Eisenhower Paints Mountain Scene in Key West Stay
President Eisenhower, recovering strength after a heart attack, paints a Colorado mountain scene in his naval base quarters at Key West. He spends time outdoors despite overcast skies, golfed briefly, then relaxed with a long walk and naval base views including the Amberjack submarine.
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Happy
Key West
Armando Perez, Jr
Eisenhower Drive
Truman Ave
Roosevelt Boulevard
Fla
Eisenhower
Colorado
Washington
Devoy
Naval Base
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Rmment
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Cmdr
Edward L. Beach
Strike idleness totals for 1955 revealed by Labor Dept
The Labor Department estimated 1955 saw 4 200 strikes causing 28 million man days idle, 21 percent more stoppages than 1954. About 2 million workers were involved, with long stoppages rising in steel and auto sectors during contract talks.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Earthquake Waves Map Ocean Floor Challenges Moon Theory
Scientists using earthquake wave data from ships show submerged land has remained underwater for eons and dispute Atlantis legends. Researchers Frank Press of Caltech and Maurice Ewing of Columbia report uniform crustal layers under oceans and argue no moon birth fragment left a continental crust gap.
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Rennie Taylor
Science
Los Angeles
American Physical Society
Pacific Ocean
Frank Press
Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Pressie
Press
Caliifornia Institute of Technology
Maurice Ewing
Columbia University
Pacific Waters
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower Over Open Skies Remarks
Moscow accuses Eisenhower of crude interference and dismisses the Open Skies arms inspection as mere military intelligence. Khrushchev singles out the Christmas message to Eastern Europe, argues for a tougher Soviet line, and criticizes Dulles while defending the hydrogen bomb’s rising power.
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Khrushchev
Ike
Eisenhower
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Dulles
Communist Party
Une
Radio Free Europe
Free Nations of the World
Averell Harriman
New York
Supreme Soviet
India
Middle East
Turkey
Jordan
Israel
Rules on pupil assignment sparks North Carolina debate
Raleigh reports the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Education is drafting rules to guide local boards in pupil assignment to public schools. Chairman Tom Pearsall says committees should pause activity until standards are ready, while others worry about a forthcoming special legislative session on segregation policy.
Hurricanes Connie Diane and Ione Dominate 1955 North Carolina News
AP poll ranks the triple hurricane year as North Carolina's top story of 1955. The piece notes storms caused major crop losses and flooding, the Supreme Court second ruling on school segregation, and notable state events from Wake Forest and UNC to local incidents across coastal towns.
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Austin Atkinson
Connie
Diane
Ione
North Carolina
Associated Press
Story
U.S. Supreme Court
Sevion
Aes
General Assembly
Southern Pines
Raleigh
Harold W. Tribble
Wake Forest College
University of North Carolina
George Barclay
Hazel
Supreme Court
Caribbean
Wilming
Puerto Rico
Cherry Point
Norfolk
Carolina
Elizabeth City
Washington
New Bern
Top Ten N C Stories of 1955
North Carolina’s top stories of 1955 include hurricanes causing major damage, school desegregation rulings and protests, a secrecy law repeal, park segregation bans, a Smith Act conviction of Junius Scales, a Kluckhohn shooting case, a fatal bridge collapse at Cherokee, a March freeze devastating peaches and azaleas, a Negro couple moving into a white development in Southern Pines, and ongoing industrial expansion.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
Gov
Hodges
Legislature
Supreme Court
Polite Park
Interstate Commerce Commission
Junius Scales
Richard Kluckhohn
Hotel Win
Cherokee
Bekttee Ak
Southern Pines
New Nike Missile Batteries Ramp Up Across U S
Washington reports the Nike guided-missile system has accelerated deployment with new batteries entering operation in several American cities and military sites each month. About 17 cities now protected from Norfolk to Los Angeles, with plans to deploy to Alaska Okinawa and eventually Europe. Arctic testing at Fort Churchill Canada involves both Canadian and American crews with no current Canada delivery planned.
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Washington
Army
Norfolk
Atlantic
Los Angees
United States
Alaska
Okinawa
Ft. Churchill
Canada
Tar Heel Newsman Earns Ernie Pyle Prize Recognition
Gary F. Sander of the Charlotte Observer and Tully, a Scripps-Howard national correspondent, won Ernie Pyle Memorial prizes for 1955. Judges called Gary’s Observer pieces warm and human, and Tully’s Russia dispatches the year’s best reporting from Russia. The awards were given by the Scripps-Howard Memorial Fund, which also donated 4000 to Ohio State University School of Journalism.
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Pore Foren
Kays
Charlotte NC
Observer
Drew Tully
Scripps-Howard
Ernie Pyle
Gary
Tully le
Tully
The
Pacific
Jim Lucas
Scripps
Howard
Eldon Roark
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Ernie Pyle Memorial Fund
Ohio State University School of Journalism
Hodges Seeks Local Solution to Public School Segregation
Governor Hodges said preserving public schools is the top priority in the segregat ion issue and that a local, Legislature defined approach will guide the resolution. He noted a potential special session could be called depending on State Advisory Committee on Education proposals and cited a federal appeals ruling as delaying timing. He urged local boards receive guidance from advisers and officials to address problems locally.
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Raleigh
Hodges
4Th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
McDowell County
ICC Okays Shortcut For Railways
The Inter state Commerce Commission authorized a 7 percent freight rate increase for railroads to take effect Feb 9 via a shortcut plan. hearings would follow on the recess of the increase, with objections possible from shippers and protests from groups like Midwest meat packers and the National Coal Assn.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
National Coal Assn
Democrats See Adlai Stevenson Leading Bid for 1956 Nomination
Democratic leaders from governors to national committee members favor Adlai Stevenson as the leading candidate for the 1956 nomination in a nationwide AP survey. Kefauver and Lausche receive some votes, with several undecided voters calling the race a tossup and others naming Johnson Russell Symington and Williams as possible contenders.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Associated Press
Stevenson Rove
Kefauver
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
Carmine G. DeSapio
Tammany Hall
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Massachusetts
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Russell
Georgia
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Raleigh Secretary Named 1956 Maid of Cotton
Patricia Anne Cowden of Raleigh North Carolina was chosen Miss Maid of Cotton at Memphis Tennessee from 23 contestants representing 13 cotton producing states. Judges picked Bevis Jordan of Lubbock Texas first alternate and Minta Curtis of Mission Texas second. Cowden, 21, 5 foot 7, 125 pounds, will tour to promote cotton and later depart for New York for an all cotton wardrobe and international tour.
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Memphis
Tenn
Raleigh
N. C
Patricia Anne Cowden
Radela
Bevis Jordan
Lubbock
Texas
Minta Curtis
Mission
Miss Cowden
de Lois Faulkner
Sallisaw
Oklo
New York
Cathedral Latin High School
St. Mary's
The
Security National Bank
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Adlai
Robert Badr
New Jersey
G. Mennen Williams
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