Churchill Hosts Dulles Visit At White House
The 1956 meeting shows Winston Churchill ill with ileitis in hospital while Alden Dulles uses a wheelchair. Eisenhower notes Dulles can walk but prefers the chair. Churchill admires Eisenhower’s portrait and discusses azaleas as they toured a White House display. A stag dinner followed with 15 guests including Nixon and Sir Harold Caccia.
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Dulles
State Department
Winston
Churchill
Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
England
White House
Richard M. Nixon
James P. Mitchell
Milton S. Eisenhower
Harold Caccia
U.S
Visit by Khrushchev Considered
Officials in Washington discuss the possibility of Nikita Khrushchev visiting the United States this year. The New York Times cites a Washington dispatch noting limited enthusiasm to invite him but says he could be invited if he expressed a desire to attend the Soviet exposition opening June 30 at the Coliseum in New York City.
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New York
Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
New York Times
The
Times
Coliseum
New York City
Khrushchev
Senators Probe Newspaper Delivery Scandal Hearings
The Senate Labor Management Committee probes possible payoffs to New York newspaper delivery union officials and mob ties. Witnesses include executives from the New York Times and several distributors. many invoke the Fifth Amendment as investigators review over 400000 in payments and an alleged mob influence.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Senate Labor Management Committee
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
New York Times
Mirror
Journal-American
American Weekly
Neo Gravure Co
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union of
New York and Vicinity
Deliverers Union
Joseph Baer
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
Tey
Harold Weinstock
Metropolitan News Co
Kings Countty News Co
Irving Bitz
Bitz
Girl Stabbed 48 Times By Youth in New Orleans
In New Orleans a 13 year old boy, Edward A. Herty, killed Kathy Fehler, 12, and seriously wounded Judy Guillot, 11, while berry picking. Police say Herty claimed the girls attempted to rob him and he took the knife to stab them. The victims were white. the wounded girl testified to the hospital.
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New Orleans
Gosden
Kathy Fehler
Judy Guillot
Edward A. Herty
Herty
Doan's Pills Promise Restful Sleep and Kidney Relief
A vintage ad touts Doan's Pills claim of peaceful sleep free from backache and bladder discomfort. It emphasizes kidney action and urged purchase of economy sizes to save money.
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Dean
Sega
North Carolina Water Projects Seek Senate Funds
A Senate appropriations subcommittee was urged to fund 13 North Carolina water projects totaling 2.823 million dollars for the year starting July 1. Senators Jordan and Ervin requested one million for Wilkesboro Reservoir and 1.37 million to deepen Morehead City channel. Also sought were 25000 for Cape Fear River basin survey and 60000 for Neuse River basin studies amid local and state support. Bolivia has two capitals La Paz is the working seat Sucre the official capital and supreme court HQ.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
North Carolina
B. Everett Jordan
Sam Ervin
D-Nc
Wilkesboro
Yadkin River
Morehead City
Jordan
Cape Fear River
Neuse River
Bolivia
la Paz
Sucre
Supreme Court
Secrecy Hangs Over Parker Case
In Poplarville Mississippi a secrecy mood surrounds the Parker case as investigators seek leads to the lynch mob that killed 22 year old Mack Charles Parker a Black truck driver awaiting rape trial. A coroner jury found two bullet wounds caused his death and an FBI officer testified two holes were present in the body. Funeral services for Parker drew about 100 mourners near Lumberton.
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Poplarville
Miss
Mack Charles Parker
Parker
FBI
Pearl River
Bogalusa
Joseph Myers
Lumberton
Little Rock Board Fires 44 Teachers in Integration Clash
The Little Rock School Board, led by three segregationists, fired 44 teachers amid a split with three moderates who abstained from renewing contracts. Central High School officials, including Principal J. W. Matthews and Vice Principals J. O. Powell and Elizabeth Huckaby, are among those not retained. The board actions follow a plan to halt all renewals unless all contracts could be renewed, with legal challenges anticipated from the moderates.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Central High School
Ted Lamb
Rus
Sell Matson
Everett Tucker Jr
Lamb
Central
J. W. Matthews
J. O. Powell
Elizabeth Huckaby
Orval EF. Faubus
Bridge Across Alligator River Not Favored By Commission
The State Highway Commission took no action on a delegation request for a firm commitment to a bridge across Alligator River linking Tyrrell and Dare counties. Senator Lindsay Warren led eight lawmakers urging statewide benefit, while Representative Wayland Sermons predicted Outer Banks traffic could rival the Blue Ridge Parkway in five years. Chairman J Melville Broughton Jr. said a survey recommending a toll bridge did not bind the panel to toll plans.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Alligator River
Tyrrell
Dare
Lindsay Warren
Beau 5
Wayland Sermons
Beaufort
Blue Ridge Parkway
Highway Commission
J. Melville Broughton Jr
Commission
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