Bank Robber With Shotgun Loots, Tracked Near Stokesdale
A young bandit armed with a sawed off shotgun and about $8,000 in loot was being tracked by lawmen and bloodhounds through rough terrain around Stokesdale North Carolina as authorities pursued the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokesdale
N. C
Oak Ridge
FBI
Thiddet
Ouanan
Gerald Richardson
N.C. 68
Here
Deep River Road
Pomona
High Point
Guilford County
John E. Walters
Haw River
Richardson
John R. Warren
Ike Sees Economic Upturn Promised by President
President Eisenhower told viewers an economic upturn is in the making though the slump is not over. He urged a new offensive to spur growth, urged industry and labor to curb prices, and said tax decisions should not imply a tax cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Jet Trainer Collides With Airliner Killing 12 Near Brunswick
Capt Julius R M sole survivor of a midair collision eight miles west of Brunswick Maryland recounts the crash saying he did not see the other plane until explosion. The trainer and three crewmen plus seven on the airliner were killed. Ok McCoy parachuted to safety. Investigations by the Air National Guard and Congress launched. CAB report expected months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick, Md
Julius R. M
Air National Guard
Potomac River
Wash
Ok McCoy
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Guard
Baltimore
Navy
Los Angeles
Norwalk
United
Julius R. McCoy
Capital Airlines
Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Bob Burchette
Washington Post
Times Herald
McCoy
Maryland Air National Guard
Brunswick
French Premier Sends Military Chief to Algiers Amid Algeria Crisis
Paris Premier Pierre Pflimlin named Gen Henri Lorillot to handle Algerian affairs as the Assembly backed continuing emergency powers. In Algiers a defiant junta led by Alain de Serigny rejected any settlement short of De Gaulle and Salan remained the North African commander.
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Paris
Pierre
Pflimlin
France
Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Alain de Serigny
de Gaulle
Henri Lorillot
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
National Assembly
Council of the Republic
Assembly
Salan
Privacy and Gossip Through Moral Lens
Wiretapping is criticized as sneaky and unjustified by law. The text argues privacy rights protect individuals and cites Jesus as a model who judged by potential, not appearance, urging people to strive toward higher goals with support from others and God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Jesus
God
French Crisis Blamed On War Loss Of Youth
Evangelist Billy Graham tells a San Francisco audience that France bears the price of war as its youth lie buried on the Marne. He notes 11,712 converts at the Cow Palace revival and cites prayers from Kiev, Moscow, and Moscow church services.
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San Francisco
Billy Graham
France
Marne
Cow Palace
Graham
State Assembly
Braxton Sawyer
Arkansas
Express
Soviet Union
Kiev
Moscow
Robert Pierce
First Baptist Church
Cow ‘Palace
Plans To Disband Guardsmen Abandoned
Gen Maxwell D Taylor said the army will retain 37 divisions in reserve forces, including 27 National Guard and 10 USAR divisions. House leaders contemplate funds to maintain full guard and reserve strength, opposing earlier reductions. Vinson reported committee plans to keep National Guard status and Bureau intact.
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Ncchaavvahuvueeu
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Governors Conference
Ground National Guard
National Guard
Washington
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
National Guard Bureau
Pentagon
Recession Resisted Says Anderson in Miami Beach
Secretary Anderson told state governors that private enterprise is showing an impressive performance against further recession. He warned against massive government spending, noting the budget could reach about 78 billion dollars as in the Truman era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Anderson
Eisenhower
Truman
Southern Baptists Plan a Large Scale Growth Drive
The Southern Baptist Convention began a week of worship and planning in Houston with about 15 000 attendees. President Eisenhower sent greetings as Rep Brooks Hays proposed a Baptist Peace Committee to push a six year expansion plan linking six conventions for a united faith growth and world peace efforts.
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Houston
Tex
South
Southern Baptist Convention
Eisenhower
W. A. Criswell
Dallas
Americas
Southland
West
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Baptist Peace Committee
Hays
4 Cent Letters Likely Rise In Postal Rates
Washington reports a likely 4 cent increase for letters on August 1 as the Senate considers a compromise postal bill. The measure, backed by Postmaster General Summerfield, would raise rates for various mail classes, boost pay for 500000 postal workers, and may face a presidential veto. The plan projects 575 million dollars annual revenue and 390 million in the first full year accounting for retroactive raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Stassen Outpaced in Pennsylvania Governor Primary
Harold Stassen fell to Arthur T. McGonigle by more than 225000 votes in the GOP governor race as Republicans statewide coalesced around McGonigle. Hugh Scott won the Senate nomination. David L. Lawrence leads Democrats for governor with broad party backing.
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Harold Stassen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Arthur McGonigle
Stassen
IGOP
Arthur T. McGonigle
Hugh Scott
GOP
U.S. Senate
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
George M.leader
Senate
McGonigle
William S. Livengood Jr
Scott
Weldon B. Heyburn
Lawrence
Roy E. Furman
Clarence P. Bowers
Furman
Leader
Edward Martin
Wesley Memorial Builds First Section Bid Totals Around 1.4 Million
Bids for initial Wesley Memorial Methodist Church construction total about 1.4 million dollars covering the general plant excluding the sanctuary. Architect Hartmann to tabulate bids to possibly reduce the amount Chris Amos notes timetable targets completion after June 1 with occupancy around late 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
R. T. Amos
C. C. Hartmann
Greensboro
Amos
Wesley Memorial
Main Street
Sheraton Place
Senators Restore Aid Cut In Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to restore 220 million of a 339 million House cut to Eisenhower's foreign aid program. It approved 1.8 billion for military hardware and 835 million for defense economic support, with plans to reconvene in a closed session to consider more items. The panel also backed India development aid and ordered a Morse-led subcommittee to probe Latin American unrest linked to anti American demonstrations around Vice President Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Administration
United States
India
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Nixon
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Caracas
Venezuela
Foreign Affairs Committee
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Ridge
Boodhounds
Justice of the Peace
Robert L. Wharton
Wharton
WWE
Taylor
Miami, Fla
Southern Baptists
Adlai Stevenson
Central
Pennsylania
Chestnut Street
Rockford Road
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