Nixon to Open Southern Campaign in Greensboro Visit
Vice President Richard Nixon will launch the southern leg of his 1968 campaign with a War Memorial Coliseum speech in Greensboro on Wednesday. Mrs. Nixon will accompany him as North Carolina GOP officials and Guilford County chairman promise a Welcome Back to North Carolina event.
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Greensboro
Richard M. Nixon
War Memorial Coliseum
Mrs. Nixon
North Carolina
GOP
William E. Cobb
Jordan Frassineti
Guilford County
Nixon
Duke University Law School
Peter Kay
South
Kay
Ceasar Cone
Nixon Lodge
Cone
Greensboro High Point
Coliseum
North Carolina Republican Executive Committee
Berserk Man Kills One Wounds Two in Franklin Farm
A 42-year-old Frank Jackson Hannah shot and killed his father-in-law Robert Welsh 72 near Franklin North Carolina. He wounded his wife Wilma 35 and their 2-year-old son Ricky before being critically wounded in a cornfield. The couple had a history of domestic trouble and Hannah faced a recent non support conviction. Ricky survived after surgery. Wilma expected to recover. Hannah not expected to live.
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Franklin
N.C
Macon County Sheriff's Office
Robert Welsh
Frank Jackson Hannah
Welsh
Wilma
Ricky
Hannah
Edgar Angel
Childre
Haywood County
Angel
Funeral for Franks in Asheville After Family Tragedy
Wayne Rex Franks 29 who killed four family members then shot himself was to be buried today after a funeral at Locust Grove Baptist Church for his victims daughter Diane 5 two sons Wayne 4 Johnny 3 and mother in law Bertha Holcombe 57. He would be buried at Cedar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Alexander near the Locust Grove site.
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Asheville
N.C
Wayne Rexford Franks
Locust Grove Baptist Church
Weaverville
Franks
Diane
Wayne
Johnny
Bertha Holcombe
Cedar Hill Baptist Church
Alexander
Locust Grove
Powers family heads to Moscow for U2 pilot trial
Francis Gary Powers' relatives and advisers travel from London and New York toward Moscow for his Wednesday trial. Oliver Powers of Virginia says Khrushchev promised help and intends to assist his son. Mrs Powers sails separately with legal counsel and a Columbia law professor to seek access and counsel in the Soviet capital.
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London
Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Powers
Ars For
Oliver Powers
Ida
Lewis K. Ingram
Sol W. Cury
Barbara Moore Powers
New York City
Brussels
Monteen Brown
Milledgeville, Ga
Virginia Bar Assn
Alexander W. Parker
Richmond
Frank W. Rogers
Roanoke
Parker
John N. Hazard
Columbia University
Hazard
West Germany
State Department
Virginia
Dag Hammarskjold lands as UN force enters Katanga
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and 220 Swedish troops entered Katanga province amid airport tensions. The plane circle incident prompted Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe to order all UN planes allowed to land. Talks then moved to Tshombe's residence with Belgian troops remaining.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Katanga
Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Tishombe
Tshombe
Security Council
Elisabethville
Rocket Plane Sets Altitude Record at Edwards AFB
At Edwards Air Force Base Maj. Robert M. White piloted the X-15 to a world high altitude of 131000 feet about 24 miles. The flight followed a record speed run of 2196 mph, as White rose on a 51 degree climb and landed after a 200 mph glide.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Watc Ee
Robert M. White
White
Iven C. Kincheloe
Kincheloe
Cape
Joe Jordan
Rogers Dry Lake
Walker
Rebels Ask Prince To Rule Laos
Rebels in Vientiane claim they will seek former prime minister Souvanna Phouma to head a new neutral Laos government. Captain Kong Le says he will replace Somsanith and invite Souvanna Phouma to become prime minister to establish a truly neutral regime with ties to all nations.
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Laos
Saigon
Soth Viet Nam
Radio Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Tto
Tthe Pathet Lao
Souvanna Vong
Pathet Lao
National Assembly
Kong le
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Tiao Somsanith
Vientiane National Stadium
Echo I Satellite Launch Signals U.S. Space Milestone
Echo I, a large communications satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral and placed in orbit. President Eisenhower's message was bounced nationwide within hours, confirming orbit and signaling a new era in peaceful space exploration.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Eisenhower
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ofdit
Washington
Goldstone
Calif
Eisenhower Z
T. Keith Glennan
NASA
Pacific
Glennan
Abe Silverstein
Space Flight Program
William J. O'Sullivan
Major Changes In State Prisons System Approved
The North Carolina Prisons Commission endorses George Randall plan to close risky field camps, convert Camp Polk to youth training, build new Odom unit near Caledonia and a Central Prison unit for honor inmates. Nine camps to be abandoned, transfers planned, cost cited at 1.59 million dollars with long term savings expected.
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Raleigh
State Prisons Commission
George Randall
Randall
Odom
Caledonia
Camp Polk
Central Prison
Polk Prison
Space Capsule Recovered After Alaska Polar Flight
A Discoverer XIII capsule from a polar orbit returned to earth above Alaska and was recovered near Hawaii. A helicopter from the Haiti Victory carried the undamaged capsule aboard the MSTS ship, aiding space and reconnaissance efforts as Samos program advances toward live television relay.
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Washington
Earth
U.S
Hawaii
United States
Air Force
MSTS
Haiti Victory
Samos
Wage Law Extension Is Battled
Senate debate centers on extending wage hour coverage under Kennedy’s minimum wage bill. The proposal would bring retail and service workers under the act, modeling a major shift affecting about five million employees. Sen. Holland sponsors an amendment to preserve current exemptions, a test measure likely to be closely watched.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Spessard L. Holland
Dfla
Holland
Styles Bridges
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen
Richard B. Rus
Wage
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