Lambert seeks 100 more state patrolmen at 1961 session
Lambert told the Governor's Traffic Safety Council he will ask the 1961 Legislature for 100 additional state patrolmen. He urged support for the request, citing rising highway deaths and traffic. Virginia safety officers urged broader traffic enforcement manpower and revaluation of patrol needs. Winston-Salem Chief James I Waller pressed for science tests for drunken drivers.
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Raleigh
Highway Patrol
D. T. Lambert
Governor's
Traffic Safety Council
Lambert
The
Safety Council
R. B. King
Virginia State Police
James I. Waller
Winston-Salem
Council
No Takers For Nixon Buttons At White House Gates
In Washington a man tried to give away large Nixon campaign buttons while crowds gathered to greet Eisenhower and Kennedy. A Kennedy–Eisenhower meeting drew reporters including a nurse observer at the hospital where Kennedy Jr. and Mrs. Kennedy stay. The president elect teased the nurse about deserting his child.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy Jr
Kennedy
Marine Corps
Army, Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Secre
Popping pods mistaken for gunfire in Gastonia
In Gastonia North Carolina residents reported gunfire in a residential area causing police to respond. Officers took cover as shots were heard, but one officer found the noise came from wisteria pods popping open as the air warmed.
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Gastonia
N.C
Pease B47 Crew Scores Double Direct Hits in Training
The Pease Air Force Base B47 bomber crew received congratulations after two direct hits in a seven hour training mission at Springfield Massachusetts. Officials called it unprecedented in modern jet bombing and noted direct hits are recorded within a 10 foot diameter. The spokesman likened the odds to four holes in one in golf.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Pease Air Force Base
Air Force
Springfield
Mass
Isaid
Denial of Lumumba Torture By Congolese Officer
Col. Mobutu rejected reports of torture and disfigurement of ex Premier Patrice Lumumba in prison. He refused to release doctors’ report, claiming Lumumba is in general good health with minor injuries from a prior beating. Dag Hammarskjold urged access for the International Red Cross amid fears for Lumumba’s safety.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Mobutu
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
International Red Cross
Hammarskjold
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Nigeria
Eisenhower Receives Kennedy at White House Meeting
President Eisenhower chats with President-elect John F Kennedy at the White House in an historic transfer of power. Spectators cheer as Kennedy arrives in a cream colored sedan at 9 a.m. on the north portico while the 70-year-old President looks on.
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Eisenhower
John Kennedy
North
Washington
John F. Kennedy
White House
Executive Mansion
Kennedy
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Congo Round Faces U N Debates and Lumumba Fate
The Soviet Union demands immediate Lumumba release and Congo army disarmament while Hammarskjold seeks Red Cross access to check Lumumba’s safety. The Security Council and General Assembly may both act as pressure rises over Lumumba’s detention and Belgium officials' removal. In Washington, Eisenhower and Kennedy hold a long transfer discussion with a brief public greeting and formal reception.
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United Nations
N. Y.ap
Congo
Soviet Union
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
U. N. Assembly
Security Council
Valerian Zorin
Kremlin
Zorin
Mauritania
U. N
Hammarskjold
S.C. State Salon Faces Tax Charge
Florence AP reports State Sen. J Ralph Gasque of Marion County indicted for failing to file federal income tax returns for 1955 1956 1957. Government alleges gross incomes of 17395 20 in 1955 28244 78 in 1956 and 38309 36 in 1957. Indictment says he wilfully failed to file returns with the IRS.
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Florence
S.C
J. Ralph Gasque
Marion County
Gasque
Director of Internal Revenue
United States
Churches Told Not To Concede Revolution To Communism
National Council of Churches says not to concede revolutions to communism as Cuba and Congo reports warn of Soviet influence. Cuba’s Castro shown as using Russia and China for survival, while Congo leaders resist Communist domination and the church urged to provide national leadership and education.
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Harold V. Streeter
SAN Francisco
National Council of Churches
Cuba
Congo
Foreign Missions
Council
General Assembly of the Council
United States
Howard W. Yoder
New York
Latin America
Fidel) Castro
George Carpenter
International Missionary Council
Russia
Republic of Congo
Midget Jet Airliners Ordered by Two Airlines
Eastern Air Lines and United Air Lines order 80 Boeing midget jet airliners for 350 million dollars, 40 each, delivery by end of 1963. Planes seat 70 to 114, speed up to 600 mph, range 1,700 miles, rear-engine tri-jet design. Eastern's 175 million deal expands jet service to Syracuse Charlotte Birmingham and Hartford. United expects 20 new cities added to its jet network with its 40-plane order.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
United Air Lines
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
William M. Allen
Europe
Allen
Malcolm A. MacIntyre
MacIntyre
Eastern
Syracuse
N. Y
Charlotte
N.C
Birmingham
Ala
Hartford
Conn
J. A. Herlihy
New Research Facilities Revealed in North Carolina
Gov Hodges announced two new research sites in North Carolina's Research Triangle. A regional forestry research laboratory will be built by the U S Forest Service with a contract expected early 1961 and occupancy planned for 1962. A second project will create a research park building to rent space to small organizations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Research Triangle
Gov. Hodges
U.S. Forest Service
Joseph E. Perchance
Forest Service
Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
John B. Wilson
Thames River body find linked to 1956 Love disappearance
Police identified the headless woman as Mary Love, missing with her husband since November 1956. Dredged remains include a man’s foot and thigh bones, found near a rusted car with license digits 3 and a Black Wolseley sedan marked DPE303. Jack Love, a former merchant navy officer, had been seen repeatedly over four years amid inquiries that yielded little.
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London
Thames
Scotland Yard
Mary Love
Jack
Tottenham
Mrs. Love
White students return to William Frantz School in New Orleans
In New Orleans twenty three white children attended class at William Frantz School while police cleared a one block zone around the building. Legislators urged the Orleans Parish School Board to resign as a funding stalemate with the state froze $12 million in payroll funds and banks. vandals painted the former home of Reverend Le Roy Foreman. Police questioned many individuals and Superintendent Giarrusso anticipated arrests as the board faced a resignations push and a court suit against banks to honor checks.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
Orleans Parish
Lloyd Foreman
Joseph Giarrusso
Louisiana
Employers See Net Job Decline by Mid January
The Labor Department reports most employers foresee a net drop in jobs by mid January due to seasonal layoffs and post holiday declines. Unemployment is expected to rise with November totals around four million and rising to over five million by January. Nine new areas join the sub six percent unemployment list, including Bridgeport Waterbury and Spokane.
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Washington
Labor Department
Employment Security Bureau
John F. Kennedy
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Conn
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Gary-Hammond
Chicago
Ind
Spokane
Wash
Hamilton- Middletown
Ohio
Steubenville
Weirton
W. Va
San Bernardino-Riverside
Ontario
Calif
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Ormieae
Nixon
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Castro
U. S
Thames River
Bae
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