France Explodes Plutonium Bomb in Sahara
Paris reports France has tested a plutonium bomb in the Sahara, declaring it the world's fourth atomic power. President Charles de Gaulle announced the first nuclear blast in a Defense Ministry communique.
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Nagasaki
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Nikita Khrushchev
London
Washington
Rev Jim Hinson shifts to youth director role at Green Street
The Rev. Jim Hinson moves from Union Cross Baptist Mission to Green Street Baptist Church as youth director after eight months of consideration. Since Jan 1 he has led youth recreation and fellowship, guiding 13 to 24 year olds in 335 members, with 70 youths at the first fellowship. He credits school activities for shaping his work and urges participation by parents and friends to support youth growth. He and his wife Margaret Collins and their son Jimmy Jr. are noted. more on page nine.
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Green Street Baptist Church
Union Cross
Green Street Baptist
Union Cross Mission
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Wake Forest College
Rho Tau Sigma
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Margaret Collins
Jimmy Jr
Submarine Mystery Deepens In Golfo Nuevo Standoff
In Buenos Aires the Golfo Nuevo battle nears two weeks as Argentina presses depth charges against a claimed intruder. Officials back legal grounds for action under the 1958 Geneva treaty as citizens doubt the submarine’s existence and await further moves by the navy.
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Argentina
Golfo Nuevo
South Atlantic
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Arturo Frondizi
la Republica
United States
No Deaths After Blast Sets Kansas Hotel Fire
An explosion in a Kansas City business building sparked a fire that destroyed the six story New Victoria hotel and threatened the nearby Pickwick and Frederic hotels. About 65 to 70 guests were registered. two guests were treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters evacuated guests using ladders and exits. no fatalities reported.
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Pickwick
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Tony Reynoldo
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Heart operation feature at Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill
The Sunday Enterprise previews a hospital heart operation described in a suspenseful article for Heart Month February. Also highlighted is the Answer Shop on English Street in High Point and Braxton Younts Roaming the Piedmont column returning after a hiatus, with fox hunts at Wallburg featured.
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Your Enterprise
Heart
High Point
Answer Shop
English Street
Sunday Enterprise
Braxton Younts
Piedmont
Enterprise
Wallburg
Soviet Cuba sugar pact seals five year deal and credit
Havana reports Anastas Mikoyan and Fidel Castro signed an accord in which the Soviet Union will buy five million tons of Cuban sugar over five years and extend a 100 million dollar credit repayable in 12 years. The agreement calls for one million tons of sugar per year, a step up from the previous annual purchases of 300 thousand to 600 thousand tons.
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Anastas I. Mikoyan
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Castros
NBC demands Paar honor contract after walkout
NBC insists Jack Paar must fulfill his contract to appear on The Jack Paar Show through 1962 after he quit the program. Paar says he is through with the show but not with television, while NBC weighs possible legal action and potential successor plans amid ongoing dispute.
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National Broadcasting Co
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Paar
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Chicago
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Downs
NBC
W.C
Britain
North Carolina Braces for Snow Across Western Regions
The Associated Press reports heavy snowfall across western and central North Carolina with up to six inches on mountains and four more inches forecast. Roads in Asheville area require chains. Raleigh and other cities see snow and sleet with colder conditions expected through Sunday.
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Singer Helen OConnell awarded temporary alimony and support
In Santa Monica a judge granted Helen OConnell temporary alimony and child support totaling 900 monthly while she awaits the divorce trial from novelist Thomas Chamales. She said Chamales has not appeared since December 31 and she has pawned jewelry and dismissed household help to meet living costs.
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Helen O'Connell
Thomas Chamales
Chamales
Lunch Counter Protest Arrests Reach Court Methods
Forty one young African Americans were arrested in Raleigh on trespassing charges as protests over segregated lunch counters potentially move toward legal battles. Lawyers vow to pursue the cases to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed, arguing trespass laws unconstitutional.
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George R. Greene
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Charles Jones
Dent
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