Khrushchev Debates Baseball Cap With AP Reporter
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev jokes about an American baseball cap during a Southeast Asia tour stop in Indonesia. Roy Essoyan recalls the bantering exchange near Borobudur Temple, noting Khrushchev's playful mood and easy humor despite a sharp anti American speech earlier in the trip.
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Roy Essoyan
Associated Press
Southeast Asia
Khrushchev
Central Java
Essoyan
Moscow
Indonesia
Nikita Khrushchev
Jakarta
Borobudur
Central
Java
Living Costs Dip Slightly in January
Washington reports a 0.1 percent drop in the living cost index to 125.4, the lowest since September and 13 percent above a year earlier. The shift affects wages under union contracts with adjustments tied to the index and influences about 74 thousand workers in aerospace and farm machinery, trucking workers see raises, auto and related industries unchanged. Spendable earnings for a worker heading a family of four averaged 82.33 dollars weekly in January, up 3.50 from a year ago.
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Washington
Labor Department
Red China Launches Heavy Propaganda On Latin Tour
In Washington, officials report Peiping unleashes harsh anti US broadcasts aimed at undermining Eisenhower. The campaign portrays the president’s Latin America trip as deceitful and intrudes on Western Hemisphere unity, seeking UN support for Peiping ties and regional rifts.
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Red China
Washington
Eisenhower
Peiping
United Nations
Heiping
U. N
United States
Trailer Hits Bus Killing One in Kentucky Crash
A semi jackknifed on a snow slick curve and collided head on with a Greyhound bus carrying 22 passengers near Richmond Kentucky. Bus driver Leland S. Cummins 50 of Lexington died. One passenger Robert Caylor 44 of Detroit was seriously injured with a broken leg. The bus was en route from Lexington to Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Richmond
Greyhound
Leland S. Cummins
Lexington
Robert Caylor
Detroit
Ronald Consolver
Air Force
Ft. Gordon
Andrew Barnes
Cincinnati
Barnes
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lake May Announce Next Week
Former Asst. Atty. Gen. I Beverly Lake says he expects to announce by Monday or Tuesday whether he will run for Governor. State Sen. Robert Morgan has helped raise campaign funds and Lake plans to confer with him soon.
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Raleigh
Beverly Lake
Lake
Robert Morgan
Dunn
Morgan
Malcolm Seawell
State Board of Elections
Seawell
Fayetteville
Chapel Hill
Henderson
John D. Larkins Jr
Debate Over Civil Rights Debate Limits Rages in Senate
Senate debate on civil rights legislation stretches into long sessions as Southern foes resist limits while civil rights supporters pressure for curbs. Lawmakers discuss timing of a motion to cap debate amid threats to stall committee work and override other business.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
South
Chattanooga Police Bolster Force Amid Antiracial Protests
Chattanooga’s 200-man police force was reinforced with Civil Defense officers and firemen to quell mass racial demonstrations. Fire hoses and police clubs cooled tempers as thousands of Negroes and whites stormed the downtown area for a second straight day.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Chattanooga
Snow and Sleet Paralyze Southwest and Texas
Wintry snow and sleet crippled Southwest regions, spreading into the Ohio and Lower Mississippi Valleys. Texas faced widespread outages as power and gas lines failed, schools closed, and up to seven inches fell in the South Plains. Weather warned of heavy snow from Arkansas to Kentucky and southeast Ohio.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texarkana
The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Lubbock
Midwest
Colorado
Plains
Brazilians Enthusiastic Over Visit
President Eisenhower visited Sao Paulo in a heavy rain and was greeted by a crowd above half a million. He praised free enterprise and pledged continued U S support for Brazil's development. He cited opportunity without discrimination as key to democracy and highlighted U S credits totaling over 20 billion dollars. A luncheon for about a thousand was hosted by major trade groups.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Eisenhower
U. S
United States
Commercial Assn
Industrial Assn
Rural Society
U.S
Plane collision near Guanabara Bay kills Navy musicians
A DC4 carrying Navy musicians collided with a Brazilian C47 DC3 over Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. Initial reports suggest 40 or more died, with some survivors from the Brazilian plane. The incident occurred as President Eisenhower was abroad, and rescue boats and helicopters rushed to the scene.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Guanabara Bay
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Bay Area
Eisenhower
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Washington
White House
Navy
Real Line
Rio Yacht Club
U.S. Marine
Rio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
David Richardson
U.S. News and World Report
Urca
Deane warns of final battle over minds at Wake Forest
Former congressman C. B. Deane told Wake Forest College listeners that the world is in a final battle for minds and souls and urged a spiritual revolution in America. He linked honesty in taxes to national salvation and noted the tax filing deadline for many citizens.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Wake Forest College
United States
Deane
Baptist State Convention
All Day Siege Ends as Killer Dies in Shootout
In Chalkhill near Uniontown, Daniel Raymond killed four and wounded five before he was fatally shot by state police after a nine hour barrage from his burning home. Victims included Mary Sissler and Edna Maes of OhioPyle and William Burd of Farmington. Police used a tank and bombs to subdue him.
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Raymond
Mary Frances Sissler
Edna Maes
Ohiopule
William Burd
Highways Department
Farmington
May Maust
Harry Cromwell
Chiopyle
Lawrece Swenglish
Haddonville
Carlos Maust
Seven Victims In Chalkhill Shooting Rampage
Eddie Maust age 18 months and his sister Mary age 3 lie in Uniontown Hospital after pellet wounds from Daniel Raymond’s rampage near Chalkhill. Raymond killed four, wounded three before state police shot him dead. Their mother Mrs May Haust of Farmington died. the father was wounded but drove them away. The children remain in good condition despite pellet injuries.
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Eddie Maust
Mary
Uniontown
Chalkhill
Daniel Raymond
May Haust
Farmington
Raymond
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