U.S. Faces Soviet Pressure as Summit Failure Probed
Secretary of State Herter told Congress the United States must withstand aggressive Soviet pressure in Berlin after the summit collapse. A full Senate hearing opened behind closed doors to examine the U2 incident, the summit, and U.S. policy now and in the future.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Congress
United States
Russia
Berlin
Senate
Herter
Paris
Fulbright
Christian Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
AP Wireshore
Seawell Urges Cost of Living Pay Adjustment
Raleigh AP Malcolm B Seawell urged a cost of living pay adjustment for North Carolina state workers. He praised the revised salary schedules by the State Personnel Council but said they should not replace a COLA and must offset new costs against any available funds.
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Raleigh
Malcolm B. Seawell
North Carolina
Seawell
State Personnel Council
Philpott Charges Henkel Pushed Prison Labor Plan
Raleigh AP. Lt. Gov. candidate H Cloyd Philpott says a reforestation plan using prison labor is authorized by law and notes opponent State Sen. C V Henkel helped pass the 1957 prison separation bill. Henkel retorts nothing has been done to offer the service to private landowners. He adds no new law is needed, only action.
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Henkel
Highway Commission
Highway Fund
Lodge Says Reds Created Spy Crisis To Cover Difficulties
U N delegate Henry Cabot Lodge accused the Soviet Union of manufacturing the spy plane crisis to shield internal political troubles. He dismissed Andrei Gromyko’s charges as fantastic as the 11 nation Security Council debated a small nation resolution on renewed East West talks under the U.N. flag. Gromyko proposed amendments to curb actions that might heighten tensions, while the council voted 7-2 against the Soviet resolution with Poland lining up with the USSR.
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Lodge
Reds
United Nations
N.Y
Henry Cabot Lodge
Soviet Union
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Eisenhower
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United States
Poland
Ceylon
Tunisia
Council
Britain
France
China
Argentina
Ecuador
Italy
CIA Official Beaten and Stabbed After Lounge Meeting
James D. Pembroke, 42, an administrative assistant for the CIA, was stabbed in the back and beaten after a meeting with a man he allegedly met at a cocktail lounge. Police seek a 22-year-old Black suspect. Pembroke remained in critical condition after being found unconscious on a Northeast Washington street.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Nunzio Bonaccorsy
James D. Pembroke
Robert S. Shuttleworth
Pembroke
Japan Still Sees Ike Visit As Planned Amid Protests
Tokyo officials reaffirmed that President Eisenhower’s visit next month remains on schedule despite escalating leftist protests demanding cancellation. Foreign Minister Fujiyama avoided ruling out changes, signaling possible delays if public uproar continues, while linking dissent to opposition to the U.S. mutual defense treaty.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Eisenhower
Kishi
Aiichiro Fujiyama
Japan
Fujiyama
Far East
Trea
Gov Hodges Opposes School Integration Amendment
Governor Hodges criticized a U S House integration proviso attached to a federal school construction aid measure worth 1.3 billion dollars. He urged support for a plan with no race integration clause and said he favors aid to states for building schools but opposes federal control via integration requirements.
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Raleigh
Hodges
U.S. House of Representatives
House
Adam Clayton Powell
North Carolina
Senate
Gift Eagle as Spy Plaque Shown at UN Hearing
United Nations debate on Soviet espionage featured Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge displaying a hollow carved eagle plaque from Moscow said to contain a listening device. Harriman and Kennan linked earlier ownership to 1945 and 1952 discoveries. Gromyko demanded the play question, while Polish and other delegates offered cautious remarks.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. S
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. Security Council
Lodge
Council
U.S
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
George F. Kennan
Bloodless Coup Ousts Strongman Rule of Menderes
Turkish armed forces seized power in a bloodless coup led by Gen Cemal Gursel amid rising protests against Premier Adnan Menderes. The junta promised free elections and adherence to Western alliances while urging citizens to stay home.
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Menderes
Istanbul
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Republican People’s Party
Ismet Inonu
London
Kutahya
Eskischir
Ankara
Belgrade
Cemal Gursel
National Unity Committee
Gursel
Gursen
Nuclear Test Ban Talks Resume in Geneva
In Geneva three power talks on a nuclear test ban resumed after a May 12 recess. U S Ambassador Wadsworth said Soviet delegate Tsarapkin was “just as usual” in a businesslike meeting. Tsarapkin agreed to cooperate on Western underground blast detection but ruled out Soviet explosions on their soil.
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Geneva
Paris
U. S
James J. Wadsworth
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Wadsworth
Britain
Sir Michael Wright
Soviet Union
Medication Drive in Puerto Montt After Chile Quake
A long line of residents including women and children waits for typhoid vaccines and milk powder at aid stations in Puerto Montt after a devastating quake. Doctors describe extensive damage, with the town’s hospital destroyed and 30 million escudos in a bank safe amid calls for a 50 year rebuild.
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Puerto Monut
Chile
Teresa Bazan
Luis Edensperger
State Bank
Puerto Montt
Betting Odds Close as North Carolina Democratic Primary Nears
Raleigh reports a tight Democratic field for governor with Beverly Lake John Larkins Terry Sanford and Malcolm Seawell leading the race. Lieutenant Governor contenders C V Henkel David McConnell and Cloyd Philpott, and Senate and other statewide contests also stay close as campaigns highlight incumbents and challengers.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Beverly Lake
John Larkins
Terry Sanford
Malcolm Seawell
North Carolina
C. V. Henkel
David McConnell
Cloyd Philpott
Everett Jordan
Addison Hewlett
United States Senate
Clifton Moore
William J. Cooke
Supreme Court
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