Father of six Husky janitor executed in gas chamber
Matthew Bass a 43 year old Black janitor was executed in the gas chamber at Central Prison Raleigh for knifing and raping a white woman in a Raleigh office last summer. He was hooded and strapped into the oak chair at about 10 am appearing frightened as guards prepared the apparatus.
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Raleigh
Matthew Bass
Central Prison
Bass
W. F. Bailey
SBI
Kenneth Bailey
Henry Bass
Hamlet
Gov. Hodges
Wake County Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Herman L. Taylor
Sarah K. Mahler
Berlin Threats Mount Over Air Routes to Berlin
East German Politburo member Hermann Matern told a West Berlin rally that major airlines have no legal right to fly over East German territory and urged action. West German Chancellor Adenauer, citing a Dulles letter, warned Russia must keep air corridors open and reaffirmed free access to Berlin under the 1949 Paris agreement.
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Associated Press
East Germany
Politburo
Hermann Matern
West Berlin
Pan American
Air France
British European Airways
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Adenauer
Matern
Hanes Knitting to raise wages in 1959
The P. H. Hanes Knitting Co announces a substantial wage increase affecting more than 3,000 workers in Winston-Salem starting January 5, 1959. President P. Huber Hanes Jr cites a payroll rise of about 500,000 dollars and comments on prospective federal minimum wage plans.
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Winston-Salem
P. H
Hanes
North Carolina
Employment Security Commission
Khrushchev’s designer To Deliver Vicuna Coat To Eisenhower
Angelo Litrico, an Italian tailor who made three overcoats and four suits for Khrushchev, flies to the United States to present a blue vicuna overcoat and gray cashmere jacket to President Eisenhower. The U S Embassy says he acted independently and did not consult officials. Litrico says the Khrushchev garments were ordered and paid for by the Soviet Embassy in Italy.
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Rome
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Angelo Litrico
Khrushchev
United States
International Assn. of Clothing Designers
Chicago
Washington
Litrico
Italy
Truman Visits North Carolina During Culture Week
Former president Truman tours tobacco country in Zebulon and Raleigh as part of Culture Week. He plans a speech on Andrew Johnson titled The Most Mistreated of Presidents at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium for the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association meeting.
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Andrew Johnson
Raleigh
Truman
Governo's
Gov
Mrs. Hodges
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Auditorium
North Carolina
Reynolds High School Evacuated After Bomb Threats
Reynolds High in Winston-Salem was emptied after a bomb threat cited by a caller as planted in the school. Police searched the building. no bomb was found amid multiple hoax threats over 12 days. The school sits near a historically segregated educational history in the city.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Reynolds High School
North Carolina
Greenville
S.C
South Main Street
Winston- Salem
Italy Works to Save Fanfani Government in Confidence Fight
Rome AP says Premier Amintore Fanfani struggles to rally support for a confidence vote in his five month old pro Western minority government. Critics expect defeat after two failed ballots on a gasoline tax and coalition members fail to reach a majority, threatening the cabinet's fate.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democratic
Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Social Democratic
Ten Die In Rural Delaware Flash Fire At Home
A kerosene stove exploded destroying a two story rural home in central Delaware. Nine children and an adult died. three others survived and two volunteers were injured. The dead include Fred die Ernest Teresa Sonja Wanda Ricky and William Archer Lydia Archer and Margaret Bessix. The mother Callie Wilson worked in Smyrna. Samuel Wilson was reported in Georgia.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Levena Cuyler
Levie
Valarie K. Wilson
Freddie
Ernest
Teresa
Sonja
Wanda
Ricky
William Archer
Wilson
Lydia Archer
Margaret Bessix
Smyrna
Callie Wilson
Samuel
Georgia
Army Moon Rocket May Be Blasted Off This Weekend
New York AP reports the U S Army plans a Juno II lunar mission that could reach the moon in about 34 hours and potentially enter an orbit around the sun for millions of years. Its bold target contrasts with earlier Air Force flights and hinges on engines firing and lunar mass behavior. The Army aims for a fast transit and possible long term space trajectory, with secrecy kept to avoid public pressure.
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New York
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Moon
Earth
Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cyprus peace talks falter at United Nations vote
United Nations General Assembly failed to approve a plan to start Cyprus peace talks as 81 nations debated three rival proposals. The Iranian plan passed 31 as Greece opposed, while a Colombian study group and Belgian compromise were defeated amid abstentions and heated US-Greek tensions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N
Cyprus
General Assembly
Britain
Mediterranean
Assembly
Greece
Turkey
United States
Evangelos Averol-Tessizza
America
North Atlantic Alliance
Averoff-Tessizza
Grief Advice Urges Venting After Loss at Mayo Conference
Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Dr. Robert Faucett told American Medical Association attendees that grieving openly after a death aids long term mental health. He urged not to isolate the bereaved and to avoid heavy sedation, emphasizing talking through feelings and reconstructing the past in light of the present.
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Minneapolis
Mayo Clinic
Robert L. Faucett
American Medical Assn
Faucett
Armory Rites for 28 Parochial School Fire Victims
In Chicago 28 small coffins lay in a military armory as Most Rev. Albert Gregory Meyer presided over a solemn Requiem Mass for the Our Lady of the Angels School tragedy. Cardinal Spellman attended. 87 children and three nuns died.
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Chicago
Albert Gregory Meyer
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Chilcago
Holy Innocents Shrine
Queen of Heaven
Our Lady of the Angels School
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Dulles
West Germany
A.m
Baateen
Hanes Firm
Nikita
White House
Vienna
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
Goldfine
Missouri
Highway Patrol
Winston School
Fanftani
August Schomburg
Ordnance
Chemical Warfare Center
Edgewood Arsenal
Clayton
James G. Knotts
U.S
Armory
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