Lifesentence for Brown and Wilson in Thanksgiving Eve murder
The state accepts guilty pleas from Billy Ladd Brown and Roger Dell Wilson in a first degree murder case tied to the Thanksgiving Eve slaying of M. J. Hoover. The boys, 16 and 15, face life imprisonment with no jury verdict required. They originally pleaded not guilty but confessed and agreed to the plea that mirrors a guilty verdict with a life sentence.
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Dick Bickerton
Billy Ladd Brown
Roger Dell Wilson
D. P. Whitley Jr
Walter Travis
Kornegay
Superior Court
L. Richardson Preyer
Guilford County
Hoover
Wilson
Brown
Greensboro
Soviet missile threat underscores SAC alert, defense gaps
General Power warned that the Soviet Union could possess enough long range missiles in about two years for a massive strike on the United States. He said only an always airborne alert force can deter such an attack. Senator Jackson urged spending over a billion dollars annually to keep SAC planes aloft, noting gaps in a fully operational warning system.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Thomas
Power
U.S. Strategic Air Command
American Legion
National Security Commission
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
SAC
Union
Growing Strength Of Chinese Reds Frightens Russia
Military analyst George Fielding Eliot warns in Family Weekly that Khrushchev’s support for Red China could backfire, potentially creating a nuclear threat that could threaten Russia itself. The article, “What Khrushchev Fears Most Red China,” appears in a Family Weekly issue distributed with The Enterprise Sunday.
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Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
George Fielding Eliot
Family Weekly
Eliot
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Red China vows to avoid force against Taiwan says Japanese official
Kenzo Matsumura, a top figure in Japan's ruling party, quotes Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi saying Peiping will never use force against Formosa again and does not believe in settling disputes by force. Matsumura related the talk from his October to December mainland tour in an interview with Asahi Weekly.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Chen Yi
Peiping
Formosa
Taiwan
Kenzo Matsumura
Japan
Matsumura
Asahi
GOP Dinners Highlight Eisenhower Era Unity
President Eisenhower hailed as strongest power in military and economy amid a nationwide “Dinner with Ike” fundraising rally. Vice President Nixon urged not resting on laurels while Gov. Rockefeller warned voters want to know what happens next.
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Richard’ S M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Washington
Nelson A.rockefeller
New York
GOP
Ike
Nixon
Rockefeller
International Amphitheater
Chicago
Pan- Pacific Auditorium
Los Angeles
Guterma Convicted In Financial Deal
Alexander L. Guterma was found guilty of conspiring to withhold financial reports from the government in a SEC related case. Co defendant Robert J. Eveleigh also convicted, with bail revoked and sentencing set for February 17. Jacobs Co hold ing company tied to Guterma’s alleged embezzlement and control.
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NEW York
Alexander L. Guterma
Guterma
Eveleigh
Jacobs
Chatham
Comficor
F. L. Jacobs Co
Detroit
SEC
Runaway Heiress Gambled Court Fight Over Detention
New York report says Gamble Benedict 19 ran away to Paris with married ex chauffeur Andre Porumbeanu. In Brooklyn court she is made a ward of the court amid claims of illegal detention by her socialite family. A hearing set for February 26. Porumbeanu flew from Paris to be near Gamble as his wife is listed missing.
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New York
Gamble Benedict
Io Paris
Andre 'Porumbeanu
Brooklyn Wednes
Corning G. McKennee
Gamble
McKen
East 75Th Street
Samuel D. Mercer
Paris
Handleman
Porumbeanu
Lend Lease Talks Collapse After Soviet Demands
Washington reports Soviet insistence on combining any lend lease settlement with a trade accord granting most favored nation status and credits. U.S. officials say talks broke off after Moscow demanded broader arrangements beyond repayment for wartime aid.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Camp David
Eisenhower
Hitler
Anwhile
Rebellious Frenchmen Ease General Strike In Algiers
Algiers saw a easing of a general strike as food and utilities began moving after barricaded insurgents accepted appeals to restore services. State of siege and martial law remain though, with paratroopers not advancing, while clashes reported in Mostaganem amid ongoing revolt against de Gaulle policy.
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Algiers
Algeria
Paul Delouvrier
Maurice Challe
Macmillan Calls U S Reluctant Debutante
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan described the United States as a reluctant debutante in world management during a luncheon in Johannesburg. He compared the U S unfavorably to the Soviet Union and noted his Moscow visit was not well received while mentioning President Eisenhower's anticipated trip to the Soviet Union.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Harold Macmillan
United States
Soviet Union
Heisenhower
Macmillan
Moscow
Blood Test Predicts Fatal Asthma Attacks
Dr. Solbert Permutt reports a blood test using arterial blood carbon dioxide helps gauge death risk in asthma attacks. High CO2 signals ominous prognosis while low CO2 allows treatments to restore oxygen. Five of 24 studied deaths matched high CO2, guiding therapy with drugs to relax airways.
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Solbert Permutt
Denver
Pulmonary National Jewish Hospital
American Federation
Permutt
Police Seek Help In Hunt For Killer
Middlesex County Prosecutor Warren T. Wilentz says an unnamed informant saw the killer after the murder talking to two or three Rutgers students in New Brunswick. The slayer bound and shot Edith Clarke and two women servants and the taxi driver at a country estate and fled in a cab. Wilentz weighs a professional killer but suspects a maniac about 35. Ploranski viewed a man picked up after the abandoned cab but could not identify him in a lineup.
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Middlesex County
Warren T. Wilentz
Rutgers
New Brunswick
Edith Clarke
Wilentz
Ploranski
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M. J. Hoover
Loop
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Ed Wilson
Philip Wall
D. S. Lee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert J. Eveleigh
Lloyd F. MacMahon
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