Navy blimp crash in North Carolina kills four
A northbound Navy blimp crashed in a swamp near Pinetown North Carolina killing four crew members and injuring three others. Farmers John Furney Paul Johnston and James Swanner helped pull survivors from the wreckage and transport them to hospital.
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Washington
N.C
John Furney
Paul Johnston
James Swanner
Glynco Naval Air Station
Brunswick
Lakehurst
N.J
Naval Air Station
Glynco
Secret Sessions Favored in Raleigh Rules Debate
In Raleigh the 1959 session rules revision debate favored secret sessions. The rules committee studied revisions, rejected a two thirds vote for calling previous questions, and approved executive session permission by a majority of committee members over Rep. Tom Turner’s objections. Rep. John Kerr set Thursday for the next meeting to finalize proposals.
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John Kerr
Warren
Frank Snepp
Mecklenburg
Snepp
Tom Turner
Cyprus Agreement Hangs As Makarios Weighs Block
London reports indicate Archbishop Makarios may block a swift Cyprus independence plan. Greek PM Karamanlis flew from Athens to London with Averoff and Lloyd to urge progress while Makarios objects to sovereignty retention of bases and a permanent Enosis ban. Turkish leaders Kutchuk and Menderes back the accord, aiming to wind up the conference.
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London
Cyprus
Makarios
Constantine Karamanlis
Athens
Evanghelos Averoff
Averoff
Selwyn Lloyd
Fatin Rustu Zorlu
Zurich
Karamanlis
Adnan Menderes
Fazil Kutchuk
Lieved
Menderes
Britain
Republic of
Greece
Castro Cuts Pay In Half Moves Cuba Toward Social Revolution
Castro takes premier role to push the social revolution while pledging honest government and a development program. Casinos may reopen later under government control as Batista exiles depart. Cuba aims for higher living standards than the United States and the Soviet Union within years.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Tery
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Castro
United States
Soviet Union
Ike Seeks Dulles Continuation as Secretary of State
President Eisenhower reportedly wants John Foster Dulles to remain secretary of state as long as he can and wishes to continue. Dulles is battling cancer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Rep. Charles Halleck indicated a firm decision would come in weeks, not months, if Dulles is able and desires to stay on.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
the Predient
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Halleck
White House
James C. Hagerty
United States
Paris
Vanguard Three-Stage Vanguard Orbit Flight Aims for Weather Satellite
Vanguard rockets launch from Cape Canaveral with all three stages firing. NASA reports smooth performance and signals from Ft Monmouth confirm reception of data from the 21% pound weather satellite. If successful, it would mark a sixth U S satellite in orbit and could aid meteorology with cloud cover data.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Vanguard
Earth
Cleanliness Noted in New China Labor Drive
An Indian observer reports in depth on Communist China where women and men share work equally as lights burn through continuous three shift labor. Peiping sees vast new opera houses and cultural centers rising for the revolution anniversary with a nationwide push of round‑the‑clock effort.
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Red
China
Peiping Opera House
Peiping
Communist
Asia
Europe
Americas
Democrats Plan to Aid Balance Budget Efforts
Senate Democrats led by Lyndon B. Johnson plan to prune regular money bills and press for early hearings on Eisenhower’s requests. They aim to limit outlays, shift IMF funding to the next year, and oppose adding new costs to the current deficit while preserving some defense and housing spending.
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Congressional
Presia Eisenhower
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
North Carolina Constitution Change Proposals Spark Debate
A 15 member Constitutional Study Commission released a report urging sweeping reforms including a uniform system of inferior courts and a revised state constitution. Proposals include increasing Senate membership to 60, new annual reapportionment, and creation of an intermediate appeals court. Debate centers on writing many reforms into the constitution versus allowing legislative enactment. Governor Hodges says he will weigh in in a few weeks.
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North Carolina
Commission
Constitutional Commission
House
Senate
Justices of the Peace
North Carolina Bar Assn
J. Spencer Bell
Mecklenburg
Victor S. Bryant Sr
Durham
Bell Committee
Bryant
General Assembly
Hodges
Constitutional Study Commission
Supreme Court
Supreme
Turkish Prime Minister Menderes in plane crash near Gatwick
London AP bulletin reports an aircraft carrying Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes crashing near Gatwick Airport. The flight to London for Cyprus talks was diverted from London due to poor visibility. initial reports gave no fate of Menderes and his party.
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British Press Assn
Adnan Menderes
England
Gatwick
Menderes
Cyprus
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Yancey
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Ike
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