Arrests at lunch counters in Winston and Charlotte
In Charlotte and Winston-Salem police arrested 24 people as Negro student sit ins resumed at lunch counters. Twenty one were charged with trespassing in Winston-Salem including 11 Negro students, 9 white students, and Carl Matthews, leader of the protest group. The Charlotte arrests involved two Negroes and one white man after a white woman claimed a push near Belk's cafeteria.
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Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Belk’s
F. W. Woolworth Co
Winston-Salem Teachers College
Wake Forest College
Carl Matthews
J. T. Morris
Monroe
Charles Allen McNeil
McNeil
Johnson C. Smith University
Fire Department
Jones
Japanese Prince ss Born
Crown Princess Michiko gave birth to a healthy 5 pound 9 ounce son who becomes second in the line to the throne. The baby is the first child of Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko. Both mother and child were reported well. The delivery occurred after a 14 hour 25 minute labor at the Imperial Household Hospital.
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Tokyo
Michiko
Akihito
Hirohito
Nagako
Imperial Household Hospital
Browder Claims Stalin Dismissed Him From Communist Leader Role
Earl Browder says Joseph Stalin personally ousted him as head of the American Communist party in 1945. He cites Stalin’s hostility to peaceful coexistence with the United States and notes Khrushchev’s 1956 revelations aligning with Browder’s view. Browder links Stalin’s rule to the Duclos letter and argues the party’s fate hinged on Stalin’s personal decisions.
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New York
Earl Browder
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Stalin
Browder
Harper's Magazine
United States
Khrushchev
Duclos
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Potsdam
Politburo
Sanford in School Proposals in North Carolina
Greensboro AP gubernatorial candidate Terry Sanford unveiled a 10 year pro am to raise and steadily increase funding for public schools. He pledged to propose new taxes if state revenues cannot fund the plan and emphasized public education as a state responsibility rather than county or city burden.
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Greensboro
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Sanford
Drug industry shields profits in Senate hearing
Dr. Austin Smith of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn testified for 138 U S drug makers that medicines are a real bargain for the public and against monopoly claims. He cited a 3 percent price rise in 10 years and said competition among 1 300 U S firms drives innovation under free enterprise.
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Austin Smith
Washington
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Smith
United States
Cuba Ready to Open Talks With United States
Havana says it will appoint a commission to begin negotiations with the United States on relations and issues affecting Cuba. Cuba warns negotiations hinge on U.S. steps harming its economy, especially sugar quota protection, and seeks timely payment for seized American property while denouncing US pursuit of Batista era war criminals.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Washington
Raul Roa
U.S
Daniel Braddock
Cuba
Congress
Braddock
State Department
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Air Force Wrote Washing Manual for Officers Dog
The Air Force spent 5572.71 to produce a manual on how to wash and groom an officer's dog. It credited a master sergeant writer and three civilians with work across extended days and noted that the booklet includes rules on drinks, shoe shines and bed making. The manual has been withdrawn but defense says contents were out of context and might be useful to supervise domestic help in overseas households.
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Washington
Air Force
House Appropriations
Presidents Eisenhower Kubitschek pledge hemispheric growth
In Brasilia the two leaders promise joint effort to raise living standards and promote peace and democracy across the Americas. The Declaration of Brasilia affirms support for racial equality and freedom of thought as Eisenhower begins a 10 day South American tour.
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Edward T. Butler
Brasilia
Brazil
Americas
Hemisphere
Eisenhower
Juscelino Kubitschek
Bra
Rio DE Janeiro
Brasila
South America
34 Negroes Arrested in Virginia Sitdown Protests
In Richmond and nearby cities, 34 Black demonstrators were arrested for trespassing after refusing to leave white only lunch areas at Thalhimers. Most were released on $50 bonds as sitdowns spread from Virginia to North Carolina Maryland and Tennessee with few served.
Students Seek To Drama tize Injustice Of Negro Position
U nder a Charlotte report, Negro college students across several Southern states staged sit ins at lunch counters to dramatize racial injustice. The movement, led by Joseph Charles Jones, emphasized passive resistance and civic rights in schools amid nationwide civil rights activism.
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Reiman Morin
Associated Press
Joseph Charles Jones
Charlotte
President Eisenhower vetoes water pollution bill
President Eisenhower vetoed a 900 million dollar water pollution control bill citing local responsibility. He warned federal funds would tempt delays in abatement and noted the veto marks the new Congress session’s first veto. House leaders plan to seek an override despite doubtful prospects.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Congress
Wife Ready To Pay For Coors Return
The wife of missing millionaire Adolph Coors III spoke Monday night amid a week of silence saying they are ready to pay for his safe return. Coors, 44, disappeared after leaving for work February 9 and his car was found with blood stains nearby. his two younger brothers also work at Coors facilities.
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Golden
Colo
Adolph Coors III
Coors
Arthur Wermuth
Coors Brewery
Double funeral for Staples couple in Waterville Maine
In Waterville Maine Fred W Staples 68 a machinist and his wife Blanche 66 died within ten hours of each other Monday Staples heart ailment preceded his death at 10 15 am while shopping Blanche died at 8 15 pm after making funeral arrangements A double funeral is set for Wednesday at the local church.
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Waterville
Maine
Fred W Staples
Blanche
Staples
Jenny Ann Lindstrom Elopes to New Name at Nevada Ceremony
Jenny Ann Lindstrom 21 eloped with Fuller E. Callaway 28 in Elko Nevada. The pair, who met at Mills College in San Francisco, plan to travel east after the ceremony. Justice of the Peace Ted Lunsford officiated with a jailer and radio dispatcher as witnesses.
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San Francisco
Ingrid Bergman
San Francisco Bay
Mills College
Fuller E. Callaway
Jenny Ann Lindstrom
Callaway
Watkins Johnson Electronics Co
Palo Alto
Jenny Ann
University of Colorado
Mills
Squaw Valley
Elko
Salt Lake City
Jenny
Peter Aron Lindstrom
Justice of the
Ted Lunsford
Bay
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Amazon
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72Nd Bombardment Wing
Ike
Brisilla
Virginia
Richmond
Thalhimer
South
Raleigh
N.C
D.C
14Th St. N.W
al Harnett
International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
Hartnett
Hampton
Norfolk
Newport News
Chattanooga
Tenn
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
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N. C
South Carolina
Tennessee
Florida
Ian
Elko, Nev
Sam Shulsky
Mr. Shulsky
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