Khrushchev says Soviets will not launch first rocket
Moscow reports Khrushchev told Florida businessmen that the Soviet Union will not be first to use a weapon against the United States. He warned that grandchildren could still fear communism and urged care for their brains. He predicted success for the Geneva Big Four talks and criticized the Western package plan for Berlin.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Florida
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Kremlin Garden
Ralph A. Renick
WTVJ
Miami
Radio-Tv News Directors Assn
Thomas F. Fleming
First Bank
Boca Raton
Fla
Geneva
U.S.S.R
Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Mars
Jupiter
Strike ends as St. Louis Globe-Democrat reaches agreement
The American Newspaper Guild and St. Louis Globe-Democrat announce a settlement on all issues after seven hours of talks with federal mediators. Terms undisclosed. approval by strikers and guild bodies required. The dispute centered on job security and a funded pension plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis Guild
Bby the Guild
Globe-Democrat
Richard H. Am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Housing Bill Sparks House Vote Battle
The House faces a tight vote as Republicans allied with conservative Southern Democrats oppose a budget busting housing bill. GOP Leader Halleck called the coming vote close and crucial amid two housing measures: a Democratic Banking Committee bill and a substitute by Rep. Herlong.
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Washington
House
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
House Banking Committee
Rep
A. S. Herlong
Florida
House Bans Unions For Firemen and Police
North Carolina House passed a bill outlawing police and fire unions after citing a Hoffa related news story. Rep. Frank Snepp introduced the measure, which opponents say local governments would decide on. The bill moves to the Senate on an overwhelming voice vote.
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Raleigh
Jimmy Hoffa
North Carolina
Jim Bowman
Brunswick
Wayland Spruill
Bertie
Hoffa
Congress
Frank Snepp
Charlotte
Senate
Seawell Attacks Civil Rights Bills in Senate Testimony
Washington AP Seawell a former superior court judge and solicitor attacked proposed civil rights legislation before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee saying it would breed resistance and walls of hatred in North Carolina. He urged gradual adjustment to Supreme Court school desegregation rulings and warned federal actions could provoke renewed resentment. He cited North Carolina’s history against hate groups and KKK activity, insisting hate mongers and former officials would be rejected.
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Washington
Congress
Seawell
Superior Court
Senate Judiciary
Supreme Court of the United States
South
North Carolina
Southern Baptists Review Growth From 1940s to Present
In Louisville the Southern Baptist Convention reports seven key strides from regional roots to a national denomination. Growth includes 9.2 million members in 31,498 churches across 45 states plus Hawaii and Alaska, with 419.6 million in contributions last year.
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Louisville, Ky
Southern Baptists
Hawaii
Alaska
America
McClellan presses antitrust move to curb Hoffa
Sen. John L. McClellan urged Congress to meet James Hoffa's threat of a nationwide strike if labor unions face antitrust laws. Hoffa proposed a coordinated contract expiry and general strike. AFL-CIO head Meany rejected broad support and Teamsters face expulsion. McNamara warned against a real crisis. Meany warned Hoffa could not count on federation support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
James R. Hoffa
McClellan
Senate
Hoffa
Teamsters
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Detroit Union
Dormitory Hatchet Attack At Warren Wilson College
A 20 year old freshman Rosa Watterson was attacked in a dorm at Warren Wilson College near Swannanoa North Carolina by a jealous former roommate Patricia Dennis. Watterson sustained severe facial and throat injuries and eye damage while a roommate Betty Ferrell was wounded in the arm. No charges have been filed. Miss Watterson was taken to a hospital in Asheville for surgery.
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Swannanoa
N.C
Rosa Watterson
Warren Wilson College
Here
Asheville
Miss Watterson
Guilford College
Laurence E. Brown
Patricia Dennis
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Dennis
Betty Ferrell
Orgas
W.va
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Officers Installed at North Carolina Odd Fellows Meet
AP reports the Grand Lodge of North Carolina convention closing with installation of officers. Kenneth Marshall of Wilmington named grand lodge master Blair Beasley of Bate deputy grand master and Harry Stanley of Greensboro grand warden. Mrs Bertha Skipper of Wilmington elected president of the women's auxiliary.
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Winston-Salem
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
Kenneth Marshall
Wilmington
Blair Beasley
Bate
Harry Stanley
Greensboro
Bertha Skipper
California Supreme Court invalidates county right to work laws
In two 4 2 decisions the court ruled county right to work ordinances violate state jurisdiction and labor code. The ruling limits municipal labor policy while affirming a state framework against union exclusive practices and picketing in firms without union support. Justice Traynor dissented.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Trinity County
California
Nathan Berke
Roger J. Traynor
Edmund G. Brown
William F. Knowland
U.S
Brown
Knowland
Eisenhower Honors Dulles With Medal of Freedom
President Eisenhower awards the Medal of Freedom to John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Medical Center. The former secretary of state, gravely ill with cancer and pneumonia complications, accepts the honor via Mrs. Dulles while the nation acknowledges his decades of service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Medical Center
Dulles
Foster
Hangar Explosion Kills Five at Martin Co Facility
An explosion in a Baltimore Martin Co hangar killed five workers and injured at least five more as a seaplane hull was being cleaned with solvent. About a dozen men used pressure hoses when the blast occurred. An inquiry by Maryland deputy medical examiner Dr. Melvin Davis began as the company reported no determined cause.
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Baltimore
Martin Co
Martin
Melvin Davis
Maryland
Berlin Summit Talks Between Western Powers Delayed
Western and Soviet foreign ministers meet in Geneva as Berlin crisis talks stretch into the week. France and West Germany hint at secret negotiations led by Herter and Lloyd, with Brentan o and Couve de Murville urging caution before a possible summer summit.
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Geneva
West Germany
France
Oon
Soviet Union
Berlin
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Herter
Gromyko
Lloyd
Czechoslovakia
Germany
FBI Denies Mistreating Mississippians
In Poplarville Mississippi FBI agents told Attorney General Joe Patterson they are not mistreating people questioned about the lynching of Mack Charles Parker a 23 year old Lumberton truck driver dragged from his jail cell by a hooded mob. Patterson met Tuesday with Ralph W Bachman as investigations continue and no arrests have been reported.
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Poplarville
Miss
FBI
Atty
Joe Patterson
Mississippi
Mack Charles Parker
Lumberton
Patterson
Ralph W. Bachman
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Downey
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Tar Heel
Supreme Court
Porter Routh
Brooks Hays
Hays
James Bulman
East Spencer
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Lhe
Farmer L. C. Davis
M. C. Parker
Davis
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