Wake County's Faye Arnold Crowned Miss North Carolina 1956
Faye Arnold of Wake County won the Miss North Carolina title 1956 in Wilmington after 34 contestants, with Arnold performing a dramatic Shaw scene as talent. She stands 5'2" and 107 pounds, with runners up Patricia Anne Cowden of Raleigh and Ardis Maureen Messick of Washington.
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Faye Arnold
North Carolina
Wilmington
Miss Arnold
Snc Weimer i
Jere VA
Needham Broughton High School
Raleigh
Fuquay-Varina Jaycees
Arnold
Betty Jo Ring
Lee Ann Meriwether
Atlantic City
Patricia Anne Cowden
Ale
Wake
Nation Offers Prayer For Successful Talks
The nation joins President Eisenhower in prayer across the Atlantic and at home to bolster hope for world peace and progress toward the Geneva conference. Clergymen of all faiths adapt weekend services to include prayers for leadership, wisdom, and freedom from fear and suspicion.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Atlantic
James A. Pike
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Episcopal
New York
World Council of Churches
National Council of the Churches of Christ
Geneva
Martial Law Declared in Casablanca Amid Riot Toll
French army seized Casablanca under martial law firing on demonstrators in the native quarter killing five Moroccans and wounding 19. The riot toll rose to 33 dead and at least 96 injured, with residents doubting official counts. U S personnel and civilians sought refuge at American bases in Morocco.
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Casablanca
Morocco
U. S
United States
Port Lyautey
Casablante
Ike Arrives Safely In Geneva For New Crusade In Europe
President Eisenhower reaches Geneva for a Big Four summit amid 10 year cold war tension. He vows a peaceful crusade and recalls earlier war aims, saying he comes armed with the good will and hopes of America for peace. Leaders from East and West express optimism ahead of talks.
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Ike
Geneva
New Crusade
Europe
Eisenhower
United States
Columbine III
America
Bulganin Sees Geneva Talks as Step Toward German Unity
Soviet Premier Bulganin arrived in East Berlin and voiced hope that the Geneva summit will advance German unity on a peaceful democratic basis. He said no quick settlement by the Big Four is expected and stressed readiness to help. Khrushchev and Molotov aides accompanied him. Ulbricht was notably absent from a state function.
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Bulganin
Geneva
East Berlin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Georgi K. i
Soviet Union
Germany
Yu. M. Molotov
Andrei Gromyko
Otto Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht
East German
GI Crashes Geneva Ceremonies
A U S Army GI on leave from Famberg Germany entered the Geneva arrival ceremonies for Western Big Four leaders. Alan Morganstein walked past Swiss guards and security, photographed the scene, and attempted to greet President Eisenhower before Swiss police escorted him away.
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Brooklyn
Alan Morganstein
Famberg
Germany
Morganstein
Eisenhower
Cief
Charles Knecht
Allied
Morgenstein
Fter
Anstein
Eisenhower Arrival Sparks Swiss Welcome in Geneva
President Eisenhower arrived in Geneva amid heavy traffic and cheering crowds as thousands lined roads to greet the leader. British Prime Minister Eden arrived first with Lady Eden, while Soviet officials and Khrushchev defer to the next day’s reception amid cautious Swiss reactions.
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Eisenhower
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V. M. Molotov
Britain
Eden
F. F. Molochkov
Edens
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Lyon
Mindszenty Freed Temporarily By Hungary On Health Grounds
Cardinal Mindszenty, 63, released from prison on health and age grounds by the Hungarian Justice Ministry. He was serving a life term for treason after a 1948 conviction, and will reside in a church building as authorities decide arrangements with Catholic bishops. The move coincides with the eve of the Big Four Geneva talks and drew mixed reactions from Vatican officials and observers.
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Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Josef Cardinal Maty
Budapest
Mindszenty
Red People's Court
Geneva
Radio Free Europe
Munich
MTI
Josef Mindszenty
Vatican City
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Pius XII
Hapsburg
United States
Cardinal Fert
NAACP Demands Removal of Beverly Lake from Office
Raleigh NAACP leaders urge Gov Hodges to remove Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake after a public speech urged private schools to evade integration. The resolution accuses Lake of inflaming race hatred and notes his role in segregation cases. A telegram to Hodges was also sent demanding a firm directive against defiance of Supreme Court desegregation rulings.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Hodges
Beverly Lake
NAACP
Lake
Asheboro
United States Supreme Court
Kelly Alexander
Atty
W. B. Rodman
M .Y. Barnhill
State Supreme Court
Kelly
Alexander
Coun
Soviet farming chiefs arrive in New York for U S Midwest visit
A dozen Soviet farming chiefs led by Vladimir Matskevich arrived at Idlewild Airport en route to the American Midwest to study corn and advance cooperation in agriculture. The delegation’s leader, a Khrushchev protege, said the visit marks the start of a broad exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States in farming. The group endured delays including a return to Paris and travel through Gander Newfoundland without vaccination certificates.
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New York
Communist Party
Nikita Khruschev
Vladimir Matskevich
Idlewild
Soviet Union
United States
Matskevich
Paris
One German Nation Must Adenauer Ollenhauer Unite
In Bonn on July 16 Chancellor Adenauer and Socialist opponent Erich Ollenhauer jointly rejected a cold war settlement that leaves Germany divided. Speaking before the Bundestag ahead of a Geneva summit session they urged German unity and criticized a European security plan tied to division.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Erich Ollenhauer
Geneva
Adenauer
Ollenhauer
West Germany
Bundestag
Soviet Union
East Germany
Europe
Miss Universe Contestants Wilt In Sun
Long Beach California July 16 three Miss Universe contestants wilted under the hot sun during a beach panorama shot. Care mel Israel 19 from Bat Yam Helsinki 19 Sirkku Talja Guatemala City 19 del Rosario Molina all faint or near collapse before a shade break and later returned for photos ahead of a Veterans Memorial Stadium dedication ceremony.
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Calif
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Israel
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Batyam
Finland
Sirkku Talja
Helsinki
Guatemala
del Rosario
Molina
Guatemala City
A He Eagert
Afrom
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