First Man In Space Predicted By Khrushchev
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev predicted that a manned space ship would soon reach outer space. He spoke at a conference in Akmolinsk, broadcast by Moscow radio, while praising the virgin lands program and criticizing the antiparty group led by Malenkov and Molotov.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Earth
Akmolinsk
Virgin Lands
Siberia
Moscow Radio
Georgi M. Malenkov
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Central Committee
Reapportionment Bill Sends to Senate in North Carolina
The North Carolina House passed a reapportionment bill by voice vote on third reading, adding one seat each to Mecklenburg Alamance Cumberland and Onslow while reducing Buncombe Cabarrus Johnston and Pitt counties. The measure matches 1960 census population shifts and requires Senate approval and a statewide referendum for constitutional amendments.
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Raleigh
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Mecklenburg
Alamance
Cumberland
Onslow
Buncombe
Cabarrus
Johnston i
Pitt County
General Assembly
State Senate
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Claude Currie
Durham
Study Commission
Cutlar Moore
Robeson
Motor Vehicles Department
Moore
British Actress Belinda Lee Dies In California Car Crash
In San Bernardino a speeding station wagon flipped and crashed killing actress Belinda Lee after a Las Vegas scout trip. Her fiancé Gualtiero Jacopetti, 41, broke a leg. two other Italian film crew members were injured. The crash occurred about 150 miles northeast of Hollywood.
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Belinda Lee
Baker
Calif
San Bernardino
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss Lee
Gualtiero Jacopetti
Barstow Community Hospital
Devon
England
Modern English NT critics praise readability over King James prose
British scholars hail a 13 year modern English translation of the New Testament as a noble, easier read but not a substitute for the KJV. Oxford and Cambridge minds shaped it. over a million copies printed. Old Testament still in progress. The Daily Telegraph calls it a spirited paraphrase with smoother prose yet lacking old English beauty.
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London
Oxford
Cambridge
The
Daily Telegraph
Hugh J. Schonfield
Evening News
Catholics Urge School Loan Program
Washington AP The Roman Catholic hierarchy urged federal long term low interest loans for private and parochial schools to complement any aid for public schools. NCWC testimony before the Senate education subcommittee supported matching loans while Kennedy style grants go to public schools. Secretary Ribicoff advised studying proposals and preferred separate legislation.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
Catholic Church
Frederick G. Hochwalt
National Catholic Welfare Conference Department of Schools
Senate
NCWC
U.S
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Tobacco and Soft Drink Tax Bills Introduced
Senate sponsor Sen. C. Max Thomas and Rep. Thurst on Arledge led bills proposing a 3 cent per pack cigarette tax with related levies on cigars and tobacco products. The House measure adds a 1 cent per 12 ounce soft drink bottle tax and syrup levy. Gov. Sanford's sales tax proposals and whisky tax hike contrast with these options as Lt. Gov. Philpott urges prompt introduction of tax and appropriation bills.
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Raleigh
Senate
Sen
C. Max Thomas
Union
Robert F. Morgan
Cleveland
Thurston Arledge
Polk
House
Arledge
Sanford
Thomas
Thomas Morgan
H. Cloyd Philpott
Four Million In High Point Bonds Sold At Low Rate
Municipal bonds worth four million dollars were sold for the City of High Point in Raleigh at an average rate of 3.2187 percent. Mayor Pro-tem Hubert Bryant said officials were pleased with the sale, which surpassed earlier bond rates and involved eight bidding syndicates led by the NC National Bank of Charlotte. Funds will expand water, sewer, and electrical systems. officials may issue up to nine million for this purpose.
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High Point
Raleigh
Hubert Bryant
Hlig Point
N. C. Institute of Government
Judge Disqualification Referral Bill Reported Favorably
Senate Judiciary Committee No 2 favored a bill allowing a judge who disqualifies himself to refer a motion to the regularly presiding judge of an adjoining district. Current law requires referral to the resident judge of the adjoining district.
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Raleigh
Senate Judiciary Committee No. 2
Dillon argues heavy trucks should pay more for highways
Secretary Dillon told Congress that federal and state studies show heavy trucks bear a larger share of the cost of the federal highway system. He and Secretary Hodges urged new taxes to raise about 900 million dollars annually to keep the pay as you go program on schedule and finish the interstate system by 1972.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Dillon
Secretary of Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hodges
America
Castro Threatens Exile Governments If U S Attacks Cuba
Fidel Castro warned that Cuba will form many revolutionary governments in exile beginning with Puerto Rico if the United States sanctions a Cuban government in exile. He linked his attack to Kennedy’s Latin America plan and alleged U S aggression, citing an armed ship firing on the Santiago refinery and a bank bombing in Havana.
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Richard Valerian
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Puerto Rico
United States
Kennedy
Latin America
Society of Free Men
Castro
White House
Texaco
Santiago
U.S Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base
Havana University
Vedado District
Cua National Bank
Communist Bloc
Laos Royal Troops Recapture Muong Kassy From Rebels
Laotian royal troops say they retook Muong Kassy today from Pathet Lao forces after a rebel offensive toward Vientiane. Muong Kassy lies about 100 miles north of the capital, the latest in a March offensive tied to the Plaine des Jarres fighting.
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Vientiane, Laos
Muong Kassy
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Sala Phou Koun
Plaine Des Jarres
Laos
Prisoner testifies Peel urged poisoning in Holzapfel plot
Former prisoner Robert E. Johnson testified that Joseph A. Peel Jr. asked him to put deadly poison in Floyd Holzapfel's food or milk to influence the Chillingworth murder case. Johnson said Peel warned of reward and later turned over the cigarette-pack poison after being questioned.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Joseph A. Peel Jr
Floyd Holzapfel
Robert E. Johnson
Greensboro
N.C
Peel
Holzapfel
Chillingworth
Johnson
C. E. Chillingworth
Atlantic
American Reds Name New Party Chairman
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, 70, former prisoner for conspiracy to advocate overthrow, is elected national chairman of the American Communist Party in New York. She succeeds Eugene Dennis, who died last January. Flynn, a veteran leftist, led IWW organizing efforts in textile regions of the East and mining districts of the West.
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New York
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
American Communist Party
Miss Flynn
Eugene Dennis
Alderson
W. Va
Concord
N.H
Industrial Workers of the World
Kennedy Urges Congress to Aid Latin America
President Kennedy asked Congress for 600 million dollars as the first step in a 10 year cooperative aid program for Latin America. He warned of grave imminent danger that desperate peoples may turn to communism if aid is delayed and cited the Bogota commitment and an alliance of progress to improve living conditions and curb tyranny. The plan targets Cuba and the Dominican Republic and seeks swift funding for reconstruction in southern Chile as part of the broader effort.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Latin America
Capitol
South of the Border
White House
United States
Cuba
Dominican Republic
U.S
Bogota
Colombia
Chile
Americans Trapped as U.N. Tries to Reach 300 in Congo
Malayan U.N. patrols push through rebel held Kivu to rescue about 300 white missionaries and businessmen amid reports of brutal attacks by Congolese soldiers. A Belgian nun appeals for help as killings and rapes are described, while Congo leaders meet in Katanga and India dispatches a 3 000 troop contingent for UN forces.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
U.N
Ning
Kivu
Maniema
Leopoldville
Kasongo
Congo
Elisabethville
Katanga
Tananarive
Malagasy
Moise Tshombe
Joseph Kasavubu
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Gizenga
New Delhi
India
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Motion Picture Herald Fame
Movie Gazette
N. C. National Bank of Charlotte
Ways and Means Committee
Melbourne
Floyd A. Holzapfel
American Reds
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