North Carolina Tops South in Manufacturing Employment
North Carolina led 16 Southern and Border states in manufacturing jobs with 505,000 workers, surpassing Texas at 503,000. The Blue Book of Southern Progress cites output values and sector breakdowns for 1959, noting textile, furniture, tobacco, lumber, food, apparel, and electrical machinery as major industries.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Southern Progress
Texas
Live Virus Polio Vaccine Shows Promising Results
Washington reports that the oral live-virus polio vaccine performed well during a Nicaraguan epidemic. Dr. Alcocer of the Pan American Health Organization notes 49,585 Managua children received the vaccine after the 1958 outbreak, with attack rates similar in vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. Burney cautions there is not yet enough proof of safety and effectiveness for U.S. licensing.
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Public Health Service
United States
Burney
Juan Jose Alcocer
Pan American Health Organization
Alcocer
Managua
Eisenhower rejects Rockefeller defense critique
President Eisenhower maintains the defense program is adequate for the times despite Rockefeller’s assertion it is inadequate. Republican leaders Halleck and Dirksen say discussions with Eisenhower focused on defense issues and any direct comment from the President remains unrevealed. Nixon was present but not recalled taking part in that aspect of the discussion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Halleck
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Dirksen
Kennedy Stevenson Pact Reported Aims for Nomination
The Chicago Tribune reported Kennedy and Stevenson agreed to a plan for the presidential nomination with Stevenson keeping his name off the Los Angeles ballots early and Kennedy backing Stevenson if needed. Stevenson denied any deal and said no discussion occurred.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
the Tribune
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Deal
Richard Daley
Illinois
Libertyville
Henry Steele Commager
Amherst College
Harvard
John K. Galbraith
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
New York
Rockefeller Attacks Nixon as Democrats Roar
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller blasts Vice President Richard Nixon drawing Democratic glee with Nixon silent. Nixon plans two speeches and a news conference while New York GOP lawmakers draft a supportive statement. Johnson suggests conventions may open with renewed life.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New York
Congress
GOP
Dean P. Taylor
Camden
N.J
William T. Cahill
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Children’s Bureau Aids Neglected Youngsters
Prompted by Theodore Roosevelt, Congress created the Children’s Bureau in 1912 to better the condition of children. Its threefold program—gather facts, inform the public, ensure help for needy children—remains unchanged five decades later, aiding millions of abandoned and handicapped kids.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Children’s Bureau
Glider Pilot Schreder Reaches West Germany After East German Crossing
American glider pilot Richard E. Schreder from Toledo Ohio was allowed to leave East Germany with his glider after landing 30 miles inside the border during a world gliding championship. He traveled with his crew to Kluetz and was met by his wife Angie at the border. The escape followed a rapid release process compared with recent detentions.
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Luebeck
Germany
Richard E. Schreder
East Germany
Toledo
Ohio
West Germany
Angie
Iron Curtain
Schreder
West
Kluetz
Forein
Cologne
Fehmarn
Baltic
Israel expected to reject Argentina demand on Eichmann
Argentina demanded Eichmann be returned for trial and warned of UN action. Israel rejected the request, saying a volunteer team captured Eichmann without its knowledge and he agreed to face trial in Israel. Ben-Gurion praised the agents and sought to maintain cordial ties with Argentina.
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Israel
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adolf Eichmann
United Nations
Eichmann
Rodolfo Garcia Arias
David Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Levavi
Diogenes Taboada
Senators Secretly Planning 20 by 20 Foot Pool in Capitol
The New York Herald Tribune reports senators ordered a hidden 20 by 20 foot pool for the Senate Office Building basement in Washington. Construction would use 100000 remaining from a 1958 remodeling appropriation and proceed quietly under a health suite stairwell.
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NEW York
The
New York Herald Tribune
Senate
Capitol Hill
Washington
Washington Dispatch
Capitol
Rome
Senate Office Building Commission
Dennis Chaves
Methodists Report College Contributions From North Carolina Conference
The Western North Carolina Methodist Conference reported from June 25 1959 to May 10 this year total gifts of 313,? to four colleges and 10000 to Emory University for Candler School of Theology. It listed Greensboro Women's College Brevard College High Point College Pfeiffer College and Duke Divinity School with specific sums and noted Duke University endowment figures. The report also noted salaries and indebtedness at Duke and actions by the conference on college education ministers of music and church representatives.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
Greensboro Women’s College
Brevard College
High Point College
Duke Divinity School
Emory University
Atlanta
Candler School of Theology
Duke University
Committee On Colleges and Education
Board of Education
North Carolina Council of Churches
Judd to keynote GOP convention in Chicago
Representative Walter H. Judd was chosen to keynote the national GOP convention in Chicago next month. Gov. Cecil H. Underwood was named temporary chairman, with Rep. Charles A. Halleck as permanent chairman of the convention. Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger was named convention secretary and Charles H. Percy and Melvin R. Laird selected for platform committee roles. Underwood, a Senate candidate, is 37.
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Washington
Republicans Today
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Chicago
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Elizabeth E. Heffelfinger
Charles H. Percy
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Underwood
Senate
High tides expected along Carolina Georgia coast
The Associated Press reports exceptionally high tides, rough seas and winds up to 25 mph with minor flooding across the Carolinas, Georgia and northern Florida. Charleston town tides reach 8% feet above normal, Georgetown 6 feet, Wilmington 2 to 3 feet above, and Brunswick sees a 12-foot surge. Waterfront flooding impacts highways and homes. area officials note the highest spring tide in memory.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Charleston
S.C
Georgetown
Wilmington
N.C
Beaufort
Hunting Island Beach
Brunswick
City Hall
Attorneys awarded 83500 in fees in Reynolds divorce case
In Claxton Georgia Superior Court Judge Henry Durrence granted $83500 in fees and expenses to the attorneys who defended Muriel Mattson Reynolds the third wife of millionaire R J Reynolds in a high profile divorce from her husband. Reynolds sought $150000 in fees for the defense and the judge split the amount. Reynolds alleged extreme cruelty and extravagance while Muriel Reynolds sought $6 million in alimony if a decree was granted.
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Claxton, Ga
R. J
Muriel Mattson Reynolds
Darien
Reynolds
Henry Durrence
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