Woman suffocates in blaze at Thurston Street house
Miss Violet Johnson, 57, the sole occupant of 305 Thurston St, died of suffocation in a morning fire that damaged the rear of the home. Guilford County Coroner Dr. W W Harvey ruled the cause. Firefighters found her in a front room fully clothed. no foul play suspected. An administrator was appointed for her affairs. Newsboys noted she attended First Presbyterian Church. More on page ten.
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Thurston Street
Violet Johnson
P. H. Johnson
High Point
Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
Miss Johnson
Thurston St
Joseph P. Shore
Dead Man Not Linked With Mad Bomber Case
New York police ended a special probe into the Bronx death of 67 year old Andrew Kleenen found dead from bronchial pneumonia. Handwritten notes and writings were sent to a lab but officials said there is no link to the so called mad bomber who has planted bombs in public buildings for 16 years.
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New York
W — Police
Bronx
Lawrence J. McKearney
Andrew Kleenen
McKearney
Bronx Park
Kleewen
Lee Freeman
Route 2
Box 910
Starke
Fla
Fordham Hospital
The
Consolidated Edison Co
John Halk
Kleenen
Westchester County
Consolidated Edison
Westchester
Southern states uphold own pupil assignment laws after Virginia ruling
Florida and North Carolina officials said their statutes on pupil assignment remain valid despite federal judge Hoffman’s decision that Virginia’s three member board plan is unconstitutional. Florida stresses scholastic and social factors. North Carolina relies on local boards and hearings. Virginia vows appeal as desegregation suits proceed in Norfolk and Newport News.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Ce Tila
Tedan Wallawe TE
Florida
Odum
North Carolina
George B. Patton
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Patton
Intangi- Hoffman
U. S. Supreme Court
Hoffman
Norfolk
Newport News
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Atlanta
Hungarians Crack Down as Unrest Fears Rise
In Budapest the government moved to prevent renewed labor and student protests after clashes at Csepel and Ganz works. Reports say 1 5 workers were killed with others wounded as police fired into demonstrations amid mass layoffs. A student rally was halted after leaders were seized by police.
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Budapest
Hungary
Csepel
Danube
Kadar
Ganz
Nepakarat
MTI
Andreas Jakab
Denver man Graham executed in Colorado gas chamber
John Gilbert Graham, 24, father of two, was executed for planting a dynamite device in his mother’s luggage aboard a flight that killed 44 people. He accepted death calmly, pronounced dead 12 minutes after the cyanide pellets were released.
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Canon City
Colo
John Gilbert
Graham
Colorado
D Mo
Longmont
Mather
William Kinney
Justin McKernan
Denver
Harry Tinsley
Ham
Father McKernan
Tinsley
Kremlin presses satellites as Hungary unrest rattles Europe
Moscow intensifies influence over allied states with Poland at the center. Chou En Lai’s Warsaw visit seeks unity of world communism over national interests, amid Soviet troop actions in Hungary. Kadar joins talks, signaling Kremlin briefing before Chou visits Budapest.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Poland
Chouen-Lai
Warsaw
Hungary
United States
Chou
Janos Kadar
Budapest
Kadar
Ross Takes Leave Of Absence from Defense Post
Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Tripp Ross began a self imposed leave of absence while congressional inquiries probe an Army contract held by Wynn Enterprises Inc. headed by his wife Claire Wynn Ross of Knoxville Tennessee. The contract for 249000 pants was worth 834150 dollars and details prompted Senate and House investigations.
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Washington
Robert Tripp Ross
Ross
Claire Wynn Ross
Wynn Enterprises Inc
Knoxville
Tenn
Senate
House
Sen. McClellan
Ark
Senate Committee
Japan Textile Proposal Expected on 1957 58 Limits
Washington sources say Japan will announce voluntary textile shipment ceilings for 1957 and 1958. Ambassador Masayuki Tani met with Sherman Adams at the White House to discuss cotton textile exports. Unofficial figures show a total 235 million square yards cap for this year with a similar limit for 1958, including subquotas of 35 million for gingham and 3.2 million for velveteens. Simultaneous releases are planned in Washington and Tokyo for the note to the State Department. No precise timing set.
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Washington
Japan
Masayuki Tani
Sherman Adams
White House
United States
Tokyo
U.S. State Department
Mid East policy under debate in Congress
Senator H Alexander Smith warns against weakening Eisenhower Middle East resolution as Democrats consider a nonbinding substitute led by Zablocki and Acheson. The plan would limit powers and reaffirm UN backed peace while resisting full military economic authority.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
Congress
Middle East
Gordon
D-Ill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dean Acheson
Truman
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep
Zablocki
D-Wis
Foreign Affairs
Eisenhower
Acheson
United Nations
U. S
Eisenhower Signals Quiet Role in Chairman Fight
President Eisenhower appears ready to stay on the sidelines as Republicans choose a new party chairman. Leonard W. Hall resigns, effective February 1, and will guide a January 22 committee meeting to nominate a successor with a seven member subcommittee to consult with Eisenhower on the pick.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
GOP National Committee
GOP
L. Judson Morhouse
New York
Morhouse
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
How Miss America Became My Mrs
Don Cherry details his courtship and marriage to Sharon Kay Ritchie in a Family Weekly feature. The piece follows his rise from golfer to singer and notes the exclusive account of their romance.
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Don Cherry
Sharon Kay Ritchie
High Point
Alston
Forrest Cates
Pete Jones
Ed Lane
Ow's
Byrd Cancels Plans To Join Polar Group
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd has canceled joining an American Antarctic expedition this month. He will stay in Washington to oversee preparation of legislation to form a Presidential commission to coordinate all polar operations. The commission would act as a central clearing house for explorations and was drafted by Dr. James Eyre Money.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Navy
Byrd
Charles W. Lanman
James E. Mooney
Special Rail Officer Killed After Shooting Two Officers
Lloyd C. Hoffman, 39, a Southern Pacific Railroad special officer in Dallas, was killed after shooting two officers who had attempted to ticket him for speeding. Officer F. Mote, 28, and B. F. Pelham, 25, were wounded. both were reported in surgery with non fatal injuries. Hoffman had earlier led officers on a chase and was later apprehended with a 15 year old passenger in his car. the youth witnessed the confrontation and described Hoffman's refusal to take a ticket before he opened fire.
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Dallas
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lloyd C. Hoffman
Will Fritz Ae Hoffman
F. Mote
B. F. Pelham
Hoffman
Pelham
Mote
Fritz
Edward Eugene Cain
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Gloria
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