Khrushchev Seeks Peaceful Competition With U S
Soviet leader Khrushchev projected confidence in a global victory of the socialist system while on a CBS Face the Nation interview. He said the USSR prefers economic and ideological competition over war and urged United States counterproposals, proposing disarmament talks and cultural exchange. He indicated waiting for US replies as he outlined radical steps already proposed.
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New York
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Us.s.r
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sal
Khrushchev
Balloon pilot sets 96,000 foot record in high altitude flight
Air Force test pilot Captain J. W. Kittinger Jr. rode in a metal capsule attached to a large plastic balloon reaching 96,000 feet 18 miles. The flight from Fleming Field to Weaver, Minnesota, lasted about 12 hours and aims to aid rocket and satellite research.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Air Force
J. W. Kittinger Jr
Rapid City
S. D
Navy
Fleming ‘Field
Weaver
Kittinger
Record flight sets high altitude balloon mark
Capt J W Kittinger Jr and Col John P Stapp oversee a 96 000 foot high altitude balloon flight from South St Paul Minnesota. The test, conducted with Holloman Air Development Center and Zenith Research, lasted 1 hour 50 minutes at peak altitude. Kittinger reported a calm ascent and a 55 degree cabin temperature, with a celebratory medical verdict on return.
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J. W. Kittinger Jr
South St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Kittinger
Tampa
Fila
Civil Rights Measure Met By Major Senate Setback
In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced an amendment weakening the civil rights bill. A tie vote blocked striking a section creating a commission to investigate violations. The jury trial amendment, proposed by Senator Ervin, would require jury trials in contempt cases related to federal injunctions or voting rights.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary
Sayeral Today
Sen. Ervin
D-Nc
Eisenhower seeks major Post Office funds to avert service cuts
President Eisenhower asked Congress for a 149.5 million dollar Post Department appropriation to prevent substantial mail service reductions starting July 1. The request, part of the fiscal year budget, would add to prior appropriations while warning that existing funds are insufficient without postal services enhancements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Post Department
Thuman
Aegressary
Hagerty Po Pir
Graham Loses In Ratings On Madison Square Garden Telecast
A Trendex television survey shows Perry Como and Jackie Gleason with higher Saturday night ratings than Billy Graham from Madison Square Garden. Gleason on CBS-TVs 7 to 8 p.m. earned 12.5 percent, Graham on ABC-TVs 8.1 percent, all programs from New York. Trendex polled 1,500 viewers in 15 cities by telephone.
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New York
Perry Como
Jackie Gleason
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Trendex
Cbs-Tv
Graham
Abc-Tv
Scientists Would End Bomb Tests
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling called on governments and world citizens to halt nuclear bomb tests. He warned that each added unit of radiation harms health worldwide and could produce more defective children in future generations. The statement, signed by scientists including H J Muller, argued for a moral responsibility to disclose radiation dangers.
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Pasadena
Calif
Linus Pauling
Pauling
Chemistry and Chemical
Ngrs
H. J. Muller
Indiana University
Robertson Cites Threat To Asia At Duke Commencement
Robertson, Far Eastern specialist at the State Department, warned of a Communist threat to Asia and urged U.S. defense of freedom while addressing about 1,004 Duke graduates at the Indoor Stadium. North Carolina Gov. Hodges spoke at the ceremony as three native North Carolinians were noted.
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Durham
N.C
Robertson
Duke
Lenin
Asia
United States
State Department
North Carolina
Hodges
Three Die In Worcester Hotel Fire
A five story Pleas ant hotel blaze killed three occupants Sadie Mason 58 Anna O'Brien and Mary Walton and seriously injured eight others. Dozens more were rescued as flames swept through upper floors prompting 16 fire companies to battle the blaze and bring victims to City Hospital and the Belmont Home.
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Hotel Pleasant
Worcester
Mass
Pleasant
City Hospital
Theodore Austin
Sadie Mason
Anna O'Brien
Mary Walton
Belmont Home
Finals Set Today Thousands Of Students Get Diplomas
Thousands of graduates receive diplomas at North Carolina colleges today. Duke awards 1,000 plus degrees to seniors from 34 states and 22 foreign countries, UNC presents over 1,700 degrees, and Wake Forest confers about 400 diplomas in afternoon exercises.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest College
Duke
Durham
Walter Spencer Robertson
Cermonies
Duke's Indoor Stadium
M. Elizabeth Carnegie
New York
Nursing Outlook
North Carolina A&t College
Greensboro
North Carolina College
Lenoir Rhyne
Western Carolina
Meredith
Johnson C. Smith
Belmont Abbey
Belmont
Fulton J. Sheen
William C. Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Gerald Kennedy
Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Parking Etiquette and the Selfish Driver
Pastor R L Dieffenbacher argues parking lots reveal selfishness as drivers park across lines or diagonally. He warns four inches over a line blocks others from shopping, church, or errands, noting a single driver using three spaces can deter dozen riders from church. He urges life ordered by God to protect neighbors' spiritual rights.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Iour
U S Seeks Access to Two American Students in Hungary
U S diplomatic chief asked Hungary to permit access to Mike A Gilbert of Waterboro and Warren Hair of North Augusta who disappeared after entering Hungary from Austria. Officials Bela Buszku and Imre Horvath denied knowledge of the Americans whereabouts as Western reporters pressed for details.
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Budapest
U. S
Foreign Ministry
University of South Carolina
Hungary
N. Spencer Barnes
Mike A. Gilbert
Water‘boro
Warren Hair
North Augusta
D. C
Bela Buszku
Imre Horvath
Busku
Buszku
Legation
Rudisill to Retire From Bench This July
Newton North Carolina Judge Justus C. Rudisill Sr. 62 will retire from the Superior Court bench on July 1 on advice from a heart specialist. Since 1949 he has been resident judge for the district including Catawba Burke and Caldwell counties. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Wilson Warlick and was elected to a six year term in 1954. He began as a Wake Forest graduate in 1920 and earlier served as secretary to Rep. A. L. Bulwinkle and as Catawba County clerk of court.
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Newton, N.C
Justus C. Rudisill Sr
Superior Court
Rudisill
Catawba
Burke
Caldwell
Wilson Warlick
Newton
J. M. Broughton
Wake Forest College
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Catawba County
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