Chapel in the Sky rises 39th floor church in Dallas
High above Dallas, a 39th floor chapel in the Southland Life Insurance building will be the highest located worship space in America. Plans by Dan C. Williams aim for a non denominational prayer room with stained glass and timbered ceiling for 35 people. Also featured is Mrs. Henry Ling named Home League Woman of the Year by the Salvation Army Corps. Members of Randolph Baptist Association launch a March revival coordinated by Lexington Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Fred Reece and Rev L J Culler contributing.
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Dallas
Tex
Southland Life Insurance Company
America
Ben H. Carpenter
Southland Company
Dan C. Williams
Southwest
Williams
Southland
Henry Ling
Home League
Salvation Army Corps
Charles Sams
Ling
Sams
Reidsville
Mabel Prevatie
Imogene Webster
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Fred Reece
First Baptist Church
Randleman
Mr. Reece
Lexington Avenue Church
Randolph Baptist Association
Safe Cracked At Tire Firm in High Point
Thieves opened a three foot high safe at Wagner Tire Service on Thurston Street last night netting about 2215 in cash and checks. Police suspect professional help with a back window entry possible and left the scene littered with insulation and a tire hammer. Manager D E Burton found the damage at 7 am and detectives continue to assess the method used while noting the absence of clear entry points.
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High Point
Wagner Tire Service
Thurston Street
D. E. Burton
Dam Break Floods Negro Community in Bennettsville
In Bennettsville South Carolina an overflow spillway failed at a wildlife reservoir dam flooding about a quarter square mile including Shady Rest. No deaths or injuries reported. about 300 residents evacuated to the National Guard Armory and schools as guardsmen assisted.
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Bennettsville
S.C
F. E. Davis
Davis
National Guard
South Carolina
Big Pee Dee
Khrushchev presses for summit on Soviet terms
Khrushchev told 14 000 followers in Moscow he would resist Western efforts to tamper with Eastern Europe and urged a summit by July to decide the agenda. He said reunification of Germany should wait for troop withdrawals and normal relations, while Bonn signaled flexibility on unification if talks focus on disarmament. Russia opposed debating disarmament in the UN Security Council as Western diplomats remained hopeful for a session.
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Moscow
Russia
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Fisenhower
East Europe
Action
Khrushchev
Foreign Ministry
Bonn
U.N. Security Council
Sales Rise Across New York Area in Week
Dun & Bradstreet reported U. S. retail sales up five percent from a year earlier, with notable gains in the Middle Atlantic and South Atlantic states. Warmer weather and Easter approaches boosted demand for silhoutte women’s dresses, coats, suits, and electrical housewares as prices fell in many outlets.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Three Jailed For Smearing Arresting Cop
In St Louis three motorcyclists Melvin R. Smith Frank H. Cline and Oscar E. Golden were jailed for plotting to smear Patrolman Joseph Beil after speeding tickets. They faced up to 500 dollars fine for false reports and were sent to the city work house to work off fines. Golden failed a lie detector test leading to new statements.
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ST. Louis
Melvin R. Smith
Frank H. Cline
Oscar E. Golden
Joseph Beil
Robert G. Dowd
Golden
Sunday Enterprise Preview Promotes Library Week
The Sunday Enterprise outlines National Library Week March 16 to 22, with plans to boost library use and celebrate reading. A separate piece surveys the fading duck tail haircut fad at Senior High, and a Washington report analyzes secrecy stamps and government transparency in the era.
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National Library
Sunday Enterprise
Dick Rigby
Enterprise
Washington
Poisoning Hinted In Agent's Death In Tokyo Bay
U S Army says intelligence agent Emmet E. Dugan may have been poisoned before his body was found in Tokyo Bay five weeks after he handed his wife a life insurance policy. Dugan, 39, left his wife Maud Feb 4 in a Tokyo hotel with papers and the policy and told her to return to Yokohama. He vanished after visiting an Army camp, bought a briefcase, lost money at a club, and was later listed as missing.
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Tokyo
U.S. Army
Tokyo Bay
Emmet E. Dugan
Crafton
Dugan
Japan
Maud
Zama
Yokohama
Red Cross
Korea
Frank J. Sizemore 74 longtime High Point chamber secretary dies
Frank J. Sizemore, 74, longtime secretary of the High Point Chamber of Commerce, died in High Point Memorial Hospital after respiratory illness. A prominent civic figure since 1921, he helped found the Executives Club and was active in Kiwanis and local development. Survived by wife Lill M Farish Sizemore, son Frank J. Sizemore Jr., daughter Marion R. Cochran, and several relatives. funeral at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with burial at Oakwood Memorial Park. Memorials to Wesley Memorial Church building fund.
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Frank J. Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
High Point Memorial Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. C. Herbert Jr
C. W. Buckey
Sechrest Funeral
Oakwood Memorial Park
Wesley Memorial Church
Sizemore
High Point
Old Carolina and Yadkin River
Thomasville
Denton
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Southern Railway
Winston-Salem
Clarksville
Kiwanis Club
Executives Club
Lill M. Farish
Frank J. Sizemore Jr
Globe Furniture Company
Marion R. Cochran
Greensboro
Otto L
McDonnell elected head of U S Chamber of Commerce
William A. McDonnell of St. Louis, 63, elected president of the U S Chamber of Commerce to take over April 29. He argues for market-led recovery, tax cuts of three billion dollars, and opposes rash quick fixes and deficit spending.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Hill
William A. McDonnell
St. Louis
McDonnell
First National Bank of
Chamber
City Run Like Dictatorship Sparks Property Suit
Henry D. Rhyne sues in Gaston Superior Court alleging that Mount Holly North Carolina city workers damaged his land during a cleanup, claiming $2,000 in damages from bulldozed water oaks and rubble left on his property after the town enacted an ordinance requiring cleanup or city action at owners expense. Mayor Bill Alligood denies the claim saying the city spent $40 partially clearing the lot but could not finish due to access being barred.
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Mount Holly
Henry D. Rhyne
Gaston Superior Court
Bill Alligood
Rhyne
AEC Probed on Nevada Underground Test Error
Washington officials faced Senate inquiry on an underground Nevada test that caused a mountain to jump. Willard Libby described a small 1700 ton TNT device and possible benefits from the test while lawmakers sought background on the misstatement of detection ranges.
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Washington
Atomic Finergy Commission
Capitol Hill
AEC
Nevada
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Willard F. Libby
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Libby
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
Fire destroys four story building. two women die
Scranton Pennsylvania a four story apartment house fire killed two women and injured five others none seriously. Firefighters faced smoke and falling debris as residents fled to safety via ladders and roofs. Police listed Angelo Mortati as missing as crews searched the charred ruins for hours.
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Scranton
Rose G. Evans
Joseph Roe
Angelo Mortati
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Rev. L. J. Culler
Archdale Baptist Church
E. W. Clapp
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Frank Sizemore
C of C
Bill McDonnell
Altheimer
Ark
Denver
Colo
Little Rock
Vanderbilt University
First National Bank
Carolyn Vandergrift Cherry
Sanford
David W. Black
George Davis
Katherine Langan
Helen Ratayski
Hugh Mosier
Maude Campbell
Leo Butler
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