Socialists urge full US troop removal over Girard case
In Tokyo demonstrations the Socialist and opposition blocs pressed for pulling all American troops from Japan and scrapping the U S Japan security treaty. They cited the Girard manslaughter case and the Somagahara firing range death of Mrs Naka Sakai as examples of alleged U S overreach. A seven member delegation delivered a resolution to the U S Embassy seeking Japanese jurisdiction and the accused's hand over for trial.
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Ala Sas
Nobusuke Kishi
Tokyo
Hibiya Park
Naka Sakai
Kishi
Washington
U.S
Japan
Girard
Ottawa
United States
Somagahara
America
Stanley S. Carpenter
Mrs. Sakai
Conference Integration Approved in Methodist Church Split
Six Methodist conferences in the Southeastern Jurisdiction voted to permit Negro churches to transfer into white conferences while Alabama West Florida and North Mississippi failed to adopt the integration amendment. Overall approval stands near three to one though two thirds votes from each body are required. The amendment, passed by the General Conference, will need majority support from 103 annual conferences this year.
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Atlanta
Southeastern
Alabama-West Florida
North Mississippi
General Methodist Conference
Nixon Knowland team for civil rights bill action in Senate
Washington June 15 Vice President Nixon and Sen Knowland plan to push a civil rights bill in the Senate after House passage. The pair are viewed as possible 1960 GOP nominees and aim to credit the party with enacting civil rights. Democratic senators rally to move the bill without full committee review.
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Washington
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate
House
Douglas
Illinois
Sen. Javits
Money Policy Fight Looms This Week
The Senate Finance Committee opens a probe into Eisenhower administration monetary policy Tuesday with Humphrey as lead-off witness. Byrd expects multiple days of testimony as Gore presses for witnesses who suffered under the tight money policy. Humphrey, set to resign this summer, may end his Washington role in the spotlight.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Committee
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
New York Times Publishes Letter By Russian Woman
The New York Times prints Mme N A Kopytskaya from Leningrad after a Khrushchev interview, showcasing press freedom by publishing her appeal to American mothers about wartime memory, atomic danger, and capitalist blame. It argues Western blocs and arms buildup threaten peace while the Soviet Union pursues communism.
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New York Times
New York
The
New York Times Today
United States
Mme
N. A. Kopytskaya
Leningrad
Turner
Catledge
the Times
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mme. Kopytskaya
Times
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
America
Mothers of America
Betsy Davis Wins Miss High Point Title in 1957 Pageant
Betsy Ross Davis aged 18 wins the Miss High Point crown at Memorial Auditorium High Point College beating Leona Brenner and Louise Warren. Davis daughter of Ross H. Davis of 814 Ferndale Dr and High Point High School graduate, showcased talents on piano and voice with a self-accompanied rendition of Autumn Leaves.
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Betsy Ross Davis
Miss Warren
Bill Jackson
Maxine Brenner
Louise
Betsy Davis
Jane Lucas
Leona Maxine Brenner
Louise Warren
Shirley Ann Dills
Miss Anne Kerr
Miss Davis
Ross H. Davis
Ferndale Dr
High Point High School
Diamond Carter
R. N. Brenner
W. Lexington Ave
Appalachian State Teachers College
James T. Warren
Woodbrook Court
Southern Seminary
Schoonbeck Henredon Merge To Boost Sales Service
At Chicago opening of the summer furniture market Schoonbeck and Henredon announced a merger of their merchandising and selling efforts to improve dealer service. Factory operations and management will stay unchanged. Poe Campbell remains vice manager of the High Point factory and Williameth stays as sales manager. The firms have already expanded their Grand Rapids operation.
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Chica
Ted Schoonbeck
Schoonbeck Organiza
Chicago
Herendon
Schoolbeck
Kang
Yine Poe Lock
Jury acclaims sheriff in McDowell murder case
A McDowell County jury acquits Sheriff Ashley Robinson of murder in the 1952 shooting of Cohen Sprinkle after a two week trial in Asheville. The 46 year old sheriff claimed self defense and cried as jurors delivered the verdict. Sprinkle had recently returned from Alaska.
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Asheville
N.C
McDowell County
Ashley Robinson
Cohen Sprinkle
Robinson
Sprinkle
East Marion
Superior Court
Hugh B. Campbell
Campbell
Alaska
Truman Says She Needs Pressuring at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Former President Harry S. Truman accused Eisenhower and Dulles of lacking leadership. He urged pressing them to do their jobs and to follow the nation’s basic policies for the future in a prepared Jefferson-Jackson Day speech in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Dulles
Truman
Floods Kill Seventeen in St Louis Area and Nearby
Severe floods across Missouri and Illinois after torrential rains left 17 dead and four missing. Over 3,500 evacuated as Lemay and Belleville faced four feet of water. victims include James Dullea, George Kampelmann, and Alice Bandy family members.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Belleville
Lemay
James E. Dullea
Benjamin
Winifred
Herbert
Harold
Lis Ann
Macmillan Urges Arms Controls Amid Nuclear Test Debate
London says Prime Minister Macmillan urged Bulganin for any disarmament pact to prevent a possible third world war tragedy. Russia offered to let international inspectors monitor a two to three year ban on nuclear tests, shifting the talks toward a joint testing ban and production controls.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Nikolai Bulganin
Kremlin
Macmillan
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Britain
U.N
Pacific
Bulganin
Valerian Zorin
Harold E. St
Graham Urges Use Of Ears In Life Sermon Theme
In New York Billy Graham at Madison Square Garden urges use of ears both physical and spiritual. He tells thousands that listening with the ears of the soul is essential. Tonight 18 000 attended and 443 came forward to accept Christ.
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New York
Billy Graham
Madison Square Garden
Graham
Ward
Christ
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Robert Francis
Memorial Hospital
the Samuels
Putnam Ave
Janet Teague
William S. Girard
West Germany
Jackie Gleason
Schoonbeck
Henredon
Fayetteville
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