Campaigns Near End As Governors Race Improves Clout
The Associated Press reports final campaign push for Democratic governor hopefuls with tours in Wake Davidson and Union counties plus Lexington and Greensboro. Republicans highlight alleged illegal ballots in Haywood County as Heinz Rollman urges rubber stamp ballots. Larkins ridicules rivals’ party loyalty while Seawell flags school funding costs and tax impacts.
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I. Beverly Lake
Raleigh
Wake County
John D. Larkins
Democratic Party
Trenton
Greensboro
High Point
Malcolm B. Seawell
Superior Court
Lexington Kiwanis Club
Davidson County
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Cabarrus County
B. Everett Jordan
Stanly County
Addison Hewlett
Wilmington
Jordan
Union County
Richmond
Haywood County
Heinz Rollman
Waynesville
GOP
U.S
Asheville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
State Board of Elections
Rollman
Larkins
Lake
Harnett County
Lillington
Seawell
Sanford
North Carolina
Defense Increase Urged By Senator Jackson
Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington urged an immediate two billion dollar rise in defense spending amid Khrushchev’s "brash and bellicose" moves. He asked the Senate Appropriations Committee to retain nearly one billion from the House increase and add over a billion in other funds to accelerate Polaris and Minuteman programs.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Jackson
Free World
Senate Armed Services
Senate House Atomic Committees
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
No respite seen for Chile
Santiago Chile AP No respite appeared for southern Chile after five days of earthquakes tidal waves avalanches and volcanic eruptions The official toll reached 2800 dead or missing with millions homeless and damages in the hundreds of millions The US Air Force joined relief efforts as communities remained cut off and rescue work hampered by clouds rain and smoke.
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Thomas J. Stone
Santiago
Chile
U.S. Air Force
Interior Ministry
Cautin
Andes
Lake Rinihue
Eisenhower appeals to Reds for peaceful talks after summit
President Eisenhower urged the Soviet Union to forget the Paris summit failure and pursue businesslike East West peace. He said the path of reason remains open and pledged to continue Geneva disarmament talks while gathering intelligence by all practical means. He proposed an open skies plan to the U.N. and offered U.S. aircraft and gear, including U2 planes, for the effort.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Voice of America
Geneva
United Nations
U.N
James C. ‘Hagerty
North Island Naval Station
San Diego
Calif
Eisenhower pledges full cooperation with summit probes
President Eisenhower says he will fully cooperate with congressional inquiries into the Paris summit collapse after a White House breakfast with Democratic and Republican leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson and GOP Chief Everett Dirksen voiced support for bipartisan investigations and unity.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Care
Capitol
Paris
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Hundreds of Japanese protest at Parliament against US Japan pact
About a hundred thousand demonstrators surrounded the Parliament Building in Tokyo, demanding the new US Japan mutual defense treaty be halted. The protest, led by the Socialist Party and Sohyo, drew police lines as activists chanted Ike dont come and Down with Prime Minister Kishi.
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Tokyo
United States
Nobusuke Kishi
Kishi
Socialist Party
Sohyo Labor Federation
Radical Students’ ‘Federation Zengakuren
America
U.S
Eisenhower
Japan
Moonshine Exhibit cost teacher his job
In Lynnhaven Virginia a high school industrial arts teacher Parker Russell Johnson Jr. resigns after an exhibit featuring a still built by Princess Anne High School students for a Greenville South Carolina state fair. Federal investigators found no intent to violate the law. the still was destroyed by the principal and the matter was referred to school authorities.
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Lynnhaven
Masi
Princess Anne High School
Greenville
S. C
Parker Russell Johnson Jr
J. Warren Littleton
Johnson
Gromyko Attacks Eisenhower in U.N. Debate
At the United Nations the Soviet Union led a sharp rebuke of President Eisenhower to his aerial surveillance proposal and the May 1 U2 incident. Andrei Gromyko called the speech dangerous and urged a U.N. condemnation while warning against further air space violations. The Security Council prepared for a vote likely to defeat the Soviet cause.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Andrei
A. Gromyko
United States
U.N
Gromyko
Security Council
Council
U.N. Security Council
Forced Down By Bullets Forced Down By Bullets
Soviet MIG jets forced a U S Air Force C47 to land in East Germany last Friday. Captain James Landy said Russians helped the nine Americans, who reported good food and treatment while at Soviet HQ. Lundy blamed false wind data for straying and said the weather was generally clear with some thunderstorms. The Air Force grounded him for routine investigation.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
James Landy
Findlay
Ohio
Landy
Lundy
Air Force
East Germany
Copenhagen
Hamburg
The
James Lundy
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Cloyd Philpott
Associated Press
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Rhany
Ike
Probers
Dirksen
Sen
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Paul K. McCash
Atlanta
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