State Has Mostly Wet New Year's
The Associated Press reports a wet New Year across North Carolina with general rain expected to continue tonight and tomorrow. A special weather advisory warned of possible sleet and slippery roads as temperatures approach freezing, with a warming trend expected later and coastal areas reaching about 50 degrees. Roads were slick in Avery Ashe and Watauga counties and on Highway 321 from Lenoir to Blowing Rock.
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Ipee
Lenoir
Virginia A
Tennessee Line
Avery
Ashe
Watauga
Blowing Rock
Batista Flees Cuba as Junta Rules Provisional Presidency
Batista abandons Cuba after four days of combat near Santa Clara and flees with his military high command and aides to the Dominican Republic. He transfers power to a provisional president and dissolves the junta as rebel forces threaten Havana.
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Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Dominican Republic
Batista
Carlos Piedra
Supreme Court
Sant Clara
Las Villas
Ciudad Trujillo
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
New Orleans
Eulogio Camtillo
Cantillo
U.S
Earl E. T. Smith
Washington
Smith
Andres Riviero Aguero
Rafael Trujillo
Amer
Colombia
Santa Clara
Eastern Airlines Strike Settled After 38 Days
Eastern Airlines and its flight engineers have settled a 38 day dispute after a New Year accord. The carrier plans to resume North South routes by Friday and reoperate 124 cities as crews return to work. American Airlines remains at a standstill with 1500 pilots and co pilots on strike since December 20.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Siice
American Airlines
Eastern
Is _ Company
New York
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Cyrus Eaton Receives Gift from Khrushchev at Port
Cyrus Eaton, in Philadelphia via the Mogadore Rio, receives three white horses and a shiny carriage from Nikita Khrushchev. Customs values the horses at about 8000 dollars and the carriage at about 100. Eaton had just returned from a Soviet visit and met the Soviet leader. He is held in high regard by the Soviet Union despite his capitalist background.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Industriali
Cyrus Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Eaton
Soviet Union
Fire on Asia Maru sparks tug collision on Mississippi River
In New Orleans two oil barges caught fire after colliding with the Asia Maru Liberty ship pushed by tugs E B Ingram. Explosions rocked the area south of downtown as two injured crewmen were taken to the U S Public Health Service Hospital for treatment. The Asia Maru carried 10600 tons of soybeans to Yokohama from Baton Rouge.
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New Orleans
Sisippi
U.S
Health Service
Harbor Patrol
California brush fires run wild in Los Angeles area
Two major brush fires roared through the Los Angeles hills forcing thousands to flee. One blaze scorched a nine mile stretch of Topanga Canyon destroying 80 homes and spreading toward the sea. The Hollywood hills fire threatened Beverly Hills and even celebrity homes including Elizabeth Taylor and Jack Warner. Firefighters mobilized about 2000 men as wind and low humidity hampered efforts.
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Topanga Canyon
Hollywood Hills
Beverly Hills
Elizabeth Taylor
Merle Oberon
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Jack Warner
Harold Lloyd
Cameron Mitchell
Corrine Calvet
Barry Sullivan
William Lundigan
Chico Marx
Monitors oppose Teamsters bid to organize New York police
Court appointed monitors for the Teamsters Union oppose President Hoffa's plan to organize New York City's police and clash with Mayor Wagner who vows no interference. Detroiter L N D Wells on the panel signals privately he worries about corruption while Hoffa tones down the drive and pledges a broad campaign involving police firemen and other state workers.
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New York
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Robert F. Wagner
E- York
Teamsters
News Times
Third Frontier
L. N. D. Wells
Detrolit
Dist
F. Dickinson
Eecianis Gillremonel
Hoffa
Iris
Union of Cio
Russians Plan Moon Rocket For 1959 Launch
Moscow radio said the Soviets may send an interplanetary rocket around the moon in 1959 and fly a nuclear powered civilian plane. A French broadcast predicted greater rocket development and automation this year. The United States has suffered several unsuccessful lunar attempts.
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Associated Press London
Moscow Radio
Moscow
U. S
Explosions and Fires Kill Eleven Across Nations
A spree of fires and blasts across the United States and nearby areas claims 11 lives, including six children. Rochester New York sees a three story blaze killing four, a Quileene Washington house fire kills three children, and other incidents include an Indian Head Indiana propellant plant blast and a Baltimore hospital fire. A Japanese freighter collision and Los Angeles brush fires add to the toll with widespread damage.
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United States
Rochester
N.Y
Quileene
Wash
Seattle
World Welcomes 1959 Amid Global Turmoil
As 1959 began, nations greeted the new year with mixed emotion. Cuba faced rebel unrest and a ban on New Year celebrations, while Moscow celebrated with party fervor. President Eisenhower marked the evening quietly with family at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Moscow
Russia
Kan
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Danas
Two North Carolina Babies Born One Minute After Midnight
In 1959 North Carolina a baby derby sees multiple births near midnight. Mrs. David Reinard of Bessemer City delivered a 6 pound 15 ounce girl at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Phillip Ray Freeze of Swetsonville gave a 9 pound 6 ounce girl at Alamance County Hospital. Further births include a Guilford College couple's daughter at 12 02 a m and a Roseboro resident's daughter at 12 10 a m with Charlotte's first baby a Paw Creek boy at 12 14 a m.
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Bessemer City
Swetsonville
North Carolina
David Reinard
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Gastonia
Phillip Ray Freeze
Burlington
Alamance County Hospital
Claude. Elliott
Rt. 3
Guilford College
Greensboro
Fayetteville
Vivian Bullard
Roseboro
Charlotte
Bobby H. Bennett
Paw Creek
Our Drinking Habits: Controlled Drinking Explored
Howard Whitman argues there is no chemical difference between controlled and problem drinkers, only motives and self control. A boss-versus-drink test guides judgment. if drinking harms career or relationships, the drinker is likely alcoholic. The National Council on Alcoholism recommends a 90 day test for controlled drinking.
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Howard Whitman
Alcoholism Research Foundation
Ontario
Canada
National Council On Alcoholism
Guatemala Fires On Mexican Boats In Territorial Dispute
Guatemalan air forces attacked three fishing boats believed to be illegally in Guatemalan waters. One owner killed, a sailor and a cook wounded as five crewmen were hospitalized in Guatemala City. Mexico warned that relations could break unless an apology is offered.
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Associated Press
Guatemala
Mexico
Mexico City
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Tilapa
Pacific
Champerico
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