Ervin Attacks Eisenhower Defense Policy At Raleigh Dinner
Senator Sam J. Ervin told North Carolina Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson dinner that national defense under Eisenhower has deteriorated compared with Soviet strength. He criticized rising peacetime deficits, debt interest, and farm policy, while praising North Carolina Democrats’ gubernatorial record and leadership.
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Raleigh
Sam J. Ervin
Eisenhower
Ervin
Earle C. Clements
U.S
Kentucky
United States
Dick Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Gov
Hodges
Andrew McCloskey
Democratic National Committee
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Graham Preaches To 10 000 In Kaduna Nigeria
Evange list Billy Graham preached Saturday night to about 10,000 people in Kaduna capital of Nigeria's mainly Muslim north. Some 1,200 responded to his invitation to accept Christ as savior and Graham urged a moral spiritual awakening alongside independence. He met with Northern Nigeria Premier Ahmadu Bello and was welcomed by Peter Achimugu, a former regional minister.
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Kaduna
Nigeria
Billy Graham
Graham
Jesus Christ
Peter Achimugu
Northern
Achimugu
Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello
Higher Standards Urged By Patton
Dr. Wendell M. Patton new president at High Point College decries conformist teaching and low timetables. He argues equal education is impossible for all and calls for five steps including more individuality, higher standards, and stronger basics. He cites Ruml and Rickover and urges an academic breakthrough.
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Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
Methodist School
Holt McPherson
Flemming
J. W. P. Mooney Enterprise Saff
Arthur S. Flemming
U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Janet Teague
America
God
Beardsley Ruml
H. G. Rickover
Patton
General Maxwell D. Taylor Injured in Car Accident
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor 57 former Army chief of staff was struck by an automobile and injured on Connecticut Avenue near the Mayflower Hotel. He was taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center with a simple fracture of the left forearm and contusions. He remained overnight in satisfactory condition. Taylor has testified on defense matters before congressional committees.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Connecticut Avenue
Mayflower Hotel
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Taylor
Mexican Light & Power Co. Ltd
Mexico City
Gen. Taylor
Campaign GOP and Democrats spar over 1960 issues
Vice President Nixon and Republican leaders push foreign affairs as the top campaign issue while Democrats highlight domestic concerns. Humphrey and Johnson rally in Albuquerque and Texas campaigns. Kennedy proposes a two price wheat system and criticizes rural electrification. Gore and Jackson urge congressional action on sharing nuclear weapons information.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
California
Los Angeles
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Albuquerque
N.M
Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Kennedy
Washington
Joint Atomic Committee of Congress
Eisenhower
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Henry M. Jackson
Two-Week Delay as A and T Students Halt Sitdown Protest
Greensboro AP reports A and T College students vote to pause sitdown demonstrations for two weeks at two downtown stores after a bomb scare and racial disturbance. F W Woolworth Co manager announces closure of the lunch counter for safety while S H Kress Co. has not issued a statement.
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Greensboro
A&t College
W. H. Gamble
A&t
C. L. Harris
F. W. Woolworth Co
Harris
S. H. Kress Co
Protests Close Woolworth and Kress Stores in Race Tension
Protests by Negro students led to bomb threat hoax at Woolworth and forced Kress to close for public safety as tensions rose. Mayor Roach urged restraint and public interest over individual rights while police tried to keep order as crowds toured Elm and Sycamore Streets.
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Woolworth
Kress
George Roach
Woolworth's
H. E. Hogate
South Elm Street
Sycamore Street
A&t
Sycamore
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Paul N. Garber
North Carolina Conference
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Methodist Church
Nolan B. Harmon
Western North Carolina Conference
Gov. Hodges
Sen. Ervin
Kentcky
Associated Press
Democratic Organization
Gore
GOP
Negro Stud
Ents
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