Mack Noncommittal Talks With FCC Official
A House subcommittee probe into Miami Channel 10 contest pressures heard Florida Power & Light official Ben H. Fuqua testify that he met FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack at Sen. Kefauver's request to seek fair consideration for A Frank Katzentine's WKAT bid. Fuqua said Mack was noncommital and the inquiry aims to expose gaps in federal regulatory law.
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Washington
Ben H. Fuqua
Florida Power & Light Co
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Miami
Mack
A. Frank Katzentine
Fuqua
House
Miami TV
Public Service Television, Inc
National Airlines
WKAT
Katzentine
Coral Gables
Fla
McGregor Smith
Smith
Federal Communications Commission
Harris
TV Channel 10
Jerry Carter
Tallahassee
Carter
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
Invitation to Church Attendance Encouraged by Faith Leaders
The text urges believers to invite others to church as regular attendees benefit their lives. It emphasizes guiding friends neighbors or strangers to worship and meeting God through outreach rather than solitary practice.
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God
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Fire Destroys Building
A midnight blaze gutted Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church in Chapel Hill North Carolina damaging the main church and leaving only a shell. Firefighters aided by UNC students contained the fire after an estimated 250000 in damage. The annex largely survived and a fundraiser is planned for a new student center.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
University of North Carolina
University
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Carrboro
Vance Barron
Swain
Integration Suspension Requested at Central High School
The Little Rock School Board asked a federal court to suspend integration at Central High School. The request seeks a stay of the order admitting nine Black students last fall, citing clashes and opposition. Minniejean Brown was expelled for the rest of the semester amid ongoing tensions.
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Little Rock, Ark
Central High School
U.S. District Court
Central High
U.S. Supreme Court
Minniejean Brown
Temperatures Edge Upward In North Carolina
Rising temperatures after a cold spell bring ice dangers to rivers and bridges. Ice jams threaten Wright Memorial Bridge at Currituck Sound and the William B Umstead Bridge at Manteo while Marshall on the French Broad River reports street flooding. Low readings ranged from 11 at Mt. Mitchell to 24 at Wilmington with highs near 32 to 46 across several cities.
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Manteo
Currituck Sound
Wright Memorial Bridge
Highway Department
William B. Umstead
Croatan Sound
French Broad River
Marshall
Mt. Mitchell
Wilmington
Asheville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
Collective Leadership Stressed
New York Herald Tribune quotes So viet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov saying Khrushchev must consult colleagues and win consent. Washington dispatch notes Khrushchev is part of a collective leadership, not an absolute power. Marguerite Higgins filed the first in Washington with a Russian representative granting a free interview without interpreter.
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New York Herald Tribune Today
Mikhail A. Menshikov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Washington
Khrushchev
Marguerite Higgins
Higgins
Damage threats from ice chunks near Wright Memorial Bridge
Ice chunks threaten further damage to the Wright Memorial Bridge over Currituck Sound prompting emergency repairs. Officials note no reported damage to other eastern bridges with the Umstead Bridge deemed safe. bridge closure followed damage to 54 feet of spans and a four foot northern settlement.
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N.C
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Currituck Sound
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W. H. Rogers Jr
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Croatan Sound
Umstead
Roanoke Island
Dare County
Wright
Wright Memorial Bridge
Rogers
Alpheus Drinkwater
Umstead Bridge
Drinkwater
Wright Brothers
Roanoke
Albemarle
Currituck Sounds
Winter Weather Shifts Across New York and East
Gov. Averell Harriman declares a New York state of emergency as upstate blizzards and deep snows isolate rural families and block roads. A potential northeast flood threat looms with thaw and rain despite fair weather in the East.
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Georgia
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Kentucky
Tennessee
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Great Lakes
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Texas Panhandle
North Dakota
Eisenhower Warns Confidence Key To Economy
President Eisenhower, from his vacation headquarters, warned that shaking public confidence could turn the business slump into a deep, protracted decline. He replied by telegram to 11 Democratic governors who urged federal action, public works, welfare and education expansion, credit easing, and possibly a tax cut for low income families.
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Eisenhower
America
Indonesian Planes Drop Seven Bombs Report
Padang radio said two Indonesian air force planes dropped seven bombs on Parnau near Padang this morning near a mosque as villagers prayed. The broadcast noted Sukarno backed Premier Djuanda’s government to crush rebels and reported a bridge at Saledo was also struck.
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Padang
Parnau
Sumatra
Sukarno
Djuanda
Saledo
Mysterious Wilmington Tremors Disrupt Four Days
Wilmington residents faced four days of clock like earth tremors with glasses rattling and doors shaking at 9 25 to 10 a.m. as seismographs noted faint traces and officials offered no official explanation. A single report of a tremor in Winter Park area emerged while other calls yielded negative results.
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N. C
Winter Park
Here
University of North Carolina Seismograph
G. R. McCarthy
Georgetown University
U.S. Coast and Survey
Washi
Evangelist Chuck Templeton Leaves Pulpit for TV and Writing
After twenty years as an evangelist Templeton shifts to television interviewing for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. He will travel to Cairo and Rome and has a history as a sports cartoonist and a platform mate to Billy Graham. Templeton began his religious quest after a life as a cartoonist and youth for Christ worker.
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Chuck Templeton
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Rome
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Chuck
Charles Bradley Templeton
Canada
United States
Europe
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Billy
Youth For Christ Movement
Templeton
Toronto Globe
Princeton Theological Seminary
Angry moves in Tunisia strain US British mediation efforts
Tunisias government expelled five French consuls amid a flare of tensions after French troops detained the top local official and two Tunisian guards following a Remada land mine incident. France kept 15,000 troops in Tunisia as Robert Murphy headed to the region to lead good offices talks.
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Tunisia
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Demant
Remada
France
Robert Murphy
U.S
America
Washington
Algeria
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Sfax
Arabs vote to join countries and name Nasser president
Egyptians and Syrians voted to join in the United Arab Republic with Gamal Abdel Nasser named the first UAR president. Plebiscite results were expected tomorrow as Cairo and Damascus move to dissolve parliaments and cabinets. UN Security Council to meet after the vote over Sudan’s protest of possible Egyptian aggression.
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Shukri Kuwaily
Reds Offer To Return Personnel From North Korea Flight
Tokyo report says North Korea proposes to let any aboard the DC3 airliner who wishes to quit North Korea return home but only if Seoul negotiates directly with Pyongyang. The plane carried 34 people including two American pilots, a West German couple, and 30 Koreans.
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North) Korea
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