North Carolina trade mission shifts to Frankfurt agenda
Governor Hodges leads a 64 member NC mission moving from Stuttgart to Frankfurt for talks with West German industry and bankers. A lunch at Frankfurter Hof and 40 interviews at the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce marked the day as groups split between Frankfurt Stuttgart and Amsterdam prepare to reunite in Munich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
West Germany
Stuttgart
Swank Frankurter Hof
G. Edgar Kirk
Linians
Wilmington
Morehead City
Wuerttemberg - Baden
Amsterdam
Munich
Tar Heels
Wise Men Tug Over Texas City Lines In Annex Battle
In Southeast Texas four Jefferson County cities Beaumont Port Arthur Port Neches and Nederland clash over buffer zones and annexations. Port Neches annexed petro chemical plants on Oct 22 Beaumont added a 29 percent mile strip on Oct 27 and Port Arthur followed by seizing land including an airport. Beaumont later rescinded its buffer move and aimed to include Du Pont acreage. The result is a growing land war likely to end up in court.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Cuse
Port Neches
Port Acres
Lier
Nederland
DuPont Chemical
Girl Masquerades as Homeless Boy in Golden Hoax
Barbara Ann Malpass of Glenmont New York posed as Charles Richard Williams 16 of Shoshone Wyoming for four months while staying with deputies and prisoners. She was booked in Jefferson County Jail on August 2 after an incomplete letter revealed her gender.
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Golden
Colo
Barbara Ann Malpass
Glenmont
N.Y
Charles Richard Williams
Shoshone
Wyo
Jefferson County
Sam Teague
Barbara
Art Wermuth
Wermuth
Anderson
Ind
Kennedy Leads California Swing to Boost White House Bid
Senator John F. Kennedy earned strong Democratic support in California during a four day tour. Gov. Edmund G. Brown and state leaders praised his performance while some party members questioned whether he can win the California primary and secure the nomination. Kennedy drew large crowds at UCLA and USC, with overwhelming enthusiasm and wide student interest. Brown said party leaders favor him as a convention contender but worries linger about his nationwide viability.
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Los Angeles
Sen
John F. Kennedy
California
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Massachusetts
Brown
William Munnell
Paul Ziffren
Kennedy
University of California At Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Ucla
Kennedy Opens Oregon Campaign Trail in Klamath Falls
Senator John F. Kennedy arrives in Klamath Falls Oregon to begin four days of campaigning in a state where Senator Wayne Morse criticizes national campaign strategy. Kennedy notes Morse’s stance on the primary system but hints California plans may depend on his campaign requests.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
John F. Kennedy
CBS Head Unaware Of Rigging
CBS President Dr. Frank Stanton told House investigators he was unaware of TV quiz show irregularities before August 1958 and moved quickly to remove offending programs. He acknowledged hindsight and said the industry must move forward, while NBC’s Robert E. Kintner urged federal crime penalties for rigging, asserting legislation alone isn’t a sure preventive.
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Washington
Frank Stanton
Columbia Broadcasting System
House
Stanton
Broadsea
Robert E. Kintner
National Broadcasting Co
CBS
Submarine and Freighter Collide in Suez Canal
In darkness in the Suez Canal the U S submarine Threadfin and the freighter Nicholas Michalinos III collided with no injuries reported. The Navy said the sub was rammed from behind while overtaken and identified the other vessel as a former Liberty ship under Greek registry.
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London
U. S
Threadfin
Suez
Navy
Washington
Nicholas Michalinos III
Coldest Weather Of Season Grips Nation From West To South
The Associated Press reports a cold wave sweeping the interior United States from Utah to Michigan and Texas. Readings dropped to minus numbers in Fraser Colorado Lemmon South Dakota and Bismarck North Dakota while Marquette and Escanaba Michigan saw heavy snow. Blizzards caused hazardous travel and at least seven deaths were attributed to traffic accidents as the storm weakens moving east toward the coast.
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Associated Press
Utah
Idaho
Michigan
Indiana
Texas
Arkansas
Fraser
Colo
Lemmon
S. D
Bismarck
N. C
Midwest
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Mich
Atlantic
Government To Act In Lynching Case Of Parker
Acting Atty. Gen. Lawrence E Walsh said the U S attorney in Jackson Mississippi will seek steps toward presenting the Parker lynching to a federal grand jury. Parker, 23, a Negro from Lumberton, was dragged from his cell and killed after being indicted for raping a white woman.
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Mack Charles Parker
Lawrence E Walsh
U.S
Jackson
Miss
Parker
Lumberton
Judge Has No Apologies in Parker Lynching Case
Poplarville Mississippi judge Sebe Dale, long time district judge for the 15th Circuit, presides over matters tied to the Mack Charles Parker lynching site in Pearl River County. He recalls careers, elections, and facing anonymous letters amid Southern Mississippi racial tensions. He avoids reading hostile mail.
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Mississippi
Sebe Dale
Pearl River County
Poplarville
Miss
Mack Charles Parker
Red Clay
Columbia
Dale
Scales of Justice
Sera
Arm
North Carolina to Let 28 Federal Aid Road Projects
The State Highway Commission announced 28 federal aid road projects will be contracted in the next seven months. A total of $40,052,000 in federal funds are available for the current fiscal year ending June 30, with 105 projects scheduled for let over the next two years. Projects include paving and grading on I 40 routes in McDowell, Forsyth, and Cleveland counties, and utilities on US 70 and US 17 corridors, plus a first stage of Raleigh beltline work.
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Greensboro
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
W. F. Babcock
Commission
Burke County
U.S. 221
McDowell County
Kernersville
Winston ~ Salem
Forsyth
Old Fort
McDowell
Kings Mountain
South Carolina Line
Cleveland
Durham
Virginia
U.S. 158
Halifax
Northampton
Seyweer Joe the Lee Pass
Rockingham
Hamlet
Richmond
U.S. 70
Havelock
Carteret
Craven
Southwest Creek
N.C
Onslow
Alligator River
Tyrrell
Dare Counties
Goldsboro
Wayne
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
U.S. 1
Downtown Boulevard
Fairview Road
Wake
Raleigh
Freedom Is Ordered For Bentley Not Guilty Verdict
A Beaufort South Carolina court cleared Bentley of murder in the slaying of 16 year old Harold Knotts Jr. after the judge ruled there was insufficient evidence. Prosecutors argued footprints tied Bentley to the crime but the jury was directed to acquit.
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Beaufort
Harold Knotts Jr
Husky
Bentley
G. G. Dowling
Julian $ . Wolfe
Orangeburg
Publicity Plugs for Hess Store Scrutinized
Washington AP reports Max Levine, PR man for Hess Brothers department store in Allentown, says the firm spent thousands on plugs in TV radio and newspapers. He cites NBC Today Tonight Garroway CBS Garry Moore Person to Person and columnists Considine Delaplane Wilson Boyle.
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Washington (Ap
Hess Bros
Allentown
Max Levine
Levine
Nbcs
Today
Dave Garroway
CBS
Garry Moore
Bob Considine
Hearst Syndicate
Stanton Delaplane
McNaught
Earl Wilson
Hall Syndicate
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
NBC
Considine
San Francisco
Delaplane
Hess
No Proof Red Troops Used In Laos
United Nations report to the Security Council based on a first hand inquiry says Laotian rebels received arms supplies and political advisers from North Vietnam though it finds no proof of direct North Vietnamese troop involvement. The four nation panel includes Japan Argentina Italy and Tunisia.
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United Nations, N.V
Viet Nam
Security Council
Japan
Argentina
Italy
Tunisia
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Roland Jobb
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Gijsbert van Hall
Arthur
SHAM
Brown Agrees
By Relman Morin
Oregon Trail
Suez Canal
Justice Department
Department
FBI
Levine Wilson
New York
Senee Sens
Wilson
Makabout
Laos
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