Bobby Given News His Mother Is Dead
Eight year old Bobby Sullivan learned his mother and father and two sisters died in the American Airlines crash over New York. In the East River rescue he clung to life while rescuers saved him and his father and sisters were not among the survivors.
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Robert Sullivan
Dora McNulty Sullivan
Bobby
New York
Bobby Sullivan
Flushing Hospital
Chicago
Mommy
Edward Murphy
Don Murphy
John O'Neil
Joseph
Patricia
Joan
East River
Granny
Nora Sullivan
Army Plan For Defense Is Rejected
Washington reports the Defense Department turned down an Army proposal to build a nationwide Nike Zeus antimissile system before proving the weapon’s viability. The Army priced the project at five to six billion dollars, while officials estimate a cost closer to twice that. Defense officials note the Air Force already proceeds with launch bases using tested missiles, unlike the Zeus project which remains only parts.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Air Force
United States
Massy Ferguson Dealers to Attend Detroit Airlift Event
In Detroit a large one day civilian airlift will bring 4500 Massey Ferguson company officials from 49 states Canada and 11 foreign countries for a February 2021 convention. They will view the 1959 line of farm machines and equipment aboard 200 chartered planes.
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Detroit
Massey-Ferguson
Canada
North Carolina Legislature Opens Busy 1959 Session
Lawmakers launch the 1959 session with swift work on key bills. Governor Hodges outlines broad goals as Lt. Gov Earnhardt prepares Senate committee appointments. Hewlett wins House speaker post, Venters leads Appropriations, and questions arise about Hodges program under new leadership.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Addison Hewlett
New Hanover
House
General Assembly
Dwight Quinn
Cabarrus
Hodges
D. J. Rose
Wayne
Senate
Advisory Budget Commission
Luther ‘Earnhardt
Hewlett
Wilmington
Carl Venters
Onslow
Clyde Harriss
Rowan
Appropriations
Rep
Clifton Blue
Moore
Venters
New House
Dulles and Adenauer Discuss Berlin Policy
Secretary of State Dulles and Chancellor Adenauer met in Bonn for nearly three hours to align Western policy on Germany. They stressed unity on fundamentals but did not produce concrete plans, while reports of Allied disagreements over countering the Soviet threat to Berlin surfaced, the spokesman noting generalities and no proposals.
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Bonn
Germany
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Clusmvists
Berlin
United States
Moscow
Dulles Says West Must Find Unity Against Soviet Threat
In a three capital tour stop Dulles urged unity and warned of Soviet moves on Berlin. He referenced a Paris March 15 foreign ministers conference and hinted at possible force if communists block Western routes. Britain favored airlift over forced convoy crossings.
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Dulles
Ee Adenauer
Mym Ok
Pope Oor
Saes
Berlin
France
West Germany
United States
Paris
Macmillan
Moscow
Iron Curtain
West Berlin Mayor Visits Washington
Willy Brandt, 44, mayor of West Berlin, arrived in Washington for a weekend visit. He told reporters at National Airport that the Russians now know they could not push the Western powers out of Berlin without risking a war. Brandt spoke after a flight from Ottawa and was greeted by State Department officials and German Embassy personnel.
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Washington
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Berlin
Social Democrat
National
Ottawa
Canada
State Department
Alexandria Schools Move Toward Integrated Classes
Federal judge refused a stay on a desegregation order requiring nine Black students to attend three white Alexandria schools. Earlier, 21 Negro pupils enrolled in Norfolk and Arlington schools without incident, signaling broader compliance with Virginia’s desegregation policy. Judge Sobeloff urged boards to plan compliant integration rather than seek further delays. Alexandria officials offered no immediate plan for added precautions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Alexandria
Norfolk
Arlington
Baltimore
Simon E. Sobeloff
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sobeloff
Alabama mother charged in starvation death of 10 week old Sybil Moore
Opal Moore of Prichard was charged with manslaughter after hospital reports said Sybil Lynn Moore died from malnutrition and dehydration. The 10 week old weighed 8 pounds at birth and 5 pounds at death. Four other children with Opal Moore were placed in welfare care while detectives noted the mother failed to seek medical help and mishandled milk bottles.
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Mobile
Ala
Prichard
Circuit
Carl M. Booth
Opal Moore
Sybil Lynn Moore
Harmon Moore
Moore
Robert Moore
Men Endure 65 Days In Airplane
LAS VEGAS AP Two endurance fliers landed after 65 days aloft in a small plane a new world record by 15 days Bobb Timm a Las Vegas businessman and John Cook a Los Angeles airline pilot climbed from their single engine Cessna 172 taken off from von SheGuoven Field on Dec 4 They flew between Las Vegas and Blythe Calif with side trips to Los Angeles and Phoenix Refueling came from a pickup truck driving 90 mph while inspectors checked tires for landings and the pair slept on a mattress and kept daily sponge baths Their 33rd birthdays arrived during the mission and they circled over Timm's home every two days to chat with his wife by radio in the kitchen.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Bobb Timm
John Cook
Los Angeles
von SheGuoven
Jim Heth
Bill Burkhart
Dallas
Tex
Timm
Cook
Blythe
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Democratic Strategy Outlined to Trim Foreign Aid
Democratic strategists propose a potential cut of about one billion dollars in foreign aid to help balance President Eisenhower's 77 billion dollar budget. They intend to target the 3.93 billion dollar new foreign aid authority while preserving national security, housing, defense, and airport priorities.
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Washington
Congressional
Democratic
Eisenhower
Congress
Gastonia YMCA Contract Awarded For Modern Facility
Gastonia YMCA construction contract let to B H Pinnix Construction Co for 430000. Work to start in about three weeks and wrap up in about a year. The building will feature a heated pool with sliding doors to open to an outside pool in summer.
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Gastonia
B. H. Pinnix Construction Co
Labor Bill Support Is Affirmed
Senator John F. Kennedy says two weeks of public hearings show his labor bill is about 9 percent free of dispute. He aims to work with the Eisenhower administration to craft an effective measure while the Labor subcommittee plans closed drafting beginning February 17. AFL-CIO supports the Kennedy bill though labor leaders criticized some details. business groups say it is not stringent enough.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
Mother Sees Son Buried in Kaplan Funeral
Mrs. Paul ite Mire, 102, attended the funeral of her son Etienne Mire, 82, in Kaplan Louisiana. Mire, a retired rice farmer, died Friday after a long illness. Mrs Mire had recently recovered from a fractured hip.
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Kaplan
Paulite Mire
Etienne Mire
Mire
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