Bali Volcano Eruption Abates Amid Death Toll Soars
Bali governors report Agung volcano lava flow stopped after five days of eruption. Officials estimate 1,100 dead, 75,000 homeless, and up to 200,000 losing livelihoods as ash and lava devastate rice lands. About 100,000 flee from a 20 mile zone. many tourists deemed safe. Authorities fear more eruptions and urge evacuations.
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Denpasar
Bali
Agung
Anak Agung Sutedja
Jakarta
Gunung
Mount) Agung
Profumo defends himself in Commons over missing call girl
War Minister John Profumo told the House of Commons he had been friendly with Christine Keeler but had not seen her in 14 months and knew nothing of her whereabouts. Labor MPs pressed the government for denial or a full inquiry into rumors linking a senior minister to the missing woman and her trial at the Old Bailey.
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London
John Profumo
House of Commons
Labor
Barbara Castle
Christine
Profumo
Commons
Old Bailey
Laborites
Longshoremen In N C Ports Walk Off In Labor Dispute
Longshoremen at Wilmington and Morehead City walked off in a dispute over who ties and unties ships. About 125 union members in Morehead City and 350 in Wilmington began the action at 8 am with no picket lines. The SPA said state employees would handle ship lines and warehouse checks, not the ILA, and talks failed to produce an agreement.
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Wilmington
N. C
State Ports Authority
Morehead City
Leroy Guthrie
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
SPA
Uni
Aton
New York
Tanker Marine Co
Kennedy warns of rising nuclear powers by 1970 and 1975
President Kennedy said he is haunted by the prospect of 10 nations with nuclear weapons by 1970 and 15 to 20 by 1975. He spoke at a news conference on why he seeks a Soviet test ban and warned that more countries gaining such weapons would raise the danger of mass destruction.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Khrushchev
Canada
France
China
North Carolina Senate Ends Racial Bar on Guard
The North Carolina Senate passed a bill to remove the whites only provision from state law for National Guard membership with little discussion and few no votes. The measure now goes to the House as lawmakers also debate new names for North Carolina State College and business on education packages. The session includes travel invites to Roanoke Island and a May visit to Western Carolina College. new bills cover deer hunting, emergency judges, and crimes involving corrosives, with House actions on traffic line crossing and bid thresholds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sen
David Clark
Lincoln
National Guard
Guard
Senate
House
Thomas W. Seay Jr
Rowan
Winston- Salem
H. P. Taylor Jr
Anson
State Highway Department
Hugh S. Johnson Jr
Duplin
Johnson
State Veterans Commission
J. R. Phipps
Orange
Kennedy says Soviets withdraw 3000 Cuba troops
President Kennedy reported in a news conference that about 3,000 Soviet troops have withdrawn from Cuba in recent weeks and that the overall withdrawal pace and scope will be clearer by the end of March. He cited talks in San Jose with Central American leaders and expressed confidence in a hemisphere of independent friends. In domestic news, Moody plans a three year tax cut and Durham youth Lee Porter seeks transfer from Cherry Hospital to Umstead Hospital amid desegregation fits.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Soviet Union
U.S
Raleigh
Congress
Ralph Moody
Durham
Butner
Cherry Hospital
Goldsboro
Moody
Lee Porter
Lee B. Porter
Umstead Hospital
Edwin B. Stanley
Park Challenged as Protests Rock Korea Amid Military Rule
In Seoul and two southern cities protests erupt against Gen. Park Chung Hee's plan to extend military rule four more years. Police arrest demonstrators as he vows a referendum to gauge public will and maintain junta authority.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Park
Defense Ministry
Pusan
Kwang-Ju
GOP Dinner Offers Credit to Attend Fundraiser
Houston AP report notes Republicans can buy a $100 plate fundraising dinner ticket for $30 down and $10 monthly amid a ban on political activity. The event is described as an all government show with government controls and restrictions on newspapers. Bill Simmons of the county Republican radio and information center is quoted on party efforts and broader limits.
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Houston, Tex
Bill Simmons
Republiwide
Radio and Information
Cen-Can
GOP
Trial unfolds in theft case against Laurinburg sisters
In Scotland Superior Court Milton Bane the wealthy junk dealer who died last May is named as prosecutors try to connect Truemiller Polston and Pinkie Polston to a $24,000 theft from mortician C. H. Morris. Police testimony details a box of papers and funds tied to Bane and a lavish new home financed by loans and large cash sums.
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Laurinburg
N. C
Milton Bane
Scotland
Bane
H. C. Gardner
Truemiller Polston
Thomas P. McNair
Maxton
Pinky ‘Polston
Commercial State Bank of
Peaches Untouched by Cold Across North Carolina
North Carolina peaches and lather crops escaped frost as overnight lows hovered near freezing and winds remained light. Only earlier heavy snows damaged the Dixie Red early cling variety. frost warnings extend for tonight with scattered mountain snow flurries. Temperatures dropped to 9 degrees on Clingman’s Peak and Mt. Mitchell, with warming trend expected by Saturday as a large high pressure system moves east.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Robert Chappel
Candor
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Mt. Mitchell
Midwestern
Name Change Favored by House Committee on Education
RALEIGH AP A recommended new name for North Carolina State College the University of North Carolina system won approval from the House Committee on Higher Education. The proposal North Carolina State the University of North Carolina also passed the Senate committee. The vote was a voice tally with little division, led by Rep Sneed High. Some alumni groups oppose the change urging North Carolina State University at the University of North Carolina. The action sets up a potential floor battle when the higher education package moves forward. The Greens boro branch name change to include Woman was rejected despite arguments for essential unity of the system. Rep I C Crawford stated the outcome seemed preordained.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
House Committee On Higher Education
Senate Higher Education Committee
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
House Committee
Aoes
Gordon Greenwood
Buncombe
Sneed High
Cumberland
North Carolina State University of the University of North Carolina
House
High
University of North Carolina
Greensboro High
Commission On Education
Higher Education
Bill High
Cumberland County
State College
Rep
I. C. Crawford
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Leonard
JFK
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Mary Long
General Assembly
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Cullowhee
Gordon Hanes
Forsyth
Hanes
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Korea
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