Pictures Show Nuclear Test Blasts In Pacific
The Oakland Tribune publishes exclusive photographs of an atomic explosion from Christmas Island. The images were obtained through an intermediary and sent from Honolulu to Palo Alto for development. Government clearance was sought but not granted or denied, allowing publication. The dawn detonation shows the fireball and mushroom cloud with observers nearby.
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U. S
Pacific
Christmas Island
Oakland Tribune Publishing Co
Oakland, Calif
Oakland Tribune
the Tribune
Associated Press
Royal Open Force
United States
Reck
Beck
Honolulu
Palo Alto
Calif
Department of Defense
Washington
Kornegay Kitchin Scott Win Congressional Races
High Point Democrats boosted Covington Kemp and ousted two incumbents from their slate. Horace Kornegay widened his lead over A G Whitener as Ed Kemp and Stedman Hines were renominated for the State House with Thomas Turner and Charles Kivett entering the race against Republicans. George Covington joined incumbents Carson Bain and Charles Hunt on the County Board of Commissioners ticket, replacing Coroner R B Davis Jr with Allan B Coggeshall. Catherine Kirkman and Edward Burke along with William H Barton chosen for the County Board of Education. The county backed John F Comer for assistant solicitor, who lost.
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Guilford County
Horace Kornegay
High Pointer
A. G. Whitener
Ed Kemp
Stedman Hines
State House
Thomas Turner
Charles Kivett
Greensboro
George Covington
High Point
Carson Bain
Charles Hunt
County Board of Commissioners
R. B. Davis Jr
Allan B. Coggeshall
Blackwell Green In Close Race For Sixth District GOP Nomination
In a tight Sixth District GOP contest Walter G. Green of Burlington faces Blackwell Robinson of Greensboro as Republicans seek a November challenger to Horace Kornegay. With eight of 154 precincts uncounted Robinson led 1771 to 1358, with Green trailing in Alamance and Orange counties. Guilford and Durham reports were complete with state house nominees named.
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Walter G. Green
Burlington
Blackwell Robinson
Greensboro
Horace Kornegay
Robinson
Green
Alamance
Orange
Guilford
Durham
Guilford County
William Osteen
Philip L. Lacy
Donald Badgley
Hardy A. Carroll
House of Representatives
Dale Montgomery
High Point
William E. Davis
Percy H. Sears
Blackwell
Explosion Blamed for Continental Jet Crash Kills 45
Civil Aeronautics Board officials say an internal explosive force ripped apart the Continental Airlines jet over Centerville Iowa killing all 45 aboard. Continental president Robert F Six cites evidence of a man made explosive and FBI involvement is sought. Investigators report the rear fuselage exploded from within based on wreckage pattern.
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Centerville
Iowa
Continental Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Robert F. Six
Continental
Denver
FBI
Human Error Blamed For Re Entry Miss
Grand Turk B I S A report cites astronaut Malcolm Carpenter mismanaging fuel during re entry aboard Aurora 7. He switched from fly by wire to manual control while two systems operated, running out of fuel briefly but using automatic control to correct orientation for a safe blunt-end re entry.
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Scott Carpenter
Grand Turk Island
Grand Turk
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
John A. Powers
National Aero
Nautics and Space Administration
Powers
Earth
Incumbent Kitchin Fends Off Challenger In N.C. Nomination
In Raleigh AP report Congressman A Paul Kitchin won the Democratic renomination in the 8th District by a narrow margin over Charlotte lawyer John Kennedy. With 183 of 186 precincts counted Kitchin led 32 633 to 30 646. Other incumbents Ralph Scott Horace Kornegay Wallace won easily. Kennedy’s Meck lenburg home county and Richmond were close.
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Raleigh
A. Paul Kitchin
General Assembly
Kitchin
John Kennedy
Charlotte
Ralph Scott
Danbury
Horace Kornegay
Greensboro
Wallace
Richmond County
Kennedy
Mecklenburg
Kennedy-Kitchin
Wood- Scott
Justice Dept Delivers Secret Estes File To Texas Grand Jury
The Justice Department rushed confidential material on financier Billie Sol Estes to a Robertson County Texas grand jury probing the death of agriculture official Henry H. Marshall. Kennedy said the excerpts from an Agriculture report could relate to Marshall but do not reveal details of his death.
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Washington
Justice Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Franklin
Tex
Marshall
Estes
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
Robertson County
Barefoot Sanders
U.S
Dallas
Grand Jury
Grand
Democratic National Committee
Mistrial Declared in Gastonia Doctor Case
Dr Harry Riddle a 44 year old white physician faced murder charges in the stabbing death of Leonard Patton a 36 year old Negro at his mother's Gastonia home. The jury of 11 men and one woman failed to reach a verdict after nearly 12 hours of deliberation with a hung jury. The judge instructed further deliberations and clarified possible verdicts before the jury resumed.
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Gastonia
N.C
Patton
Harry Riddle
George M. Fountain
Riddle
Leonard Patton
Gaston Superior Court
Fountain
Dr. Riddle
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Tribune
Kornegay
Scott
Covington
Kemp
Katharine Kirkman
Edward M. Burke
Gibsonville
William H. Barton
Pleasant Garden
County Board of Education
John F. Comer
Edward E. Slattery
CAB ‘Public Information
Slattery
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