Accident Claims Its Fifth Victim
A 10-year-old girl Priscilla Taylor of Chamblee Georgia died in a Kings Mountain hospital after a weekend traffic crash that killed her mother and father and two other people in Grover North Carolina. Marine T Sgt Mack Taylor 36 his wife Stella 36 both of Gaffney South Carolina were killed along with George Arthur Gregg 14 and Clarence Luther Horton 20. Henry Galmer 32 of Gaffney was charged with murder after his car went out of control and struck the Taylors.
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Kings Mountain
N.C
Eer
Priscilla Taylor
Chamblee
Charlotte
Grover
Marine T
Mack Taylor
Atlanta
Stella Taylor
Gaffney
S.C
George Arthur Gregg
Clarence Luther Horton
J. B. Kuykendall
State Highway Patrol
Henry Galmer
Taylor
Galmer
Kuykendall
Joy Ann Taylor
Mid-Winter Cold Wave Grips Large Area Across Nation
A mid winter cold wave spreads from the Rockies to the Atlantic with temperatures plunging to 40 below in Minnesota. Snow and freezing rain hit western Oklahoma and Texas, creating hazardous driving conditions. At least 11 deaths linked to the weather and schools closed as ice laden highways form hazards. A DC3 air tragedy in central Texas kills three men en route from Boise to San Antonio.
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Minnesota
Southland
Montana
New England
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Panhandle
Boise
Idaho
San Antonio
Space Progress Report Details U S 1958 Efforts
A government summary outlines 1958 U S space experiments under NASA direction. It highlights data gained and a firm base for future work while noting no mention of Soviet probes. The document discusses Project Mercury plans and safety precautions for manned spaceflight.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Virginia Negro and white pupils attend public schools together
Virginia desegregation begins as Negro and white students return to Arlington and Norfolk schools. Police in Arlington, with riot gear, monitor Stratford High. Norfolk reports calm scenes at Maury Granby and Norview as 14 of 17 assigned Negro pupils enter by 9 20 am.
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Norfolk
Norview High School
Richmond
Virginia
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Aera
Stratford
Lewis Cousins
Maury High School
Betty Jean Read
Granby High
Fatter Social Security Checks Mailed to Millions
The government begins mailing larger social security checks to more than 12 percent of recipients. The 7 percent average increase, approved by Congress last year, is reflected in the new payments.
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Washington
Congress
Treasure Find by Three Boys Brings $10000 in Bills
In Buffalo a paper bag yielded ten thousand dollars in cash after 11 year old Jimmy Weiglein found it while searching for rabbits. Teammate Otis Montgomery, 13, and Roy Anderson, 14, helped confirm the haul of mostly $1 to $100 bills, plus coins and small valuables. Police say funds may be held 30 days by state law, but suburb authorities may extend to 90 days to be safe, while awaiting possible claims.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Rab
Jimmy Weiglein
Otis Montgomery
Roy Anderson
Capitol Prepares for Assembly Session with Fresh Paint
Raleigh AP wires report the General Assembly set to convene with air conditioning, new window shades and polished cuspidors completing the Capitol’s eight year refresh. The General Services Department led cleaning, repairs, and a telephone exchange install while sergeants at arms added coat racks and the secretary of state issued windshield stickers and election certificates.
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William Wright Raleigh
House
Senate
General Assembly
Capitol
General Services Department
Ge B. Cherry
Cherry
U.S. Post Office Department
GSD
Secretary of
Thad Eure
Rockefeller proposes record New York tax increases
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller sends a 2.041 billion dollar budget to the Legislature calling for the largest tax increase in state history. He would tax low income earners and shift to payroll withholding, cancel the 1958 income tax, and cut personal exemptions while adding top brackets. The plan seeks 150 million in new revenue and aims to avert further deficit amid a crisis.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Rogram
Georgia Lawmakers Stand Pat on Segregation Stance
Georgia legislators show no shift toward integration as Rep. William Trotter says the state would rather close all schools than integrate. Va schools reopen integrated under federal orders. Lokey suggests pupil placement or local option to preserve public schools.
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Atlanta
Virginia
Georgia
House
William Trotter
Lagrange
Ernest Vandiver
Norfolk
Arlington
Virginia Supreme Court
Trotter
Hamilton Lokey
Fulton County
Lokey
North Carolina
Castro launches agrarian reform in Cuba
Fidel Castro moves to distribute millions of acres to landless peasants as part of a broad agrarian reform in Oriente, aiming to break up large estates held by sugar producers and cattle barons. Trials of Batista supporters resume, with Capt. Pedro Morejon the first reported execution. Six new Havana tribunals and ten in Santiago outlined to speed trials.
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Stanford Bradshaw
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Oriente
Santiago
Public Works Ministry
Morejon
Batista
Military Career Ends In Crash At West Point Graduate
In Greenville, AP reports 22 year old George W. Walker of Brooklyn was the top graduate from West Point last year. He died when a private club L-19 crashed while en route from Lawson Field, Georgia to Floyd Bennett Airport, New York. Classmate 2nd Lt Cary W. Martin of Sacramento was in critical condition with severe lacerations.
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Greenville
S.C
George W. Walker
Brooklyn
N.Y
Walker
US. Military Academy
West Point
Lawson Field
Columbus
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Donaldson Air Force
Cary W. Martin
Sacramento
Calif
Search Spurred by Faint Signals From Lifeboat
Halifax AP report notes faint distress signals from a lifeboat believed tied to the Danish ship Hedtoft after it struck an iceberg off Greenland. The Umanak radio operator said signals were weak and irregular, suggesting an untrained sender. A Canadian air search and a possible overturned lifeboat were reported west of Cape Farewell.
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Halifax
N.S
Hans
Greenland
Umanak
Cape Farewell
Copenhagen
Hedtoft
North Atlantic
Royal Greenland Department
Clifton Moore Sworn In as North Carolina Justice
Clifton L. Moore was sworn in as associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh. Governor Hodges appointed him to the bench, citing his prior prosecutions of Ku Klux Klansmen and service as a Superior Court judge amid a bench reshuffle.
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Raleigh
Clifton L. Moore
North Carolina
Supreme Court
R. Hunt Parker
Moore
Malcolm Seawell
Hodges
Anti Franco Party Formed In Spain
In Madrid AP reports prominent liberals and rightists defied Franco's ban and formed a new party called the Spanish Union. The manifesto condemns Franco's seizure of power and calls for a national awakening. Four non Communist groups yet to join include the Socialists and Anarchists.
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Spain
Madrid
Generalissimo Franco
Enrique Tierno Galvan
Salamanca University
Fernandy
Franco
Fernandez
Manuel Gimenez Fernandez
Dionisio Ridruejo
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Kings Mountain Hospital
Joy
Jerry Taylor
Taylors
Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic
Arlington, Norfolk
Clifton Moore
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