Highway Commission Prioritizes Coastal Bridge Projects
The North Carolina State Highway Commission approved about 35 million dollars for 23 projects including bridges over the Alligator River and Cape Fear at Wilmington. The plan aims to start construction in 1960 or 1961 with Wilmington area priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
James Mason
Laurinburg
Ralph Howland
Elkin
Wilmington
Highway Commission
J. M. Broughton Jr
Combe
Cape Fear
Commission
Alligator River
New York
Rebels Crushed as French Force Retakes Bone
The French army claimed complete control around the eastern port city of Bone after repelling the largest rebel assault on a major Algerian city. The government said it had crushed the uprising and secured the area.
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Algiers
Bone
Satchmo Stricken as Pneumonia Brings Heart Distress
Louis Armstrong known as Satchmo lies gravely ill in a coma in Spoleto Italy. Doctors report heart disturbances linked to pneumonia while his American physician says no heart attack occurred. Specialists will decide if transfer to Rome hospital is needed for treatment.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
Satchmo
Alexander Schiff
Orleans
New Orleans
Armstrong
Rome
Governor Earl K Long Predicts Freedom From Mental Hospital
In a radio interview from a ward 79 miles from Baton Rouge, Gov. Earl K Long says he is sane and expects to win freedom in a court test Friday. His chief counsel Joe Arthur Sims notes confidence in a favorable ruling, while Judge Robert D. Jones declines to reveal leanings.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Joe Arthur Sims
Hammond
Gremillion
Robert D. Jones
T Ae $ 22Nd Judicial District Court
New Orleans
WNOE
Governors Greeted In Moscow
Nine U S governors led by Luther Hodges of North Carolina begin an intensive tour of the Soviet Union visiting eight or nine republics. They will inspect factories farms theaters and science institutes and fly over Kazakhstan then travel to Leningrad returning by July 13. Leroy Collins of Florida chairs the group and Cecil Underwood of West Virginia is the only border state governor among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
William G. Stratton
Illinois
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Soviet Republics
Kazakhstan
Leningrad
Leroy Collins
Collins and
Hodges
Canton Faces Worst Flood Threat in a Century
Reports from Canton and Kwangtung describe a city gripped by fear as torrential rains swell the Peh and Tung rivers. Dikes hold at present while millions contend with floodwater, evacuations, and potential famine as officials race to bolster defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Kwangtung
Omg Tao Jih Pao
Peh
North River
South China Sea
Pearl River
China
Heavyweight Title Fight Postponed in New York
Promoter Bill Rosensohn postpones the Floyd Patterson versus Ingemar Johansson title bout to 9:30 p.m. Friday due to dangerous weather and a soaked infield at Yan Stadium. The 15 round fight faces TV and logistics complications as rainfall persists despite segments of clearing.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Bill Rosensohn
Three Die As Truck Smashes Into Car And Three Homes
A runaway semi trailer grain truck collided with a car and plowed into two homes in Duluth Minnesota. Three people died and three others injured as grain blasted through walls and into living areas.
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Duluth
Minn
Reuben Widell
Mass killer Starkweather executed in electric chair
Charles Starkweather faced the electric chair in Lincoln Nebraska for a brutal 17 month old killings, remaining calm to the end. The prison physician Dr B A Finkel aged 75 suffered a heart attack and died just before the midnight execution, leaving alternates to carry on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
B. A. Finkel
Health Bill Veto Expected in Budget Battle
Senate Republican leader Dirksen said President Eisenhower may veto a major health labor appropriation, potentially breaking a long veto precedent. Supporters and opponents weigh the bill’s size as the House and Senate move through votes and possible budget impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate
Congress
Truman
John C. Pastore
D-Ri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Senate backs repeal of passenger and communications taxes
The Senate voted to repeal the 10 percent passenger travel tax effective Aug 1 and the 10 percent communications tax effective July 1 1960, joining a House-passed bill to extend current taxes for a year. A highway funding provision and fuel-tax options were debated as the July 1 deadline loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Highway Trust Fund
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Eissenhower
New Workers Report to Replace Strikers at Carbon Plant
More than 20 new hires arrived to replace striking workers at the Great Lakes Carbon Corp plant in Morganton North Carolina. Deputies guarded the site as union and management talks stalled and the company kept employment offices open while some strikers were expected to reapply.
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Morganton
N.C
Great Lakes Carbon Corp
Ray A. Sigman
Plat
Thase Man
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Alexander Kuznetsov
Soviet Committee On Cultural Relations
Vnukovo
Gov. Long
Peiping
Rosensohn
Jim Thompson
Stadium
Rosenshon
Earl Hayes
Nebraska State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
P. E. Getscher
Nebraska Penitentiary
Guy Starkweather
Robert
Rodney
LaVeta
Richard Starkweather
Charles
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