Nixon Begins Five Day Swing Through Russia
Vice President Richard M. Nixon opened a five day swing through parts of the Soviet Union with a visit to Leningrad. He traveled with Soviet Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov and wife and with Georgi Zhukov, after meeting Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. Talks covered East West differences and the Berlin issue in a lengthy session. Nixon said the discussions were constructive and clarifying, stressing settlement by conference, not battlefield force. An audience of about a thousand welcomed the delegation at Leningrad airport before an overnight at Khrushchev’s dacha outside Moscow. More on page two.
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Richard Nixon
Milton Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Dacha
Moscow
Khrushchev
Frol Kozlov
Nixon
Anastas
Leningrad
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Oviet
Georgi Zhukov
West Berlin
Frank
Nixons
U.S
Washington
Congress
London
Europe
Nikita ‘Khrushchev
Britain
Liberal
News Chronicle
United States Gains Favor in Iceland as Keflavik Debate Ends
In Reykjavik the United States appears to have won influence in Iceland, with nationalist foreign sentiment waning and criticism now framed within the Red camp. A shift in Icelandic politics includes a constitutional Althing reform expanding seats and altering Keflavik base status.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Keflavik
Castro Resumes Leadership Power Echoes of Popular Rally
Fidel Castro, hailed by a crowd near a million, announced he would resume the premiership if the United States does not obstruct Cuba. He declared Cuba a free sovereign nation and vowed to answer to no one, signaling ongoing opposition to U.S. influence.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Revolust
Cuba
Castro
Ito
Couple Sentenced to Life for Killing Two Sons in California
Wanda Brogdon and Archie Merriam, a Rockford pair, were sentenced to life for the first degree murder of Brogdon’s sons Virgil Jr., 5, and David, 3. Merriam admitted strangling the children claiming it was at the mother’s instigation. she denied the claim and expressed love for her sons amid the murder case.
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Wanda Brogdon
Archie Merriam
Rockford, Ill
Merriam
Virgil Brodgon Jr
David
French fashion show features sculpted lines and wide shoulders
First French fashions shown in Paris by Gres highlight sculptural drapery with broad armholes and tube sleeves. Reversible coats in rustic tweed or mohair, magnet shaped belts, and barrel jackets define the fall winter line. Skirts reach top calf while canary colors and brights color afternoon wear and pink tops evening looks.
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Paris
House of Gres
Gres’ Forte
Nixon and Khrushchev Trade Sharp Exchanges in Moscow
Congress members praise Vice President Nixon for handling Khrushchev well in Moscow. Senators Mansfield and Cooper call his exchanges direct and tough. Rep Simpson and Dirksen also commend his courage and intelligence during the series of frank encounters at the American National Exhibit.
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Mike Mansfield
Montana
Nixon
Moscow
Khrushchev
Mansfield
John Sherman Cooper
Rky
Cooper
Richard M. Simpson
Rpa
Everett M. Dirksen
R-I
Senate
GOP
Soviet Union
Nixon Khrushchev spat alarms Western Europe
Western editors viewed Nixon and Khrushchev's public exchange as a lively but undignified display of diplomacy. British papers praised frank exchanges while questioning whether such bickering aids or harms world peace. Observers in Austria called the scene somewhat undignified.
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Nixon
Belgium
le Peuple
Moscow
Holland
Khrushchev
London
Ex‘Pres
the Express
Britain
Daily
Telegraph
Austria
Lloyd sounds Gromyko on Berlin deal terms in Geneva
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd reportedly questioned Soviet leader Gromyko about possible changes in Moscow's Berlin terms during a two hour luncheon in Geneva. Western ministers planned strategy talks and a secret Big Four session as East West talks entered week nine.
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Geneva
Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Berlin
Lloyd
Gromyko
Christian A. Herter
West Berlin
Harold Macmillan
U.S.S.R
Five Sailors Die In Pittsboro Highway Crash
A two-vehicle collision on U.S. 64 near Pittsboro North Carolina leaves five dead two sailors injured and three sailors uninjured. The driver of the other car Harry Erwin 63 died at the scene while two sailors Roy Duncan 21 and Garland Hendricks 33 were hospitalized with injuries.
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Pittsboro
N.C
U.S. 64
Norfolk
Edgar Donald Waters
Greenwood
S.C
Larry A. Gibson
John R. Pigg
Tom Wilson Hollifield
Charlotte
Harry Fulton Erwin
Highway Patrol
Victor Aldridge
Erwin
Roy T. Duncan
Garland Hendricks
Belmont
North
Escaping Gas Blasts At Albemarle Gas Yard
Escaping LPG leaked from a tank truck at Gantt Rulane Gas Service ignited and triggered two explosions at a gas storage yard south of Albemarle North Carolina. Firefighters battled the flames, one fireman inhaled fumes but was not seriously hurt, and US 52 traffic was rerouted.
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Albemarle
N.C
Asst
W. H. Whitley
C. E. Morris
Gantt Rulane Gas Service Co
20 Lose Lives On Highways
The Associated Press reports a deadly North Carolina weekend with at least 29 violent deaths and a highway toll of 20. Fatal crashes killed sailors near Pittsboro and multiple residents across counties including Newton Gaston Lincoln and Durham. A newborn infant was found dead near High Point with murder charges against Nellie Snow.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
U. S
Pittsboro
Harry Fulton Erwin
Edgar Donald Waters
Greenwood
S.C
Larry A. Gibson
Near
Charlotte
Tom Wilson Hollifield
John R. Pigg
Newton
Gloria Price
Ruth Hill
Willie Walker
Hickory
Lincoln County
Alexis
Gaston County
Caesar Charles
Margaret Helms
Lincolnton
Charles
Stanley
Gastonia
Robert W. Burch
Oscar Jolly
Durham
Clayton Devon Phifer
Denford Lee Thompson
Burgaw
Mack Augusta Moore
Maple Hill
Josephine Powell
Elizabeth City
George William Trexler
Larry J. Stirewall
Concord
Evelene Mobley
Chinquapin
Leroy Williams
High Point
Ruby Collins
Kannapolis Negro
L. C.collins
Reynold Alexander Bane
Liberty
Roscoe Starns
Rt. 2
Taylorsville
Yvonne Lail Hewat
Lake
Magistrate Uses Blue Laws To Target Sunday Works
Bristol magistrate Earl Dougherty handed 159 conviction notices in Bucks County for Sunday work, targeting Peggy Cass and others to protest outdated blue laws. He says enforcement highlights economic impact while lawmakers debate raising fines to deter merchants.
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Justice of the
Earl B. Dougherty
Pennsylvania
Daugherty
Bucks County
Philadelphia
Peggy Cass
Dougherty
State House
Dist
Atty
Paul Beckert
Beckerty
Beckett
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Eisenhower
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Henry Griffin
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Emil Jonsson
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Uncle Sam
Althing
Bjarni Gudmundsson
Foreign Office
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Calif
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Apamene
Nikita
Bristol Playhouse
Cass
Levittown Times
WBCB
Levittown
Mike Mayo
Bell Telephone Co
Radio Corp. of America
Fairless Works
U.S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
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