Kuchel Urges Missile Drive Despite Costs
Sen. Kuchel says Americans demand faster missile progress and Congress will fund defense on justified basis. Vanguard rocket failure under Navy inquiry spurs calls to accelerate missile satellite programs as Britain and the United States discuss base locations in Britain for medium range rockets and consult Britain before any nuclear launch.
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Congress
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Vanguard
Navy
U.S
Office of Naval Research
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Russia
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
St. Louis
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Stevenson
London
Britain
United States
U. S
Defense McElroy
England
Federal Aid Uniformity Protested
Raleigh hearing opens on intergovernmental relations with Gov Hodges arguing for cooperation over uniformity and local freedom. The governor urged periodic program reviews and needs based aid while testifying with NC officials as regional hearings proceed across several states.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House Intergovernmental Relations
L. H. Fountain
D-Nc
Hodges
Congress
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Rep
House
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Washington
Expelled Dutch Evacuees Reach Singapore In Mass Move
Dutch refugees expelled from Indonesia begin arriving in Singapore as 17 Dutch nationals travel by Garuda Indonesia. An Airargos Naut plane with 48 more evacuees was en route amid Indonesian refusals to load. The Netherlands appeals to Indonesia asks Dutch ships and aircraft be allowed entry.
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Singapore
Indonesia
West New Yee
Garuda
Netherlands
the Hague
Willem Drees
Djuanda
Expulsion Vote Targets Bakery Workers Union
In Atlantic City AFL-CIO Executive Council votes to expel the Bakery Workers Union unless cleanup actions occur by noon Thursday. The council can expel by March 15 if noncompliance continues and calls for James G. Cross to step down. Meany indicates potential chartering of a new union within the federation.
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Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
James G. Cross
Cross
Cincinnati
George Meany
Executive Council
Meany
Infant Wears Glasses In Dallas For Eye Aids
Six month old Little Ann Griber wears specially fitted plastic glasses to help straighten crossed eyes noticed since birth. Doctors will consider surgery if glasses cannot correct the condition.
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Dallas
Five Prisoners Escape McDowell County Jail
Five inmates including three charged with first degree burglary escaped McDowell County Jail in Marion NC by sawing through a knotting sheet to reach a rear porch. They fled after sliding 45 feet to the ground aided by a long sheet escape. Authorities chased by bloodhounds and suspect a waiting car. A sixth man claimed tied up before the escape.
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Marion
N.C
McDowell County
Robinson
Caldwell
Cleveland
McDowell
20 000 Scholarships Proposed for Science Education
Washington officials discuss a plan to spend 287 million dollars yearly on education aid with a priority on science and math in schools. The program would fund 20 000 scholarships annually, federally financed but state administered, over four to five years, aligning with the President's budget and potentially superseding the school construction bill.
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Washington
Folsom
G. Kerry Smith
The
Assn. For Higher Education
U.S. Office of Education
AHE
Department of the
National Education Assn
College and University Bulletin
Smith
Office of Education
Congress
Eisenhower
1400 Paratroopers Jump in All-American War Games
A battle group of 1400 paratroopers jumped on Drop Zone Holland at Fort Bragg opening exercise All-American. No deaths or serious injuries reported as winds and delays reshaped the mass drop plan. Friendly forces from the 82nd and 101st Airborne will contest an assumed 3000-strong Aggressor force in Camp Mackall and Eastern North Carolina.
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FT. Bragg
Holland
Pio
82Nd
101St Airboorne
Ft. Bragg Camp Mackall
North Carolina
Fulbright Denied Access to Little Rock FBI Report
In Washington Attorney General Rogers refused Sen. Fulbright's request to view the FBI report on the Little Rock integration crisis. Fulbright had sought information on developments at Little Lane during his absence and the FBI's violence inquiry as schools opened. Rogers said the report was prepared for and presented to the federal district court and the department has no authority to release it. Fulbright is in Arkansas.
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Washington
Rogers
Fulbright
D-Ark
FBI
Little Rock
Brownell
Little Lane
Fayetteville
Federal District Court
Arkansas
Dulles Calls NATO Allies to Meet Military and Economic Needs
Secretary of State Dulles urged North Atlantic Allies to strengthen military and economic capabilities for future warfare. He said Europe should better use industrial capacity to produce weapons and that local war considerations remain in planning. He dismissed a Kennedy style government return for Kennan and predicted a reinvigorated Western alliance from Paris talks.
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Washington
Dulles
North Atlantic
NATO Council
Paris
Europe
U.S
NATO
George Kennan
Britain
Kennan
Accused King Bank Robber Arrested in Hamilton
FBI agent in charge Ed Mason says Jimmy Grey Bennett, 21, AWOL airman, was arrested in Hamilton after allegedly holding up the State Planters Bank at King North Carolina on Nov 18 taking 2276 dollars. He was arraigned and held on 50000 bond for extradition to North Carolina.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Ed Mason
FBI
Jimmy Grey Bennett
Graham P. Hunt
Bennett
North Carolina
Greater
Mason
King
Bunker Hills Air Force Base
Indiana
Benrp
Winston-Salem
N.C
M. P. Chiles
Charlotte, N. C
New York Subway Strike Paralyzes City Amid Transit Crisis
New York faced massive disruption as a subway strike and six other unions shut service. Commuters jammed stations from zero to limited trains, with buses and commuter rail crowded. TA officials warned of firings for absent workers while offering 25 percent bonuses and facilities to keep service running.
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Independent Line
New York
Manhattan
New York Transit Authority
Transit Authority
Charles L. Patterson
Motormen's Benevolent Assn
Marines Case Nears Jury Stage in Wilmington Slaying
The state rests its case as three Camp Lejeune Marines face a jury for the September roadhouse killing of Charles E. Sullivan in Wilmington. The defense wrapped its closing yesterday and argued the incident was a social tragedy, not homicide, while noting the defendants are trained to be killers.
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Wilmington
N.C
Paul H. Faust
Baltimore
William T. Powell
Cincinnati
Wilbur Carter
Annapolis
Camp Lejeune
Charles E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Faust
Aaron Goldberg
Eisenhower Receives Courtesy Call From Iraqi Leader
President Eisenhower stands in the White House with hands on hips during a courtesy visit by Nuri al Said former Iraqi prime minister. An afternoon medical exam will judge if he has recovered enough from a mild stroke to attend the NATO conference in Paris next week.
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Eisenhower
White House
Nuri al-Said
Iraq
NATO
Paris
Doctors To Check President For Paris NATO Trip
President Eisenhower undergoes an afternoon medical check with a team of physicians to decide if he is fit to attend the NATO summit in Paris next week. If unable, Vice President Nixon would attend in his place. indications point to a Friday departure if cleared.
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Washington
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Alliance
Paris
Gettysburg
White House
James C. Hagerty
NATO
Nixon
Six Million Set Aside For County Roads And Bridges
The State Highway Commission allocates six million dollars for 1958-59 to pave secondary roads and upgrade bridges. Funds are half federal, half state, drawn from about 18 million dollars in federal-aid secondary funds. One third of the total goes to paving and bridge work on secondary roads, two thirds to the primary system. Five million earmarked for paving, one million for bridges. Some projects may be financed from state funds via betterment programs.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
W. F. Babcock
Babcock
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Granite Falls
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J. D. Brooks
Hickory
Howard Crump
Newland
James Raffield
Johnson City
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