee, warning against cross service control and stressing a strengthened joint staff.
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Nathan Kee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Armed Services Committee
Twining
Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Congress
Eisenhower
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Dynamite strikes hit Jewish center and school in Jacksonville
Early today a dynamite cache at the rear of a Jewish center exploded at 12 30 am blowing in windows and doors and shattering nearby homes. A second bomb at a nearby school damaged concrete and created a three inch deep hole. Police logged no injuries or fires and noted a possible white Chevrolet exit with a Georgia license plate. An anonymous caller claimed Confederate underground support and warned against integration.
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Jacksonville
Fla
R. C. Blanton
Blanton
Florida Times-Union
Confederate Underground
Florida
Miami Beach
Sydney M. Lefkowicz
Jewish Center
Confederate Center of Information
South
A. M. Acosta
Acosta
Hayden Burns
Georgia
Miami
Mimi
Brevard County
Knowland Gives Up On Labor Bill
Senator Knowland of California signaled defeat in expanding a pension welfare fund into general labor legislation. He predicted the Senate would act on amendments but did not expect any to pass. A separate Eisenhower labor proposal was discussed as a potential alternative.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Eisenhower
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Labor Committee
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Ike
Cardinal Stritch
Msgr
John Kelly
John Banahan
Norman Mattson
Norman Moulton Sr
Norman Jr
China
Maine
Junior
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