West Berlin crisis dominates Big Four talks in Geneva
In Geneva the United States Britain and France pressed the Soviet Union to suspend threats to West Berlin and seek a stopgap pact. Secret talks at Andrei Gromyko's villa aimed to averting a showdown and pave the way for a summit while guarantees for access and Western forces in West Berlin are maintained.
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United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Albania
West
East Germany
Soviet Union
Herter
West Germany
Far
Retail food costs have risen sharply with farm produced food costing 53.7 billion dollars last year, a 42 percent rise from 1947-49. About 84 percent of the increase went to processors, marketing agencies, haulers, and other middlemen.
Tar Heel colleges award diplomas in wide commencement slate
The Associated Press reports UNC and Wake Forest lead a lengthy Tar Heel college commencement today with over 400 seniors at Wake Forest in Winston Salem and 2000 graduates at UNC. Vermon Royster will address NC’s 165th class. DB Davidson College honors 175 seniors. Sidney De Neos earns honorary degree at Catawba. Other schools awarding degrees include Pfeiffer, NC College at Durham, Pembroke State, St Mary’s, Peace, Meredith, Johnson C Smith, Bennett, Greensboro College, and NC A&T. Woman’s College holds exercises.
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Associated Press
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest
Winston-Salem
Mioeroan
Vermont C. Royster
Wall Street Journal
Raleigh
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Jem
Pfeiffer
Durham
Pembroke State
St. Mary's
Peace and Meredith
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
Greensboro
Bennett
Greensboro College
North Carolina A&t. Woman's College
Artificial Muscles Developed in Houston Lab
Nylon tendons linked to an electronic switch may aid polio victims and others with immobile hands. Baylor University College of Medicine workers unveiled a model at the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research. A lightweight apparatus powers finger movement through an electro pneumonic microswitch and carbon dioxide, with potential relies on manual control and preserved touch.
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Baylor University College of Medicine Laboratory
Texas Institute For Rehabilitation and Research
National Foundation
Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
Los Angeles
Baylor
Marine Vet Earns Degree After Night Classes
Ed Murray, a 22 year Marine Corps veteran, reenters school in Burlington in 1950 with seven grade levels to go. He graduates Williams High School in 1953 and earns an A.B. that year, then enrolls at Elon College and later UNC Law School while working nights. He balanced full-time studies with his power company job and daily commutes.
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Burlington
N.C
Edgar
Murray
Marine Corps
Williams High School
Elon College
University of North Carolina Law School
Chapel Hill
Khrushchev Warns West of Destruction and Capitalism's Doom
Khrushchev vows Soviet bloc would retaliate to any attack and predicts capitalism’s defeat as Soviet industrial power would outpace the United States. A Soviet Albanian communique calls for end to colonialism and troop reductions, and signals renewed ties with Yugoslavia on mutual respect.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Viore
Khrushchev
Soviet Bloc
America
Tirana
Albania
Red
Enver Hoxha
North Atlantic Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Geneva
Soviet Union
Germany
West Ber
Yugoslavia
Irish Whisky May Be Last Hope For Catching Bear
Washington police seek to capture a roaming black bear in city parkland. Theodore Reed of the Washington National Zoo suggests luring the bear with honey spiked with Irish whiskey to sedate it for zoo custody. Police and Reed pursue the bear for hours as crowds gather and traffic halts during the hunt.
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Washington
Theodore Reed
Washington National Zoo
Reed
Reed Bear
Women’s clubs open convention in Los Angeles
About 3,000 delegates from 60 countries attend the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opening in Los Angeles led by President Chloe Gifford. Highlights include talks on television quality smog copyright royalties and labor leaders such as Walter Reuther as speakers.
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Los Angeles
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Chloe Gifford
Lexington, Ky
California
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Charles Sligh
National Assn. of Manufacturers
San Gabriel
Calif
Women's Federation
Voice of
Organized Labor
Gen. C. V. R. Schuyler
U. S
SHAPE
Serge Obelensky
Lyman Ginger
National Education Assn
Cold Blooded Police Slaying Shocks Greensboro
Greensboro police report Cpl. Joe Massey was shot six times at a service station after issuing a ticket to Joseph Herring a Negro cab driver. Herring admitted the killing saying he was glad Massey was dead and would die in the gas chamber. Authorities say motive tied to a prior traffic arrest.
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Joseph D. Herring
Joe D. Massey
Herring
Greensboro
Cpl
Massey
Greensboro City Barn
Lloyd Foreign Secretary Future Questioned Amid Times Report
British delegates at the Big Four talks reacted with astonishment to a London Times report claiming Selwyn Lloyd's days as foreign secretary are numbered. Officials in London called the Times story untrue and said Lloyd would likely remain in his post until Britain's general election due next May.
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Geneva
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Britain
London Times
the Times
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Downing St
Foreign Office
Ture
Times
Jap Furniture Men Tour Plants in Winston-Salem Area
An American-trip headline notes that 11 Japanese furniture manufacturers are headquartered in Winston-Salem during a plant tour. They visited Bassett, Virginia, today and plan to tour North Carolina State College in Raleigh on Tuesday.
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Winston-Salem
Bassett
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Memorial Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 300 Lives
More than 300 people died in traffic accidents nationwide over the Memorial weekend, a record toll driven by heavy travel and multiple crashes. The National Safety Council called for intensified highway safety efforts as the grim figures prompt concern.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Vance County rejects bigger law enforcements hires
The Vance County Board of Commissioners refused Gov Hodges plan to add 150 to 200 officers to back National Guard at Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills. They argued the county cannot afford more staff and that the state should handle the strike scene. Mayor Singleton said Henderson would report local responsibility to the Town Board.
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Henderson
Gov. Com
Vance County Board of Commissioners
National Guard
Harriet - Henderson
Textile Workers Union of America
Carroll W. Singleton
Hodges
J. Furman Satterwhite
Vance Commissioners
Singleton
Five Men Die In Mine Blast At Sherwood Iron Mine
Five men were killed in a cavern and explosive fire 2 200 feet underground at the Sherwood iron mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula mining town. Twenty seven men were rescued, many injured, with several in serious condition from burns and sulfur poisoning. The Iron County sheriff said four died in the fire and cavern, a fifth died later in hospital at Stambaugh.
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Sherwood
Michigan Upper Peninsula
Iron County
Sheriff's Office
Stambaugh
High Point GI Fatally Injured In Camp Accident
In Shreveport Louisiana Airman 3 C George Brawner 19 of High Point North Carolina was fatally shot when fellow sentry Airman 3 C Anthony J Reed 19 also of North Carolina cleared a .45 pistol by removing a clip and pulling the trigger.
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High Point
Shreveport
George Brawner
N. C
Air Force
Anthony J. Reed
Children Battle In Psychological War In Macao
In Macao, Santa Teresa Catholic school and a Communist run Green Island Free School face off across a fence. Children shout anti Communist and anti American slogans via loudspeakers as principal Ignatius Wong boosts pro Western messages. Santa Teresa enrollment climbs to 1,053 while Green Island School holds about 400 students.
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Macao
Red China
Ignatius Wong
Santa Teresa
Green Island
Wong
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