Local school boards study committee terminations urged
State Education advisory panel chairman Pearsall announced temporary termination of local school advisory committees over claims of usurped authority and shifts of responsibility by boards. The letter to superintendents offered legal aid and advised minimal publicity, while officials warned the move could alter assignment control.
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Thomas J. Pearsall
Rocky Mount
W. W Taylor
Taylor
Pearsall
Tylor
Sim
Noth
Thomas Pearsall
Wes
Greensboro
Ben L. Smith
Charlotte
J. P. Hobson
Comet Jetliner Sets Atlantic Crossing Record In 6 8
Britain’s Comet III jetliner completed a non stop trans Atlantic flight from Montreal to London in 6 hours 8 minutes covering 3350 miles at an average 548 mph. Tail winds boosted speed. crew of Captain John Cunningham and 10 tested a 35000 mile world proving trip begun December 2 in Hatfield.
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Britain
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Montreal
John Cunningham
Hatfield
England
Cairo
Bombay
Singa
Darwin
Sydney
Melbourne
1Rth
Auckland
Fiji
Honolulu
Vancouver
Toronto
Harold Watkinson
Miles Thomas
British Overseas Airways Corp
Seven Manhole Covers Stolen in Columbia Police Probe
Police in Columbia seek the thief who removed seven 26 inch diameter cast iron manhole covers from a construction site. Investigators are questioning witnesses and reviewing nearby security footage. No injuries reported.
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Columbia
420 Deaths Predicted In New Year Holiday Toll
Chicago reports National Safety Council estimates 420 Americans will die on streets and roads during the three day New Year celebration, with 560 predicted for the Christmas holiday. The record New Year toll is 407. Ned H. Dearborn urges safer driving after sobering figures.
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National Safety Council Today
Ned H. Dearborn
Murdered 14YearOld Boy Found Near Jacksonville
A 14 year old boy named Joe King was found murdered near Jacksonville Arkansas four days after he disappeared from his trailer home while he was visiting a movie. Sheriff Gulley said it may be a sex crime or rage related. Autopsy showed strangulation and a head injury with no sign of sexual molestation. Authorities planned to question the stepfather Sgt James R and a classmate who attended Joe King’s school as part of the investigation. The family had moved from Wichita Falls Texas to Jacksonville last October.
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Ark
Here
Tom Gulley
Joe King
Wichita Falls
Tex
James R
Little Rock Air Force Base
Charleston
W. Va
Jo King
Gulley
Howard di
Dishough
Joe
Arkansas
Seabees Rescued by Helicopter From Antarctic Ice Shelf
Four Seabees aboard the USS Glacier were rescued by a helicopter after spending 26 hours under a parachute tent on an Antarctic ice shelf. Their Weasel tractor fell into a crevasse and broke through a snow layer before the crew was saved. Seabee leader Cmdr Herbert Whitney and locals George Moss and William Burleson aided the effort amid whiteout conditions.
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McMurdo Sound
W. O. Victor Young
Wickford
R. I
Young
Cmdr
Herbert Whitney
Arlington, Mass
Seabees
George Moss
William Burleson
Davisville
Soldier Admits Desertion to Reds in East Germany
Kenneth D. Miller a 23 year old from San Francisco attached to the 4th Infantry Division in Frankfurt was sentenced by a seven member general court martial to two years hard labor a discharge and loss of pay for desertion to East Germany with a German woman Irmegard Bamberg. He surrendered after returning to U S forces and said he fled due to poor Army conditions and alleged mistreatment including disapproval of his marriage.
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Germany
Jet Crashes On Street In Levittown, No Ground Harm
An Air Force Sabre jet exploded in flight over Levittown New York and crashed on a residential street. Pilot Capt T Bruce Buechler balled out at 10 000 feet and parachuted to safety after the craft lost controls at 35000 feet. The fuselage struck Blacksmith Road damaging a car and narrowly missing a grandmother with four children nearby. Tail section landed three miles away in Bethpage. The crash marks the fourth this year in the area with eight air crew fatalities overall. ground injuries were avoided.
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N. Y
Air Force
Long Island
T. Bruce Buechler
Blacksmith Road
Bethpage
Buechler
Jamesport
West Point
Korea
Shelby Man Cleared In Death of Hoke King Jr.
A Shelby North Carolina man was cleared by a jury in the death of Hoke B. King Jr. age 26, from Shelby, in a December 20 automobile crash. The car overturned after Lewis lost control. King was killed and Lewis suffered severe injuries. Lewis testified that oncoming headlights blinded him.
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Harold T. Ph
Shelby
N.C
Hoke B. King Jr
Lewis
King
Three Hoening Brothers Die in St Louis Home
Police probe the mysterious deaths of three elderly Hoening brothers in a south St Louis brick house. Charles is deaf he served as housekeeper George a bookkeeper and Henry blind all found in bed underclothes with no notes or signs of violence. Doors and windows were locked and no poison indicators found as autopsies awaited results.
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Hoening
Charles
George
Henry
George Hoening
Erle R. Keney
Teen Ager Shoots Girl With Rifle at Playground
A 14 year old girl was shot at a Bronx playground by teens who fired at tin cans a dispute over accuracy led to the shot. The girl was treated at Fordham Hospital with a bullet lodged in her body and police arrested four teens on juvenile delinquency charges.
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Thomas Clark
Queens
Bronx
Astoria
Ens
Patricia
Republicans See Ike Running Again in Poll Telling Majority
A 134 member Republican poll shows most leaders believe President Eisenhower will run again. Among those favoring a "yes if recovered," few speculate on a non Ike outcome with Nixon named as best bet if he does not run. Several officials express confidence and praise for his leadership and potential re election.
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Eisenhower
Associated Press
GOP
Richard Nixon
William F. Knowland
Nnes
Perry Compton
Missouri
L. Judson Morhouse
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Eisenhower Heads to Florida for Rest and Recovery
President Eisenhower flew from Washington to Key West for about two weeks of sun and outdoor exercise prescribed by doctors after his September heart attack. Gen. Gruenther joined the trip later. the stay at the naval base could influence a potential re election bid. The cold climate prompted the warm weather trip and delays occurred to accommodate Dr. Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
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Fla
Columbine III
Boca Chica
Key Betes
Alfred M. Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Columbine
Milton S. Eiisenhower
University Park
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Naval Base
Truman
Florida
Hower
Russians Approve Budget in Soviet Parliament
The Soviet Supreme Soviet approved the 1956 budget with a defense allocation of 102 percent of a billion rubles and total expenditures at 568 percent billion rubles. Revenue is projected at 592 billion rubles. Oil production rose by 11 million tons, or about 19 percent, with new centers along the Urals and Volga.
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R-Mich
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Dworshak
Potter
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Sone Alto
U. S
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Eisenhower
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London
Moscow Radio 1
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Nikita Khrushchev
A. Yevseenko
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Nationalists Strengthen Patrols Around Formosa Islands
Nationalists boost air and naval patrols around Formosa with jets from Matsu islands seen. A general says Matsu defenders can hold against any onslaught as Nationalists claim sea supremacy off Fukien. An air raid alarm sounded for sixth day as Reds mass artillery for Quemoy and Matsu bombardment.
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Formosa
Fukien
Matsus
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Quemoy
Canonee
Amoy
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