Sagebrush Shooting Ends as U S Forces Conclude War Games
In Fort Polk Louisiana, Army and Air Force personnel wrapped up Exercise Sagebrush after more than three weeks of simulated atomic warfare. 110000 Army and 30000 Air Force troops covered seven million acres as Generals Weyland and Taylor announced the end at 6 p m. The exercise tested weapons from the Corporal missile to the atomic cannon amid simulated bombings across multiple states.
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Sagebrush
Louisiana
FT. Pole
United States
O. P. Weyland
Tactical Air Command and Maneuver Director
Maxwell Taylor
Army
New Orleans
Washburn Trial Set To Start In Mansfield Case
Washburn faces murder charges in the auto bomb killing of his former mother in law Mrs Helen Harris Weaver in San Angelo. Dist Atty Tom Moore Jr says jurors likely chosen in two days and trial may run two weeks. He was held without bond since Jan 29 and prosecutors plan circumstantial case with no eye witnesses.
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Waco
Tex
Harry L. Washburn
Tom Moore Jr
Houston
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Washburn
Eisenhower Sees AFL CIO Merger as Democratic Showpiece
President Eisenhower urged the newly merged AFL CIO to protect minority rights within the union and ensure their views are reflected. He said the merger offers a great opportunity to exhibit democratic processes to the world and help liberate hundreds of millions abroad. The convention in New York opened with Meany and Reuther directing the proceedings, as 1,400 delegates gathered at the 71st Regimental Armory.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
AFL
CIO
Afl-Cio
New York
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Meany
Eipome'e
GOP
27 Die Violently In State
At least 27 people died in North Carolina over the weekend with many highway deaths. The State Highway Patrol lists victims, including teens hit by trains at Enfield, several abutment crashes on U.S. routes near Washington, Pittsboro, Morganton, Robbins, and Rob bins, and travelers from military bases among the dead.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Atlantic Coast Line
Enfield
William R. Davis Jr
Marion F. Troutman
William B. Moss
U.S. 17
Washington
Beaufort County
Michael T. Putkovich
Cherry Point Marine Base
William V. Nunley
Edenton Naval Air Station
Chatham County
Jack C., Mangum
Zebulon
New Hope Creek
U.S. 64
Pittsboro
Andrew Bivins
Rt. 3
Yale
N.C
Morganton
June Calicut
Rt. 2
Robbins
Moore County
Alamance County
Patsy F. Alston
Littleton
N.C. 49
Eden Will Confer With Eisenhower In Capital
Eden, the British Prime Minister, will visit Washington at the end of January to discuss Cold War strategy and mutual interests with President Eisenhower. The White House confirmed the invitation and noted Eden will be accompanied by Britain's Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan.
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Gettysburg
Eden
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Russia
James C. Hagerty
United States
Britain
Harold Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Geneva
Nelson Rockefeller
Hagerty
Anthony Eden
Fewer Get 2nd Shot For Polio
A AP survey shows about 20 percent fewer children received a second polio shot than the first in the Salk vaccine drive. At least 3,627,036 have had a second vaccination. 7,754,354 received the first round. Surgeon General Scheele said immunization improves chances of avoiding paralytic polio by about 75 percent.
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Washington
Associated Press
Leonard A. Scheele
Algerian Battle Kills 40 in Market Clash Near Tunisian Border
In a violent attack in a village near the Tunisian frontier, Algerian nationalists infiltrated a market and opened fire on police, killing at least 40 people and severing communications. French authorities responded with an armored car and tightened security as broader frictions with Morocco also unfold.
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Algiers
Lamy
Algeria
Theedisterranean
Natinal Assembly
France
Morocco
Istiqlal (Independence
Istislal
Istiqlal
Mohammed Bekkai
Bekkai
Democratic Independence Party
PDI
Two Gobblers Fall With One Shot on Hollins Ranch
Crystal River Florida Dixie Hollins killed two wild turkey gobblers with one shot while hunting on his ranch near here. I drew the bead on one gobbler and the other evidently was dead in line. Both went down together.
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Crystal River
Fla
Dixie Hollins
Hollins
Doctor Charged With Murdering Wife After Beating Her
Chicago police charged Dr Hobart H. Todd with murder in the death of his wife Hazel after he admitted giving sedatives and beating her. Todd said he administered two nembutal injections during a quarrel over money, then left the room and later found her body cold. Firemen found Mrs Todd on the bedroom floor at his Skokie home. an autopsy was inconclusive and a full exam will take about two weeks.
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Chicago
Etettas
Hobart H. Todd
Hazel
Skokie
Todd
Mee
William Griffin
Aia Todd
Jerry Kearns
Cook County
Griffin
Army Medical Corps
New York
Ike Meets With Top Advisers
President Eisenhower held a post Geneva strategy session with Nelson Rockefeller and planned a message to a merger convention. Rockefeller, a key backer of the Geneva talks, last met the president after his heart attack as they discuss UN issues and a broader security council membership.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nelson Rockefeller
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Rockefeller
Geneva
Russia
Great Britain
France
Dulles
Germany
Berlin
United Nations
Outer Mongolia
Security Council
U.S
China
Indian Protest Expected Over Dulles Cunha Statement
Indian officials plan to protest to Washington after a Dulles Cunha joint statement denounced Soviet Asia tours and questioned Portuguese provinces in the Far East. Nehru would report to Parliament after formal confirmation and steps, while Goa remains a flashpoint as nationalist pressure grows.
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New Delhi
India
Washington
Dulles
Portugal
Nehru
Paulo Cunha
Russia
Asia
Far East
Foreign Ministry
U.S
John Sherman Cooper
Foreign Office
N. Raghavan Pillai
Nikita G. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Bulganin
Regents Rule On Sugar Bowl Opponents Segration Issue
The Georgia Board of Regents ruled on Governor Griffin’s request to bar athletic teams from playing segregation opponents, a move that could affect Georgia Tech′s Sugar Bowl clash with Pittsburgh. The decision sparked student protests and national debate over race in college sports.
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Atlanta
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Today
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Board of Regents
Gav
Marvin Griffin
University System of Georgia
Robert O. Arnold
New Orleans
Pitt
Herman E. Talmadge
Griffin
Tech
Caprio
Italica
Tecnica
Mercer University
Macon
University of Oregon
Eugene
Ore
Baton Rouge
Southern Gentlemen's Organization
Robert Kennon
George Harris
Bobby Grier
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Clear Tech
Ike
Sherman Adams
Gettysburg Pa
Jim McCusker
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