U S Pledges Defense If Russia Strikes Allies Bases
The United States vowed to uphold defense commitments for allies if Russia attacks their bases. Khrushchev pledged to retaliate against any base used for spy flights into the Soviet Union. The note also stated the pilot Francis Powers would be tried under Soviet law.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Soviet Union
Japan
State Department
Moscow
Francis G. Powers
Fire Claims Life Of Wallburg Man In Blaze Incident
A Wallburg man identified as Smith died in a house fire that destroyed his pine home after more than four hours of firefighting by Wallburg Union Cross and Triangle departments. Whitmore alerted responders after smelling smoke near midnight. a neighbor aided efforts to enter, but a wall of fire forced them back. Smith’s body was found near a den heater when flames were brought under control around 3 30 a.m. He lived alone and is survived by three siblings. The fire is believed to have started from a cigarette.
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Wallburg
Union
Cross
Triangle
Whitmore
Smith
North Carolina Maps First Phase of 15 Year Highway Plan
Charlotte AP The State Highway Commission will unveil the initial phase of a 15 year master plan outlining priority road improvement projects. Chairman J Melville Broughton says the plan will be a blueprint for progressively better highways over the next decade and a half. He defends long range planning amid criticism from gubernatorial candidates.
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Charlotte
State Highway Commission
J. Melville Broughton
Raleigh
Highway Commission
Ervin Urges Delay of Medical Aid Bill for the Aged
U S Sen Sam Ervin Jr told North Carolina doctors federal aid bills for elderly medical care should be postponed beyond the election year He cited the Forand Bill providing nursing home benefits to Social Security recipients as an example and warned against political bargaining in Washington A society president will be installed tonight at a dinner plus details on page 8 A
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Raleigh
U.S
Sam Ervin Jr
Amos N. Johnson
Garland
Communist World Confident Ahead of Summit
Associated Press analyst William L. Ryan argues Khrushchev feels unbeatable as four power talks near Paris. He cites the downed USS plane over Soviet territory and Washington admitting the flight was on a spy mission as windfalls to leverage in winning over nonaligned nations and pressuring the West.
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State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
United States
White
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Washington
Communist Party
Asia
Africa
Latin America
U.S.S.R
Paris
Drizzle Dampens West Virginia Presidential Primary Voting
In West Virginia light drizzle and cool temperatures slowed early voting for the Kennedy Humphrey contest. Most counties rely on manual counting with few voting machines as polls open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. local time.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Russians Protest Spy Plane Flight
Moscow protests US spy flights over Soviet territory and seeks humane treatment for Francis G Powers. Khrushchev warns rockets will down any further intelligence planes and retaliate against foreign bases. Norway and Pakistan deny knowledge as Washington clarifies bases and flight details.
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Francis G. Powers
Pound
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Sverdlovsk
Peshawar
Pakistan
Iboda
Norway
Turkey
Halvard Lange
Washington
Lange
Historic Triton undersea voyage completes 36000 mile global trip
The US Navy submarine Triton finished an 84 day submerged circumnavigation of 36000 miles, partially breaking Magellan's surface route. Captain Edward L. Beach, naval aide to President Eisenhower, received the Medal of Merit at the White House after the voyage.
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U.S
Globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Montevideo
Uruguay
Triton
Macon
Cadiz
Spain
Magellan
Edward L. Beach
Delaware
White House
Eisenhower
Beach
Long Island
CIA Stealth Agency Shapes U S Cold War Intelligence
Washington report outlines the CIA as a secretive federal body directing covert operations, briefing the president, and consolidating intelligence since 1947. Allen W. Dulles has led the agency since 1953 with Gen. I. C. P. Cabell as deputy director.
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CIA
Washington
Eisenhower
Central Intelligence Unit
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Security Council
Allen W. Dulles
Secretary
John Foster Dulles
Gen. I.c.p. Cabell
U.S. Air Force
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Powers
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Lillie Mack
Ebert Street
Jesse Bullins
Route 2
L. C. Smith
Knoxville
Tennessee
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Roy Lee Smith
Frank Warren
Broughton
Hodges
Ervin
Kennedy
Humphrey
Stanley Johnson
Czechoslovakia
St. Paul's Rocks
South America
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Cape Horn
Easter Island
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Lombok Strait
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Cape of Good Hope
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