High Point Upholstery Plant Fire Totals 100000 Damage
A major High Point fire destroyed the Style House upholstery plant on English Street and Albertson Road. Loss estimated at 100000 with 65,000 furniture and materials inside. two injuries reported. Firefighters from five departments battled flames and prevented oil tanks from exploding.
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Enterprise
High Point
English Street
Albertson Road
Leland Evans
Archdale
Edith Crisco
West High Point
Piedmont Petroleum and Fuel Co
Elmer Price
Esso Oil Co
Oil Company
People’s Methodist Church
Monarch Furniture Co
E. Green Street
Roddy
Wallburg
Oak View
Pinecroft- Sedgefield
Guil Rand
Earl Hutto
Hutto
Chicago
Disbarment Hearing for Gilliland Moves Forward
Warrenton jurist and State Bar Council hearings probe James D. Gilliland amid charges of fraud and unethical conduct. Witnesses recall his Charlotte appearance defending alleged Communists and contested divorce practices while Kerr cites prior good standing but notes temper and judgment concerns.
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Noel Yancey Warrenton
James D. Gilliland
Gilliland
Warrenton
Charlotte
John Kerr Jr
State’ Bar Council
State Bar Council
Don Walser
Lexington
Greensboro
Bar Council
Walser
GOP Leaders Rally For New Constitution And Liquor Referendum
Morganton North Carolina December 8 Republican members of the 1957 General Assembly meet to outline a policy agenda including adoption of a new state constitution with a constitutional convention and a state wide referendum on alcoholic beverages. The group backing full state support for public schools and a state civil service system, with a minimum wage law and legislative reapportionment. Attending were John L Anderson B C Brock H C Eggers John C McBee W Ed Gavin Jeter C Burleson H Smith Williams and others. Senator-Elect Pat H Eller was absent.
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Morganton
N.C
General Assembly
Senate
House
William E. Cobb
Burke, Caldwell
Alexander Counties
Elks Lodge
Cobb
John L. Andersson
Caldwell
B. C. Brock
Davie
8. C. Eggers
Watauga
John C. McBee
Mitchell
W. Ed Gavin
Randolph
Jeter C. Burleson
H. Smith Williams
Yadkin
J. F
Fifteen Killed In Air Crash Near Bogota Airport
An Aida Airlines amphibian plane crashed after takeoff from Bogota airport killing fifteen people. Two survivors are gravely injured, and authorities investigate the cause of the disaster.
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Bogota
Colombia
Aida Airlines
Renewed Hungary clashes kill many as protests spread
A well informed source reports scores killed and many wounded in clashes with police and Russian troops across Hungary. Rioting spread from Budapest to Salgotarjan Pecs Tatabanya and Bekescsaba with police opening fire and workers demanding release of arrested council leaders. The government released some leaders but more remain jailed.
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Budapest
Salgotarjan
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Hungary
Pecs
Tatabanya
Bekescsaba
Bekesesaba
Thirteen Nations Seek UN Condemnation of USSR Over Hungary
Thirteen countries draft a resolution asking the United Nations General Assembly to condemn alleged USSR violations of the UN Charter in Hungary. U S Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. urged the Assembly to take up the measure on Monday.
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United Nations
N. Y
General Assembly
U. N
Soviet Union
Hungary
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Assembly
Harriman Reassures Ellenville Over Bank Closure
Gov. Averell Harriman reassured Ellenville residents after the Home National Bank was liquidated following a $1.3 million shortage and the arrest of president William Richard Rose. He urged possible loans from the New York Development Business Corp while the FDIC prepared to repay depositors up to $10,000.
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Ellenville
N. Y
Averell Harriman
Home National Bank
William Richard Rose
Rose
Harriman
Arden
Eugene Glusker
Edward T. Dickinson
Dickinson
New York Development Business Corp
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Agency
U. S
House of Detena
New York
Picketing Halts Kansas City Star Weekend Editions
Picketing by contract carriers prevented the Kansas City Star from publishing its Saturday edition and its first Sunday edition in Kansas City. The action disrupted the newspaper schedule on December 8.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Governor Herter To Succeed Him
Herbert Hoover Jr resigns as undersecretary of state and President Eisenhower names Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts to succeed him. Hoover plans to resume mining engineering. Herter previously governed Massachusetts and served in the House and Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Augusta
Herbert Hoover Jr
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Hoover
Dulles
State Department
Herter
Congress
Senate
Washington
U. S
House of Representatives
Heber
Herbert
von Ike
Princess Marie Louise Dies at 84 in London
Princess Marie Louise granddaughter of Queen Victoria and oldest member of Britain's royal family died tonight in London at age 84."}
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London
Marie Louise
Queen Victoria
Britain
Dulles Heads to Paris for NATO Talks on Europe Aid
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Paris for NATO discussions with Allied leaders on Europe economic crisis. He cites likely need for U S aid while noting forthcoming talks in Washington and Paris with foreign ministers and Treasury Secretary Humphrey.
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Washington
Dulles
Paris
NATO
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mideast
Britain
Othr
Treasury
Humphrey
Defense Wilson
Europe
New York
United States
Massive Aleutian quake recorded near Berkeley
Seismologist Don Tocher reported a very large earthquake centered about 2900 miles northwest of Berkeley. The event began at 8 18 a m and lasted two hours. He rated it 6 on the Richter scale, compared with 8 for the 1906 San Francisco quake.
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Aleutians
Berkeley
Calif
Aleutian Islands
University of California
Don Tocher
Tocher
San Francisco
Oklahoma teen admits staged $19000 Chicago bank job
An 11-year-old college freshman from Chicago, John Robert Wagner, was arrested in Oklahoma City after admitting he staged a $19,000 bank robbery near Chicago on August 28. He spent most of the loot in a two month spree and faces federal bank robbery charges in Chicago. Wagner, an MIT student, was arraigned and held on $25,000 bond. He said he hoped to be caught and spoke of hurting family and friends.
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Oklahoma City
John Robert Wagner
Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FBI
Wagner
U. S
Massachusetts College
Lane Technical High School
Cook County
Chicago Sheriff's Office
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Joel Dawson
Christian Herter
GOP
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Princess Marie Louise
Secretary Dulles
Albert J. Wagner
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Richmond
Joun R
Jim Reading
Bill Mead
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