Johnson De Gaulle Confer In Paris On World Problems
Vice President elect Lyndon B. Johnson and French President Charles de Gaulle held a 45 minute talk in De Gaulle's private office. Johnson called it a cordial meeting and said they discussed a wide range of problems confronting the world.
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Paris
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
de Gaulle
NATO
Seine River
Michel Debre
Amory Houghton
John
Hearing set on Piedmont airport site in Winston-Salem
Civil Aeronautics Board to hear whether one airport should serve the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Hearing opens in Winston-Salem with CAB examiner Paul N. Pfeiffer, involving Winston-Salem, Greensboro High Point Airport Commission, and airlines.
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Washington
Piedmont
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Board
Winston-Salem
CAB
Paul N. Pfeiffer
Winston - Salem
Greensboro - High Point Airport Commission
Pfeiffer
Smith Reynolds
Martin Leavitt
Accused Spy McDonald Faces Expulsion From Soviet Union
U S embassy in Moscow scrambled as Maj Irving T McDonald Jr an assistant air attache from Provincetown Mass was ordered expelled within 48 hours for alleged intelligence activities He was reportedly caught taking photos of military objectives near Kurgan and notebooks with defense information were seized Tass reported.
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Moscow
U.S
Irving T. McDonald Jr
Provincetown
Mass
McDonald
Air Attade
Tass
Kurgan
Moscow-Kurgan
Ghana Envoy Leaves Congo After All Night Battle
Ghana's charge d'affaires Nathaniel Welbeck departed his besieged Leopoldville residence after a 12 hour standoff with Congo army forces and UN troops. Five soldiers were killed and nine wounded, with Col J Kokolo among the dead. UN and Congo casualties were listed, and Ghana police prepared to withdraw from Leopoldville.
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The
Congo
Ghana
Nathaniel Welbeck
U.N
Coun
United Nations
Welbeck
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Mobutu
Col. J. Kokolo
United
Juarshie
Col. Mobutu
Realistic Farm Plan Called For Realistic Farm Plan
National Farm Bureau Federation president Charles B. Shuman told the North Carolina Farm Bureau Convention that economics must guide farm policy. He opposed past price controls, urged market-determined prices, and called for a forward looking wheat surplus plan amid the production surge and trade needs.
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Raleigh
National Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
North Carolina Farm Bureau Convention
Shuman
Congress
Kennedy Plans to Cut White House Staff and 80 Top Jobs
President elect John F Kennedy outlined plans to fill about 80 high level federal posts first and abolish the assistant to the President role under a streamlined White House. Theo dore Sorensen is tipped as White House special counsel. Clifford said staff will be smaller than under Eisenhower and 51 on Eisenhower’s immediate staff, with Kennedy weighing career posts and broader appointment lists.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Theodore C. Sorensen
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Truman
UN Rejects Move to Delay Congo Seat Debate
The United Nations General Assembly voted 50 to 34 with 13 abstentions against Ghana's bid to adjourn the Congo seating debate. The session moves toward approving the Kasavubu delegation for Congo's vacant seat despite clashes between U.N. troops and Mobutu forces in Leopoldville.
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U.N. General Assembly
Ghana
Congo
U.N
Leopoldville
Seph Kasavubu
United States
Kasavubu
J. E. Jantuah
Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Kasa-ubu
Cuba
Manuel Bisbee
U. N. Conciliation Commission
Recounts Could Delay Kennedy Nixon Vote Totals
AP reports recount requests may stretch the final official tally past election day. Kennedy leads Nixon 174 627 in the popular vote with 300 223 electoral votes. challenges in Illinois New Jersey and Texas rise while many states still complete canvasses ahead of the December 19 Electoral College meeting.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Illinois
New Jersey
Texas
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Alabama
Mississippi
Will Wilson
Electoral College
Prime Need for School Mergers Urged by Conant
Dr. James B. Conant urged Southern school consolidation as essential for adequate programs. He cited North Carolina where 81 percent of 12th graders were in small schools, and warned that nationwide one third of youth lack suitable educational opportunities. He stressed teacher salaries and district reorganization as keys. Educators from across the South attended the two day UNC conference.
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Harvard University
Southern School Conference
North Carolina
South
Conant
South Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
University of North Carolina
High Court Agrees to Hear Tennessee Reapportionment Fight
The U S Supreme Court will hear a suit by 10 Tennessee voters demanding redrawing of state legislative districts to reflect population shifts from farms to cities. The case asks if federal courts can compel state reapportionment and challenges Tennessee's 1901 redistricting status quo.
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Nashville, Tenn
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Harris Gilbert
Z. T. Osborn
Illinois
Assembly
George McCanless
Handwriting Expert Testifies in Tryon Bank Robbery Trial
FBI handwriting expert William S. Oberg faced over an hour of cross examination in U.S. District Court in Asheville as the trial of 27-year-old Tryon man Fred Earle Counts moved forward. Counts is charged with robbing the Tryon Bank and Trust Co. by threatening its president, John G. Landrum Jr., 46. The defense questioned photography and handwriting identification methods, while U.S. Attorney James M. Baley Jr. objected to insinuations of trick pictography.
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Asheville
N.C
William S. Oberg
FBI
U.S. District Court
Tryon Bank and Trust Co
Oberg
Fred Earle Counts
Tryon Negro
John G. Landrum Jr
U.S. Dist. Atty
James M. Baley Jr
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