Ebbets Field Demolished as Dodgers Legacy Ends
New York AP reports Ebbets Field is being torn down by a crane to make way for a housing project. The farewell scene includes 200 spectators, a brass band, and memories of Babe Herman, the “Trolley Dodgers” name origin, Otto Miller recalling the 1913 opener, and Roy Campanella’s career ending car wreck.
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Babe Herman
Ebbets Field
Trolley Dodgers
Otto Miller
New Ball Park
Philadelphia
Exec Quits Attack on Ike Defense Policy
Thomas G. Lamphier Jr. resigns as Convair Division vice president prompting criticism of President Eisenhower’s defense policy. He says Ike is not as informed on modern weapons as he believes amid Atlas missile and other program work. Convair President Naish accepts the resignation with regret. Lamphier previously served in government roles and is a World War II flying ace.
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New York
Thomas G. Lamphier Jr
Eisenhower
Lamphier
Canaveral
Lanphier
Convair
General Dynamics Corp
America
Dave Garroway
J. W. Naish
Naish
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Air Force
Campaign Songs Bloom Across Campaigns Amid Primary Buzz
In Washington and Wisconsin campaign songs surge as candidates jostle for momentum. Kennedy and Humphrey lead with multiple tunes. Symington also has songs. Republicans receive several pitches including a football-chant record.
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Washington
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Kennedy
Humphrey
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Lyndon Johnson
Sammy Cahn
Jimmy van Heusen
Jack
Phillip Nash
Hubert Humphrey
Joe Glazer
United Rubber Workers
Texas
Minnesota
Another Communist Chief Ousted in Turkestan
Pravda reports Sukyan Bubayev removed as first secretary of the Turkmenistan party for lagging in modernization. D D Karaev succeeds him. It is the third official purge in a Soviet republic in recent months.
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Moscow
Pravda
Sukyan Bubayev
Turkmenistan
Caspian Sea
Afghanistan
D.D. Karaev
Bubayev
Negro and White Youths Battle at Chattanooga Variety Store
In Chattanooga Tennessee a peaceful protest over segregated lunch counter seating erupted into a hand to hand clash. Police chief Ed Brown mobilized a 250 man force plus 40 auxiliaries as mobs of Negro and white youths surged into a city intersection. Eleven whites and one Black youth were arrested after about 30 minutes of fighting.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ed Brown
Charlotte
Belk
Johnson C. Smith University
South Carolina
Rock Hill
James Thompson
Jerry Pressley
Tommy Hinton
Widow Held In Slaying Of Husband
Nelle Lassiter, 38, charged with first degree murder and conspiracy in the bludgeon shooting of her husband Parvin Lassiter after returning from a business flight. Gordon Watson, named in the warrant, arrested in Los Angeles and to extradite. State says motive money, with Lassiter assets and home at stake.
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Nelle Lassiter
Parvin
Bill) Lassiter
Gordon Watson
Royal Oak
Dearborn
John L. Makersky
Watson
Los Angeles
Michigan
Lassiter
Joseph Rashid
Roy C. Hicks
Richard W. Jones
Hicks
Jones
Charles W. Nash
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willow Run
Howard Whaley
Whaley
Eisenhower Parade In Rio Draws Record Crowds
President Eisenhower rode through Rio de Janeiro amid vast crowds on Avenida Rio Branco and the bayside drive near Sugar Loaf. He urged diverting arms spending to fight disease and poverty while greeting Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek and cheering locals. Fidel Castro mentioned by students sparked mixed reactions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Eisenhower
Avenida Rio Branco
Rio
Bayside Drive
Sugar Loaf
U. S
Juscelino Kubitschek
Fidel
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Naval Ministry
Navy Ministry
United States
Marine Rescued From Cliff After 600-Foot Plunge
In Hawaii, Pfc Roy W Kocurek 18 of La Grange Texas spent two days in a cleft 600 feet down a Waianae Mountain cliff with no food or water. An Army rope rescue lowered him to the valley floor and a helicopter flew him to Tripler Army Hospital. Pfc Burr C Osbonlighter 20 of Albany New York aided in the escape before getting help.
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Honolulu
Waianae Moun
Oahu
Pfc
Roy W. Kocurek
la Grange
Texas
Tripler Army Hospital
Burr C. Osbonlighter
Albany
N.Y
Osbonlighter
Chessman Writes Of Missing Body Exoneration Hope
Cary Chessman sent a 1500 word letter to Governor Edmund Brown claiming a missing body would prove his innocence. He said other evidence exists like a jigsaw puzzle but did not identify the body or location of any search. Brown released the letter after confirming it would be public. Chessman, 38, was condemned in 1948 for kidnapping with bodily harm and other crimes. Eight execution dates have been set. a 60 day reprieve was granted as Brown sought abolition of capital punishment. The State Department warned demonstrations could occur during President Eisenhower's Latin American trip. Attorney George T. Davis planned to file papers with the secretary of state.
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Sacramento
Calif
Cary Chessman
Edmund Brown
Brown
Chessman
Los Angeles
California
State Department
Eisenhower
George T. Davis
San Francisco
Secretary of State
Durfee
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Robert Vernon Spears
Dallas, Tex
Phoenix
Ariz
Navy
Gulf
Guaranty Bank Merges with Wachovia in Southeast
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. stockholders approve a merger with Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Wachovia’s board already approved the deal. The combined bank will absorb Guaranty and its branches in 12 eastern North Carolina communities making Wachovia the largest in the Southeast.
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Greenville
N. C
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Wachovia
Winston - Salem
Guaranty Bank
North Carolina
Southeast
Dixie Senate to open filibuster fight on civil rights pact
In Washington Dixie forces vow to use filibuster tactics against new civil rights legislation. Senator Russell set Thursday for the start and warned against unanimous consent to hinder debate. Johnson and Dirksen had signaled possible round the clock sessions to push for votes next week. Concurrently in the Carolinas, 25 demonstrators, including whites, were arrested during sit ins at lunch counters in Winston Salem Belk's and Rock Hill, Manning and Charlotte sites.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Winston- Salem
F. W. Woolworth Co
Washington
Dixie
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Jacob K. Javits
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Cause of North Carolina crash pinned to dynamite bomb
Government investigators say a dynamite bomb caused the January North Carolina air disaster that killed 34, set off by a dry cell battery near Julian Frank. The CAB and FBI continue probing possible conspiracy links as other wreckage and a separate National Airlines crash are reviewed.
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Washington
North Carolina
Julian Frank
Westport, Conn
CAB
FBI
Frank
Kure Beach
N. C
Bolivia
Durfee
Charge of totalitarian training in US churches sparks debate
Oklahoma City AP James Wine of the National Council of Churches alleges a subversive influence in Air Force manuals suggesting Communist infiltration of churches and indoctrination in military training. He says some materials imply un American totalitarian indoctrination by government bodies. He stops short of naming a source.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
National Council of Churches General Board
James Wine
Council
Air Force
General Board
Wine
U.S. Air Force
United States
Air Force Reserve
Communist Party
Communist Front
National Council
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Viilu Velivigid Uuliitu
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Winston-Salem Teachers College
Wake Forest College
James R. Durfee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
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