Klan Chief Declared Fugitive as Man Fails to Surrender
In North Carolina sheriff records South Carolina Klan leader Rev James Cole as a fugitive after he defied a noon surrender order on riot incitement charges. Grand jury also indicted James Garland Martin. bond set at 1000 dollars. A Moscow visa decision aids John Sandor and Victoria Katsarova amid a lengthy exit-process.
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Lumberton
N.C
Malcolm McLeod
South Carolina
Cole
Carolinas
North Carolina
Marion
McLeody
Robeson County
James Garland Martin
Reidsville
KKK
Ike Says America Strong Militarily
President Eisenhower declares U S defense stronger than five years ago and vows ongoing modernization to counter the Soviet threat. He speaks at a Chicago fund raising dinner urging defense nonpartisanship and national resolve as the 1958 campaign begins.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
America
United States
Congress
Sherman Adams
Adams
Bank Robbery at Summit Avenue Greensboro Bank
A dark complexioned white man robbed the Summit Avenue Branch of the Bank of Greensboro of 20000 to 25000 dollars at closing time after 1 pm. He pointed a pistol at four employees, locked them in a lavatory, then fled in a green 1955 or 1956 Oldsmobile toward Greensboro's north central business district.
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Greensboro
Summit Avenue
Bank of Greensboro
John Lockwell
the Bank
North Carolina
White Men On Trial In Flogging Case Near Greenville
In Greenville South Carolina an all white jury began hearing testimony in the flogging case of 11 white men charged with conspiring to assault and housebreak the Negro farmer Claud Cruell 58. The trial drew about 350 spectators as Deputy Sheriff Eugene Burns testified about the beating. The defendants include Andrew Marshall Rochester who reportedly led a Greenville County Klan group.
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Greenville
S.C
Circuit
James R. Mann
Eugene Burns
Burns
Claud Cruell
Cruell
Cruells
Here
Sherwood Turner
Cruella
Andrew Marshall Rochester
Greenville County
Steady Registration as Rain Fails to Dampen Market
Attendance at the Southern Furniture Exposition remains steady despite rain with 1 587 registrations on opening day and 5 072 advanced registrations. Buyers from the southeast study new lines, delaying orders while exhibitors note good traffic on upper floors and optimism for stronger orders later in the show.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Leo Heer
Reds May Free Three Americans
Hong Kong reports the Chinese Red Cross advised Mrs. Ruth Redmond to appeal to Premier Chou En Lai for her jailed son Hugh, 38, serving a life term in Shanghai on spy charges. She plans to travel to Peiping to press for clemency, joined by two other mothers seeking interviews and visa extensions.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Red Cross
Ruth Redmond
Chou En-Lai
Red Cross
The Big Question Mark Peaceful Uses of Space Vehicles
A discussion on how space vehicles could aid peaceful development versus their potential role in warfare. Experts weigh benefits for science, communication, and exploration against military applications and strategic risk.
Nimitz Sees Three Member Joint Chiefs Rotate Chair
Former top Navy officer Chester W. Nimitz told the Senate missile satellite inquiry that the Joint Chiefs of Staff should be reduced to three members with a rotating chairman drawn from the Army Navy and Air Force. He said this would remove a layer in the chain of command and cited changing views since World War II. Nimitz noted he once supported a single chief of staff but now opposes that arrangement. He retired after serving as chief of naval operations for two years.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Army
Air Force
Nimitz
Pacific
Adm. Nimitz
Naval Opera
Rainclouds Hold Over North Carolina Overnight
Rainclouds will linger overnight over North Carolina with southerly winds and mild temperatures. Late tonight cold air may move into western areas, with rain likely in the east tomorrow and possible mountain snow flurries. Last night’s lows and today’s highs included Asheville 46 33, Charlotte 50 40, Greensboro 49 35, Wilmington 62 38, Raleigh 50 34.
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North Carolina
Mississippi Valley
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Wilmington
Raleigh
Space can be boon or new battlefield
A front of vast promise and peril in space is outlined with potential peaceful uses for weather forecasting and cosmic exploration, alongside risks of weaponized space, espionage, and aerial surveillance, as Eisenhower urges peaceful aims amid a race with the Soviet Union.
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New York
Moon
Mars
Space
Eisenhower
Bulgarin
Earth
Missile Money Approved Boosts Army Missile Programs
The House Appropriations Committee voted an emergency 1.41 billion fund to speed missile programs and bolster the Army. Ten million is new cash and 150 million is authority to transfer existing funds. The plan increases the Pentagon budget by 40 million, with 9.0 million earmarked for the Air Force dispersal of bomb planes and a Pershing project boost.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Airorce
Eisenhower
Army
House
Defense Department
Mahon
D-Tex
Ussr
Russia
SAC
United States
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Rain Snow Storm Moves Eastward Across the Nation
A major eastward moving rain and snow storm threatens the Northeast and central plains. Weather Bureau warnings marked heavy snows in Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Missouri Kansas and Arkansas with rain and sleet along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
Weather Bureau
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Appalachians
Atlantic
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
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Miami
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Florida Straits
Gulf of Mexico
St. Marks
Keys
Boston
New York City
Washington
Atlanta
Dallas
St. Louis
Detroit
Minneapolis
Des Moine
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Phoenix
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Victoria Katsarova
Soviet Russia
Passport Office
Victoria
Martin
Maxton
Early Bullard
McLeod
Lenoir County
N. C
Kinston
Liz
Entae
Ike
Bandit
Howard Luebke
Lake City
Fla
Gallo Original Iron Works
Brooklyn
Leonard Sacks
Janet Teague
Reds
Peiping
Redmond
Jessie Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Downey
New Britain
Conn
Richard Fecteau
John Downey
Downey
William
Red China
Fecteau
AP News
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