Macmillan Heads For Home After Berlin Talks
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan heads home from Washington after talks with President Eisenhower, optimistic that negotiations over Berlin will succeed. He warned the West faces a tough task against the Soviet Union and endorsed negotiation over force as the path to a summit conference with Khrushchev.
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Berlin
West
Soviet Union
Macmillan
Catoctin Mountains
Goodby
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Camp David
Maryland
Commission Favors Building Step Toward Reality in Raleigh
In Raleigh on March 24 a Senate state government committee favored a bill already passed by the House to appoint a commission overseeing planning and construction of a new state legislative building. A 4.5 million dollar appropriation was recommended by the Budget Commission. The plan envisions basement parking for 100 cars, a shared first floor for legislative halls, and four upper office levels, with an estimated minimum 27 months for studies and construction. A lone dissent came from Sen. Staton P. Williams.
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Raleigh
Senate State Government Committee
House
Auvisuty Budget Commission
Staton P. Williams
Stanly
Robert F. Morgan
Cleveland
Turner
Judiciary Committee
Motor Vehicles Department
Stimons T. Valentine Jr
Judiciary Group
Henderson County
Boyce A. Whitmire
Leonard W. Lloyd
Graham Lloyd
Whitmire
Motor Vehicles Frank
Oxford Freshman Dies After Crevice Rescue Efforts Fail
Neil Moss, 20, an Oxford University freshman and amateur explorer, fell into a rock shaft near Perris Castle in Buxton Derbyshire. Rescuers could not free him after nearly two days of efforts, hampered by foul air and a narrow 18 inch to foot-wide shaft.
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Buxton
England
Oxford
Moss
June Bailey
Derbyshire
Royal
Perris Castle
Memories Stirred By Cave Death
New York AP recalls Floyd Collins as memories rise with the death of Neil Moss a 20 year old Oxford student trapped in a cave near Buxton England Rescue workers fed him but could not free him Collins died after a 70 foot shaft trapped foot under a boulder Rescue efforts echo past famous cave tragedies including Benny Hooper Jr Kathy Fiscus and Haskell Meadows with multiple well incidents and time running out
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New York
Floyd Collins
Neil Moss
Oxford University
Buxton
England
Collins
Moss
Benny Hooper Jr
Manorville
N.Y
Benny
Little Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Calif
Kathy
Haskell Meadows
Tracy City
Tenn
Governor Hodges presses talks to end Henderson cotton mill strike
Governor Hodges plans another Raleigh meeting with union leaders and mill executives to break the Henderson strike deadlock. TWUA reps Boyd Payton and Julius Fry join Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills officials John D. Cooper Jr. and William N. Camp as talks proceed behind closed doors. The governor seeks unified statements through his office and says progress and optimism remain high.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Henderson
Executive Mansion
Harriet - Henderson Cotton Mills
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd Payton
Charlotte
TWUA
Julius Fry
Greensboro
Twua International
John D. Cooper Jr
William N. Camp
Fighting Renewed In Tibet
Reports from the India Tibet frontier say Tibetan freedom fighters attacked occupying Communist troops in Lhasa on March 20 using captured light machine guns. Nehru told Parliament the fighting seemed to subside but the situation remained delicate. Nationalist China on Formosa said rebels near Lhasa numbered about 25 000 and were advancing from Sikang and Gyangtse toward the capital.
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New Delhi
India
India-Tibet
Seana
Lhasa
Kalimpong
Nehru
Formosa
Tibet
Li Yong-hsin
Sikang
Gyangtse
Nine Die in Robbins Mine Disaster Near Oneida Tennessee
In Oneida Tennessee a family mining accident at Robbins killed nine men all related by blood or marriage. Victims include Oscar West Burt Phillips and his sons Hubert and Arzo along with brothers Bernard and William Yancey and John L Pike Elmer Phillips and others. The blast followed a weekend shutdown of the mine ventilation system.
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Oneida
Tenn
East Tennessee
Robbins
Here
Scott County
Elmer Phillips
Lee West
Oscar West
Burt Phillips
Hubert
Arzo
Bernard
William Yancey
John L. Pike
Bahay
Robb
Solis
Brother
Drive Pushed To Catch Killer Of Family
Washington AP report describes a day-long coordg effort to center the investigation in Washington with FBI help after the Jackson family vanished January 11 from Apple Grove Virginia. Bodies of Mildren Jackson 27 and Susan Ann 5 found near Cambridge Maryland. Carroll V. Jackson Jr. 20 and Janet 1% found dead near Fredericksburg Virginia March 4.
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Washington
Virginia
District of Columbia
Aia
FBI
Mildren Jackson
Susan Ann
Cambri
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Janet
Fredericksburg
Apple Grove
Jesus entrusts Mary to John at the cross in moving farewell
Jesus on the cross speaks briefly to John the Apostle and Mary, urging John to care for Mary as his Mother. The moment, watched by Mary Magdalene and Salome, occurs as the sun hides and bystanders endure the final hours of the crucifixion.
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Jesus
John
Mary Magdalene
Salome
Mary
Golgotha
Messiah
John the Apostle
North Carolina Wins AEC Sponsored Isotope Lab
The Atomic Energy Commission will sponsor a new isotope laboratory in the Research Triangle to develop radi isotope use in industry. The $160000 first year award includes 76000 worth of equipment and aims to attract industry to the Southeast. Dr Paul C Aebersold announced the project at a meeting of North Carolina leaders and university representatives.
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Raleigh
Atomic Energy Commission
North Carolina
Research Triangle
AEC
Southeast
Research Triangle Institute
Paul C. Aebersold
Office of Isotopes Development
North Carolina State College
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Hodges
Angle Institute
Triangle Institute
Patrol Chief Denies Arrest Quotas For State Patrol
Col James R Smith of the State Highway Patrol testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee denying arrest quotas. He said pay raises or promotions are not based on arrests and that the rating sheet lists 14 categories with no arrest word. He noted supervisors must investigate when an officer makes few arrests. The bill allowing arrests without presence or warrants to reduce high speed chases was postponed for study.
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Raleigh
James R. Smith
State Highway Patrol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fieldcrest Mills Boosts Wages In Three Plants
About 3,000 Fieldcrest Mills workers at Spray Draper and Leaksville will receive a general wage increase averaging seven percent. The raise, retroactive to March 19, was announced by company and Textile Workers Union of America representatives. Minimum rate now $1.25 an hour except for learners.
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Great Britain
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London
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United States
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Commission
Helen Norton
Atlanta
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Brenda Gail
Eddie Max Norton
Bob Leake
Sam
China
Christ
Jim Bishop
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