Adenauer Decision Sparks West German Backlash
In Bonn, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer faces criticism over his choice to stay in power. Opponents urge a parliamentary debate next week, while the Christian Democrats weigh whether Franz Etzel should get the nomination as Theodor Heuss’s successor looms. Carlo Schmid appears to gain momentum for the presidency.
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Konrad Adenauer
C N Democratic Union
Sin
Heinrich von Brentano
Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Adenauver
Free Democrats
Christian Democrats
Ludwig Erhard
Theodor Heuss
Carlo ‘Schmid
Schmid
Christian Democcrats
Ade‘nauer
Franz Etzel
Etzel
Adelnauer
Race Driver Quits After Dirt Track Accident Injures Crowd
St Joseph Mo AP a stock car race driver Albert Bud Neidel said he would quit after his car plowed into a crowd of about 500 at a dirt track Friday night injuring 23, two critically. His 8 year old son Ronnie Lee was among the injured as Neidel stood at his bedside with his wife Betty. Extra medical staff were summoned to two hospitals to treat the wounded. Ronnie Lee and Donald 12 were among spectators.
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Albert
Bud) Neidel
St. Joseph
Ronnie Lee
Betty
Hayes
Neidel
Donald
Plea for Higher Legislator Pay in North Carolina
North Carolina state Sen. Edwin S. Lanier of Orange urged a pay increase for lawmakers. He argued current compensation undercuts qualified candidates and leads to rushed, ill advised decisions, noting the $15 daily for 120 days plus $8 subsistence and unpaid expenses. He warned pay levels hinder thoughtful debate and could force poor outcomes.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin S. Lanier
Orange
Lanier
General Assembly
Western powers pressured by Berlin crisis at Geneva
As Geneva proceedings drag into a fourth week, fears grow among West Berliners that Western concessions could erode protection for 2.2 million residents and widen Soviet leverage over West Germany. Allies weigh deadlines and possible assurances while Khrushchev’s demands loom over the talks.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
Soviet Union
West Berlin
West
West Germany
U.S
Christian Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Germany
Goa
Khrushchev
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Mar‘ville
Gromyko
Willy Brandt
Heinrich von Brentano
Khrushchev Rejects Consent to Berlin Occupation
In Geneva and Hungary Khrushchev declares the Soviet Union will not consent to any agreement that perpetuates the occupation regime in West Berlin. Gromyko presses the withdrawal demand while Western ministers report no break in the Berlin deadlock despite cautious optimism.
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Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
East Germany
Geneva
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Hungary
Ment
Moscow
Albania
Gromyko
Betty Leonard Crowned Miss Thomasville 1960
Betty Leonard, 19, won Miss Thomasville 1960 at the Civic Center after a baton twirling show. Brenda Dare Wood was first runner-up with Jane Kay Boyd third and Miss Congeniality. Leonard, a 1959 Thomasville High graduate and majorette, earns a $300 scholarship and a Coronation Ball fete before competing in Miss North Carolina.
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Brenda Are Wood
Jane Kay Boyd
Davia Cox
Thomasville
Betty Leonard
Civic Center
Kwirling
Brenda Dare Wood
Unity Street
Barnwell Street
Miss Boyd
Betty
Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Guard Armory
Joyce Anne Pate
Wallcliff
Pernell Wood
Brenda
Guilford College
Thomasville High School
Fred C.boyd
Jane
Greensboro College
Jaycee
Bill Link
Betty Lane Evans
North Carolina
Greenville
Lois Johnson
Wake Forest College
Boro
Fred Koury
Greensboro
Fred C. Akers
Charlotte
Wallcliff Park
Bob Reed
Jane Boyd
Brenda Wood
Rosemary Stoker
Awakening Latin America Seething Across the Region
The Latin American surge toward modernity brings student riots in Ecuador and a guerrilla flare in Nicaragua. Protests sweep from the Caribbean to Cape Horn as dictatorial regimes face rising demands, economic strain, and growing political awareness amidst falling raw material prices. Peru critiques Prado amid nostalgia for Odria, while social shifts complicate governance.
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Associated Press
Latin America
United States
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Cape Horn
Luis Somoza
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Somoza
Guayaquil
Peru
Manuel Prado
Manuel A. Odria
Prado
Six Killed In Crash In Edgefield Near Hospital
An automobile packed with eight young Negro boys and girls crashed into a tree near Edgefield Friday night. Six died at the scene, two were hospitalized in Augusta in serious to critical condition. The injured include Johnny Perry, 20, Graniteville, and Sammy West, 16, Johnston. The dead are John Lee, 19, Graniteville. Annie Lee, 15, Graniteville. Pearl Lee, 21, Graniteville. William A. Mitchell, 17, Graniteville. Annie Belle Daniels, 18, Graniteville. The patrolman said the car was completely demolished.
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Edgefield
D.C
University Hospital
Augusta
Johnny W. Perry
Graniteville
Sammy West
Johnston
Harold Perry
Johnny Perry
John Lee
Annie Lee
Pearl Lee
William A. Mitchell
Annie Belle Daniels
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Jin
Brentano
Guenter Klein
West St
Center
Chair City
Ralph T. Leonard Sr
Porto Viejo
Paraguay
Alfredo
Asuncion
Stroessner
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Atlantic Ocean
British Guiana
Surinam
Panama
Colombia
Pacific Ocean
Venezuela
Chile
Bolivia
Argentina
Guiana
Brazil
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