New York Civil Defense Drill Causes Street Confusion
Thousands of New Yorkers rushed to air raid shelters as a civil defense drill began at 10 30 am. Many wandered Fifth Avenue and Rockefeller Center area during the alert. Nine pacifists were arrested for refusal to comply, including seven men and two women outside the Atomic Energy Commission building at 70 Columbus Ave. The demonstrators belonged to Nonviolent Action Against Nuclear Weapons, opposing Pacific nuclear tests.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
Columbus Ave
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nonviolent
Pacific
Civil Defense Force Activates in 1958 Alert Exercise
Civil Defense units across the United States respond to Operation Alert 1958 after an N A A D C warning from Colorado Springs. Imaginary bombers target Syracuse New York Birmingham Alabama prompting evacuations led by Leo A Hoegh with federal workers participating.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Civil Defense Force
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
United States
Syracuse
N.Y
Birmingham
Ala
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Leo A. Hoegh
Washington
Folsom Plans To Resign From Welfare Post
Secretary of Welfare Folsom told President Eisenhower he wishes to return to private life. No resignation letter has been received yet. Arthur Flemming was mentioned as a possible successor. Hagerty offered no comment without a vacancy.
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Washington
Folsom
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Arthur
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Office of Defense Mobilization
Hagerty
Eastman Kodak Co
Florida
Hartsville Woman Named American Mother of 1958
Hartsville resident Mrs. Coker, daughter of former cabinet member Daniel C. Roper, was named American Mother of 1958 by the American Mothers Committee at the Waldorf Astoria. She will attend the awards luncheon and join other state mothers. plans include a trip to Europe with Mrs. Abel in May to visit Brussels and the Netherlands.
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May Roper Coker
Hartsville, D.C
New York
S.C
Coker
Daniel A. Poling
American Mothers Committee, Inc
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
George P. Abel Sr
Europe
Brussels
Juliana
Netherlands
France
Gibson, M C
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Commerce
Ranee Aes
Nine Wounded By Berserk Janitor
SAN FRANCISCO a janitor opened fire with a shotgun into a neighbor’s crowded Potrero Hill apartment wounding three adults and six children. William Edward Breeze, 37, confessed he had lost his mind amid a long neighborhood feud and was jailed on assault with intent to murder charges.
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San Francisco
Beserk
William Edward Breeze
Potrero Hill Negro
Breeze
Mary
Aline Herbert
Herberts
Bobbie
Kitty Mae Young
Kitty Mae
Herbert Place
Betty
Clara
James
John Bowens
Herbert
Olive Gay
Larahn
Cynthia
Mission Emergency Hospital
Beatrice Finch
Kitty May Young
Soviets Push for Faster Pre-summit Talks
Moscow presses the West to speed presummit foreign ministers talks while demanding more Communist governments join the future ministers meeting. Andrei Gromyko says he will continue to negotiate with Western envoys and seeks parity for the Soviet bloc in the summit composition.
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Moscow
Puthe Soviet Union
Kremlin
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Bloc
Gromyko
Soviet Union
NATO backs strong position for summit talks
Six NATO foreign ministers urged the Big Three to press ahead with a summit with the Soviet Union only if preliminary talks show a real chance to ease tensions. They argued for a firm agenda including German reunification and cautioned against rushing into a propaganda driven meeting.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
NATO
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Canon Norway
Portugal
Belum
Boy Held In Death Of Mother In Advance North Carolina
A 12 year old white boy named Jimmy Cline was held after a five hour search in the slaying of his mother 39 year old Mrs Walter Cline Sheriff Ben Boyles said the boy claimed the shotgun discharged as he frightened a Negro tobacco hand Charlie Mason who drank liquor with his mother in the Cline home Mason said the mother and son argued over money Spaugh 45 witnessed the shooting and said Jimmy sought a ride to Mocksville to withdraw money from a savings account The boy was not charged immediately The Clines were featured guitar players in the Shady Grove Hillbillies led by the father who worked in Lexington furniture The shooting occurred while the boy s father was away at work
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W. B. Green
Shady Grove
Mrs. Cline
Mason
Bigger Rivers Rise Slowly as Floods Hit Central NC
Rain totals of up to four inches fell across Central and Eastern North Carolina. The Neuse River rose rapidly reaching 10.4 feet with a crest near 19 feet expected by late Wednesday, while the Tar and Roanoke crested near bankful levels in Rocky Mount and Randoph. Downstream rivers remain high for the next week with no major damage reported.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Piedmont
Southern
Coastal Plain
Neuse
Smithfield
Thankful
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Saturn
Cape Fear
Danville
Alta Vista
Randolph
Weather Bureau
Roanoke
Kerr Dam
Three-City Evacuation Simulated in NC Civil Defense Test
In Raleigh a 10 06 a m alert signaled a simulated bomber approach for a two day Civil Defense drill extending to Charlotte Asheville and Raleigh. The exercise included a mock emergency meeting of the council of state and orders for simulated evacuations of state agencies to Wilson with estimated attack arrival just after 12 30 p m.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Council of State
Wilson
Charlotte
Asheville
South Sea Isle Offers Many Enticements but No Women
Los Angeles reports on the Eniwetok Atoll project where the AEC contracts Holmes & Narver Inc to run a male only community for nuclear test work. Workers number from 500 to 3,200, receive pay with most earnings sent home, and enjoy lavish meals while living costs are low, but no women accompany the labor force.
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South Sea Isle
Los Angeles
South Seas
Tropic Isles
United States
Paradise
AEC
Holmes & Narver, Inc
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Atoll
Parry Island
Republicans deny Butler resignation forecast
Republican leaders dismissed Democratic Chairman Butler's claim that President Eisenhower will resign before his term ends as baseless speculation. Meade Alcorn labeled the prediction nonsense while William Knowland defended Eisenhower's vigor and steadfastness on the job. Anne Wheaton provided no comment from the White House.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Eisenhower
Meade Alcorn
Butler
Nixon
William Knowland
Rcalif
White House
Anne
Broad Scale Insurance Probe Set
A Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee previews a broad inquiry into the insurance industry. The probe will examine whether insurers act as money lenders and will cover life and other insurance costs. Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney will preside. a start date has not been announced.
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New York
Senate
Donald P. McHugh
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
American Management Assn
Subcommittee
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wye
McHugh
Pulitzer Prizes Highlight Little Rock Integration Coverage
The Arkansas Gazette and its editor Harry S. Ashmore win for meritorious public service and editorials on the Little Rock integration crisis. Relman Morin of the Associated Press earns a national reporting prize for eyewitness coverage of mob violence on September 23, 1957. Clark Mollenhoff of the Des Moines Register and Tribune and Minneapolis Star and Tribune secures the other national reporting prize for labor racketeering investigation.
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New York
Little Rock
Ark
The
Arkansas Gazette
Relman
Pat) Morin
Associated Press
Gazette
Harry S. Ashmore
Morin
Central High School
Clark Mollenhoff
Washington
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
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Hartsville
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Czechoslovakia
Big Three Attitude
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Lel
U.N. Security Council
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Lloyd
Butner
Henderson
Paradise, Wit
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Tropic Isle
Eniwetok
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