Polish Purge Ordered to Back Single Political List
Warsaw reports a purge ordered by Poland's Communist leadership and allies to remove candidates opposed to the policies in next Sunday's parliamentary elections. A single ticket will be presented, though voters may choose among candidates. the move aims to protect socialism and national unity amid a growing independence from Moscow during Chou En-lai's visit.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish United Workers (Communist) Party
Stefan Ignar
United Peasants
Stanislaw Kulcinski
The
Democrats
Kremlin
Red China
Chou En-lai
Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Chou
Moscow
Gomulka-Cyrankiewicz
Car National Front
Slayer's Body Cremated At Brief Service
Denver reports the cremation of 24 year old John Graham, convicted killer of his mother, Mrs Daisie King. Brief services at Fairmount Cemetery were attended by his widow Gloria and two Graham children. The airline bombing near Montrose in 1955 sparked the case. Graham had taken a $37,500 life insurance policy on his mother.
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Denver
John Gilbert Grahame
Inee News
Geakeena
Gloria
Fairmount Cemetery
Lloyd C. Kellams
Graham
Kellams
Allen
Suzanne
West
Grahams
Daisie King
Eddie Jackson Recovers After Hernia Operation
Song and dance man Eddie Jackson Jimmy Durante’s longtime partner is reported recovering satisfactorily after a hernia operation. The surgery yesterday lasted two hours rather than the expected thirty minutes, according to Jackson’s wife Jeannie.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Eddie Jackson
Jimmy Durante
Jackson
Jeannie
Macmillan Reviews Cabinet Shuffling In Early Talks
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan holds talks on forming a largely veteran laden cabinet centered on Eden era appointees. Officials expect a late tomorrow roster reveal detailing ministerial matches as Britain faces strains in the Anglo American alliance and global trade.
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Harold Macmillan
Britain
East Grinstead
England
London
Eden
Macmillan
Anthony Eden
No. 10
Downing St
Yemen Says Actions Void British-Yemeni Treaties
Yemen claimed that Britain’s aggression in the Arabian Peninsula voided two key treaties with the British protectorate of Aden. The 1934 and 1951 accords limiting border disputes were said to remain in force only as negotiations for a frontier before 1974, with the status quo frontier to be respected until then.
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London
Yemen
Arabian Peninsula
Aden
Governor names 30 member North Carolina committee for better schools
Gov Hodges announces a 30 member Citizens Committee for Better Schools aimed at stirring local support for public education. Holt McPherson of High Point is chairman. three Negro members named Mrs D M Jernigan Raleigh Dr Thomas J Watkins Charlotte and Dr Paul Bishop Rich Square. The panel will study ways to fund and strengthen schools at the grassroots level and will meet soon in Raleigh with a diverse group of educators and lay leaders.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carolina
Citizens Committee For Better
D. M. Jernigan
Thomas J. Watkins
Charlotte
Paul Bishop
Rich Suare
Durham
Citizens Committee
John Ree
Ac Heeg Insuranceman
R. F. Beasley Jr
Munroe
Rich Square
Negro Baptist Convention
Howard E. Carr
Greensboro
S. P. Cross
Gatesville Insuranceman
Ruth Dailey
Durham School Board
Tom I. Davis
Selma
The
Young Dem
Klan Leader Vows Fight With Votes in Segregation Campaign
Talladega Alabama January 12 A Ku Klux Klan leader said the group will wage its fight against integration using votes and education not bullets The speaker Reverend Alvin Horn a former murder suspect said the plan is to pressure politicians to restore segregation He denied involvement in the 1950 night rider killing of Charlie Hurst and noted his role as grand dragon of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
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Talladega
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Nearlos
Alvin Horn
Muder
Horn
Charlie Hurst
U. S
Knights of the Ku ‘Klux Klan
South
Eisenhower to Inspect West drought area in Texas trip
President Eisenhower launches an on the ground drought tour beginning tomorrow in West Texas with Agriculture Secretary Benson and Interior Secretary Seaton. He will visit Woodward Clovis Tucson Pueblo Garden City and Wichita and meet farmers ranchers bankers and experts to hear drought relief proposals. A nine point program from the Texas Farm Bureau favors deferred grazing intensified conservation and extended aid measures for ranchers.
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San Angelo
Tex
Southwest
Eisenhower
T. A. Kincaid
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Assn
West Texas
Benson
Seaton
Woodard
Okla
Clovis
N. M
Tucson
Ariz
Pueblo
Colo
Garden City
Kan
Wichita
Here
Texas Farm Bureau
Long Farm
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Balanced Budget Plan Forecast by Eisenhower
Washington expects a peacetime budget of about 72 billion dollars with a three billion rise in spending. The administration aims to reach a 73 billion dollar revenue forecast for the year starting July 1 and would apply any surplus to the national debt.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Truman
Lines Drawn For Fight On Civil Rights
Senator Russell asserts southern resistance will challenge civil rights bills if they reach the Senate floor. He cites constitutional defense and past filibusters while Humphrey and allies push for early passage in the new session.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Georgia
Sion
Indiague Kee
Red Threat Dominates Europe and Area Cites
European officials warn of a spreading red threat impacting regional security and policy. Military and diplomatic voices argue for coordinated measures while observers note growing influence and public concern across borders.
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Europe
Egypt Acts To Prevent Isolation
Secretary of State Dulles warned in public testimony that Soviet communism could gain bloodless dominance over Western Europe without swift U S aid to the Middle East. He said delaying aid risks losing the strategic region and threatens Western Europe, framing Eisenhower's aid plan as essential.
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Washington
Dulles
Western Europe
United States
Middle East
Mideast
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Doctrine tests Egypt and Arab allies in Middle East
Cairo reports maneuvers to avoid isolation as Eisenhower seeks to bend the Middle East to a pro Western alignment. Saudi Arabia Jordan Lebanon and Libya show signs of real cooperation while Arab leaders weigh economic aid and military authority. Dulles pushes for a single aid package with up to 200 million dollars and potential 400 million for next two years.
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Cairo
Egypt
Eisenhower
Middle East
U. S. Congress
United States
Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Britain
Charles Malik
New York
Saud
Washington
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Congress
State Department
Dulles
Weeper the psychopathic duck returns to University of Miami lake
A bizarre local tale tells of Weeper, a notorious duck at the University of Miami, expelled from multiple homes for terrifying antics. The bird reportedly harasses people and pets, attacks neighbors, and enjoys causing chaos on the student lake before being returned to its watery haunt.
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Mercer Bailey
Miami
Fla
Weeper
University of Miami
Peggy Bryant
Eke Hel
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