Gromyko to Speak as Reds Demand U S Withdrawal
At the United Nations Gromyko with 75 aides prepared to press for an emergency session to urge U S troop withdrawal from Jordan. He aims to speak early in the general debate starting Wednesday promising efforts to secure positive results amid banking on Western concessions and U N border concerns.
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United Nations
N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Jordan
Gromyko
Moscow
U.N
Lebanon
United States
Britain
United Arab Republic
British Comet IV Arrives for Idlewild Noise Tests
A British Comet IV jet airliner lands at Idlewild for official noise tests after its maiden transatlantic flight. The four engine aircraft with silencers faces scrutiny over noise limits as Port Authority grants permission. Pilot Group Captain John Cunningham notes silencing improves sound without reducing power.
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New York
Idlewild
Port of New York Authority
Comet TV
John Cunningham
de Haviland Aircraft Co
Cunningham
Navy Blimp Reaches Ice Island Over Arctic Outpost
The Navy airship approached Fletcher Ice Island, aka T-3, as bearded scientists gathered. Pilot Henry Collins dropped mail while parka-clad crews watched from the Arctic camp on the drifting 45 square mile ice 160 miles from Borden Island. The island, spotted in 1947 by RCAF navigator Greenaway, moves about 1.2 miles daily and hosts a scientific station first landed by Col. Joe Fletcher in 1952.
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Hugh Mulligan
Associated Press
NAVY
Fletcher Ice Island
Henry Collins
Conshohocka
Fletchers Ice Island
Arctic Ocean
Borden Island
Pole
Keith R. Greenaway
Royal Canadian Air Force
U.S
Greenaway
Col
Joe Fletcher
U.S. Air Force
Housewife sets long talk record in Buffalo showdown
Mrs. Jane Drdul, 27, a Buffalo housewife, spoke for four days two hours and 24 seconds claiming U.S. and world records. Officials halted her at near 100 hours to protect her vocal chords after she began Tuesday noon. The prior national mark was about two hours slower.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Jane Drdul
U.S
Gambling Inquiry Is Launched
A federal grand jury probes a Terre Haute gambling syndicate beginning today. The ring allegedly grossed 3.5 million dollars in wagers before the Nov. 29 raid. Targets include six men arrested in Indianapolis, former Sheriff Buck charges for failure to buy stamps. U.S. Attorney Tabbert aims to indict for evading excise taxes. Wyatt, part owner of a Terre Haute tavern, is also named.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Marion County
Charles L. (Buck
U.S
Don A. Tabbert
Nomination Vote Sought on White as Civil Rights Head
Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed for a vote on W Wilson White to head the Justice Department Civil Rights Division. The nomination stalled amid controversy over federal troops and integration following the Little Rock crisis. White, serving since a recess appointment, defended troop use as a last resort.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
W. Wilson White
Justice Department
Arthur V. Watkins
Rutah
Everett M. Dirksen
R-I
Congress
White
Eisenhow
Senate
Eisenhower
Searce
Integraential High
Little Rock
Ark
Office of Legal Counsel
Judiciary Committee
Radiation Dangers Are Cited by U N scientific panel
A 15 nation United Nations scientific committee warns even small rises in world radioactivity from nuclear tests can cause harm including genetics, cancer, and shorter lifespans. The panel unanimously said current methods yield only tentative estimates with wide uncertainty. The group did not require an immediate end to nuclear tests, voting 9 to 5 with one abstention on that point.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
AEC
United States
Five Die As Erie Trains Crash Head On Near Sterlington
Five killed and at least 25 injured when two Erie Railroad passenger trains collided on the main line near Sterlington Rockland County. Victims include two passengers Robert Youchman and Pauline Cronon and crew members Sam Nardo Martin J Walsh Charles G Mitchell. Locomotives did not derail. wreck occurred after a missed signal. rescue teams described gory scenes.
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Sterlington
N.Y
Erie Railroad
Monroe
Hoboken
N.J
Robert Youchman
Warwick
Pauline Cronon
Tuxedo
Sam Nardo
Glen Rock
N. J
Martin J. Walsh
Jersey City
Charles G. Mitchell
Union City
Clifford P. Covart
C. E. Vanderwork
Matamoras
Rockland County
New York City
Hillburn Fire Department
Robert Lillibridge
Good Samaritan Hospital
Suffern
Tuxedo Hospital
Robert Higgins
Differences Over Adams Report Divides Congress on Integrity Inquiry
The House subcommittee report found no evidence Adams sought favored treatment in the Raglaine Worsteds settlement, but party lines split on interpretation. Rep Hardy called the report a minimal stand in probing executive conduct while Adams denies pressuring anyone.
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Washington
House
Sherman Adams
House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Adams
Raglaine Worsteds, Inc
Manchester
N. H
Porter Hardy
D-Va
Bernard Goldfine
Styles Bridges
Chester E. Merrow
New Hampshire
Irving M. Ives
Raglaine
Hardy
Lid Flipping Tales Stir Seaford Household Oddities
Seaford New York police and Duke University investigators report on lid flipping bottles and flying furniture at the Hermann home. Parapsychology experts cite possible telepathic transfer while noting the family refused lie detector tests and saw no crime or evidence of wrongdoing.
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Seaford
N.Y
James Hermann
J. Gaither Pratt
W. G. Roll
Hermann
Dr. Pratt
Death Toll 28 In North Carolina Over Weekend
AP reports a violent weekend in North Carolina with 28 dead mostly from auto crashes. Victims include Gene Williams Sheffer 23 a Fort Bragg soldier. Mary Ann Brigman 18 fleeing a hit and run. and several youths from Weaverville. Additional deaths occurred near Yadkinville Winston Salem Salisbury and Charlotte with multiple gunshot and collision fatalities.
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North Carolina
Highway Patrol
South Carolina
Gene Williams Sheffer
Florida
Ft. Bragg
Mary Ann Brigman
McColl
D.C
U.S
Yadkinville
Winston-Salem
Max Sylvester Esie
Rt. 1
Lewisville
Lena Estap
Cecilia Baldwin
Greensboro
Henry Wade Rogers
Salisbury
Carolina & Northwestern
Missile research lag blamed on Eisenhower cuts, report says
A Democratic House committee charged that U S missile R and D lagged years due to Eisenhower era funding cuts while Republicans accused Democrats of scoring political points. The inquiry followed the Soviet satellite launch and urged streamlined research, competitive early development, fewer red tapes, and broader Defense Department powers.
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Washington
House
United States
Eisenhower
GOP
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Department
Soviet Union
U.S
Wilson
Southern Senators Demand Farm Bill Action
Senators John Stennis of Mississippi and Allen Ellender of Louisiana warned that small cotton and rice farmers could face severe losses without a farm bill before adjournment. They cited potential acreage cuts and urged House action as leaders showed no sign of backtracking on farm legislation this session.
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Washington
John Stennis
D-Miss
South
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate
House
George Aiken
R-Vi
Aiken
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Hart D. Cooley
D-Nc
House ‘Agriculture Committee
Rayburn
Cooley
Thinking It Over on Revelation's Little Book Taste
A brief meditation on Revelation 10 8 11 about eating the little book. The text notes sweet initial bite followed by bitterness in the stomach signaling a practical message about temptation. It urges weighing possibilities and recognizing the rise and fall of exhilaration and subsequent discomfort.
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John
Beram
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