New Year Traffic Toll Surges Amid Icy Roads
Traffic deaths reach a one day record with 179 total including 14 in fires and 19 in other accidents. NSC president Ned H Dearborn citeswar and space race threats as factors urging extra caution as icy Midwest and rainy New England conditions worsen travel. Previous high for one day New Year toll was 110 in 1947-48. the 30 hour Christmas peak was 253 in 1946.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
NSC
Midwest
New England
Nine Die in Head-On Crash Near Eureka South Dakota
A head-on collision on State Highway 10 near Eureka killed nine people including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beck and four Beck children aged 2 to 13. Four others in the Neuharth car and two Beck children were injured. The crash, 32 miles west of Eureka, ties the state's worst traffic disaster.
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Eureka
S.D
South Dakota Motor Patrol
Walter Beck
Marvin Neuharth
Clyde Krein
Larry Wiedmeier
Neuharth
Beck
Northcentral
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Figure involved In Alleged Court Payoffs Resigns
Harold E. Brown, who admitted passing 1000 to Judge Raulston Schoolfield but said any payoff was unknown to him, resigns as assistant Hamilton County district attorney general in Chattanooga Tennessee. He cites a recommendation from Dist Atty Gen W Corry Smith after Senate Rackets testimony. Brown to return to general law practice.
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Tenn
Harold E. Brown
Raulston Schoolfield
Hamilton County
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Atty
W. Corry Smith
Smith
Senate
Washington
James Spence Galloway
Schoolfield
American Praises Red Chief in Moscow Visit
Martha Dodd Stern, daughter of former U S ambassador, lauds Khrushchev and the Central Committee praising Moscow as modern and hospitable. She notes abundant food, sturdy Volga cars priced at 40 000 rubles, and favorable living conditions while under indictment in New York for spy charges.
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Martha Dodd Stern
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Stern
William E. Dodd
Germany
Alfred K. Stern
Sterns
New York
Europe
Mexico
Prague
U.S
New Times
Montonal
Talon
U. S
Clark Named Superior Court Judge
Gov Hodges announced the appointment of Herman R Clark 43 Fayetteville attorney as a Superior Court judge to fill the Nimocks Jr retirement. The appointment is effective Jan 20. Clark is a Bladen County native and former assistant district solicitor with extensive public service and family ties to NC politics.
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Hodges
Herman R. Clark
Fayetteville
Q. K. Nimocks Jr
Clark
Superior Court
Bladen County
Democratic Executive Committee
Cumberland County
J. Bayard Clark
North Carolina
Davidson College
University of North Carolina
Mary Harris
Wilmington
Military Shakeup Considered
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee weighs proposals to remove Joint Chiefs of Staff from command roles amid reports of rivalry among Army Navy and Air Force leaders. Witnesses cite Pentagon bickering hindering missile and satellite programs as a reason to restructure.
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Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
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Joint Chiefs of Command
Joint Chiefs
Nathan F. Twining
Governor Hodges Criticizes Eisenhower Education Plan
Raleigh Gov. Hodges denounces the Eisenhower education plan as a Johnny come lately proposition and warns of federal curriculum control. He notes North Carolina's ahead science status, UNC Institute of Science and student loan support, and cites inter service rivalry as a flaw in the administration.
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Gov
Hodges
Eisenhower
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Johnny Come
Sputnik
Inter Service
Polio Hall of Fame Honors 17 Pioneers in Warm Springs
At Warm Springs Georgia a Polio Hall of Fame ceremony unveiled bronze busts for 17 polio fighters including Jonas Salk and Franklin D Roosevelt. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis celebrated its 20th anniversary with about 300 doctors and dignitaries in attendance.
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Warm Springs
Jacob von Heine
Jonas Salk
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Foundation For
Roosevelt
National Foundation
Hall of Fame
William Fay
Joliet
Ill
Lost Sputnik I May Die Quietly Today
Cambridge Mass astronomers report Sputnik I may die quietly today unseen. The 84 pound sphere has been lost for a month as observers track final atmospheric decay and possible fiery reentry. Smithsonian Moonwatch teams monitor for a dramatic final fireball while Russia offers only orbit counts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Earth
Smithsonian
Russia
Venus
Cannon urges restraint on defense spending amid pork-barrel fears
Washington congressman Henry Cannon criticizes runaway defense costs and pork-barrel projects. He argues for economical budgeting, defense needs in missiles, and suggests trimming Navy ships and large land forces while allowing targeted programs. He cautions against using Sputnik as justification for oversized appropriations.
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Cannon
D-Mo
House
Sputnik
Pork Barrel
Congress
Venezuelan government crushes Maracay air force revolt
President Perez Jimenez announced that government forces crushed the Maracay air base revolt within 24 hours. Gen Romulo Fernandez said rebels fled by air and Ferrero Tamay and other officials were seized but later restored to posts as loyal units seized control of the main airfields and Caracas streets returned to normal.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Romulo Fernandez
Maracay
Fernandez
Perez Jimenez
Aurelio Ferrero Tamay
Aragua
Ferrero Tamay
Palonegro
Boca del Rio
Cracas
Jas
President Eisenhower Returns to Capital for Budget Push
President Eisenhower flies back to Washington to finalize the federal budget and State of the Union plan. He will meet Cabinet and Civil Rights Commission leaders before a Gettysburg weekend. He also pledged to improve U S Soviet relations in the new year.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
White House
Amie Civil Rights Commission
John A. Hannah
Michigan State University
Congress
Soviet Union
Real winter weather grips North Carolina as year opens
Winter weather moved into North Carolina with the new year and will linger into tomorrow. Morning low readings across cities such as Asheville 15, Charlotte 20, Raleigh 21, Greensboro 19, and Wilmington 29 were reported. The forecaster expects sunny, cold weather to continue across the state with tonight's temps a few degrees lower than last night.
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North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Greensboro
Wilmington
Tar Heel
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