De Gaulle Poised to Take Lead in New French Republic
The 81 528 Electoral College members vote to name Charles de Gaulle president of the Fifth Republic. Officials expect an official proclamation around January 8 with De Gaulle governing amid Algeria issues and budget challenges as Coty steps down.
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George McArthur
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
French Africa
Algeria
Fourth Republic
Cilors
Assembly
Rene Coty
Coty
Paul Delouvrier
Jacques Soustelle
The
Union For the New Republic
New Assembly
Michel Debre
Kernersville Man Dies In Fire
A 79 year old Kernersville man who boarded at a private residence was badly burned in a bedroom fire around 5 a.m. He died later after being admitted to City Hospital in Winston-Salem with third degree burns over about eighty percent of his body. The woman who boarded with him, Vera Phillips, suffered burns to her hands as she struggled to rescue him. Firemen said smoking in bed likely sparked the blaze and that the fire remained confined to his bedroom.
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Kernersville
N.C
Here
John Nathaniel Brown
City Hospital
Winston-Salem
Vera Phillips
Rt. 3
Brown
Grim Christmas Ahead as Cuban Revolt Deepens
Havana reports a worsening economy under Fidel Castro's rising insurgency as Cuba braces for months of possible bloodshed. Entrepreneurs fear chaos if Batista is ousted, while the capital shows only thin signs of the civil conflict's reach beyond the eastern provinces.
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William L. Ryan
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Oriente
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Batista
Raul
Castro Brothers
United States
Communist Party
Interv
Silent Night Surprise At Deaf School Christmas Program
In Chickasha Oklahoma AP this Christmas program by Jane Brooks School for the Deaf featured nearly 60 students ages 3 to high school performing as if hearing. Despite not hearing the music the performers delivered rhythm and expression to an audience of about 200 with Laura Lemmon highlighted by a final dance.
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Chickasha
Okla
Jane Brooks School For the Deaf
Laura Lemmon
Harold Lemmon
Dallas
Laura
Jane Brooks
Louis Harris
Margaret Brooks
Court To Rule In Rate Dispute
A judicial ruling reverses the Utilities Commission’s order to cut rates, with Superior Court Judge Susie Sharp finding no legal basis for reducing Carolina Power & Light Co rates. Industrial firm lawyers vow to appeal to the high court.
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Carolina Power & Light Co
State Utilities Commission
Superior Court
Susie Sharp
Arctic Cold Front Sweeps Across Nation Plunging Temperatures
A massive arctic air mass moved through the eastern two thirds of the United States with subzero readings in the northern Midwest and parts of New England. Forecasters predicted zero to 25 below in New England by Sunday as Maine saw brief above freezing warmth.
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Midwest
New England
Mercury
Peliston
Mich
Owl Head
New York
Watertown
N. Y
Burlington
Caribou
Maine
North Carolina
Gulf States
Florida
Michigan
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Douglas
Ariz
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
Victoria
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Stabbing Incident in Winston-Salem Leaves Woman Dead
In Winston-Salem a 38 year old woman Edith Boone Lambert died from multiple stab wounds inflicted by her husband Maurice Wilfong Lambert. Two ambulance drivers Harold Whitt and R C Caudie witnessed the attack before Lambert slashed himself and fled. He was later captured and hospitalized for his wounds.
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Winston-Salem
Edith Boone Lambert
Maurice Wilfong Lambert
Harold Whitt
R. C
Bob) Caudie
Lambert
Whitt
Caudie
Lamberts
Wake Superior Court Signs Commission Order On Fuel Clause
The commission’s decision is approved as she signed the order in Wake Superior Court. About 40 industrial firms, mainly textile manufacturers, challenged CP&L fuel clause linking rates to coal prices.
Mikoyan to Confer on Berlin Crisis Visit
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan will travel to the United States next month to discuss the Berlin issue with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. He aims to cover East West problems beyond trade if the topic is raised, with the timing tied to rising Berlin tensions and Khrushchev’s plans to end four power occupation.
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Berlin
Anastas Mikoyan
United States
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Dulles
East Berlin
Moscow
East
Nikolai F. Zakharov
East Germany
Zakharov
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Paris
Atlantic Pact
Nikolai Bulganin
Poland
Furniture Retailer Thomas E. Jones Dies at 88
Thomas Eugene Jones 88 founder of the T. E. Jones furniture store chain died Saturday after two months of ill health in Fountain Inn South Carolina. The chain operates 15 stores in Upper South Carolina and was begun in 1904 with Jones opening the first shop in Fountain Inn. He is survived by four sons and four daughters. Funeral set for 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church.
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Fountain Inn
S.C
Thomas Eugene Jones
T. E. Jones
Furniture Store
Upper South Carolina
First Baptist Church
Air Force foresees chemical B70 bomber years before atomic warplane
The Air Force expects the B70 chemical fuel bomber to fly three to five years before an atomic powered bomber of similar capability. Secretary James H. Douglas cautions nuclear craft must be safe, carry payloads, and be fast to be militarily useful. The CAMAL program targets a nuclear bomber while Valkyrie names the chemical bomber.
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Washington
Air Force
United States
James H. Douglas
Douglas
Negroes Picket Downtown Stores Over Cafeteria Service
Negro picketers protested discrimination at five downtown Kansas City department stores during a Saturday demonstration. The Community Committee for Social Action began the boycott last Tuesday, demanding service to Negro patrons in store cafeterias. Officials cited holiday rush and pledged negotiations after Christmas to seek an understanding.
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Kansas City, Mo
Community ‘Committee For Social Action
Kenneth Kerford
Emery Bird-Thayer
Macy’ 'S
Peck’s
Jones and Kline's
Lawrence S. Odom
William G. Austin
Merchants Assn
American Girl Dies In Blast In Mexico City
In Mexico City a young American girl, visiting friends, died after a mysterious explosion at a bar popular with foreigners. Investigators said a powerful bomb caused the blast, with Cubans and Mexican politicians among the diners. one rescuer reported her Spanish pleas as she was moved to an ambulance.
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Mexico City
Houston
Tex
Fidel Castro
Miss Arnold
W. N. Arnold Jr
Virginia
Richard Herron
Betty Bowers
U.S
Eloise Smith
Hit and run crashes car into parked auto in Norfolk
Patrolman P. P. Bonneville observed a moving automobile strike a parked vehicle then flee. The impact jammed the horn of the hit and run driver, allowing the officer to trail the suspect.
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Norfolk
P. P. Bonneville
Helping Dreamers to Dream Keeps America Strong
A public service appeal urges support for higher education noting dreamers need educated training to progress. It highlights crises in colleges with low teacher salaries and crowded classrooms while applications may double by 1967. The ad credits The Advertial Council and Newspaper Advertising Executives Association.
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America
College of
The
Advertial Council
Ivertising Executives Association
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Elk’s Lodge
Santa
David Cox
Oldsmobile
Olds
North Main Street
Highland Motors, Inc
High Point, N. C
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