Young couple learns they are brother and sister on first date
Dorothy Manewal 16 and Richard Gillett 22 meet on a first date in Portland Oregon and discover they are siblings separated after their mother's death in 1948. Both reveal new identities as part of the long separated case. The pair, now aware of their relation, plan to remain close as friends.
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Dorothy Manewal
Richard Gillett
Portland
Ore
Orc
Rend
Dorothy
Sara Esther Alridge
Dick Gillett
Michael Charles Alridge
Truman Says 1960 Contest Wide Open
Former President Harry S Truman says the 1960 Democratic nomination race is wide open with no clear winner. He backs no one now, cites many "good young men" in the party and hints his choice will be clear only in time.
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Truman
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Carpenter Charged After Car Rolls Over Wife
Carlisle Pennsylvania AP A 25 year old carpenter is accused of releasing a hand brake and letting the car roll over his wife Janet Rowles 24 killing her The death was initially ruled an accident but police reopened the case and the husband James R Rowles was arraigned on a murder charge He had driven with his wife and their 10 month old daughter Suzy and he stopped on a grade to fix a tire when the wife walked to the rear of the car and the vehicle rolled back crushing her
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Carlisle
Janet Rowles
James R. Rowles
Rowles
Faye
Janet
Suzy
Little Rock Deadlock Remains Over School Board
In Little Rock Arkansas the deadlock over desegregation persists after an inconclusive election for six school board seats. Gov. Faubus accuses three elected businessmen of integrationist aims while other pro Faubus candidates gained seats. The board faces a federal order demanding affirmative steps toward racial mixing in public schools. All 13 candidates professed segregationist views, with splits over resistance level.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Rights Body Disavows Intent To Take Sides
In Montgomery Alabama the Civil Rights Commission opened a historic inquiry into Negro voting complaints with a stated aim of fact finding and no side taking. The panel sought to obtain voter registration records from six Alabama counties including Macon and Wilcox to examine alleged racial discrimination. The hearing, expected to last two days, offered officials a chance to refute the charges and proceed with state investigations in parallel.
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Montgomery
Ala
Civil Rights Commission
Alabama
Hannah
Storey
Berlin Votes Rebuff Red Plan as Communists Fail in Poll
West Berlin voters reject Soviet proposals to end four power occupation and demilitarize the city. The election gave 78 seats to the Socialists led by Willy Brandt, 1.9 percent for Communists, and 55 to the Christian Democrats. Brandt rises as the clear West Berlin leader.
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West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Khrushchev
Mradhe
Christian Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
Democratic Council Sets Goals for Social Policy Agenda
The entete Advisory Council released a broad program urging expansion of Social Security and civil rights, though offering no specific recommendations on outer space. Observers expect Johnson and Rayburn to guide the final Congress agenda, with past patterns suggesting limited council influence.
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Washington
Entete Advisory Council
Congress
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Paul M. Butler
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
De Gaulle Rebuffs Algerian Extremists in Algeria Visit
French Premier Charles de Gaulle concluded a five day tour of Algeria and the Sahara by urging liberty happiness and dignity for Algeria's nine million Muslims before any political settlement He avoided pledging full political or economic integration with France and signaled continuing development plans as the path to a practical political solution.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Fance
Sahara
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Air Force Sergeant on Trial for Arsenic Murder of Wife
United States Air Force sergeant Marcus M. Marymont faced a general court martial in Denham England charged with premeditated murder and adultery in the death of his wife Mary Helen Marymont from arsenic poisoning. Prosecution cited two autopsies and Scotland Yard experts. Marymont could face the death penalty if convicted. The case involves an alleged link to a showgirl and another woman identified as Cynthia Taylor, with the couple’s three children in North Carolina and the trial held in a former motion picture studio on the base.
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Denham
England
United States Air Force
Marcus M. Marymont
Hobbsville
N.C
Marymont
Cynthia Taylor
Air Force
Mary Helen
Japan
Korea
Alaska
North Carolina
Marcus
Mary Helsen
Harold
U.S
Conference on Surprise Attacks Stalled
The United States and Russia said the 10 nation talks on preventing surprise attacks have reached a dead end. The four week long talks show no immediate break off and remain deadlocked over whether to study launch methods or to address political issues.
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Geneva
United States
Russia
Plastic Bag Causes Death Of Child
Norwalk California police say eight year old Luis Cruz suffocated after placing an air tight plastic bag over his head and fastening the bottom around his neck to amuse his two year old brother Edward. A third brother witnessed the incident but did not recognize the danger. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
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Norwalk
Calif
Luis Cruz
Edward
Louis
Three Soldiers Killed in Collision Near Fort Hood
In Killeen Texas a car crash with a bus killed three soldiers from Hood base. Sgt Roy Welch 26 from Walterboro Walterboro D C Recruit William McFadin 21 of Fayetteville N C and Sp 1 C Robert Krestefic 26 of Clifton N J all stationed at Fort Hood.
Army probes face setbacks as Pioneer IIIgives way to new attempt
Army scientists push a second launch after Pioneer IIIfailed over North Africa burning up after 38 hours in flight. Pioneer III modestly surpassed distance as Air Force missions reach 71,300 miles but other Cape Canaveral flights fail. Officials seek sun orbit probe as Army aims for deeper space reach.
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Wey
Pioner III
North Africa
Army
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Bomb scare calls hit Carolinas schools in two weeks
Three Carolinas cities reported more bomb threats described as hoaxes, increasing total calls to at least 21. In Greenville a pair of threats evacuated two public schools and a college, while Winston-Salem and Asheboro also saw evacuations and warnings. Police posted a $1,000 reward for suspects in Winston-Salem.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Winston - Salem
Asheboro
N.C
Greenville
S.C
Greenville Senior High School
Draughon
Business College
Hughes Junior High School
Columbia Heights
Northwest High School
Reynolds High School
Wake Forest College
Winston - Salem Chamber of Comperce
New Northwest High School
Asheboro ‘High School
Betancourt Leads Venezuela's First Free Presidential Vote
Romulo Betancourt, a veteran leftist from exile, leads as votes counted show him on 561,644 to 523,157 for Wolfgang Larrázabal and 244,862 for Rafael Caldera. The three parties signed a pact to cooperate in government, excluding the Communists.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Democratic Action Party
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazabal
Caldera
Rafael Caldera
Betancourt
Isaias Medina Angarita
Romulo Gallegos
Perez Jimenez
Democratic Republican Union
Communist Party
Christian Socialist Party
Copei
Remembrance of the Dead and Life’s Purpose in Verse
A reflective piece contrasts worldly wealth with spiritual service. It contemplates cemeteries as quiet judgment on lives spent for gain versus those given to God and mankind. The author urges making daily life meaningful through love and witness as time nears eternity.
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You
Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
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