Colonial Pipeline Plan From Texas to New York
Atlanta AP reports the Colonial Pipeline Co plans a 1 600 mile main line from Houston to Danville with 1 000 miles of spur routes through Spartanburg Charlotte Greensboro and Raleigh Fayetteville and Charleston Durham and other cities. The project seeks 350 million private funding and 100 million in equipment needs with construction starting this summer and completion set for fall 1963.
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Atlanta
Texas
New York
North
South Carolina
Colonial Pipeline Co
Houston
Spartanburg
S. C
Charlotte
Greensboro
N. C
Danville
Johnson Sees 18 Orbit Mercury Trip By 1967
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at Elon College about U S goals for spaceflight and disarmament. He outlined plans for an 18 orbit earth mission this year and two man orbital flights in 1963 1964 with a rendezvous in 1965 followed by a three man moon mission before the end of the decade. He stressed maintaining military strength trade expansion and willingness to discuss issues at the conference table.
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Elon College
N. C
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Moon
Earth
Elon
Free World
North Carolina
B. Everett Jordan
Sam Ervin
Court Upholds FCC Pay TV Trial Operation
The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the FCC authority to permit a three year trial of pay television in Hartford Connecticut. Judges Edgerton Bastian and Burger agreed that experimentation is needed for the future of television despite protests from theater groups and studios. The case centered on RKO Phonevision and Zenith Radio Corp. involved in the trial.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
Ace
Henry W. Edgerton
Catleden
Walter M. Bastian
Warren E. Burger
Edgerton
Connecticut
Stanley Warner Management Co
Loew’s, Inc
Connecticut Theaters
Manchester Drivel
Theater Corp
Outdoors Theaters Corp
FCC
RKO Phonevision Co
Hartford
Conn
Zenith Radio Corp
Phonevision
Worst Oldtimers Can Remember Worst Oldtimers Can Remember
State Civil Defense personnel moved into the battered Outer Banks to survey damage from a storm oldtimers call the worst in memory. Major Denning warned damage could run into millions as highways suffered heavy blows and beach property was devastated. National Guard troops and Coast Guard aircraft aided evacuations and security while Red Cross teams moved in to assist.
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Nags Head
N. C
Outer Banks
Mil
James W. Denning
State Civil Defense
Denning
Dare County
Manteo
Norfolk
Red Cross
Charlotte
Liberian Tanker Gem Breaks Up Off North Carolina Coast
Coast Guard reports the Liberian tanker Gem broke in two in heavy seas off Cape Fear. Jyttes Kou sighted the stern missing and flares 100 miles east. three crew seen on the bridge. Navy destroyers and Absecon dispatched, other ships divert. Chesapeake and others endure heavy seas with repairs underway.
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North Carolina
Portsmouth
Gem
Coast Guard
Jyttes Kou
Cape Fear
N.C
S. S
Cape Henry
Chesapeake
Kitty Hawk
Cherokee
Norfolk
A. H. Dumont
Virginia Capes
Navy
Absecon
Chun Lee
Cape Hatleteras
Northampton
Kennedy Seeks Breakthrough As Steel Talks Reopened
President Kennedy presses for an early settlement in suspended steel labor talks with price stability in mind. Major steel firms and United Steelworkers Union back resuming negotiations by next Wednesday, likely in Pittsburgh, after talks collapsed last Friday with no agreement on terms to replace June contracts.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Kennedy
United Steelworkers Union
Pittsburgh
Kidd Brewer Threatened With Court Order
State Revenue Commissioner William Johnson said a court order will compel Kidd Brewer to appear at a tax hearing if he refuses. Brewer's attorneys claim the hearing risks information for a highway sign case, but Johnson says the session targets income tax matters only. Malcolm Seawell and Edwin Frieberg assert Brewer has nothing to hide and will appear for tax inquiries.
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Raleigh
William Johnson
Kidd Brewer
Brewer
Johnson
Malcolm Seawell
Edwin Frie
Berg
Post Office signs save a million as names cut costs
The Post Office Department reports saving about 1 million annually on signs and dedication plaques for new buildings. A Duke surgeon urged cost checks, prompting mass production of 5 by 8 foot signs at 39 dollars each and 14 by 11 inch plaques at 7.95 dollars, aided by shorter names Kennedy and Day versus Eisenhower and Summerfield.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Roderick B. Ormandy
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Post Office
Department
J. Edward Day
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Mrs Kennedy Heads to India on Goodwill Mission
Mrs John F Kennedy begins a 15000 mile semi official tour to India and Pakistan with a New York departure. She will fly from Idlewild to Rome to New Delhi for meetings with leaders including President Gronchi and Pope John XXIII. Her children stay with relatives in Palm Beach for a week.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
New York
India
Pakistan
Kennedy
Loff
National
White House
Caroline
John Jr
Florida
Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
Carlyle Hotel
Princess Lee Radziwill
London
First Lady
Idlewild
Rome
New Delhi
Virginia Hunt Country
Winds and tides devastate seven states
The Associated Press reports coastal areas from North Carolina to New York suffer severe damage as high tides and violent winds batter shorelines. At least 29 dead, including five children in Delaware, with widespread power loss and infrastructure damage. Govs Tawes and Carvel seek disaster declarations. Wallops Island also hit as storms threaten New England less severely.
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Associated Press
Mid- Atlantic
North Carolina
New York
New England
Ocean City
Paeehee Beach
Del
Atland
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Kennedy
Bowers
Delaware
Elbert N. Carvel
Carvel
Virginia
Wallops Island
Virginia Coast
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hampton Roads
Virginia Beach
Robbery at Greensboro Savings Bank Nets $2000 to $3000
Two African American men robbed the American Federal Savings and Loan Association in Greensboro today seizing between $2,000 and $3,000. A bank official was shot in the hand when he tried to wrest a pistol from one bandit. Albert S. Webb, secretary treasurer, oversaw cash drawers as Richard Jones, 18, a teller, reported the drawer cleaning. The bandits fled with the money after the gun discharged striking Webb. Three employees and three customers were present.
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Greensboro
American Federal Savings and Loan Association
Albert S. Webb
Richard Jones
Webb
Jones
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Carolinass
Kidd
Summerfield
Frances Lewine
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