Marshall Rests From Stroke
Gen. George C. Marshall, 78, being treated at Womack Army Hospital after a stroke. Dr. G. M. Powell said no paralysis and that no further condition reports will be issued until Sunday afternoon. Marshall, famed creator of the Marshall Plan, has had health issues since a 1948 kidney operation and a 1953 bout with pneumonia.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
George C. Y
G. M. Powell
Womack Army Hospital
Marshall
Powell
Hiwassee Village to Be Sold at TVA Auction
The Hiwassee Village near TVA's Hiwassee Dam in western North Carolina will go under the hammer on February 17 in Chattanooga. TVA seeks at least 190000 dollars for the property, which includes 105 acres of improvements among 547 total acres and undeveloped land.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Hiwassee Village
North Carolina
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Chattanooga
Hiwassee Dam
Gift Horse Is Accepted By Cowboy
Greensboro AP Jim Gregory a traveling salesman receives a mare named Miss Greensboro from donors Sid ney B Allen and George Penny to aid his cross country traffic safety ride. The 26 year old Calif ornia worker aims to promote slower driving and safer roads as he plans another leg toward Durham via U S 70.
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Greensboro
Jim Gregory
New York City
Sidney B. Allen
George Penny
Gregory
Allen
Penny
Southern Pines
California
United States
Ed Scheidt
U.S. 70
Durham
AIEA Plans Scientific Aid to Brazil Pakistan Thailand
The International Atomic Energy Agency discloses it will give scientific aid to Brazil Pakistan and Thailand as part of its technical assistance program for 1959.
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Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency
Brazil
Pakistan
Thailand
European air travel climbs in 1958 with world rise
Barcelona dispatch reports Europe passenger traffic rose 10 percent last year while world totals grew 5 percent, according to the Air Research Bureau.
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Barcelona
Spain
Europe
Air Research Bureau
Police Help Mother To Attend Funeral
A Raleigh mother jailed for six months for neglect attended her 5-year-old daughter Jewell Ann Miller’s funeral in Charlotte. She arrived with no guards, escorted by her six living children and husband, while police funded travel and aid with Salvation Army help. The ceremony included a brief graveside service with about 100 mourners.
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Louise Miller
Charlotte
Raleigh
Mt Mitchell Records Cold Snap Marks
Mt Mitchell, N C residents recall a plaque noting minus 25 degrees unverified. The mercury dropped to minus 20 on December 12, 1967 and minus 19 on November 25, 1950 as the area logged extreme cold.
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MT. Mitchell
N.C
Patterson Set To Be Alabama Governor Tomorrow
John Malcolm Patterson, 37, will be sworn in as Alabama governor, becoming the youngest and highest paid chief executive in the state. He will take the oath from Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones, the same judge who led Phenix City vice purge after Albert L. Patterson's 1954 murder. Patterson's salary is set at 25000 dollars annually, more than double his predecessor's.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
John Malcolm Patterson
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Phenix City
Patterson
Albert L. Patterson
Spring
Airport authority to decide action against Piedmont Airlines
Raleigh Durham Airport Authority chairs stated a Tuesday meeting will decide steps against Piedmont Airlines for blocking Eastern Airlines Midwest service. Judge Patton will appeal to Piedmont president Tom Davis, as Greensboro High Point and Charlotte authorities seek united stand on Middle West routes.
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James R. Patton
Piedmont
Middle West
Arwen Saunders
Greensboro High Point
Civil Aeronautics Board
Saunders
North Carolina
Great Lakes
Patton
Two Worlds Rollman Proposes Separate Nations for Peace
Heinz W. Rollman the Waynesville industrialist unveiled a plan for a permanent world peace based on two completely separate worlds to avoid conflict He urged a campaign to present the proposal to leaders in the United States Canada and parts of the Americas and Caribbean The plan prioritizes anti missile defenses along U S shores and missile installations alleged to deter Russia and China and recalls his 1954 call for a global peace army funded without American taxpayers.
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Waynesville
N.C
Heinz W. Rollman
United States
Rollman
Canada
Central and
South America
Caribbean
Russia
China
Supersonic Jets Complete Ocean Flight
Eighteen US supersonic fighters completed a two leg ocean flight to Aviano Air Base near Udine Italy. The F100 Supersabres of the 356th Tactical Squadron departed from an air base in the South Tuesday and arrived in Italy this morning with landings at two minute intervals. Col. Francis Gabreski, famed Korean War ace, piloted the first jet.
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Udine
Italy
America
Aviano
South Via
Aviano Air Base
Col
Francis Gabreski
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