Marines Control Liner As Rebel Seizure Ends
Brazilian marines kept the Santa Maria under control in Recife to block Henrique Galvao from scuttling the liner. Galvao and about 70 rebels, plus a largely foreign crew, stranded aboard near 30 remaining aboard, while passengers and most crew fled ashore under police and diplomatic pressure.
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Recife
Brazil
Santa Maria
Henrique Galvao
Brasilia
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Galvao
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Jorge Souto Maior
Associated Press
John Rooney
Reds Try To Outflank West In Laos
Western diplomats report Soviet and Chinese moves to counter Western Laos policy by backing a rival regime in pro Communist territory. a rival government at Xieng Khouang could split Laos. Souvanna Phouma's stance remains pivotal for legitimacy and Western support.
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Reds
Laos
John M. Hightower
Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Congo
U. S
Winthrop Brown
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Boun Oum
Vientiane
Tass
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Xieng Khouang
Kamsouk Keola
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Voice of
Jobless Pay Cost 1 Billion in Proposed Plan
President Kennedy's emergency unemployment proposal could cost up to $1 billion, funded by federal advances repaid from payroll tax base increases. The plan would add up to 13 weeks of extra benefits, extend some states beyond 26 weeks, and be phased in with bipartisan support but some employer opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kenti
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Kennedy
Beneft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ourgo
North Carolina gains in 1960 Census but must reapportion to 11 seats
The 1960 Census shows population gains in all 12 NC districts yet the state must reapportion to 11 House seats after the 1959 count. District populations are listed with 1950 figures in parentheses, highlighting shifts across the state.
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Washington
North Carolina
Castro purges 120 Cuban judges in second phase
Fidel Castro fired 120 judges across Cuba in the second phase of a sweeping court purge aimed at ensuring a more revolutionary system. The action targeted supreme court justices, provincial appeal court presidents, and numerous magistrates under a cabinet decree issued December 20.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Supreme Court
Osvaldo Corticos
Alfredo Yabur
Emilio Menendez
Argentina
Evelio Morales Castillo
Pinar del Rio
Two Teens Killed in Guilford County Crash Near Oak Ridge Road
Police identified Kenneth Wayne Newnam aged 16 and Billy Higgins aged 17 as the two victims after a speeding car left the road near Guilford College. The vehicle dragged a tree 45 feet after uprooting it. driver was not immediately identified. The car belonged to the Higgins family.
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Guilford College
N. C
Oak Ridge Road
Here
Kenneth Wayne Newnam
Billy Higgins
Higgins
Industry pullout from Norge costs Muskegon jobs
Judson Sayre of Borg-Warner announced moves to Arkansas citing favorable climate and expanding markets. Local workers fear 1,800 jobs will vanish as Norge relocates, with many unprepared for other lines of work and long-time employees facing unemployment.
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Judson Sayre
Borg-Warner
Arkansas
Norge
Muskegon-Muskegon Heights
Norge Division to Transfer to Fort Smith Arkansas
In Muskegon final effort to avert the move, residents, workers, and wives faced a grim mood as Borg-Warner plans to relocate its Norge Division, maker of refrigerators and freezers, to Fort Smith Arkansas early this summer.
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Muskegon
Mich
Borg-Warner Corp
Norge
Fort Smith
Ark
East Hit By Stormy Weather
A severe early midwinter storm strained the eastern half of the nation with snow in the Midwest drifting eastward. Zero temperatures lingered in border regions while sleet and ice hit the Carolinas and Georgia. Snow and freezing rain hit Kentucky as the cold belt stretched from Maine to the Dakotas with widespread disruptions and drivers stranded.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Carolinas
Georgia
Kentucky
New York
Adirondack
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Lower Michigan
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Spencer
Ice Lined Coast Receives Grain For Starving Waterfowl
Surplus grain from federal authorities will be trucked from Suffolk Virginia to the North Carolina coast to feed waterfowl in frozen fresh water sounds and marshes. State official says road delays possible due to ice. 56 dead birds found at Knotts Island, 54 from starvation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Clyde P. Patton
State Wildlife Resources Commission
Suffolk
Patton
Orville Woodhouse
Grandy
Commission
Woodhouse
Interior
Udall
Knotts Island
John Sincock
Evans Named Highway Chief in North Carolina
Gov Sanford names Merrill Evans of Ahoskie as State Highway Commission chairman to succeed J A Broughton Jr of Raleigh who resigned. Ben Roney of Rocky Mount is appointed special representative to study relations between the commission and local officials on secondary roads. Roney is an oil distributor and longtime aide of the late Sen W Kerr Scott. Evans is a former commissioner and businessman. Roney to consult with officials and citizens as reforms are studied for months.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Merrill Evans
Ahoskie
State Highway Commission
J. A Broughton Jr
Ben Roney
Rocky Mount
The
Highway Commission
Evans
Roney
W. Kerr Scott
Broughton
U. S
Explorer IX to broadcast from Cape Canaveral next week
NASA plans to launch the 74 pound Ionosphere Beacon Satellite S5 from Cape Canaveral in cooperation with New Zealand, Canada, and Peru. The six frequency signals aim to study ionospheric effects on radio transmissions while ground stations analyze varying power levels.
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Vern Haugland
New Zealand
Canada
Peru
NASA
Earth
Ice storm tightens grip as Carolinas face dangerous weekend
A winter storm brings freezing rain sleet and snow across North Carolina causing many school closures. The Weather Bureau warns of hazardous driving and gale warnings along the coast while temperatures plummet from the mountains to the coast with several towns reporting sub freezing readings. Continuous snow and ice blanketed Mount Mitchell and Mount Pisgah as officials closed U.S. 441 into Tennessee.
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Associated Press
State Highway Department
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mount Pisgah
Piedmont
Winston- Salem
State Highway Patrol
Newfound Gap
Tennessee
Mount Mitchell
WMIT
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Ohio Valley
Cape Hatteras
Greensboro
Raleigh
Asheville
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Hickory
Elizabeth City
Morganton Pre-Dawn Fire Destroys Three Shops
A pre dawn blaze in downtown Morganton destroyed three one story buildings and damaged two others. Fire Chief Ed Hern put damages at 100000 dollars. The Fashion Shop sparked the flames which spread to a vacant building and a Waldensian Bakery retail store, with water and smoke damage to a pharmacy and a children's shop. Police discovered the fire at 3 45 a.m. and it was controlled three hours later. cause undetermined.
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Morganton
N.C
Ed Hern
Waldensian Bakery
Valdese
Passengers Suffer Jitters Before Landing on Santa Mara
Nearly 600 aboard the Santa Mara endured tense days at sea before docking in Recife Brazil. First and second class faced jitters with little danger. third class complained of mistreatment, lack of water, and scant food as armed rebels loomed aboard.
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Recife
Colonial Navigation Co
U.S
Pan American Airways
Belem
Brazil
Mario Gomes Mai
Santa Maria
Galvao
Santa Mara
John Dietz
Gainesville, Fla
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Portugal
Souto Maior
Peas
Leon
Tom Eet
Guilford
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Explorer
Saul Pet
Mrs
David Crock
Pompano
Fla
Mrs. Crocket
William Vandermeer
Amsterdam
Laura Menendes
Oviedo
Spain
Floyd Preston
University of Kansas
Harold
Caroline “Boyce
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