Dooley Reflects on Notre Dame Grotto Faith and Yearning
In a letter to Notre Dame, Tom Dooley compares the Grotto to Lourdes and laments his longing to visit amid snow and ice. He recalls hospital care in Asia, notes Notre Dame ties, and thanks the university for support while awaiting a return to the States.
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Bernini
Notre Dame
Lourdes
France
Dooley
Sisters of Charity
Asia
National Geographic
Life
Life Magazine
States
Tom Dooley
Tar Heel Airman Killed In Japan
Harold L Walker airman first class from Taylorsville North Carolina was killed in a motorcycle crash near Kisarazu Air Base gate in Japan. He was 26 and survived by his mother Mrs Norene D Blackwelder and a US Army stepfather in Hawaii.
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Tokyo
Harold L. Walker
Taylorsville
N.C
U.S. Air Force
Walker
Kisarazu Air Base
Taylor
Norene D. Blackwelder
Hawaii
Bridge to Span Narrows Will Be World’s Longest
When finished in 1964 the 12 lane double deck suspension bridge over New York Bay will claim the world’s longest span at 4 320 feet. The structure will connect the Narrows and Staten Island route across the bay.
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Narrows
New York Bay
Two Fliers Kneel Secluded With Families At Home Base
John McKone and Freeman Olmstead, freed after seven months as prisoners in Russia, returned to Forbes Air Base to private family reunions. Crowds and officials greeted them briefly before authorities set strict no interview rules.
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Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Kansas
John Anderson
Air Force
Freeman Olmstead
John McKone
Bend
Topeka
Kan
Russia
Washington
Charles van Vliet
Forbes Air Base
Barents ‘Sea
van Vliet
Forbes
McKone
Olmstead
U. S
Andrew F. Schoeppel
William Avery
Anderson
Willard G. Palm
Oscar Goforth
Televi
Americans deny links to Masferrer in anti Castro case
Prosecution says the Americans dumped weapons before arrest on January 7. Baker testified he went to Miami to see Masferrer but turned against him after calling him a gangster. Defenders claim the case rests on presumptions with no corroborating witnesses.
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Castro
Florida
Rolando Masferrer
Baker
Miami
Masferrer
Fla
Herald
Radio Free Europe Promotes Freedom in Eastern Europe
The piece portrays Radio Free Europe as a key war deterrent and moral support for captive populations resisting communism. It claims RFE keeps much of Europe unstable toward Russia, tying down 30 Russian divisions and preserving freedom for 79 million people.
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Eastern Europe
RFE
Europe
Russia
Free Europe
Failing Grain Targets Spark Western Skepticism
Red authorities inflated production figures to mask shortages in agriculture. Grain output was cited as 375 million tons in 1958 but later revised to 250 million. For 1959 Peiping claimed 270 million with a 297 million target for 1960, while Western economists estimate lower yields and warn of growing hunger and famine amid mismanagement and disaffection.
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Peiping
Brainwashing drug could alter population in hours
A Swedish researcher described a drug called tricyano amino propan e that could raise suggestibility and potentially brainwash a population if added to water. He noted tests on humans show rapid RNA changes in nerve cells and stressed safeguards, while animal testing continues.
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San Francisco
Holger Hyden
Hyden
University of Goteborg
McRae Faces Murder Trial In Lexington
Lexington January term opens with Isiah McRae of Thomasville charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Rinehart Billie at a Thomasville night spot. Daniel Crisco, 16, of Denton, convicted of larceny and receiving, posts appeal. Crisco faces additional charges from break ins in Denton, Davidson, and Rowan counties.
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Lexington
Superior Court
Frank M. Armstrong
Isiah McRae
Thomasville
Rinehart
Daniel Crisco
Denton
Wilmington Contractor Charged With Two Extortion Plots
Robert L. Mosher a 44 year old general contractor and Boy Scout leader was charged with two extortion attempts in Wilmington North Carolina. Officials say he threatened the families of bank officials to obtain money and confessed after a Saturday conference.
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Wilmington
N.C
New Hanover
R. A. Jarrell
Robert L. Mosher
Bank of Wilmington
Sec
Mosher
Civic Club
Jarrell
J J. Pad
Rick
Francis M. Malloy
Boston
Mass
Moshers
Padrick
East Coast Gripped by Record Cold and Icebound Travel
A brutal cold snap froze the East, stranding ferries on Lake Michigan and isolating more than 1,000 residents of Tangier Island and Smith Island. Snow piled up near Watertown New York with 30 inches, while Norfolk Connecticut hit minus 26 and Fraser Colorado minus 36. Ice clogged the Mississippi River and Gulf coast roads saw limited movement.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Maine
Watertown
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Rockies
Gulf Coast Strip
Florida
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Coast Guard
Milwaukee
Ger
Grand Rapids
Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island
Smith Island
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
Ohio River
Norfolk
Connecticut
Fraser
Colo
New York
Adams
Carthage
Copenhagen
Weather Forecast Charts Snow and Ice Across Regions
Snow is forecast Sunday over the north and central Appalachians and central and lower Lakes regions. Snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain is due for the south Atlantic and Gulf coast from Louisiana to northern Florida, with rain in the southern portions of this region and in the Pacific northwest. It will be colder in the Midwest and warmer over the central Plateau.
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North and Central Appalachians
Central and Lower Lakes
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
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Tar Heel
Japan
Columar Pads
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
High Point Enterprise
John P. McConnell
2Nd Air Force
Capt. McKone
Sion, Palm
Goforth
Nikita Khrushchev
Radio Free Europe
Walt
Radio Free Europe Fund
New York City
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Executives Associa
McRae
Dept. of Commerce
U.S. Weather Bureau
America
Cadillac
Cgaillev
Highland Motors, Inc
N. Main Street
High Point, N. C
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