Routine Training Flight Kills Pilot in NC Jet Crash
First Lt. Woodrow L. Haynes 36 of Kannapolis died when his T33 National Guard trainer exploded after a routine solo flight near Lexington North Carolina. Col William J. Payne said the crash occurred on a farm scene as a crowd of 5000 gathered. Survived by widow and infant son. Haynes a World War I veteran.
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Kannapolis
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Ker
Charlotte
N.C
Here
T33
William J. Payne
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North Carolina
Churchland
Payne
Haynes
Emn County
Long
Ernest Snider
Unofficial Mission Proposed to Discuss American Airmen
Burmese Premier U Nu said Communist China’s Chou En Lai would consider an unofficial U.S. mission to discuss imprisoned American airmen and Sino Western tensions. Dulles was briefed during his Rangoon visit as Hammarskjold pursued prisoner release through UN channels.
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Burma
U Nu
Chou En-Lai
U.S
United States
Peiping
Chou
Dulles
Bangkok
Laos
Sak Gon
Anila
U.N. General Assembly
Dag Hammareskpld
Hammarakjod
Fiatmas
Reds
Mena
China
State Department
Hammarskjold
Piedmont Cities React to Alcoa Water Plan Critique
Officials in seven Piedmont towns react with surprise but resolve to press on after Alcoa rejects using High Rock Lake as an emergency water source. Badin plant leaders warn loss of water supply could shut operations, harm jobs, and ripple through North Carolina industry.
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Piedmont
North Carolina
Carolina Aluminum Co
High Rock Lake
J. B. Holmes
Badin
Alcoa
Bedin
High Rock
Holmes
Badin Chews
A. L L. Magee
Hgees Aluminum Co
Lve
Hiwa
George Hundley
Hundley
Pittsburgh
Carolina Aluminum
Eisenhower addresses Inter-American Investment Conference
President Eisenhower speaks via filmed message to the Inter-American Investment Conference in New Orleans. He stresses concrete cooperation to strengthen hemispheric ties and rejects disinterest in inter-American economic development. He cites mutual faith and partnership as guiding principles for North American Latin American relations.
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Latin America
North America
New Orleans
Eisenhower
U.S
Crisis in water plan sparks fight over High Rock lake
Editorial argues Carolina Aluminum Company opposes Handley led plan to tap High Rock water for Piedmont cities. It criticizes the company's stance as self serving and urges state authority to regulate water as a public resource while noting ongoing talks with Alcoa and a statewide conservation bill.
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High Rock Lake
Yadkin
Tance
Carolina Aluminum
General Assembly
Hatoyama Wins Big in Japanese Election Victory
Prime Minister elect Hatoyama and his Democratic Party secured a sweeping victory signaling a strong new coalition. Analysts expect a shift toward closer East West alignment as Japan navigates Cold War tensions.
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Hatoyama
Democrats
Diet
Taketora Ogata
Eiberela
Notes On The News Cartoons And Postwar Japanese Politics
A reminiscence on a new Notes On The News cartoon panel and its creator shifts to postwar Japanese politics. The Liberal party suffers corruption charges and losses as Socialists gain seats in the Diet, with Communists and independents also represented. Hatoyama remains a central figure as parties rally around him.
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Brooklyn
Maurice
Shigeru Yoshida
Tar Heel Seamen Charged With Gunrunning in Indonesia
Two American sailors Bill Allison of North Carolina and Richard Nelson of Chicago were detained in Singapore after alleged gunrunning in Sumatra. They were arrested for tattoo symbols tied to Darul Islam, held four months in Java, charges later dropped, and released aboard the President Tyler awaiting a voyage home.
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Singpore
Singapore
Indonesia
Bill Allison
Carolina
Richard
Nelson
Chicago
Ottawa
Sungei Pakring
Sumatra
Allison
Darul Islam
Tandjungpriok
Java
Tyler
Humphrey Warns of Inflation and Tax Cut Risks
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey warned the House approved $20 per person tax cut could spark inflation harming small taxpayers. He urged delaying or reconsidering the plan as it would cut revenue by about $2.2 billion annually and affect millions of taxpayers while arguing for balanced-budget aims.
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Treasury
Humphrey
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Sages
Boo Hon
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
Allied and Red Charges To Be Probed At Armistice Talks
Allied and Communist charges of Korean armistice violations will be investigated by truce supervisors. The United Nations Command said inspection teams are en route to North Korea, with Maj. Gen. Leslie D. Carter confirming Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission involvement and that the timing may limit the impact of Allied MIG incursions.
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United Nations Command
U.N. Command
North Korea
Leslie D. Carter
Military Armistice Commission
Sumy Commission
Australian flood claims 45 lives threaten three towns
Australia suffers its worst flood in years with at least 45 dead and 6,000 trapped near Nyngan Warren and Walgett northwest of Sydney. Floodwaters up to six feet scour streets after 11 inch rainfall across 5,000 square miles. 50,000 displaced in five days as towns race to build levees and seek aid.
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Sydney
Australia
Nyngan
Warren
Walgett
Tery
Wae
U S Pair Returns From Peiping After Detente Praise
Malcolm Bersohn of New York and Adele Rickett formerly of Seattle arrived by train from Peiping praising their U S China detente experience. Bersohn, Harvard graduate and ex medical student, said they were treated well and that the Chinese people love peace. Mrs Rickett said her husband Walter Rickett remains in a Pei prison. Washington officials provided brief remarks as the pair spoke.
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Hong Kong
Malcolm Rbersohn
New York City
Adele Austin Rickett
Seattle
Wash
Peiping
United States
Walter A. Rickett
China
Bersohn
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Peiping Union Medical College
Dulles Ends Laos Stop on Southeast Asia Tour
Secretary of State Dulles continues a rapid Southeast Asia swing stopping in Laos to meet Prince Savang Vatthana and Lao officials. Talks covered Manila Pact defense aims and securing Laos from Red influence while seeking entry to SEA security arrangements in the next two to three years.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Dulles
Southeas
Asia
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
Vientiane
Tod Ce
Tiao Savang Vatthana
Pacific
China
France
Red
Pathet Laos
Phong Sly Sal
Olson Testifies He Feared For Life At Court Martial
William H. Olson an Army career man accused of collaborating with Chinese in Korea testified he feared for his life while praising Chinese treatment of prisoners of war A Chinese officer named Lt Pan allegedly warned his health would suffer if he spoke further The rebuttal witness from Youngsville Pa awaited in the third week of the general court martial with seven counts of collaboration listed MORF ON PAGE TWO
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FT. Bragg
N.C
William H. Olson
Korea
Olson
Youngsville
Pan
Okkon
Ax-Wielding Negro Kills S.C. Woman in Orangeburg
Police pursue a suspect after an axe attack killed a 65 year old woman in her Orangeburg home. The victim, Mrs W P Stroman, was found by her sick husband who survived the assault, with his injuries and the home ransacked. The motive is believed to be robbery as investigators widen their search.
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Orangeburg
5.C
W. P. Stroman
Troman
Omeburg
Dovctors
Stroman
Hue Wasa
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