East Germans Seek Soft Sell to Win Berlin Concessions
East Germany signals readiness to bargain with Western powers over Berlin while freeing tourist George Milroy of Ann Arbor after four weeks as leverage. Walther Ulbricht pledges reasonable talks if Russia withdraws from the four power setup, with air corridors kept by the West and traffic to West Berlin mostly normal. Willy Brandt urges calm, doubting a new blockade and noting Allied airlift planes remain ready.
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Berlin
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Berlin
George S. Milroy
Ann Arbor
Mich
Walter Ulbricht
Russia
West Germany
U. S
Willy Brandt
Carolinians Endure Warm Spell Across the State
The Associated Press reports that in mid November Carolinians remain in shirt sleeves as temperatures reach 82 in Wilmington, 81 in Greensboro and Raleigh and Durham, the warm spell breaking records for the time of year. Foresters fear fires, farmers worry over dry pastures, and rainfall is minimal while a west storm system moves east bringing a colder trend by week’s end.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Winston - Salem
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Durham
Asheville
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Tornadoes injure several in Texas easing after fronts
Severe twisters struck West Central and North Central Texas injuring eleven people. Damage centered near Wichita Falls and Iowa Park with overturned trailers, destroyed structures, lost power, and blocked lines. Schools closed in Olney and damage reported at Childress Burkburnett Snyder and surrounding towns.
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Iowa Park
Tex
Texas
Eastland
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma Line
Oscar Singleton
Singleton
Childress
Olney
W. C. Echols
Comanche
Burkburnett
Red River
Pontiac Motor Co
Snyder
Prymegoy
New Type Airplane Heliocarrier Missing Between Cities
The CAA reports a four place Heliocarrier missing on a flight from LaGuardia to Raleigh Durham. The craft with slotted wings left LaGuardia at 12 50 p m EST yesterday and was to arrive at 3 55 p m. No contact has been received since departure. Pilot named Kimnack and unknown passenger count. Airport and area searches underway.
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Raleigh
CAA Trans
LaGuardia
New York
Raleigh-Durham
CAA
Raleigh, Durham
Soviets Propose International Treaty On Nuclear Weapons Control
Geneva AP The Soviet Union proposed an international treaty to prevent nuclear weapons from being carried over foreign territory or on the high seas, a move seen as outside current talks. Western officials pressed for a technical nonpolitical agenda, while the Soviets sought broad disarmament questions and a November 10 deadline. The stalemate over suspending nuclear tests persisted as the U S and Britain pressed for strict enforcement and control systems. Willard Libby said the U S is planning for future tests if talks fail, denying stalling charges.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
U. S. State Department
Britain
United States
Russia
U. S. Atomic Energy
Williard F. Libby
Washington
Hopes Dim For Downed Airmen In Blizzard Rescue
At Hill AFB Utah Air Force crews search for Capt Donald Liggett and 1st Lt Donald Born two officers who bailed from a crippled C119 Flying Boxcar in a northeast blizzard. Six other men parachuted to safety Friday night as two others died from exhaustion and exposure during the attempt.
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Here
Army Leader Seizes Power In Sudan Coup
Army commander Gen. Ibrahim Abboud seized control in a Sudanese military coup dissolving all political parties and ordering newspaper oversight. The move halted parliamentary democracy and aimed to ease tensions with Nasser’s United Arab Republic while promising to improve relations and resolve disputes over the Nile, borders, and trade.
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Sudan
United Arab Republic
Nile
Egypt
Aswan
Cairo
Ibrahim Abboud
Khartoum
Abboud
Nasser
London
U.A.R
Khalil
Middle East
Asia
Wintry Southwest Battered As Blizzard Hits Rockies
A general weekend blizzard pounded the Rocky Mountain region and northern Plains bringing heavy snow to wide areas. Snow totals reached several feet in mountains, four inches at the Mexican border, and subzero temps in higher elevations. Warnings covered New Mexico northward, the Panhandle, western Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas while the eastern half stayed unusually mild and wet with high humidity.
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Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Panhandle
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Rockies
Evanston
Wyo
Arizona
Douglas
Ariz
Columbus
N.M
Johnson backs U.S. space plan before UN General Assembly
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson told the United Nations General Assembly that the American people back the Eisenhower space proposal for peaceful international cooperation. He emphasized bipartisan support and noted the nonpartisan nature of space policy and ongoing cooperation during the IGY. The U.S. resolution, co sponsored by 19 nations, seeks a UN committee to guide peaceful outer space exploration.
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United Nations
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.N
Eisenhower
Senate
General Assembly
Outer Space
Johnson
Congress
Texas
U.S
New York
World Organization
White
Kuzma V. Keenley
U.N. Agency For Space Research
United States
Secretary of State
Dulles
Ten Killed In Texas Wreck Near San Augustine
A head on collision between an auto and a pickup north of San Augustine, Texas, killed 10 people and injured two. The victims were mostly from Tenaha and a Shelby County family. Charles McClellan and Maurice McClellan, cousins from Center, were in the pickup. Charles drove and was killed. The car carried 10 and was driven by Ralph Reed of Tenaha. All involved were Negroes. The pickup crossed the center line on a hill. both vehicles traveled about 70 mph. Maurice McClellan survived in critical condition.
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San Augustine
Tex
Here
Percy Garner
R. H. Vinyard
Center
Tenaha
Shelby County
E. C. Nichols
Maurice McClellan
Charles McClellan
Vinyard
Charles
Maurice
Shreveport
Winyard
Ralph Reed
Nichols
American tourist freed after East German jail term
George S. Milroy of Ann Arbor Michigan says East German authorities freed him after a month in jail for taking a photograph of Soviet headquarters. He says he faced no coercion to confess and noted a translator hinted at using him to pressure U.S. recognition of DDR. Milroy sought consular contact but was repeatedly told no access.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
George S. Milroy
Ann Arbor
Mich
Milroy
United States
DDR
U. S
Neustrelitz
Berlin
West Berlin
Copenhagen
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Democrats Split Over Civil Rights Plank For 1960
Democratic state chairs show near parity on adopting a strong civil rights plank versus compromising with the South. Replies from 43 states reveal support outside the South for cautious action, while 18 states demand a tough plank even at a Southern walkout.
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Washington
Associated Press
South
Dixie
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Michigan
Minneso- North Dakota
South Dakota
Aska
Miessort
Colorado
Oregon
California
Midwest
Arizona
Joseph Walton
Maryland
T. Barton Harrington
Nevada
Fred Strosnider
Grange Rejects Farm Plan at National Convention
The National Grange rejected Eisenhower administration claims that lower farm prices would expand markets and boost incomes. It urged managed marketing under government supervision and production limits, arguing that controlled markets protect agriculture from chaos and ruinously low prices.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
National Grange
Eisenhower Administration
Agriculture Committee of
Farm Organization
National Convention
Benson
Grange
Grange Committee
Former Judge Goes On Trial In Mecklenburg Superior Court
Basil M. Boyd, who quit the Charlotte Recorder's Court after indictment for willful neglect of official duty, goes on trial as witnesses gather. He is first of five men to be tried in a probe of Recorder's Court operations led by Judge Walter Bone. Others include Leo Reynolds J H Brantley C B Bridges Allen M White. bondsmen charged with obstructing justice and embezzlement cases delayed.
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C. B. Bridges
Allen M. White
Recorder’s Court
White
Two U S Cardinals Named by the Vatican
Pope John XXIII named 23 new cardinals including archbishops Cush ing of Boston and O Hara of Philadelphia. A Dec 15 consistory will create the red hats, expanding the College of Cardinals from 70 to 75 with ten non Italians.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Boston
Philadelphia
College of Cardinals
Richard James Cushing
John F. O'Hara
Cicognani
Amleto Cicognani
United States
Washington, D.C
Vatican
Pope John
Francis Spellman
New York
James Francis McIntyre
Los Angeles
Pius
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