Ocracoke Hears Good Tidings From State Officials
Helicopters land on Ocracoke as Gov Hodges and fellow officials inspect the island and discuss a funded road plan. The visit highlights past delays and outlines a $300000 shortfall to complete the road with ongoing maintenance costs of about $100000 annually for ferry operations.
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Ocracoke
Hodges
Top Highway Commission
Cherry Point
Bill Scarborough
Verne J. McCaul
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Paul Hansell
N.C
Blackbeard
Soemnent
Hatteras Island
Luther Hodges
Rman
A. H. Graham
State Highway Commission
Wiliam H. Rogers
Emmett Winslow
W. N. Spruill
Russell Swindell
Cambodia Crisis as King Sihanouk Abdicates
The tiny Buddhist kingdom of Cambodia faces a critical period after King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated. U.S. policy, led by Secretary Dulles, weighed aid and training for a royal army of about 40,000 to counter Communism while Cambodia's internal stability wavered amid regional Cold War tensions.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
United States
Dulles
Indochina
Noak
Asia
France
Ies Sihanouk
Brilliant Youth Held For Murder
A 16 year old William Wright from Collingdale Pa. is charged with murdering his great aunt Evelyn Leonard Thomas 68 in her Pittsburgh home on January 26. Wright allegedly bludgeoned her then set fire to the house during an eight hour absence from Grove City state penal institution. He confessed with little emotion and claimed he sought his mother’s help after the crime.
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Pittsburgh
Adam Geisler
Pittsburgh Police
William Wright
Collingdale
Philadelphia
Evelyn Leonard Thomas
Geisler
Young Wright
George Junior
Grove City
Wright
Delaware County
C. Geisler
Thomas
Eisenhower Revises Federal Security Firings Policy
The administration unveiled new rules to ensure fair and impartial treatment in security firings across the federal government. Attorney General Brownell drafted the guidelines, aimed at uniform procedures, with input from Sen. Jackson and Sen. Monroney, while addressing past disputes like the Ladejinsky case and calls for a permanent quasi judicial security tribunal. The changes stop short of some demands but emphasize coordinated evaluations, pre suspension interviews, and protection of witnesses where possible.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Eisenhower
Gen
Brownell
eSagta
Ladejinsky
State Department
Agriculture Ae
Benson
Ladeisky
Foreign Founee Administration
Viet Nam
Sen. Jackson
Jackson
Farrell Not Connected With Crime
New York reports quote police saying tests on William Patrick Farrell clothing found no evidence linking him to the brutal sex slaying of Ann Yarrow. Farrell, 25, is charged with homicide and held for mental observation at Bellevue Hospital. Grand jury is to hear the case next Wednesday.
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New York
William Patrick Farrell
Ann Yarrow
Arrell
Miss Yarrow
Greenwich Village
Arrow
Farrell
Bellevue Hospital
Democrats Urge Unity Against Tax Cut in Senate Fight
Senate leaders clash over a $20 income tax cut attached to a broader tax bill. Senator Knowland accuses Democrats of delaying revenue growth while Senator Byrd vows to fight the measure. Administration taxes, including excise and corporate levies, face possible lapse if the bill stalls, risking broader fiscal harm.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
Mistarym
Blicans
Sene
D-Ga
Ge House
Parnu
Ag Mg Oe
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
GOP
House
Treasury
Congress
Postal
Civil Service
Eisenhower
House Democrats
George
Senate House
Sulfa Distributed to Ft. Dix Soldiers and WACs
At Fort Dix New Jersey a blood infection similar to a prior case prompted mass distribution of four sulfadiazine tablets to about 40 000 personnel. Post officials said it was precautionary with no cause for alarm. Unmarried soldiers were kept on post for 12 hours. married personnel could go home after dosing. The latest trainee affected was Pvt Michael T Karistaj ne j in the post hospital.
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FT. DIX
N. J
Tom Hamrick
Pvt
Michael T. Karistane J
Nixon Returns From Caribbean Good Will Tour
Vice President Nixon arrives home from a four week Caribbean goodwill tour and urges stronger trade ties with Latin America. He plans to recommend policies to President Eisenhower and the National Security Council to reduce trade barriers and boost investments in the region.
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Washington
Nixon
Caribbean
Latin America
Eisenhower
United States
Fuller Prosecutor Crosses Up In Alabama Murder Trial
Albert Fuller denied killing A. L. Patterson then faced cross examination with contradictions in his testimony. Prosecution presented rebuttal witnesses labeling Fuller’s reputation bad as they countered his alibi that placed him away from the crime scene.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Phenix City
Cecil Deason
Fuller
Patterson
Vice Fee
Alabama
Evacuation Procedure Stepped Up In Pahoa Hawaii
Evacuation alerts issued for Pahoa population of about 1000 as lava inches toward the ocean from five days of eruptions. Dr Gordon A MacDonald warns tremors near a rift line 10 miles upslope. officials monitor seismographs before ordering mass evacuation.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Gordon A. MacDonald
Hawaii Island
MacDonald
Kilauea Crater
Fickle March Weather Spurs Wide Temperature Swings
March weather bounced from zero in Grand Forks to 92 in Presidio and 83 in Birmingham as a cold wave moved south and east. Ice caused hazardous driving in New York and New England with two deaths blamed on ice. Flood fears eased in Pittsburgh with Ohio River crest expected near minor levels.
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Associated Press
Grand Forks
N. D
Presidio
Tex
Mercury
Birmingham
Ala
Charlotte
N. C
Midwest
New York
New Jersey
New England
Pittsburgh
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio River
River Downs
Cincinnati
Plains
Ilinoia- Indiana
Texas Panhandle
Atlantic
High Point Tornado Strikes Deep River Area Causing Severe Damage
A tornado ripped through the Deep River community concentrating along Woods Road, damaging tobacco barns, a packhouse, and homes. Leonard and his 2-year-old child escaped when a tree toppled onto their car, with no injuries reported. Power and phone service disrupted as residents described a brief, intense event lasting minutes.
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Don H. Leonard
Leonard
Don
Woods Rd
W. Hicks
Whitakers
T. W. Hicks
H. Hicks
H. C. Gordon
R. H. Hicks
Winston-Salem
Stokes County
King
Earth
Inc
Deep River
Guilford County
Brown Summit Broom Co
Greensboro
Japanese girls taller plumper after postwar emancipation
A white paper from Japan's Education Ministry notes teachers observe girls growing taller and heavier since the postwar emancipation movement. Educators are unsure how or why this change occurred.
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Tokyo
Education Ministry
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Theodore Ronatweler
Graham
Winslow
Hatteras
Rogers
Tiny
Sen. Monroney
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