Fire consumes old warehouse on Tate Street alley
A two alarm blaze last night leveled an unused iron clad building behind Mor Lo Furniture and Guilford Lounge on Tate Street. Firefighters contained the flames by dawn with water damage to nearby businesses and no reported injuries.
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Tate Street
Mor-Lo Furniture Corp
Guilford Lounge Co
Leland Thomas
Park St
Thomas
Emma Blair
Ae Marie Bates Theif
W. Broad Street
Fire Department
Police Department
Teen Dies After Two-Car Crash in Thomasville
A 13 year old girl, Helen Truelove, died in hospital after a two car collision at Midland Council Streets. Her sister Pat Truelove, 16, and three other teens were injured. James E Carter, 16, uninjured driver, faces potential charges against Charles Kennedy 21 for manslaughter.
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Thomasville
Helen Truelove
Howard H. Truelove
Aycock Street
Midland Council
Pat Truelove
Anne Rich
Highway 29-70
Carolyn
Judy Little
Blair Street
James E. Carter
W. Guilford Ave
Charles Kennedy
Route 3
Midland
Carter
Council
Kennedy
Gerald Walker
Bobby Cecil
Ran
Butler Sees Change In Party Use
In Springfield Illinois AP Democratic National Chairman Paul M Butler argues party units based on patronage and favors lose appeal. He says new politics emphasize principles issues and image to the average citizen during a speech for the Democratic Federation of Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Democratic Federation of Illinois
One Hurt One Dead In Wreck Near Wallburg
Ed Spainhour 63 of Thomasville is dead after a late night auto wreck near Wallburg. Herman Yokley of Route 2 suffered a severe head wound and was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital. Witness Chester Bodenheimer reported Yokley staggered to his porch with blood and the wrecked car was later found after a car left the road and ended in a mud ditch.
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Shorty) Spainhour
Thomasville
North State Veneer Co
Herman Yokley
Route 2
High Point Memorial Hospital
Chester Bodenheimer
Georgetown
Wallburg
Yokley
Yves - Boden- Guer
Yakley
J. C. Payne
Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Spainhour
Pasadena Couple Ties the Knot in Simple Family Ceremony
In Pasadena California Stan Freberg age 32 wed Donna Jean Andreson age 28 in a ceremony performed by Stan Freberg's father. The marriage marks a private family event with few attendees and straightforward vows.
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Pasadena
Calif
Stan
Donna Jean Andreson
Freberg
Cuban general faces firing squad after death sentence
Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco, 51, awaiting execution in Havana, bids farewell to his wife and three daughters from La Cabaña Fortress. He declares innocence and blames Batista, requests to direct the firing squad for instant death, and notes his appeal to a five man Superior Court.
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Havana
Cuba
Jesus Sosa Blanco
la Cabana
Holguin
Oriente
Sosa Blanco
Magdalena
Missis
Amelita
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Batista
Jesus Soso Blanco
Amelia
Blanco
East-West Meet On Issue Sought In Berlin Talks
Washington urged Moscow to lift artificial pressures over Berlin and join sustained East-West talks on Germany and European security. The State Department proposed new discussions after Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan criticized U S policy, saying America shuns acceptable proposals while Russia offers peace.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
State Department
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Russia
Mikoyan Sees US Will To End Cold War Growning
Anastas Mikoyan said a strong US current favors ending the cold war and improving Soviet relations but the State Department disagrees. He told 300 reporters in Moscow that talks should start to ease Berlin tensions and suggested the six month target could be extended if negotiations begin. The State Department responded that Washington seeks a serious approach and denies an ultimatum. officials noted Berlin cannot be treated in isolation.
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Moscow
Anastas T. Mikoyan
United States
State Department
U. S
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Department
Germany
Russia
Johnson blasts at veto threat in Democratic push
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson denounces President Eisenhower and backers for threatening veto power to stop assumed Democratic spending. He says the new Congress will act, criticize the old crusade, and notes Republicans warn of vetoes while clippings show large budget cuts.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Johnson
United States
House
Washington
Senate Gop
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
New Democratic Congress
Democratic Congress
Legislature Preview Indicates Tax Hike Support
North Carolina legislators show openness to tax increases to maintain current state services. AP survey finds 40 of 51 respondents would vote for higher taxes under certain conditions, with some backing raises for teachers and state employees and calls for removing exemptions. рек
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
North Carolina
Associated Press
Leonard W. Lloyd
Graham
Public Trials Resume in Havana Stadium Drama
Havana’s revolutionary tribunal plans to resume trials Monday at the city stadium with Capt. Pedro Morejan set to face charges of assassination, homicide and robbery. Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco’s death sentence awaits a five man appeal ruling as reports of a 30 defendant group swirl amid criticism and rumors of broadcast bans.
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Havana
Pedro Morejan
Jesus Sosa Blanco
Sosa Blanco
Morejon
Ricardo Luis Grao
la Cabana
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Army
Caracas
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Explosive clearing of wreckage after deadly train derailment
An Air Force demolition squad lit two chemical tank cars with 40 pounds of amatol and TNT to prevent further blasts at a Missouri Pacific derailment near Monroe Louisiana. Five people were killed and more than 50 injured as burning debris spread, with two additional fatalities on Saturday.
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Monroe
Air Force
20Th Aviation
Barksdale Air Force Base
Missouri Pacific
C. R. Barnes
McGehee
Ark
Cosby C. Prestage
O. C. Mitchell
Lake Village
Paul Tyson
Bailey Grant
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Legislature
Rep. J. Thurston Arledge
Polk
Hubert Humphrey
Gun
R. Frank Everett
Martin
Oral L. Yates
Haywood
S. Bunn Frink
Brunswick
John T. Henley
Cumberland
Edward H. Wilson
Caswell
Sen. W. E. Garrison
Lincoln
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Rock Hill
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