Eisenhower endorses billion dollar four year education plan
President Eisenhower approves a one billion dollar four year program to expand federal scholarships and state matching grants aimed at boosting college access and science education. Secretary Folsom says the plan targets high dropout rates and national security through broader STEM training and research support.
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Russia
Folsom
National Science Foundation
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Local Man Bound for Florida Killed in Georgia Crash
Charles N. Wray 42 of Guilford College died near Wrens Georgia when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Henry Clay Overton 44 of Martinsville Virginia. Wray had government work at Cape Canaveral and was returning home after holidays. He leaves a wife Delpha Lawrence two sons Kenneth Joe and Charles C. Wray and mother Louvenia Preston. Funeral services will be at Lat ter Day Saints Church Colfax with burial in the church cemetery.
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Martinsville
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Cape Canaveral
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Kenneth Joe Wray
Charles C. Wray
Louvenia Preston
Stokesdale
Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ Church
Colfax
Gunman Overton Dies After High Speed Georgia Crash
Henry Clay Overton 44 of Martinsville Va died in a head on crash in Wrens Ga while fleeing pursuit after the Washington bar shooting. A second man Charlie Wray of Cocoa Fla also died in the collision. The duo had kidnapped three people and stolen cars in a southeast manhunt.
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Washington, D. C
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Martinsville
Russell Wayne Carpenter
Washington
Here
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Charlie Wray
Cocoa
High Point
N. C
Sam Clark
Seasonal Faith Should Run Year Round Says Essay
A quotation argues that industries and faith both follow seasons yet should sustain steady activity. The author notes year round demand for work and religious life, urging daily prayer and consistent Christian practice beyond holiday spikes.
Propaganda Resolutions Debated At African Asian Conference
Delegates from 42 nations discuss propaganda resolutions shaping Soviet line on nationalization to nuclear weapons. The plenary session previews further anti Western speeches as the disarmament committee calls for troop withdrawal disarmament and a ban on nuclear tests. A subcommittee denounces global racial discrimination, notably in South Africa and Kenya.
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Budget expected near seventy four billion in 1959 plan
The Eisenhower administration forecast a 1959 budget totaling about 74 billion dollars, a new peacetime record. Defense could reach around 40 billion, up over one billion from the current rate, while civilian programs may see little change. Eisenhower to submit the fiscal 1959 request early next month as Congress prepares to reconvene.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Loophole Opens for Diplomats in Berlin Travel Rules
Berlin reports the Soviet Union opened a visa loophole for Western diplomats amid East German visa requirements for civilians traveling to and from West Berlin. The move hints at a crisis in Soviet relations with the United States Britain and France, who reject East German rule as illegitimate.
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Two Arrested In Asheville Man's Death
Broward County investigators say Harold Edgerton and his wife Fay Edgerton, both detained for questioning, are linked to the Dec 26 fatal shooting of Robert W. Lee, 24, of Miami and Asheville. They were found hitchhiking about 17 miles from the body’s location.
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Corydon
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Cocoa
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Cold Midwest Sees Deep Freeze From Arctic Air
The Associated Press reports the Midwest endures a record cold snap with subzero readings across Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas. International Falls Minnesota logs 19 below zero while towns along the Minnesota Dakota border see 10 to 22 degrees below. Snow fell in pockets as the Arctic air spills into Iowa Missouri Nebraska and beyond with temps 10 to 20 degrees colder than 24 hours earlier.
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Germans Deny U S Pressure Over British Jet Planes
Bonn officials rejected claims that U S pressure influenced West Germany to drop an order for Saunders-Roe SR177 rocket jet. The defense ministry cited late delivery as the reason, with mid January as the date for a final choice among rivals including U S planes and the Mirage 3.
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Once-Doomed Boy Plans Many More Christmases
Byron Killian, once given a year to live after a 1956 leukemia diagnosis, defied odds. After hospital care and eleven blood transfusions, he returned home and survived Thanksgiving and Christmas. Doctors later said his blood count was normal, and he looks forward to turning four in March.
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Byron Killian
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