Brother killer Bruce Ginn recounts fatal shooting
Bruce Ginn 18, an outpatient psychiatric patient, tells detectives he murdered his 14 year old brother Ted after plotting with a mail order gun. He says Ted was inferior and would never amount to anything, and that he would do the same again if given a chance. Police were alerted after the slaying in their home.
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Bruce Ginn
Ted
Bruce
Altadena
Calif
Gene Handsaker
LOS Angeles
Harry
Ruth
Edward
Gunman Kills Two Hostages In Virginia Home Siege
A gunman posing as a visitor held eight people at a Bowling Green home for over two hours in central Virginia. He killed two white women Mrs James S Brooks and her mother Mrs Kate Lewis Brooks after a struggle with Frederick Van Allen who was injured. Police pursued the suspect as the assailant remained at large. Edna Mae Parker, a maid, provided the account.
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Bowling Green
James S Brooks
James S
Cap) Brooks
Kate Lewis Brooks
Frederick van Allen
Brooks
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Edna Mae Parker
the Brooks
Jean Brooks
Jean
Mason
Berlin rally turns violent as Communists push turnout
About 3,000 West Berliners besieged the Sportpalast, shouting down the Communists during a big rally. Police kept order as stones flew and several windows were broken amid fears of a street clash.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Albert Norden
Norden
Sportspalast
West
Textile Chain Sees Sales and Profits Dip in Gaston County
Textiles Inc operates 11 spinning mills and one thread plant in Gaston County. The yearly report shows profits down from $1.73 to $1 per share and sales down from 28 million to 24 million dollars, a 14 percent drop. Board Chairman A G Myers says conditions are improving.
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Gastonia
N.C
Gaston County
A. G. Myers
Textiles, Inc
Gomulka Questioned by United States Over Berlin Stance
The United States plans to ask Polish leader Wladyslaw Gomulka to explain his Moscow remarks denouncing American policies and backing four power Berlin control, while Poland seeks more aid. Officials cite his criticism of American imperialists and Poland's two year aid received totaling about 193 million dollars despite opposition.
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Washington
United States
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Russia
Gomulka
Moscow
Khrushchev
State Department
Berlin
Poland
Gomuika
Governor Emphasizes Woodlands In North Carolina Plant Opening
Governor Hodges spoke at Farmville as the Formica flakeboard plant opened, forecasting annual lumber purchases of about a quarter million dollars and 100 jobs. The plant is the company’s third NC site, praised as the largest and most modern, with room for expansion.
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Farmville
N.C
North Carolina
Woodlands
Hodges
Sai
N. C
W. G. Malcolm
American Dynamic Co
Formica Corp
Charlotte
Plymouth
Department of Conservation and Development
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Hodges Praises Carolina Climate Feature Noted by Lawson
Gov Hodges cited explorer John Lawson who observed Pitt County in the early 1700s had pretty women and many children, noting the climate's charm. The piece links 250 year old notes to current Miss North Carolina Betty Lane Evans of Greenville.
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Farmville
North Carolina
Hodges
John Lawson
Pitt County
Carolina
Lawson
Betty Lane Evans
Greenville
Half Size Dresses Designed for fuller figures
LOS ANGELES AP reports designer Edith Martin advocates size 20 women choosing dresses sized as 16 to avoid bulges below and above the belt. Her Half Size collection adapts current junior and misses trends with strategic seams belts and drapery to flatter fuller figures and conceal waistline and hip bulges.
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Los Angeles
California
Edith Martin
Miss Martin
Soviet Buildup Pushes West Berlin Stand
Western allies weigh new formal declaration to reaffirm rights and access to West Berlin as Khrushchev seeks full East German control. Dulles returns from Colombo Plan Conference as NATO ministers prepare next steps. The State Department rejects Soviets’ Potsdam argument.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Germany
Dulles
Seattle
Britain
France
West Germany
Khrushchev
East Berlin
West Berlin
NATO
State Department
Berlin
East Germany
Khrushchev Promises Highest Standard for People
In Moscow the Soviet government pledged to raise living standards claiming the best in the world. The report emphasized state effort to improve wages and consumer goods, signaling a broad social policy shift during Khrushchev era.
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Moscow
Bulganin Denounced in Moscow Amid Party Purge
In Moscow Nikolai Bulganin was branded an enemy of the Communist party after decades in high command. The Central Committee report on Khrushchev’s seven year plan mentions the antiparty group including Bulganin and other old leaders, signaling further removals.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Central Committee
Moscow Radio
Malenkov
Kaganovich
Molotov
Shepilov
V. M. Molotov
Outer Mongolia
Georgi Malenkov
Bulgaria
Lazar Kaganovich
Dmitri Shepilov
Council of the National Economy
Stavropol
Northern
Caucasus
Party
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Bloc
Red Rivals Big Split On Farms
Russia and China rely on large labor forces in farming while the United States uses mechanization. John Strohm notes U S farmer efficiency contrasts with Red China and Russia. He highlights a single U S farmer per 160 acres versus Russia’s one per 10 acres and China’s one per acre.
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Russia
China
U. S
Red China
Ukraine
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John Strohm
NEA Service, Inc
NEA
Red
John Strobm
NEA Service
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