Tragic Jamestown Car Train Collision Kills Child
A two year old girl Brenda Ann McGugan was killed when the McGugan family auto struck by Southern Railway freight No. 4165 at the Scientific Street crossing in Jamestown at 11 30 am. Her parents Willy and Juanita Nance McGugan Route 4 were severely injured and treated at High Point Memorial Hospital. The car skidded 26 feet onto the tracks and was thrown 82 feet after impact. There were no signal lights at the crossing and vision was limited by a steep hill.
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Southern Railroad
Scientific Street
Jamestown
High Point Memorial Hospital
Willy and
Juanita Nance McGugan
Route 4
Brenda Ann McGugan
Southern No. 4165
McGugan
State Highway Patrol
Television Censorship Debate Opens Hearings
Washington AP report notes Protestant James W. Wine and leaders from Catholic and Jewish groups opposing censorship urge enforcement of existing law rather than content controls as the FCC begins a weeklong hearing on whether it has authority over radio and television programming. Wine opposes easy censorship and supports public interest standards.
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Washington
Protestant Churches of America
James W. Wine
Christ
Wine
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Congress
FCC
Integration Opponents Supported Deerfield Project
An unofficial Deerfield poll shows 3,507 opposed, 460 in favor, and 56 undecided among 4,000 residents surveyed about the Floral Park interracial housing plan. Opponents cite builder methods while supporters say legality and integration proceed despite the vote.
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Chicago
Deerfield
North Shore
Harold C. Lewis
Progress Development Corp
Wester
Floral Park
Development Corporation
Modern Community Developers of
Princeton
N.J
Philadelphia
Lewis
Democrats Launch Broad Attack on Eisenhower Policies
Democratic leaders prepare for 1960 by denouncing eco and fiscal policies as failing national defense and space aims. A 10 000 word platform blueprint urges education aid civil rights expansion social security increase and higher minimum wage while calling for enhanced federal powers on strikes and energy projects.
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New York
Eisenhower
LeRoy Collins
Florida
North Carolina
Aerate
Pearl Harbor Attack Risky Says Ex Envoy Nomura
In Tokyo former Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura calls the Pearl Harbor strike a risky enterprise that could have crippled Japan’s fleet if detected earlier. He says axis membership and the attack were major blunders driven by young extremists. Nomura, 82, cites postwar anti U.S. sentiment and warns against abandoning the Western alliance.
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Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
America
U. S
Nomura
Hitler
Mussolini
Study links victims to their killers in Philadelphia homicide surge
University of Pennsylvania sociologist Dr. Marvin E. Wolfgang reports 588 homicides in Philadelphia from 1948 to 1952. He finds 57 percent of victims had police records, 26 percent killed themselves through prior aggression, and 73 percent of victims were Black while 75 percent of offenders were Black. Stabbings accounted for 39 percent, shootings 33 percent, beatings 22 percent, with alcohol a frequent factor.
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Philadelphia
Marvin E. Wolfgang
University of Pennsylvania
Wolfgang
Mil Squad
Religion Factor In Election Shapes Louisiana Governor Race
In Louisiana the Catholic Morrison leads the 11-man field for governor with strong South Louisiana support. Baptist Davis trails by over 60,000 votes. Segregation stands as a major issue with Gremillion backing pro rights, while Rainach, Noe and Dodd trail as contenders and no Catholic governor has been elected this century.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
deLesseps Morrison
Jimmie Davis
Morrison
Davis
South
Jack Gremillion
Gremillion
Somaiog
W. M. Rainach
Rainach
James Noe
William Dodd
Noe
Huey P. Long
Earl Long
Dodd
Eisenhower Greeted by One Million Pakistanis in Karachi
President Eisenhower received a massive welcome in Karachi as he arrived from Turkey on a 22 000 mile mission. Officials estimate about a million Pakistanis cheered, with banners flags and a royal procession to the presidential residence. The crowd chanted zindabad and the city lit up with festival lights as Ayub Khan hosted the 40 hour stay.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower
Turkey
James S. Hagerty
House
Ateanilohé Sha Aoman
Vaitidin
Ike
U.S
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Ankara
Ayub Khan
United
Robert Murphy
Typ Snd
Sailag 08 Taditad Gan
Mighty Coastal Gale Strikes Britain Sinking Vessels Reported
Fourteen men may have drowned as two small ships sank in a fierce gale off Britain's coast. The Queen Elizabeth radioed Cherbourg escaping the storm as waves 80 feet high battered ships and inch thick portholes shattered. Nine other ships battled the furious seas while floods and impassable roads aided the storm toll.
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London
Britain
Cherbourg
Death by own action ends life of former Oklahoma doctor
In a Memphis prison a former McAlester heart specialist died after cutting a femoral artery with a razor blade. He left a note requesting cremation and ashes spread over his wife and children's graves. The case followed a family arson murder that killed his wife and three children, with the suspect later attempting suicide and making further attempts in custody.
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Robert R. Raines
McAlester
E. W. Harrell
Kraith
Whitlock
Galbraith
Kitty
Frank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Oklahoma City
Henderson
Tenn
Memphis
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