John L. Lewis to resign as Mine Workers chief next year
John L. Lewis announced he will resign as president of the United Mine Workers early next year. He will be 80 in February and will be succeeded by Thomas Kennedy, UMW vice president. Kennedy, 72, is honeymooning in Europe and will take over after the new year. Lewis will retain his $50 000 salary upon retirement.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
White House
Norman Walker Washington
American Labor Movement
United Mine Workers
Eyebrows
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Europe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CIO
Tar Heel shoppers splurge for Yale North Carolina
Biggest season forecast as Raleigh Belk, Charlotte Ivey & Co, and other stores report higher sales. Merchants say shoppers seek quality items and higher prices but a few warn the pace is uneven with some slow starts, noting overall optimism for record Christmas volume.
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North Carolina
Fred A. Moser
Davis Inc
Winston-Salem
G. B. Wagoner
Sears Roebuck
Rocky Mount
Greensboro
Restrictions Put On Newsmen At Cape Launch
Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates ordered newsmen barred from briefings and from covering missile launchings at Cape Canaveral. The restriction follows a United Press International dateline report about a Venus mission, which was postponed for technical reasons.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force Missile Test Center
Donald N. Yates
The
Cape
Yates
United Press
Death Penalty Demanded For Cuban Major Matos
Fidel Castro’s military prosecutor seeks the death penalty for Maj. Hubert Matos as Castro testifies for hours in a seven hour marathon at a military court in Havana. Matos faces treason charges tied to his resignation and alleged seditious activity within Castro’s revolutionary government. Castro defends his program and asserts the revolution is radical, not communist.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Hubert Matos
Castro
Matos
Jorge Serguera
Squatter Pursues Million Dollar Eastwick Property
Harold Stevenson, 69, claims 64 acres in Eastwick and nearby Delaware County, condemned by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, should be his under adverse possession after 21 years. He moved on in 1928 and seeks legal ownership and voiding of deeds, with land valued around a million dollars amid redevelopment.
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Philadelphia
Harold Stevenson Sr
Eastwick
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
Delaware County
Stevenson
Lawrence J. Richette
Steveson
Common Pleas Court
Stein
Venezuelan Colonel Brandishes Pistol in Subway Row
In New York a Venezuelan colonel who had just arrived was stopped by a subway worker on Seventh Avenue. He claimed enemies and said a man in civilian clothes put a pistol to his stomach demanding immunity. The officer, identified as Col. Estaban Rodriguez, was turned over to the Venezuelan consulate.
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New York
Manhattan
Col. Estaban Rodriguez
Seventh Avenue
Dahl
Subway
Ivy Bluff prison chief fired after mass break at state facility
Raleigh Gov W F Bailey announced J D Meadows was dismissed as superintendent of Ivy Bluff prison following last week’s mass escape involving 20 inmates. Maj Mack R Hubbard replaced him as the prison’s top custodian as the commission reviewed the probe findings.
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Raleigh
W. F. Bailey
J. D. Meadows
Ivy Bluff
Leg
Bailey
Meadows
State Prisons Commission
Little Alcatraz
Hubbard
Mack R. Hubbard
Hodges
Si.mply
State Bureau of I
Prison Commission
House Trailer Fire Kills Two in Charlotte
Police report a deadly trailer blaze in Charlotte early today. Two men, Jess Simpson 55 and Frank Doulin 60, died. one man was dragged to safety but died en route to hospital. Investigators suspect an oil stove caused the fire while occupants slept. Neighbors saw flames and alerted responders.
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J. D. Bowen
Simpson
Herter Presses Integrated NATO Forces Amid French Rift
U S Secretary of State Christian A. Herter urged NATO to keep its military under one command at the opening ministerial session, insisting integrated defense is essential despite De Gaulle's opposition. He warned against misreading U S policy as a force withdrawal and urged greater European burden sharing. Debre urged solidarity as 15 allies confront rifts over unity and Berlin policy.
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Paris
France
U. S
Christian A. Herter
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Herter
Charles de Gaulle
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
de Gaulle
United States
Europe
West
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
Michel Debre
Debre
Boats Skis And Dogsled Help Take Mail Through
AP reports Christmas mail delivery still relies on star route carriers using boats skis dogsleds and even planes in remote regions. Examples include Eulice H. Thomas on Chesapeake Bay Tangier Island and Daner F. Brogan using hay burner routes in West Virginia J B Vaughan operates a truck between Chloe and Elmira while Chester Noonwook runs Alaska’s St Lawrence Island with huskies Walter Harbour uses skis on a 28 mile route. The star routes arose from a postal motto of celerity certainty and security later shortened to three stars.
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Eulice H. Thomas
Crisfield
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
George Grosvenor
Leland
Lake Michigan
Sumerco
Sod
W. Va
Daner F. Brogan
West Virginia Star
J. B. Vaughan
Chloe
Elmira
Elko
Nev
Bob Prunty Ranch
Claude E. Gerber
Alaska
Chester Noonwook
United States
St. Lawrence Island
Bering Sea
Walter M. Harbour
New
Andover
Eisenhower Receives Ovation in Greek Parliament
President Eisenhower is greeted with a rousing ovation in the Greek Parliament before boarding the U S cruiser Des Moines for a rest during his peace mission. He urged free nations to stay strong militarily economically and spiritually until peace in freedom is secured.
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Athens
Eisenhower
U. S
Des Moines
Iran Complains Ike Visit Too Short
Tehran reports six hour visit by President Eisenhower drew massive public support with an editorial praising peace aims. Officials estimate hundreds of thousands along the route and on Tehran television as Ike expressed regret at leaving early.
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Tehran
Iran
Eisenhower
Etela’at
Ikey
Teh
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