Powers arrives in Moscow for Francis Powers espionage trial
Oliver Powers arrives with his wife in Moscow to attend the trial of son Francis Gary Powers. He plans to appeal directly to Premier Khrushchev for the sake of his boy and may seek a pretrial meeting. Mrs Powers is ill and a U.S. Embassy official greets the couple.
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Moscow
Oliver W. Powers
Nikita Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Pound
United States
U. S
London
Barbara Moore Powers
Milledgeville
Brussels
Belgium
Sleepy Cleveland daughters placed under court protection
Two young sisters Bernadette and Venita Fratantonio were ruled wards of Juvenile Court after tests linked their coma episodes to barbiturates. Police questioned their parents who deny involvement. An emergency guardianship was issued and a hearing set for August 19.
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Vincent Fratantonio
Cleveland
Ohio
Bernadette
Venita
Cleveland, Ohio
Vincent
Lillian Fratantonio
Samuel R. Gerber
Mrs. Fratantonio
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Scandinavian Caravan Visits Western North Carolina Churches
Six Methodist youth from Finland Norway Sweden and Denmark visit 500 Lindale Dr for an informal briefing on summer work and the church’s Scandinavian outreach. The trip is sponsored by the Western North Carolina Conference Boards of Missions and Education. Other notes cover Dr Bernard Boyd guest minister at First Presbyterian and Dr Clyde Milner speaker at Guilford College. Dr M Ray McKay to preach at First Baptist Thomasville.
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John W. Austin Jr
Lindale Dr
Methodist
Scandinavia
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
North Carolina
Board of Missions
Board of Education
Western North Carolina
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
M. Ray McKay
Missouri
Wake Forest
First Baptist Church
Thomasville
McKay
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Second Baptist Church
Little Rock
Ark
Shurtleff College
Alton
Ill
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Chicago University
Garret Biblical Institute
Edinburgh
Scotland
Aurora
Topeka
Kan
Rev Vernon Sparrow to Speak at First Methodist In Thomasville
Rev. Vernon S. Sparrow, Mills Home superintendent in Thomasville, will be guest preacher at First Methodist Church Sunday morning. An ordained Baptist minister from Chapel Hill, he graduated from UNC and spent 12 years in business before Christian education. He serves on the Thomasville Ministerial Association and leads its social action committee. His sermon topic is How Big is Your God.
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Vernon S. Sparrow
Mills
Thomasville
First Methodist Church
Mr. Sparrow
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
New One Hand Operable Mail Boxes Planned
The Post Office Department will test few new mail boxes this year that can be used with one hand. The units feature slots on three sides and aim to ease dropping letters while carrying groceries. If liked, they may enter general use.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Father Is Found After 35 Years
In Canton North Carolina Reverend Jesse Burrell who disappeared 35 years ago while buying groceries was traced in California. His son Boyd Burrell learned of the find from Governor Edmund Brown and reunited with his father in Veronica, California where they rode in a taxi together. The pastor who left his family years ago will be honored at a family reunion Sunday.
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Canton
N.C
Jesse Alonzo Burrell
Boyd
California
Boyd Burrell
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Brown
Veronica
Calif
Rev
Jesse Burrell
Burrell
U.N. Troops Await Orders to Take Katanga Guard Duty
U.N. forces wait for orders to assume guard duties from Belgian troops in Katanga Elisabethville as Dag Hammarskjold meets with Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe. About 220 Swedish soldiers arrived with the U.N. secretary general and were billeted near Elisabethville. The Belgian guards remained at key points while Tshombe urged Belgian troops to stay.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
U.N
Katanga
Dag Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Leopoldville
Diers
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
Sunday Enterprise preview highlights tomorrow features
The Sunday Enterprise outlines a train trip feature by J W P Mooney detailing nightly freight movements from High Point to High Rock via Davidson County and Winston-Salem Southbound tracks. It also previews Frank Warren’s look at the new interior offices at the Davidson County courthouse in Lexington. A trio of foreign policy features surveys U S policy strengths and challenges by continent.
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Hpt&d
High Point
Davidson County
High Rock
Winston-Salem
Enterprise
J. W. P. Mooney
Lexington
Davidson County Schools
Frank Warren
Sunday Enterprise
U.S
Laos Premier Reportedly Plans Resignation Amid Crisis
Radio Vientiane said Premier Tiao Samsonith's pro Western government would resign to allow the rebel revolutionary committee to form a new regime. The report noted the premier and cabinet were away from Vientiane in Luang Prabang and gave no confirmation from the station. Capt. Kong Le announced longer curfew hours had been shortened while the rebel delegation met with government officials.
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Radio Vientiane
Tiao Samsonith
Samsonith
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Revolutionary Committee
U.S
Laos
Soviet Union
Kong le
Sing Ratansamay
Space Phone Call via Man-Made Satellite In First Two-Way Link
Space experts at Holmdel and Goldstone achieved the first two way conversation via Echo II balloon satellite two hours after early two way recordings. The live link featured voices between Bell project manager Bill Jakes and Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Phil Tardani with President Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson messages noted earlier. Johnson urged global cooperation in space communication while the satellite system demonstrated potential to replace suspicion with understanding through open knowledge exchange.
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Holmdel
N.J
Space
Goldstone
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Jakes
Phil Tardani
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Bell
Jakes
Texas
Johnson
Congress
Senate Space Committee
Bell Laboratories
Five Die As Mine Sweeper Exultant Burns At Sea
A fire in the engine room of the Navy minesweeper Exultant killed five crewmen and damaged the 170 foot vessel about 70 miles southeast of Savannah. The ship, out of Charleston and bound for Miami, was towed into Savannah as rescue crews assisted nearby ships Sagacity Nimble and Cone. The Exultant, launched in 1953 and commissioned 1954, normally carries 75 crew and has a wooden hull for mine protection.
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Savannah
Exultant
Charleston
S. C
Miami
Fla
Navy
Sagacity
Nimble
Cone
Tropicana
Savannah Coast Guard
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Naval Reserve Training Center
Hunter Air Force Base
Goveronor candidate buys prize lamb by gesture mix up
Elmer L. Anderson, GOP candidate for governor, was presenting at the Olmsted County Fair when he gestured as if bidding on a lamb owned by Jackie Miller. The auctioneer interpreted the motion as a bid, leading Anderson to pay 36 dollars for the lamb before selling it to a packing agent at market price.
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Rochester
Min
Elmer L. Anderson
Olmsted
Anderson
Jackie Miller
Pine Island
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