Herter Promises No Retreat on Berlin Stand
Secretary of State Herter plans a nationwide address to explain Allied resolve in Berlin talks with the Soviet Union. He outlines key points backing a firm Western position against Soviet ultimatums and signaling readiness to let Geneva talks fail rather than capitulate.
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Berlin
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Geneva
Germany
Nbc-Tv
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Abc-Tv
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Kremlin
West Berlin
Kita Khrushchev
State Department
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Norwegian Hotel Fire Kills 7 in Stalheim Norway
A hotel blaze in Stalheim Norway killed seven guests and left six or seven missing with about 35 injured. The 99 room hotel burned to ashes in two hours as guests from Britain Sweden and Norway were affected. Firefighters from nearby communities aided the effort and investigators attributed the fire to a room origin.
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Stalheim
Norway
Harris Caldwell
Georgia
Governor Earl Long Seeks Release From Mental Hospital
Gov Earl Long filed a habeas corpus petition in the 22nd Judicial Court challenging his confinement at Southeast Louisiana Hospital Mandeville claiming fraud in commitment and that he is sane. Judge Robert Jones set a 10 am Friday hearing as a dispute over acting governor Lt Gov Leath Frazar’s claim to the throne looms.
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22Nd Judicial Court
Robert Jones
Joe Arthur Sims
Long
Louisiana
Mandeville
Sims
Ousting Frondizi Threat Grows Amid Military Pressure
In Argentina the government crisis nears a climax as military leaders push to remove President Arturo Frondizi even after Cabinet resignations. They demand sweeping changes and oppose his stance on Peron and leftist visitation, raising fears of a renewed coup.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Armed Services
Alfredo Vitolo
Vitolo
Juan Peron
Peron
American dress designer blasts European rivals
London AP reports designer Don Lopez criticizes European dressmakers for aging Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. He notes Margaret's size makes dressing difficult and defends royal ladies from constant public scrutiny. Lopez plans to show at the Anglo American Ball despite comments about Monaco’s Grace Kelly.
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London
Don Lopez
Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Garet
Loper
Margaret
Grace von
Monaco
Vanguard Missile Flops as Second Stage Fails Again
Vanguard missile men face another setback as the second stage again malfunctions during a launch attempt. The 22% pound satellite reportedly broke up and reentered, with eight failures in total, six tied to the problematic stage. Only two successes reached long term earth orbits. One launcher remains for a final attempt in coming months as IGY winds down.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Vanguard
IGY
States Rights Bill Passage Predicted
Southern Democrats predict the House will pass a states rights bill opposed by the Eisenhower administration and that Republican floor leader Rep. Charles A. Halleck will back it. The measure aims to limit federal supremacy in civil rights and labor, while backers say it preserves state authority.
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Washington
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Prisoners Seize Wing at U S Medical Center in Springfield
Rioting psychiatric inmates seized five guards and took over a 100-foot wing of the U S Medical Center, blocking entrances, smashing windows, and demanding food while authorities formed three defensive rings around the wing. Hostages named include William L. Fitch and Leonard Appleby. The center houses 1,046 inmates with 259 trusties and a history of notorious cases.
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Huel E. Warren JR
Springfield
U.S. Medical Center
Glenn Hendrix
Greene County
North
Federal Prison System
General Hospital
Country Club
Russell C. Settle
Dr. Settle
William L. Fitch
Leonard Appleby
Melvin G. Jung
Robert D. Rosendahl
Len R. Allen
Polio Cases Reported in Lumberton County
Three children in Lumberton Robeson County were hospitalized with infantile paralysis. A 3 year old boy had one Salk vaccine shot. others had none. Names given include Mitchell Deese, Charles Ray Dial, and Sandra Sue Chavis. Two more children are under observation with suspected polio. None in serious condition.
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Lumberton
N.C
Mitchell Deese
Lillian Deese
Rt. 1
Pembroke
Charles Ray Dial
Harver Dial
Sandra Sue Chavis
Vashti Chavis
Rt. 3
Maxton
Robeson
Special Judges Reappointed For Four-Year Terms In North Carolina
Gov Hodges reappointed four state Superior Court judges for new four year terms. Recipients include Susie Sharp of Reidsville the only woman judge in the system George M Fountain of Tarboro William Reid Thompson of Pittsboro and J Braxton Craven of Morganton. Also named J Kennedy Jr of Durham to the State Bar and eight year terms and Fred S Royster of Henderson to the State Personnel Council for four years.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Susie Sharp
Reidsville
George M. Fountain
Tarboro
William Reid Thompson
Pittsboro
J. Braxton Craven
Morganton
J. Kennedy Jr
Durham
Faelte Gard
Hicker
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
State Personnel Council
Officials Waiting For Break
Jim Billings city editor of the Springfield Daily News was the sole journalist admitted inside the U S Medical Center after a riot erupted in one wing.
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Jim Billings
Springfield Daily News
Billings
Springfield
The
Riot Grips Springfield Prison 115 Prisoners Take Hostages
At 2 AM officials report a full scale riot by 115 inmates at a Springfield center. The 10 North wing is dark as warden Russell C. Settle says the group includes homosexuals and neuropsychiatric patients labeled aggressive. Hostages are officers, demands unclear.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Russell C. Settle
North’ Wing
Louis Armstrongs Pneumonia Halts Spoleto Concert
Louis Armstrong, the New Orleans born jazz king, was rushed to Spoleto civil hospital with pneumonia after chest pains, initially feared as a heart attack. Doctors said his condition is not grave and he was scheduled to perform on Italian TV tonight during the Festival of Two Worlds.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Armstrong
Wea
Ae Armstrong
Fuchs Heads for Berlin as He Leaves Wakefield Prison
Atomic spy Klaus Fuchs flew to East Berlin aboard a Polish Airlines plane as East German officials said he would be admitted there and may join his elderly father in Leipzig. The 47 year old, who had served over nine years of a 14 year sentence for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, was escorted from Wakefield Prison by police for the trip.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
East Berlin
Fuchs
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig
Wakefield
Soviet Union
Housing Bill Reaches House After Senate Approval
The omnibus housing measure totaling 1.375 billion dollars cleared the Senate 56 to 31 and moves to the House. Supporters say the two year program trims costs while critics warn of oversized programs and possible veto by President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Norman P. Mason
Ex-Bad Boy Helps Bad Boys
John H. Tully, 37 years as principal of Public School 68 in the Bronx, uses a child centered approach that avoids punishment. He explains his philosophy comes from his own school days and his aim to understand bad behavior by remembering how he felt as a student. He received Fordham University’s Medal of Extraordinary Distinction and will retire at 70 next month. He plans more time for community youth work and insists he is still a boy at heart.
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New York
John H. Tully
Bronx
Ganizations
Tully
Fordham University
Exenough
Fordham
Laurence J. McGinley
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