Khrushchev Urges Peaceful Coexistence in India Visit
Khrushchev telling Parliament that international disputes should be settled by negotiations and not pressure. He invoked panch shila linking India and Red China and urged a negotiated settlement of the India China border clash. He received a huge ovation as crowds cheered in New Delhi during his four nation tour.
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New Delhi
India
Nikita Khrushchev
Asia
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
United States
Red China
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
U. S
Eisenhower proposes four point plan to limit nuclear tests
President Eisenhower announced a four point plan to restrict nuclear tests, exempting low powered underground explosions. The proposal targets atmospheric ocean and space tests and monitored underground tests, aiming to break the deadlock with the Soviet Union and push for a Geneva agreement.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba convicts 104 in plot to overthrow Castro
A Cuban military court sentenced 104 defendants to 3 to 30 years for conspiring to topple Fidel Castro with alleged backing by Generalissimo Trujillo of the Dominican Republic. Nine received 30 years after a gun battle at Trinidad, while 36 were acquitted.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Castro
William Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Luis Pozo
Racial Sit-Down Protests Hit Raleigh Stores
Negro college students resumed sit down protests against segregated seating at Raleigh stores near the State Capitol. Kress and Walgreen reopened after earlier closings while Woolworths and McLellan’s did not reopen their lunch counters. Eckerd’s remained open with no trespassing signs.
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Raleigh
Kress
State Capitol
Walgreen's
Woolworth’s
McLellan's
Hudson Belk
Eckerd’s Drug Store
North Carolina
Insurance Cancellation Protest Sparks Hearing In Raleigh
Alamance County Commissioners chair J B Long argued against broad auto liability policy cancellations amid a hearing on proposed rate hikes by the North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office. Officials discussed a plan averaging 9 percent increases for private passenger vehicles, potentially costing motorists up to five million dollars, while earlier proposals for 19.9 percent were rejected.
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Raleigh
Alamance County
North Carolina
J. B. Long
Long
Charles F. Gold
North Carolina Automobile
Mystery Soviet origin satellite tumbling in orbit
The Defense Department reports a dark satellite, possibly Soviet, tumbling in space. Its polar path suggests spying capability, while Moscow has issued no statement. Details from official briefing cover known facts about the object and its trajectory.
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Pentagon
Washington
Poles
Moscow
Pat Lellwaele
U. S
Soviet Union
Jodrell Bank
England
British Radio Telescope
Navy
Defense Department
U.S
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Payola Probers Wonder Why Party's Bill Paid
House investigators probe a Miami Beach disc jockey convention tab totaling 117664 as Republicans pause for Lincoln Day events. Testimony details liquor costs and corporate party expenses, including Capitol Records and Roulette Records charges.
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Payola
Washington
Miami Beach
House
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House Legislative Oversight
Fire Rates New Bern Building Fire
A two story waterfront brick building in New Bern was destroyed by a blaze driven by 50 mph gusts. Damage was estimated at 150000 to 200000 with no injuries. Firefighters from six towns battled the fire for about 10 hours, aided by Trent River water, as walls of Ace Electric Co. collapsed and neighboring warehouses were threatened.
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New Bern
N.C
Trent River
Ray Wetherington
Wetherington
Cherry Point
Bridgeton
Vanceboro
Greenville
Washington
Kinston
North Carolina
Dutch radio operator on trial in Lynn Kauffman murder case
Boston prosecutors pressed for conviction of Wil lem Van Rie a Dutch ship radio operator charged with killing Lynn Kauffman during a voyage from Singapore to New York. They admitted they do not know what weapon, if any, was used. The trial proceeded as jurors toured Boston harbor to view the Utrecht ship path and the body’s find site.
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Boston
Chicago
Willem van Rie
Commonwealth
van Rie
Pretty Lynn Kauffman
Orient
Miss Kauffman
Utrecht
New York
Singapore
Holland
Dr. Spector
Washington University
St. Louis
Kauffman
Eisenhower Calls Khrushchev Claim Crazy and Space Feats
President Eisenhower dismissed Khrushchev’s claim that communism is superior after Russia’s space feats. He urged calm, noted space achievements, and pressed for a Geneva nuclear test ban with underground exceptions. He also critiqued military expert disputes over U.S. defense missile strength.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Russia
De Gaulle Cracks Down On Military In Algeria Crisis
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle ordered sweeping reforms to curb the military in Algeria and return authority to civilian governors. The cabinet abolished the army psycho warfare branch dissolved Algeria's territorial home guard units removed three generals and shifted police control to civilians as part of a plan to restore civilian power and prepare for a nationwide vote on Algeria's future.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Algiers
de Gaulle
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