War Material Destruction Plan Proposed by Rollman
Heinz Rollman, a Waynesville shoe maker and former congressional candidate, proposes a world peace plan calling for destruction of all war materiel and the creation of a mutual observer corps of Americans and Russians. He mailed 5,000 copies to Congress and officials worldwide and urged disarmament as a path to peaceful coexistence.
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Waynesville
N.C
Heinz Rollman
United States
Rollman
Observer Corps
North Carolina
Congress
United Nations
Nickita S. Khrushchev
Reisman
Russia
Oklahoma City Youths stage sit down at Brown's lunchette
Negro youths from the Oklahoma City NAACP youth council sit for hours at the John A. Brown Co lunchette with six adults, seeking equal food service with whites. The peaceful action follows similar sit-ins at Katz drug store and the Kress store as city officials pledge to keep peace.
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Oklahoma City
Young Crusaders
John A. Brown Co
Brown's
Katz Drug Store
Kress
Brown
Sheldon ‘Stirling
U.S. Supreme Court
Mrs Tufts Succumbs At Banner Elk
The widow of NC benefactor Edgar Tufts died after a long illness in Banner Elk. Mrs. Edgar Tufts, former Mary Elizabeth Hall, helped found Lees McRae College Grace Hartley Memorial Hospital and Grandfather Home for Children now run by the Edgar Tufts Foundation. Funeral at Banner Elk Presbyterian Church with burial beside her husband. Survived by daughter Margaret Tufts foster son Edward Coles two grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Banner Elk
N.C
North Carolina
Edgar Tufts
Lees-McRae College
Grace Hartley Memorial Hospital
Grandfather ‘Home For Children
Daniel Thomas
Joseph H. Carter
Tufts
Mary Elizabeth Hall
Hampden- Sydney
Margaret Tufts
Edward Coles
Statesville
Overdue 38-foot yacht sought by U S authorities
The U S Consulate opened an inquiry into the whereabouts of the 38 foot yacht Tora carrying four discharged U S officers on a round the world cruise. Six weeks overdue on a 500 mile leg from Formosa to Hong Kong. Possibilities include seizure by Chinese Reds wrecked in a typhoon or crew heading for the Philippines.
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Hong Kong
U.S
Formosa
Philippines
Tora
Keelung
D. C
Buzz” Bohning
Atsugi
Japan
Belmond
Iowa
Allen T. Farmer
Signal Mountain
Tenn
John L. van Doehren
Elkhart
Ind
Iwakuni
Yokohama
Naha
Okinawa
Bohning
Formosa Strait
Lebanon Size Compared to Connecticut
Lebanon, a troubled country in the Middle East, is described as four-fifths the size of Connecticut.
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Lebanon
Middle East
Connecticut
Two Marines Die In Crash Near Weston Connecticut
Two 20 year old Marines from New York city were killed in a car crash near Weston Connecticut when the vehicle struck a tree and rolled over. Driver Edward Stratford 17 and passenger Richard Dina 15 of Fairfield were injured and taken to Norwalk Hospital. Murphy and Robinson on leave from Camp Lejeune were vacationing at a Fairfield cottage.
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Weston, Conn
New York City
Acci
Robert Murphy
William Robinson
Edward Stratford
Richard Dina
Fairfield
Norwalk Hospital
Murphy
Robinson
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Fairfield Beach
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NAACP
Clara Luper
United States Coast Guard
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Treasury
Winnie
Alice
Monark
North Main High Point, N. C
Darne
Matic
Lyn-Mar
Camera Shop
Willowbrook Stre
Thas
CST Lye
Winder
NTO
iSpeed
Foot Control
Western Auto
High Point
Chula Vista, Calif
Chula Vista
ST. John's School
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