Elaine Herndon Wins Miss North Carolina 1958 Title
Elaine Herndon, 18, emerged as Miss North Carolina 1958 in Burlington after a field of 48 was narrowed to 10. Joan Melton relinquished the crown to the winner who will compete in Miss America at Atlantic City. Catherine Cameron Church placed second and Jimi Elizabeth McDaniel third.
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Elaine Herndon
Durham
North Carolina
Burlington
Catherine Church
Henderson
Jimi McDaniel
Kinston
N. C
Joan Melton
Albemarle
Port Dukester
Atlantic City
N. J
Joann Brannon Aldridge
Scott Admits Civil Rights Speech Riff Sparks Laughter
Senate hears Sen. Scott of North Carolina denounce the civil rights bill linking digs at Ezra Taft Benson and quoting Ike. He says he supports the colored man while admitting his awkward phrasing and political bravado in a July debate uncandidly highlighting race.
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Sen
Scott
Senate
Ezra
Ezra Taft Benson
North Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Mansfield urges Dulles tour of Eastern Europe
Senator Mansfield proposes a personal tour by Secretary of State Dulles of Communist dominated Eastern Europe to seek a durable peace. He argues current policy rests on fear of a Soviet threat and urges a broader peace strategy plus expanded trade with Eastern European nations as opportunities arise.
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Washington
State Dulles
Europe
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Eisenhower
United States
Midnight Oil Burned In Race Case
Government attorneys pressed their Clinton segregation trial in Knoxville with 95-degree heat as they prepare a climactic push against 16 white defendants amid claims of weak evidence. Defense lawyers demand a verdict of acquittal and argue the case hinges on whether defendants had notice of the injunction against school integration.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U. S
John C. Crawford Jr
Crawford
U. S. District Court
Robert L. Dobbs
Memphis
Grover 8. McLeod
Birmingham
Ala
Dobbs
Robert L. Taylor
Kasper
V. D
White Citizens Leader
Clinton
Taylor
Clinton High School
Llaims
Asst
U.S. Dist. Atty
James Meek
Long Sees Full Probe of Finances Extended
Senator Long said the Senate Finance Committee's inquiry into the nation's finances may outlast the current Congress. He noted early probe hurdles and compared delays to the Aldrich investigation, adding Humphrey's testimony did not prove high interest rates curb inflation.
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Washington
Sen Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Aldrich
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Long
Khrushchev Advocates Spreading Marx Leninism with Butter
In Moravska Ostrava Khrushchev urged that Marxism Leninism be spread with butter to make it more appealing worldwide. He spoke to miners and steelworkers, saying a better life with housing and schools would win people to socialism and communism. The remarks were broadcast by Czechoslovak radio.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Moravska Ostrava
United States
Oldest Solon Down Briefly but Not Out
Rhode Island Democrat and the oldest man ever to serve in Congress collapsed from a mild heat exhaustion after a steamy midsummer day driving him 30 miles. The hospital reported his condition excellent and said he would stay three or four days for a routine annual checkup.
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Solon
Rhode Island Democrat
Congress
Senate
Green
Pessimistic view as disarmament talks near deadlock
Washington reports show disarmament negotiations between the Soviet Union and Western powers led by the United States nearing a new deadlock. officials warn of a pessimistic mood as Khrushchev purge politics and Moscow’s concessions remain uncertain. U.N. demands for a five power subcommittee loom.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Eisenhower
U.N. General Assembly
Khrushchev
V.M. Molotov
Civil Defense Drill Called Imperfect but Improving
NEWSPOINT reports July 18 that Gordon Gray, real life head of the Office of Defense Mobilization, spoke via emergency line about a civil defense mock H-bomb drill. He said the drill was imperfect but improving and could test whether the 1957 exercise was a success or a flop.
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America
Gordon Gray
Gray
Office of Defense Mobilization
Burglar Strips To Hide Identity At Arrest
Oswald Cooper Jr. of Woodstock tied to 19 counts of breaking and entering after being arrested at Mitchel AFB, New York. He was found driving a stolen pickup truck while nude to avoid identification, according to Shenandoah County Sheriff Garland E. Weaver. Additional charges and investigations are noted.
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Mitchel Air Force Base
N. Y
Oswald Cooper Jr
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Garland E. Weaver
Cooper
Mundt proposes civil rights bill substitute in Senate
Senator Mundt announces a bipartisan substitute to limit enforcement powers to voting rights only. Senator Russell, leading opponent, pushes amendments including striking Part III and limiting a civil rights commission to investigate only voting rights with optional jury trial.
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Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen Russell
D-Ga
Adpee
Ueet
Russell
Supreme Court
Senate
Mundt
Sen. O'Mahoney
Commission
Civil Rights Commission
Bil
Nine Dead In Floods After Record Chicago Rainfall
A 24 hour downpour drenched Chicago causing millions in damage. Nine deaths were reported including an infant, with several drownings electrocutions and heart attacks linked to the floods. Subways and utilities faced heavy losses as water flooded major links and streets. Power and telephone outages affected tens of thousands. Restoration efforts continued as pumps battled floodwaters.
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Will County
Subway
Atella Toney
Midway Nation
Commonwealth Edison Co
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