Mother Drowns Two Children in Tragic Jersey Case
Ruth Staples, 32, under treatment for crying spells, is held on murder charges after she drowned two of her six children, Mary Joan and Mark Edward, in a bath tub in Edison New Jersey. Police report husband Chester Staples and mother-in-law Florence Staples found the scene and aided investigators.
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Edison
N.J
Ruth Staples
Mary Joan
Mark Edward
Chester
Florence Staples
Staples
Joan
Geneva Spirit Looms Over Fourth East West Talks
Geneva hosts the fourth East West conference with talk of a round table sparking debate as delegates from the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union gather in the old League chamber. The social scene is designed to loosen lips and gauge intentions amid long translations and wary smiles.
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League of Nations Council
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Villa
Economists foresee sustained growth and lower unemployment
A conference of industrialists and government officials reported unemployment dropping by about 500000 last month and predicted expansion through mid 1960. US car sales may total 6 to 6.3 million with foreign models 500000 to 600000. Unemployment likely under 3.8 million, marking the best month since 1957.
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Hot Spring
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Lewis L. Strauss
White
Strauss
BAC
Council
Summit Hope Rises As Envoys Gather In Geneva
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville arrive as United States Secretary of State Christian Herter joins British and French ministers. Talks aim to ease Berlin tensions and pave way for a possible late summit, with France seeking concrete progress before any leaders meet.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Maurice Couve de Murville
Christian A Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Lence
Herter
Couve de '‘Murville
Germany
Europe
Couve de Murville
Soviet Union
Berlin
France
Dulles Struggles With Pneumonia Amid Cancer
John Foster Dulles, 71, former secretary of state, has a mild pneumonia at Walter Reed Army Hospital where he has treatment since February 12. The State Department reported the infection and noted the initial antibiotic response and normal temperature, with Dulles briefly visited by friends before a Geneva conference trip.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
State Department
Joseph Reap
Geneva
Herter
Chris
Pilot treated well by East Germans after capture
Emory A. Vaughan, a 32 year old US civilian pilot from Portsmouth Virginia, said he was well treated while held by East German authorities after a forced landing near the Iron Curtain. He recounted staying in a hotel at Eisenach and later a private house in Erfurt, with guard oversight and no espionage charges. Vaughan was released under an American Red Cross agreement and reunited with his Heidelberg family.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Emory A. Vaughan
Ce Ee
Portsmouth
Mannheim
Nuernberg
Vaughan
Red Cross
Eisenach
Erfurt
East
West Germany
Helmstedt
Robert Storey Wilson
Soviets Boast Of Military Prowess
Soviet leaders claim victory in any future war and warn the West that strikes against Western powers would leave the United States and its allies crushed while East West talks loom. Khrushchev and Koniev cite Western invulnerability fading and hydrogen bomb capabilities as warnings to NATO. Oklahoma tornado reports indicate four dead and widespread damage near Stonewall and Watova with multiple twisters confirmed and communications hampered.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
United States
Ivan Koniev
Soviet Union
Red Star
Ada
Highway Patrol
Cafenees
Watova
Larry Edmondson
Miami, Kla
Grove
Moscow
Khrushchev
NATO Pos
Witten
Germany
Cairo riverboat captain charged after Nile sinking tops 150 dead
Cairo authorities arrested Captain Abdul Hafiz Ali Hammad overloading the Dandara on a Nile holiday trip. Divers recovered 40 bodies, 95 or more are missing as 300 aboard faced a 200 ton double decker disaster blamed on overcapacity and a possible leak. Restoration teams search the Nile amid crocodile concerns.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile River
Nile
Abdul Hafiz Ali Hammad
Aswan
Two Families Mourn After Thomasville Crash
A rain slick curve on Old Lexington Road near Thomasville claimed four lives in a two car collision Saturday night. Victims include Jimmy Douglas Meadows 21 of Winston-Salem and Paul George Dawson 32 with wife Willie Mae Dawson. Paul Dawson 55 of Wilkes County was the father of the younger man.
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Winston-Salem
Old Lexington
Jimmy Douglas Meadows
Winston
Thomasville
Rt. 1
Paul Dawson
Wilkes County
Dawson
Dawsons
C. N. Jones
Chevrolet
City Hospital
False kidnapping report shocks Greensboro crowd
A police investigation revealed the alleged kidnapping near Greensboro was false as the woman involved was a light skinned Black woman who willingly entered the car with three Black men. Authorities had issued alerts after a caller claimed a white woman was forced into the vehicle.
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Greensboro
Here
Sheriff's Department
Police Department
Highway Patrol
Tabor City Man Heads Jaycees
Al Harrison of Tabor City elected president of North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce at Asheville convention. Fayetteville named next year’s site while Marvin Koonce Jr. hands over to Harrison by 165 to 93. Six national directors named and 13 state vice presidents announced. Burlington’s Jaycee club hailed as best in the state.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Willie Hall
Marion
John Brock
Shelby
Vernon Dull
Mocksville
Bill Hartsell
Albemarne
James J. Brewer
Liler
Aes Fletcher Harris
Sanford
Milton Monk Jennings
Chapel
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Tony Shaver
Tony
Janet Teague
Hitch Develops
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Good
Gromyko
East Germany
Robert Storey
American Red Cross
Iron Curtain
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Stonewall
Tabor City
Jaycees
High Point
Jaycee
E. D. Miller
Alf Harrison
High Pointers
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Burgaw
Mt. Airy
Burling- Winston-Salem
Mike Wiley
Kannapolis
al Sinclair
Burlington
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