Soviet Hold Up US Convoy Near East German Border
Soviet army blocked a four-truck US convoy near Marienborn, refusing to allow inspection of an open cargo of jeeps. The incident drew two protests and efforts to secure release while the drivers waited in their trucks overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Red Army
Marienborn
Frankfurt
East Berlin
West Germany
28Th Transportation Battalion
Elwood F. Johnson
James E. Cook
Robert E. Low
Benjamin C. Peeles
Helmstedt
West Berlin
U.S
Kissing Case Protests Reach U S Embassy in Holland
In The Hague more than 7000 Dutch signatures flood the U S Embassy calling for release of two Black boys sent to reform school in North Carolina for kissing a white girl. The case sparks international protest over alleged racial discrimination though no jail time was involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Netherlands
U. S
Reform School
North Carolina
David Simpson
James Hanover Thompson
John Snure
U. S. Information Service
Snare
Italy
Canon Lewis John Collins
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Integration Reactions Vary Across Southern States
The Associated Press reports mixed responses to Virginia school integration as seven public schools begin desegregation. Governors in South Carolina and Arkansas resist or oppose, while Kentucky’s governor welcomes progress, reflecting a regional divide on enforcing court-ordered integration.
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Virginia
South
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Faubus
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Heber Ladner
Mississippi
U.S. Supreme Court
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
High Point Bonds Sold In Raleigh
The City of High Point sold 2.2 million dollars in bonds in Raleigh at an average rate of 3.1661. City officials T. E. Hinson and Lake Crowe praised the sale as favorable, noting rates were lower than the 3.4329 average a year earlier. Underwriters included Chemical Bank Exchange Bank of New York Goldman Sachs Eastman Dillon Union Security Co N A Brown and Sons Balgo McCormick and Co and Bambo Close and Kerner Inc. Proceeds will finance major High Point water system improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Raleigh
Chemical Coin Exchange Bank
New York
Goldman-Sachs and Company
Eastman- Dillion Union Security Co
N . Alex Brown and Sons
Balgo
McCormick and Co
Chicago
Bambo, Close and Kerner, Inc
Philadelphia
Damaged Danish Tanker Heads For Norfolk
A Danish tanker named Skotland headed to Norfolk Virginia for repairs after an explosion and engine room fire occurred about ten thirty Monday night, 559 feet long and loaded with oil. The master reported no injuries and the ship's condition as satisfactory. The Coast Guard cutter Absecon was about 120 miles north northwest of Shetland when the incident happened.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Skotland
Curacao
Aruba
Absecon
Shetland
Grim hunt for Hedtoft survivors continues in Halifax
In Halifax Nova Scotia the search for survivors from the Danish vessel Hans Hedtoft goes on amid fading hope. Rescue officials discount faint radio signals detected at 8364 kilocycles as not from those aboard.
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Halifax
N.S
Hans Hedtoft
Hedtoft
Vincent Astor Dies Of Attack In New York
Vincent Astor, 67, multimillionaire socialite and heir to the Astor fortune, died of a heart attack in his New York apartment. He inherited about 75 million dollars and was famed for real estate and philanthropy. His father perished on the Titanic, and the 6-foot-4 figure had been preparing to travel to his winter home near Phoenix, Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent Astor
Astor
John Jacob Astor
New York City
Phoenix
Ariz
William Vincent Astor
Integration begins in Virginia schools amid calm protests
Racially integrated classes opened uneventfully in six Norfolk and Arlington County schools. Police kept vigil as 17 Black students enrolled, with only isolated taunts reported. Governors and General Assembly plan long range measures as integration proceeds under federal court orders. More on page two.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Arlington County
Governor's Office
General Assembly
Stratford Junior High
Arlington
Washington
Virginia
Stratford
Old Dominion
GOP Space Experts Split Over Space Race Pace
Washington AP reports a split among House Space Committee Republicans over U S space policy. Rep James Fulton urged faster spending to maximize space potential while Rep Gordon McDonough defended current NASA progress. Chairman Overton Brooks noted concern about a 12 million pound thrust missile readiness and Glennan outlined a four year development plan leading to six million pound thrust for lunar missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon L. McDonough
Calif
Fulton
Glennan
Eisenhower
NASA
Moon
Actress Vows To Ride Horse Again
Audrey Hepburn vows to ride again after a fall on a movie set in Durango Mexico fractured two vertebrae. She returned by ambulance plane with husband Mel Ferrer to their Beverly Hills home where a hospital bed awaits.
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Audrey Hepburn
Durango
Mexico
Los Angeles
Mel Ferrer
Beverly Hills
Freezing Rain Hits State Paralyzes North Carolina Roads
Freezing rain and sleet left North Carolina icy this morning with school closures in several counties. A nurse, Remna A. Pollard of Cary, died in a crash on U S 1 caused by ice near Cary. Roads were hardest on the eastern Blue Ridge slopes as the Gulf system moved northeast, bringing warmer air later and rain turning to snow at Mt Mount Mitchell.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Remna A. Pollard
Cary
U.S. 1
Asheville
Combe County
Winston-Salem
Weather Bureau
Raleigh- Durham
Blue Ridge
Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
Mt. Mitchell
Cape Hatteras
Soviet Defense Chief Boasts Global Nuclear Power
Moscow broadcast Ma linovsky claims Soviet ICBMs can deliver hydrogen warheads with pinpoint accuracy. He warns the West seeks war with nuclear weapons but calls it outdated as USSR vows to defend peace and fulfill Khrushchev’s seven year plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet Union
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Us.s.r
United States
United States Navy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Congress
Khrushchev
Malinovsky
Committee Opens New Probe of Hoffa's Union
The Senate Labor Management Committee launches a new inquiry into James R. Hoffa's Teamsters Union to determine if rebel factions or those preserving Hoffa's leadership receive union funds. Witnesses will include John Cunningham as the suit seeks cash flows behind a court appeal challenging monitors. The committee gained another year of authority and $750,000 to fund its work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters
Hoffa
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
John Cunningham
Flushing, N. Y
Cunningham
New York Area
Monitor Group
Senate
Labor Management Committee
Dulles Heads to Europe for Counter Proposal Talk
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flies to Europe with advisers to press for allied counter proposals to Soviet demands on Germany. He will visit London Paris and Bonn over about a week as officials draft a joint reply with Senator Fulbright. A proposed buffer zone along the Elbe would pull back Soviet and Allied troops.
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Washington (Ap
John Foster Dulles
Europe
Soviet Union
Dulles
London
Paris
Bonn
State Department
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
West
Germany
Elbe River
North Carolina legislators convene 1959 General Assembly
Raleigh AP reports 170 lawmakers sit to open the 1959 General Assembly with 50 senators and 120 representatives. Among them are 3 women, 5 Republicans now, and a mix of lawyers, farmers, and new faces including authors and a retired minister. Notables include Lindsay C. Warren and young reps like 30-year-olds Jackson, Humphrey, and Dolley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Capitol
General Assembly
B. W. Thomason
Brevard
University of North Carolina
Ralph N. Strayhorn
Durham
Lindsay C. Warren
Washington, N.C
U.S
North Carolina
State Senate
Grace Taylor Rodenbough
Stokes County
G. W. Cover
Cherokee County
Kathryn Rachel Sarah Rebecca Speight Darden Davis III
John Kennedy
Charlotte
Hubert Humphrey
Greensboro
GOP
Charles G. Reavis
Yadkinville
B. C. Brock
Mocksville
Jeter C. Burleson
Bakersville
Mack Isaac
Newland
T. E. Story
North Wilkesboro
Dare County
R. Bruce Etheridge
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Cpl
Richard C. Masiero
West Stockbridge, Mass
Holland
THE
T. E. Hinson
Lake Crowe
Steve Dolley Jr
Gastonia
Dolley
Roger R. Jackson Jr
Harrellsville
Willis Murphrey
Roanoke Rapids
William G. Reid
Pilot Mountain
Humphrey
James M. Raby
Franklin
J. Henry Hill Jr
Hickory
A. L. Bulwinkle
Washington,d.c
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