Japan Korea Crisis Deepens Amid Repatriation Tensions
Japanese Prime Minister Kishi approves repatriation policy while leaning on human rights. North Korea prepares ships. Japan will not provide vessels. The United States monitors with support from UN forces as Seoul and Tokyo seek mediation and avoid open conflict. Estimates of Koreans in Japan range 43 000 to 117 000 with many drawn by North Korea work promises.
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Japan
North Korea
United States
Far East
Seoul
South Korea
U.N
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Nobusuke Kishi
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Red Kishi
Lee Sion
Red Cross
Kim Dong Jo
U.S
Sam P. Gilstrap
Foreign Ministry
Osamu Itagaki
Foreign Office
Asian Affairs Bureau
Governor pleased as Greene County school strike eases
Gov Hodges says Greene County Negro student boycott seems amicable and aims to reopen schools Monday with NAACP involvement. Greene School Board seeks an early bond election for improvements as leaders push for better facilities not integration while NC contends with nationwide suits and a potential NAACP push on integration.
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Hodges
Greene County
NAACP
Greene
Malcolm Seawell
North Carolina
Greensboro
Mecklenburg County
General Assembly
Hearing On Polio Vaccination Bill Scheduled
RALEIGH AP A Senate Public Health Committee hearing on a compulsory polio vaccination bill will hear supporters and opponents. Senator J Carlyle Rutledge of Cafaneets will attend the Highway Department Auditorium at 10:30 a m Feb 6 with arguments for and against vaccinating all children ages two months to six years. Exemptions exist for parents with religious scruples or health reasons.
Florida Grownups Ground Boy's Best Friend
Florida librarians push to pull 17 titles and eight series from shelves as outdated and poorly written. Governor Collings supports reader choice while acknowledging newer material may be better.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Tom Swift
Dorothy Dodd
Frank B. Sessa
Public Library
Russian disputes Columbus discovery claim
A Soviet historian argues Columbus did not discover America and says others before him mapped parts of the New World. Moscow radio says the study of archives in Portuguese Spanish and Italian sources shows Columbus knew lands earlier and may have relied on preexisting European navigators whose names are unknown.
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America
Moscow Radio
New World
Santa Maria
Alma Alta Pedagogical Institute
Superny
U.S.S.R. Geographical Society
Columbus
Sam
Atlantic
Cultural exchange plan shows strong U S Soviet progress
Washington reports two thirds of the cultural exchange agreement completed with over 1 500 Soviet and American visitors in 151 official delegations in the first year. About 5 000 Americans visited the Soviet Union and 66 Soviets toured the United States, signaling growing private tourism and reciprocal exchanges.
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United States
Soviet Union
William Lacy
America
U.S.S.R
Bill Calls For Review of N C Highway Setup
North Carolina House resolution urges creation of a nine member study commission to examine the State Highway Commission structure. It notes the 1957 reorganization cut membership from 14 to 7 and would hold public hearings across all 14 highway divisions to gauge public opinion for the 1961 General Assembly.
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Maicelus Ducuanad Wsseu
House
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Buchanan
Highway Commission
Study Commission
Quest House
North Carolina
Highway Department
State of
Old
Hodges
State Highway Department
House of Representatives
Addison Hewlett
Senate
Luther Earnhardt
Ice Jams And Rains Continue In Flood Threats
The Associated Press reports ongoing ice jams and rains threaten Indiana flood areas while Ohio overflows ease. In Delphi upper Wabash floodwaters recede but West Terre Haute braces with sandbagging and a 300 foot levee repair. About 150 homes evacuated. Logansport and Peru see improving conditions. Ohio cities along the Maumee River face less damage than January floods. Mild winter spans Texas to Great Lakes as Gulf air brings moisture.
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Delphi
Ind
West Terre Haute
National
Sugar Creek
Ohio
Maumee River
Fremont
Findlay
Warren
van Wert
Paulding
Ottawa
Texas
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Pennsylvania
North Carolina Legislators Set More On Page Eleven A
A Raleigh AP report notes a group of NC legislators prepared additional details on policy proposals with coverage continuing on page eleven.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Penny Payoff Joke Ends In Court
A ministerial student named Norman Ard sent 1000 pennies to pay a traffic fine, admitting the joke had gone stale. The fine involved a car owned by his Mount Olive College friend Billy Yawn, and Judge Scar borough ordered Ard to appear, count, and roll the coins.
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Yawn
Ard
William H. Scarborough
Venezuelan Inauguration Under Guard Amid Opposition Tensions
Venezuelan troops and police stand guard as Venezuela’s first freely elected president in a decade prepares to inaugurate. Opponents from Democratic Action and supporters of the ousted Marcos Perez Jimenez threaten street disorder. Reports say attempts to mobilize crowds failed. liquor distribution aimed at inciting unrest described by Pregon.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Democratic Action Party
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Caracans
Perez Jimenez
Reds
Dulles Undergoes Successful Surgery at Walter Reed
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a successful operation at Walter Reed Medical Center with the procedure lasting under an hour. State Department press chief Lincoln White said tissues were removed for microscopic examination to check for cancer, with a positive immediate postoperative condition and no word yet on the examination results.
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Lincoln White
Dulles
White
Army
Walter Reed Medical Center
Leonard D. Heaton
Heaton
Walter Reed
White House
Eisenhower
Marshall Satisfactory at Fort Bragg Hospital
Gen George C Marshall remains in satisfactory condition at Womack General Hospital Fort Bragg after suffering a stroke on January 15 according to a medical report released today by military doctors.
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