UN Flags Over Gaza as Israel Withdraws
United Nations flag raised over Gaza replacing Israeli flag as most Israeli troops depart after 125 days of occupation. Norwegian UN forces guard frontier posts while withdrawals extend to Sharm el Sheikh area with ships loading equipment back to Israel.
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United Nations
Gaza Strip
Israel
Mediterranean
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N
Sinai
Strip
Eisenhower mulls slowing spending to curb price rises
President Eisenhower told reporters he is examining budget measures to slow the rate of spending. He said his cough has become a head cold and that leaving Washington for a dry climate would be awkward with Nixon and Dulles away. He emphasized no program should be abandoned while cost pressures are watched.
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Tucson
Ariz
Nixon
Dulles
Washington
Christmas and Lent Reflections by R L Dieffenbacher
The piece contrasts the Christmas season with Lent, noting the birth of Christ in Bethlehem and the sorrow of Jesus’ suffering. It urges readers to examine themselves, reject sin, and move toward God, avoiding complicity with those who would crucify the Master.
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Christ
Bethlehem
De Valera Wins Irish Election Signals Fianna Fail Majority
Eamon de Valera wins control of the Irish Parliament in a dramatic comeback. His Fianna Fail party holds 71 seats with potential gains, giving a working majority in the 147-seat Dail as Sinn Fein abstain and Costello's Fine Gael trails at 32 seats. The veteran leader, last survivor of the 1916 rebellion, confronts renewed republican militancy and Northern Ireland tensions.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
John A. Costello
Fianna Fail
Sinn
Costello
de Valera
Northern Ireland
State Senate Approves Highway Commission Reorganization Bill
The Senate quickly passed a bill to reorganize the State Highway Commission sending it to the House. It creates a new seven member commission and replaces the current top administrator with a director of highways. Sen. Claude Currie, chair of the study commission, said the change aims for a state-wide, nonpolitical highway administration.
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Senate
House
State Highway Commission
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Currie
Mid East Resolution Passes House and Moves to President
The House approved a resolution pledging to fight Communist aggression in the Middle East and authorize up to 200 million dollars in military and economic aid through July 1. The measure, supported by a wide margin, mirrors Eisenhower’s preferred language and speeds toward Senate consideration.
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Eisenhower
Middle East
House
United States
Mar
Tin
Massachussets
Senate
White House
Rules Committee
Ten Missing After Ship Blows Up In Collision
A midships explosion sank the Navy tanker Mission San Francisco after colliding with a freighter in the Delaware River. Ten crewmen, including the captain and deck officers, were missing. 26 survived, rescued by Coast Guard cutters and tugs. Rescue hindered by a dawn snow storm. survivors landed at New Castle.
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U.S.N.S. Mission
San Francisco
Delaware River
New Castle
Del
Orlando Limenez
Cuba
Wilbert Levy
Nicaraagua
George Malvar
Philippines
U.S.N.S
Westeignier
We Elna SI
Mission San
Coast Guard
Zinnia
Military Sea Transportation Service
Mabel the Whale Finds Comfort in Oceanarium Move
Mabel the 1,500 pound sunburned whale is happier after being moved from a shallow Marineland tank to the oceanarium's 500,000 gallon pool. Aquarist Dave Brown calmed her with vitamins and a cocaine derivative while guiding her orientation after the 50 foot relocation. She released a cheerful spray as she settled into her new, deeper home.
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Palos Verdes Estates
Calif
Mabel
Santa Catalina Island
Marineland of
William F. Monahan
Oceanarium
Dave Brown
Brown
Injuries Fatal To Newsman McLeod in Raleigh Bus Crash
John Allen McLeod Jr., legislative reporter for the Greensboro Record, died in Rex Hospital after being run over by a Raleigh city bus. The wheel passed over his chest as he crossed Morgan Fayetteville Street. The House adjourned in his honor at Rep. Ed Kemp's request and Gov. Hodges expressed sympathy. The driver said brakes failed as the bus neared the intersection.
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Raleigh
John Allen McLeod Jr
Greensboro
Rex Hospital
McLeod
Ed Kemp
Guilford
John Wynne
Bribery Claims Tied to 1955 Portland Gambling Raid
Washington testimony alleges James B. Elkins heard a Portland gambling associate say $500 was paid to Sheriff Terry D. Schrunk to call off a raid in September 1955. Elkins linked Clifford Bennett to the 8212 Club in Kenton District and described an arrangement where Bennett paid Schrunk.
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Washington
James B. Elkins
Terry D. Schrunk
Portland
Ore
Schrunk
Elkins
Senate
Clifford
Jimmy) Bennett
Kenton
Bennett
Loyola staffer in Chicago suicide linked to slayings case
A Loyola University assistant to the dean of admissions killed himself with a .25 caliber pistol after being questioned about nude photos of a 16 year old boy. Police linked the death to investigations of the Grimes sisters and three Chicago area boy murders from 1955.
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Chicago
Loyola University
David Burch
Loyola
James Fitzgerald
Burch
J. Norval Burch
Fitzgerald
Joseph Morris
Grimes Sisters
Barbara
Patricia
Morris
Robert Peterson
John Schuessler
Anton
Trial of Marine drill instructor Walsh features charge of hazing
Brig. Gen. W. Greene Jr head of recruit training is accused of command influence in the Walsh case. The Walsh indictment lists 24 specifications of hazing of recruits at Parris Island. Defense argues intoxicated by this briefing, seeks relief including possible venue change or dismissal as witnesses describe a briefing where Greene referenced 100 offenses and 23 provable. Page seven.
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Marine Corpor
W . Greene Jr
William R. Walsh
Lyndhurst
N.J
Walsh
Fred Shields
Mount Vernon
Greene
Shields
Glenn W. Rodney
Joplin
Oscar F. Peatross
Raleigh
N.C
Walsh Peatross
Deaf mute held in slaying of woman
Johnnie D. Knight Jr., a 29 year old deaf mute, confessed by note exchange to killing Mrs Myra Brown Manning near Bailey after resisting his advances. Sheriff Womble said Knight would face murder charges and was held at Central Prison in Raleigh. Manning, mother of four, died from a neck wound near a Boy Scout Camp four miles south.
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N. C
Glenn Womble
Womble
Johnnie D. Knight Jr
Knight
Myra Brown Manning
Bailey
Central Prison
Raleigh
M. C. Gulley
Nash County
Johnny D. Knight Jr
Bailey White
Myra Manning
Committee To Hear Pay Arguments On Teacher Raises
The State Board of Education plans to push for higher school teacher pay in the legislature's Joint Appropriations Committee. Vocational agriculture teachers protest the board's lower increases, seeking to restore the traditional salary differential.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
Joint Appropriations Committee
S. B. Lacey Jr
Jefferson
State Assn. of Agriculture
Lacey
Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
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