Queen Elizabeth II birth of royal heir reported
Buckingham Palace announced Queen Elizabeth II has given birth to a son at 3 30 p.m. The baby is the first child of a reigning British monarch in 103 years and both mother and baby are reported well.
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Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
John Peel
John Weir
Lord Evans
Queen Victoria
Beatrice
Peel
Palace
Sir John Weir
Vernon Hall
Prince Philip
Princess Anne
Home Secretary
Richard Butler
Sitdowns End at Shelby Bus Station Amid Racial Tensions
Police removed three African American lunch counter demonstrators in Shelby North Carolina as protests against segregated facilities spread. In other cities, students paused drives while Raleigh judge sentences a white man for striking a protestor and Nashville hosts a second sit down.
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Associated Press
Shelby
N.C
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
James §. Smith
Raleigh
Greensboro
North Carolina Defenders of States’ Rights Inc
Bretheren
William Bradley Faulk
Tom Ellis
Faulk
Charleston
S.C
Woolworth
Nashville
Tenn
Governor Grants 60 Day Stay for Daryl Chessman Clemeny Plea
California Governor Edmund G Brown halted Daryl Chessman’s scheduled execution with a 60 day stay citing a State Department telegram warning of possible anti American demonstrations abroad during President Eisenhower’s South American trip. Brown urged the Legislature to consider abolishing capital punishment while reaffirming the law if voters insist. Chessman, a condemned sex kidnapper, has drawn global attention for nearly two decades as clemency petitions and legal delays stretch into years.
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Daryl Chessman
Brown
Government favors modest rise in minimum wage
The administration signals support for a small raise in the current one dollar hourly minimum wage. A report to Congress suggests the increase could reach 1.10 to 1.15 dollars and extend coverage to roughly three million workers previously exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Congress
Gas Chamber Is Avoided For 112 Years Through 'Unparalleled Legal Magic'
Chessman faced a 10 a.m. execution today marking his eighth death date as he spent 11 years on San Quentin’s death row. He claims innocence of 17 convictions including kidnapping for robbery with bodily harm, and has long fought through multiple appeals, writing, and controversy over the death penalty.
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Chessman
State Department
Cecil Poole
San Quentin
Ward
Calif
Caryl Chessman
Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles
Lovers Lanes
California
Castro Slams U S Planes After Cuban Sugar Mill Attack
Havana reports Fidel Castro says Florida aircraft bombed Cuban soil and two Americans were killed in an air raid on the Espana Sugar Mill. He cites documents from wreckage including a U S passport identifying the pilot as Robert Ellis Frost and says the other flier is Robert Kelly of the Civil Air Patrol.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Espana
Florida
U.S
Robert Ellis Frost
Robert Kelly
Civil Air Patrol
Miami
Robert Frost
Portland
Ore
Cuba
CAP
Houston
Tex
Roberts Kellys
Chessman Granted 60 Day Stay of Execution
In San Quentin news Daryl Chessman received an eighth stay hours before his scheduled gas chamber date. Gov. Edmund Brown granted a 60 day reprieve after prior rulings by the California Supreme Court and the governor. Protesters assembled, but quickly dispersed as the reprieve was announced.
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Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
California
Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
California Supreme Court
Brown
W. D. Achoff
George T. Davis
Davis
Associated Press
Daryl
George
Gov. Brown
Fred Dickson
San Francisco
Marin County
Guard Alert Coincides With Demonstration
In Shelby North Carolina Negro high school students demonstrated against segregated lunch counters as the National Guard began a statewide mobilization test. Armed troops moved into public buildings and the bus station. Confused residents questioned Guard actions and a caller warned of rifle men in a truck.
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Shelby
N. C
National Guard
Textile Workers Oppose Size of Wage Increase
TWU of America condemns the latest textile wage raise as piddling in size while praising the move. Carolinas headquarters, via William Pollock, cites aggressive leafleting across 500 unorganized Southern mills and argues higher pay is needed to retain skilled workers.
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Charlotte
Textile Workers Union of America
Pollock
South
Prisoner Uses Other Inmate Name To Escape
Edward Krom, 48, paid the fine of a fellow prisoner in Suffolk County jail and walked out free. Police seek him after he identified himself as Philip Collins, answered questions, and was released by paying a $10 fine. Krom faced attempted larceny by check. Collins was jailed for failure to pay the fine.
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Boston
Edward Krom
Suffolk County
Krom
Philip Collins
Collins
Venters Fined 2000 For Tax Return Delinquency
State Rep Carl V Venters of Jacksonville was fined 2000 in U S District Court for failing to file federal income tax returns from 1951 to 1956. He pleaded guilty and sought a change to nolo contendre but the motion was overruled. He faced about 18700 in taxes interest and penalties.
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Greensboro
Carl V. Venters
Jacksonville
U.S
Middle District Court
Venters
Internal Revenue
Nolo Contendre
Edwin M. Stanley
Moody May Run For Atty Gen Moody weighs run for attorney general
Raleigh AP report says Assistant Attorney General Ralph Moody indicated he probably will seek the attorney general's post but no announcement was ready. Governor Hodges is away and Malcolm Seawell will seek the Democratic nomination for governor and plans to resign upon Hodges’ return from Florida February 28.
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Raleigh
Ralph Moody
Malcolm Seawell
Hodges
Florida
Wild Weather Hits North Carolina With Snow and Tornado
Severe conditions lash western North Carolina with heavy snows, tornado activity, and downed power lines. U S 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains closed after 17 inches of snow as schools statewide brace for closures and travel remains treacherous.
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Mother Nature
North Carolina
National Park Service
U.S. 441
Great Smoky Mountains
Blowing Rock
Boone
Mt. Pisgah
Clingman’s Peak
Charlotte - Concord
Wallace - Teacheys- Buies Creek
Denton
Wallace
Wacsaw
Burgaw
Charlotte
Concord
Buies Creek
Horace Johnson
Carolinas Likely Target In Event Of Enemy Attack
Carolinas host growing military and communications installations raising target risk. The Voice of America transmitter planned east of Greenville the latest strategic asset. Maj. Gen. Edward F Griffin says silencing VOA would be valuable to an enemy. Primary targets include Charleston Columbia Greenville and Savannah River plant in SC and Greensboro High Point area in NC. Washington weighs re evaluating targets possibly altering designations. Carolina bases include Donaldson Shaw Myrtle Beach Charleston Ft Jackson Parris Island Ft Bragg Camp Lejeune Cherry Point Seymour Johnson. Station at Ft Bragg houses Strategic Army Corps led by Gen Robert Sink.
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Carolinas
Greenville
N.C
Voice of America
Edward F. Griffin
North Carolina
Civil Defense
South Carolina
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Columbia
Savannah River
Greensboro- High Point
Griffin
Washington
North
Donaldson
Shaw
Lexington
Ft. Bragg
Seymour Johnson
Strategic Air Command
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