Widespread North Carolina Freeze Kills Eleven As States Rattle
A deep freeze hits North Carolina with at least eleven deaths and widespread school closings across roughly half the state. Temperatures may rise slightly today though lingering ice and closed roads persist. Authorities report traffic, exposure, and fire deaths, with cities from Charlotte to Craven County affected.
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Hickory
Statesville
Newton
Mooresville
Grimesland
Havelock
Craven Coun
Fred Kempster
Billy Ray Chadwick
Earth Shakes Hit Wilmington Area In Brief Tremors
A series of ten second tremors struck Wilmington and surrounding New Hanover and Brunswick counties at 9 40 a m 9 25 a m and 9 25 a m over three days. The University of North Carolina seismograph recorded Monday s tremor but not the others due to service and weather conditions. No blasts or sonic booms were reported.
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New Hanover
Brunswick
University of North Carolina
White Sands Proving Grounds
New Mexico
Civil Rights Staff Director Named for Commission
President Eisenhower nominated Gordon M. Tiffany to be the Civil Rights Commission staff director. Tiffany, 46, a Concord attorney and former New Hampshire attorney general, would earn 22500 a year and must win Senate approval. The six member panel awaits confirmation and its staff remains unfunded and unstaffed.
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Civil Rights Commission
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Gordon M. Tiffany
New Hampshire
Tiffany
Congress
Senate
Commission
Concord
N.H
Legislat
Sherman Adams
Adams
James C. Hagerty
Scales Acquittal Denied in Smith Act Trial
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan denied a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal for Junius Irving Scales a former Communist party leader in the Carolinas and Tennessee The trial follows a prior conviction and Scales appeal tied to the Yates decision about violent overthrow rhetoric The government presented ten witnesses including Charles B Childs UNC graduate student who testified the party trained violence techniques under Scales supervision.
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Supreme Court
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Taylor
Charles B. Childs
North Carolina
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University of North Carolina
Eisenhower seeks 3.94 billion foreign aid. warns against cuts
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 3.942 billion in foreign aid urging continued support as a deterrent to nuclear war and to counter Soviet and Red China pressure. He cited risks of defense hikes and higher taxes if aid is cut while stressing economic and military components of the package.
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Henderson Elementary School Destroyed By Fire
Henderson NC fire destroyed Central Elementary, no students or teachers harmed as 9:30 a.m. blaze spread from a second story flue. With the roof collapsing and high winds fanning the flames, sessions were canceled and the district will arrange alternative facilities. loss covered by insurance though damage value not yet estimated.
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Henderson
N.C
Central
W. D. Payne
Payne
TV Channel 10 Case Witness Reports Meetings With FCC Chief
Frank Katzentine a Miami TV Channel 10 loser testifies before a House panel about two Washington meetings with FCC Commissioner Richard A Mack prior to the FCC grant to Public Service Television Inc a National Airlines subsidiary. He says he never urged Mack to vote for him and recalls Mack saying you have one of the best lawyers on the commission.
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TV Channel 10
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WKAT
Miami Beach
Public Service Television, Inc
National Airlines
Commission
House Commerce Subcommittee
Schwartz
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
Ice Jam Threatens Bridges In Marshall North Carolina
In Marshall, French Broad River ice pack two miles long and 10 to 15 feet thick backed through storm sewers, flooding the business district of 1,000. Water rose three feet in streets three times. dynamite failed to budge the jam. bridges near failure risk, one slated for spring replacement. Sheriff Ponder called it a crisis.
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U.S
Ocracoke
Hatteras
N. C
Madison County
E. Y. Ponder
State Highway Department
Cooley Says Leaf Plan Is Dead
Washington Rep. Har old Cooley and House Agriculture leaders announce President Eisenhower's tobacco price support proposal is dead for this season. A tobacco subcommittee rejected the plan to cut supports from 90 to 60 90 percent parity, urging the current program be kept intact as farmers reduced allotments and stocks declined.
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Harold Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Cooley
Abbitt
D-Va
Watts
D-Ky
Dee Ee Jennings
Lifeboat capsizes off North Carolina in Atlantic rescue attempt
Twenty-seven Bonitas crewmen abandoned the sinking Italian freighter as a rescue ship crewed by the President Adams, Navy destroyers, and the Cavalaire combed 120 miles east of Cape Lookout. Three were saved and 24 swept away by 20 foot seas amid blizzard conditions. The Bonitas, bound for Baltimore, is 5636 gross tons and 447 feet long. skipper Lenazia Marini and crewmen Alfredo Contessi and Giovanni Barbaro were identified among the rescued.
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Cape Lookout
N.C
Adams
Bonitas
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Alfredo Contessi
Giovanni Barbaro
Elizabeth City
Baltimore
Sea Disaster Locates Loss Point East of Cape Lookout
A sea disaster search locates an approximate area about 120 miles east of Cape Lookout N C where 24 crewmen are believed lost after abandoning their sinking ship Three crewmen were rescued AP wirephoto
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France Opens Talks on Concessions in Tunisia Crisis
Washington reports that France is prepared to abandon five Tunisian air bases and convert Bizerte into an Atlantic Pact installation to ease tensions. Diplomats from the United States and Britain advance behind the scenes efforts as the UN Security Council refers the dispute to conciliators who propose steps toward peace. France may reduce its 15,000 troops in Tunisia while keeping Bizerte under Pact control with participation from other Pact nations. Tunisian President Bourguiba demands France withdraw all troops and abandon Bizerte after French air operations on a village labeled by Paris as Algerian rebel activity.
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China and North Korea pledge troop withdrawal claim
The Pyongyang communique says China will pull all troops from North Korea by year end and return volunteers across the Yalu by April 30, aiming to pressure U.N. forces. Seoul and Washington doubt the plan, while Kim Il Sung and Zhou En-lai warn the United States and U.N. Command to withdraw or face consequences.
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