Peiping says Mao remains boss despite stepping down
Peiping confirms Mao Tse tung will step down as president while staying as party chairman. Officials downplay the change but diplomats in Hong Kong Seoul and Formosa see it as a downgrade of Mao with power likely to pass to Chu Teh the veteran marshal aged 72.
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Tokyo
Mao Tretung
Red China
Peiping
China
Formosa
Warsaw
Hong Kong
Seoul
Mao
Marshal Chu Teh
Chu
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party
People’s Congress
Fire Destroys Whiteville High School in Pre-Dawn Blaze
A million dollar pre-dawn fire destroyed Whiteville High School in North Carolina. The center of the two story brick building burned quickly with wings at each end and firefighters worked through freezing weather as walls iced over. Building and equipment valued around one million dollars were insured for about 367 thousand. Officials planned emergency classrooms in churches and other sites.
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N.C
Whiteville High
Restaurant Loses Double Header To Robbers
At midnight Pete Lazarides closed his Charlotte restaurant and was robbed of about 350 dollars from a money box. A tall colored man in a scarf robbed him, then fled as staff called police. two cigarette machines were broken into and money stolen. The owner said he planned to buy Christmas gifts but is now broke.
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Charlotte
Pete Lazarides
Pete
Big Firms Withdraw From First US Nuclear Plant Plan
Two major utilities, Pennsylvania Power and Light and Westinghouse Electric, halt plans for a large scale nuclear reactor near Philadelphia citing need for more research and testing. Senator Clinton Anderson criticizes reliance on private industry for nuclear development and financing.
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Anderson
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Philadelphia
Expectant Mother Is Murdered in Ohio Rural Home
In Columbus area, 24 year old Mrs. Janice Ora Porter was found dead after a brutal assault. Her body tied and gagged was discovered by her father in law as sheriff deputies arrested David S. Smith, 20, who allegedly planned the crime for days and admitted involvement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Janice Ora Porter
David 5S
Smith
Porter
House committee backs denying seating for Dr Dale Alford
A special House committee voted unanimously to recommend that the House refuse to seat Dr Dale Alford who defeated Rep Brooks Hays in Arkansas. Separately Rep Coya Knoutson of Minnesota apparently lost her bid for a full investigation into her November election defeat as the committee ended its preliminary review.
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Washington
House
Dale Alford
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Coya Knoutson
D-Minn
Norstad presses missile rearmament for NATO Europe
NATO supreme commander Gen Lauris Norstad urged rapid missile rearmament by the 15 nation alliance to counter Soviet force and Berlin pressure. He asked for intermediate range American guided missiles to be placed on European bases, noting Britain and Italy moving toward deals while France delays. Dulles warned Soviet threats over Berlin were empty, as Norstad pushed plans for 30 full strength divisions and 100 tactical missiles by 1963.
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Paris
NATO
Europe
U.S
Lauris Norstad
Norstad
Berlin
Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
West
West Berlin
Dulles
Manned Space Craft Predicted
U S senator A S Mike Monroney forecast within a year a piloted craft reaching space. He linked the Wright brothers legacy to spaceflight and said the X15 space research plane will begin test flights soon. The remarks came during a Kitty Hawk anniversary luncheon.
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Kill Devil Hills
N.C
U.S
United States
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Monroney
Kitty Hawk
Here
Wright Brothers
Air Force
Bridges Confers With Ike Over Senate Leadership Rift
President Eisenhower and Sen Styles Bridges met in Washington to chart a path toward uniting the Republican ranks amid a growing split over Sen Everett Dirksen for GOP floor leader. Bridges said Eisenhower listened and could help a compromise to resolve the dispute.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Styles Bridges
Senate
Bridges
Everett M.dirksen
Illinois
Eisenhowen
Dirksen
Our Drinking Habits Part 2 How Alcohol Works
An early research-style briefing explains alcohol as a depressant, not a stimulant. It details absorption through the stomach and small intestine, liver processing, and how excess ethanol reaches the brain anesthetizing the cortex. The text follows George’s loss of memory and inhibitions as intoxication deepens.
Panic fires sweep crowded Bogota store killing 82
In a Bogota Vida department store blaze sparked by exploding holiday lights 82 people died and 50 injured as shoppers and staff raced to a rear stairway. The fire raged two hours with extinguishers unused and most victims concentrated near the mezzanine.
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Bogota
Colombia
Bosota
Alberto Mazuera
Vida
Septima Carrera
Capitol
Mazuera
Vicuna Gift Poses Problem For Tailor
Italian tailor Angelo Litrico travels to Washington with a vicuna overcoat and cashmere jacket intended for President Eisenhower. Officials dispute delivery. embassy says coats may reach the White House, while Litrico insists the vicuna coat is a special blessing, noting past gifts to Khrushchev MacmillanKubitschek without issue.
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Angelo Litrico
Rome
Washington
Eisenhower
Litrico
White House
John Scali Washington
Mantio Brosio
Brosio
Anne
Marymont Denies Giving Wife Arsenic
DENHAM England AP US Air Force M Sgt Marcus Marymont faces court martial on a murder charge for his wife Mary Helen 43 with a reported affair with Englishwoman Cynthia Taylor 23 He testifies he never gave arsenic and admits a sexual relationship with Mrs Taylor since before Christmas 1956 through May 1957.
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Denham
England
U.S. Air Force
Marcus Marymont
Marymont
Mary Helen
Cynthia Taylor
Tay
U.S
Maj. C. J. Lewis
Mrs. Taylor
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Harold Macmillan
Kubitschek
Marymond
United Kingdom
Laitie
Ann Landers
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