Khrushchev Named Man Of Year By Associated Press
Nikita Khrushchev tops the Associated Press poll as Man of the Year, first Iron Curtain leader to win. Eisenhower finishes a distant second after four of the last five years as editor readers cite concerns over Khrushchev. Von Braun and Soviet space progress noted as key science contenders. AFL-CIO head Hoffa also recognized for labor leadership.
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Khrushchev
Associated Press
Tom Henshaw
Associated Press News
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrush
Chev
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Atee Eer
Hitler
Germany
Wernher von Braun
Space Thought
United States
Earth
von Braun
Ae Ee
Senate subcommittee to probe housing slump and delayed aid
Sen Sparkman of Alabama announced a Senate Housing subcommittee hearing to question the White House delays in releasing 177 million dollars for military housing urban renewal and cooperative housing programs. The White House said the funds were released to aid the economy and housing industry. The AGC forecast calls for 68 billion dollars in construction next year with gains in residential and public works. Small Business Administrator Barnes predicted 1958 will be a fairly good year with more housing and public works activity.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
Ala
Eisenhower
Senate Housing Subcommittee
White House
Congress
Associated General Contractors of America
AGC
Wendell B. Barnes
Christmas message beyond the holiday glow
R L Difeenbacher urges continued witness after Christmas. Many felt joy and tears. yet sadness lingered as some ignored Christ. The sermon calls all to proclaim the glad tidings and live to reveal God's Son, like the Wise Men who searched and ministered beyond Christmas Day.
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R. L. Difeenbacher
D.D
NEA
Christ
Prince of Peace
God
Christmas holiday traffic deaths rise to second highest tally
Associated Press reports 215 traffic deaths plus 27 in fires and 26 in miscellaneous causes for a Christmas toll of 268, the second highest for a one day since World War II. The record 253 in 1946 stands, while 179 marked the 1947 toll.
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Associated Press
Five Die In N C Crashes
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported five deaths from crashes between 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and midnight last night. A dynamite blast killed James Scott Rozier on his St Pauls farm after he checked a blast site. In Brunswick County, a rain slicked road caused a collision killing three Camp Lejeune Marines Pfc. Gerald E Fredette Jr. 19 Pfc. James T Corrigan Jr. 19 and Pfc. Richard D Wiatrak 20. The crash happened on U S."
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James Scott Rozier
St. Pauls
Dea
Rozier
Brunswick County
Camp Lejeune
Gerald Edward Fredette Jr
James T. Corrigan Jr
Richard D. Wiatrak
U.S
Russians Reject NATO Disarmament Talks in Peace Plan
Moscow reports show the Soviet seven point plan approved by the Supreme Soviet counters Western calls for a foreign ministers conference on disarmament. Pravda denounces Eisenhower and Dulles as promoting a cold war sermon and says NATO seeks talks only on U S strength terms.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
U.N
Bulganin
Paris
Pravda
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Dulles
Hno
U.S
NATO
Soviet Union
United States
Truman Calls Dulles Talk Gobbledygook on TV
Former President Truman labeled Eisenhower and Dulles television remarks gobbledygook. He criticized no clear policy statement and urged a real program to address NATO and world powers. Truman, holidaying with daughter Margaret Daniel, predicted a Democratic win in 1960 but offered no candidate name.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Dulles
State Department
Truman
Margaret Daniel
Clifton Daniel
Paris
NATO
A Near Pinpoint Missile With Inertial Guidance Emerges
Washington reports scientists claim to near perfect ballistic missile accuracy by duplicating universal principles. The Sperry Gyroscope Co. is said to have produced accelerometers guiding missiles to within a fraction of a degree, enabling space and ground targets to be reached without external references.
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Washington
Sperry Gyroscope Co
Great Neck
N.Y
Earth
Mastery of Missile Problems Illustrated by Space Art
The article features drawings by Logan Reavis showing a gyroscope guiding a 5000 mile missile with high accuracy. It notes U S scientists aiming to dodge anti missiles by a skip path and references a Soviet claim of a nuclear bomb capable of destroying the Netherlands.
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America
Logan Reavis
U. S
Netherlands
Distasteful Tasks Face Congress In Early Session
Congress returning January 7 must tackle heavy issues including defense spending, debt ceiling, and potential tax adjustments. Voters head to the polls next November as tax changes and broader Social Security coverage loom amid debates over missile funding and education aid programs.
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Washington
U—Congress
Russia
Congress
House
Top Ten North Carolina News Stories of 1957
The 1957 top NC news ranked the double slaying of two highway patrolmen near Ellerbe and Sanford as the year’s leading story. Frank Wetzel’s murder charges followed his Bakersfield arrest after a nationwide manhunt. The Greensboro Charlotte Winston-Salem school integration plan ranked second. The Fayetteville truck crash killed 21, the worst truck collision in U.S. history.
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Raleigh
Asheboro
Robert Terry
Norman
North Carolina
Terry
Ellerbe
Sanford
Bakersfield
Calif
Frank Edward Wetzel
Associated Press
Wetzel
Fayette, N.Y
A Petty
Rockingham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Tered
Dorothy Ee
Charlotte Harding
Fayetteville
University of North Carolina Tar Heels
McCrary Eagles
Tar Heels
Kansas
UNC
Lennie Rosenbluth
Christians Return To Daily Routines After Christmas
World Christians resume daily life after Christmas as nations blend holidays with New Year festivities. In Gaza and Bethlehem pilgrims and U N forces mark the season alongside refugees, sailors at the South Pole share gifts, Hindu soldiers share feasts, and U N Secretary General Hammarskjold and Cardinal Spellman join troops in holiday observances. Seventeen thousand troops enjoy Bob Hope and Jayne Mansfield performances.
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Associated Press
Britain
Indonesia
Singapore
Netherlands
South Pole
U.S. Navy
New Zealand
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Gaza
U.N
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Bob Hope
Jayne Mansfield
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