Travel Rush Grounds Eastern Airlines Strike Spreads
During Thanksgiving travel, Eastern Air Lines faces a 600 flight engineer strike and 7 000 related workers walkout, threatening 25 states plus Canada and Bermuda. TWA idles 12 000 workers as mediation tries to end the dispute. Capital Airlines resumes partial service after a 37 day strike with a 4 cent hourly wage increase to 2.95.
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TWA
International Assn. of
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Kansas City
Capital Airlines
Capital
Nixon Rockefeller Pact Aims At Bipartisan 1960 GOP Strategy
Vice President Nixon and New York Governor-elect Rockefeller appear to have a working understanding to avoid foot-dragging each other until 1960. The talks yielded an informal plan to cooperate in rebuilding the GOP and to field national stature candidates for the 1960 presidential race. Rockefeller says he will focus on New York while not interfering in Nixon's national efforts.
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Washington
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
GOP
Rockefeller
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower forms panel to review U S military aid program
President Eisenhower names a nine member committee led by William H. Draper Jr to evaluate how U S military aid strengthens national security. The panel includes Gen Alfred Gruenther Adm Arthur Radford James Webb John J McCloy Dillon Anderson George McGhee and Gen Joseph McNarney with Tracy Voorhees as counsel.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
U.S
William H. Draper Jr
Truman
Bill
Draper
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
American Red Cross
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James E. Webb
John J. McCloy
Germany
Chase Manhattan National Bank
New York
Dillon Anderson
Nae
Marx Nonormer
Sense
Washington
George C. McGhee
Turkey
Joseph T. McNarney
General Dynamics Corp
Tracy Voorhees
Army
De Gaulle Wins First Round Support Amid Strong UNR Push
Premier De Gaulle received broad informal backing as voters favored a strong rightward shift and a new Gaullist party the Union for the New Republic. Communist and non Communist leaders fared variably while Mendes France and Bourges Maunoury lost their Assembly seats on the first ballot.
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Paris
de Gaulle
National’ Assembly
Red
Jacques Duclos
Mendes-France
Pierre Mendes- France
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
de Gaullist
Union For the New Republic
UNR
Jacques Soustelle
Murder Plot Alleged In Charlotte Court Case
Barbara Ann Massey, a 22 year old social worker, is charged with soliciting a Charlotte detective to murder Frances Smith, wife of a Greensboro state highway patrolman. Massey posted 1000 bond and faces Mecklenburg County Recorder’s Court on Friday. the alleged killer was a police informer and the plan failed.
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Greensboro
N.C
Barbara Ann Massey
Mecklenburg County Recorder's Court
Charlotte
Richard Ruth
Frances Smith
Miss Massey
Mrs. Smith
Ruth
Miss Masey
W. H. Scarborough
State Highway Patrol
S. L. Willard
Governor backs local government on school assignment plan
Governor Hodges urged support for local control under the Pearsall Plan during a midwinter national meeting. He cited pupil assignment statutes and safety valves, noting limited integration in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greensboro and stressing state county cooperation in public education.
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Asheville
Hodges
North Carolina
National Assn
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
U.S. Supreme Court
Bomb Like Device Found At Mt. Pleasant High
An anonymous call warned of a time bomb at Mt. Pleasant High School in Cabarrus County. Officers evacuated 1,200 pupils, found a fuse wired device in a second floor classroom, submerged it in water, and handed it to deputies. FBI offered full lab support and out-of-state leads while police investigated.
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Concord
N.C
Cabarrus County
Mt. Pleasant High School
Parks Mullis
Mt. Pleasant
Roy K. Moore
FBI
Charlotte
J. B. Roberts
Sheriff's Department
Mullis
Luther Adams
Henry Forrest
Martha Kirk
Crackdown in Raleigh Traffic Stops Prove Effective
State Highway Patrol described a crackdown as highly effective. Sgt. E. W. Jones cited checking stations in Troop B’s 20 eastern counties arresting many for defective brakes and lights.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
E. W. Jones
Troop
Supreme Court Affirms Alabama School Placement Law
The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's school placement law is valid on its face. The decision upholds the legality of the statute without addressing potential applications or challenges.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Alabama
U S Space Proposal Pushed At United Nations
United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge urged the UN to proceed with a 20 nation plan for a permanent space agency even if the Soviet Union refuses to participate. He said failure to join should not halt UN action and that Western allies expect a strong majority for the proposal.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States Today
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Valerian Zorin
Lodge
Zorin
Soviet Union
United States
Stevenson Says Soviets Equal America in Peace Talks
Adlai Stevenson told a Chicago TV audience that the Soviet Union is the equal of the United States and that coexistence is essential. He argued Russians avoid war to protect their advancing industrial economy and urged negotiations on any level. He is a twice unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate.
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Chicago
America
Soviet Union
United States
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Stevenson
Tempers Flare Over Warm Well At Monmouth Illinois
Farmers Chalmer and Rachael Lovedahl face a wave of visitors as a 30 foot well on their land warms to 110 degrees. Neighbors speculate about minerals or fires while officials offer no answers. The couple plans to retire on December 3, ending the farm venture.
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Monmouth. Ill
Chalmer Lovedah
Rachael
Lovedahl
State Water Survey
Lovedad
Colorado
California
Blanket scrap may help solve boy's slaying
A faded blanket scrap possibly made by a Swannanoa North Carolina mill or a Granby Quebec mill may identify a boy found slain in Philadelphia nearly two years ago. Police seek where the blankets were sold to localize the source. The boy, about four or five, was found naked in a heavy paper box with bruises and welts.
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Philadelphia
Swannanoa
N. C
Granby
Quebec
John J. Kelly
Safecracking Linked With Bombing
FBI and New Orleans police probe whether an attempted safe cracking at Rabouin Vocational School ties to a bombing at a nearby public school medical building. A homemade bomb exploded near Dr. James F. Redmond’s parking spot, causing minor damage and no injuries as officials pursue possible motives. Redmond was at an Louisiana Teachers Association meeting in Alexandria.
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New Orleans
FBI
Rabouin Vocational School
James F. Redmond
New Orleans Public Building
Rabouin Sae
Orleans Parish
Redmond
Louisiana Teachers Assn
Alexandria
U.S. District Court
Chicago Favored By Parties For 1960 Conventions
AP reports both parties eye Chicago as a potential 1960 convention site to gain Midwest leverage. Democrats plan to choose by Dec. 6 with Chicago seen as likely. Republicans may decide by late December or January. Other bids include Kansas City Louisville Cleveland Philadelphia Atlantic City New York San Francisco Los Angeles.
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Washington
Chicago
Midwest
Democratic National Committee
Paul Butler
Miami Beach
San Francisco
Kansas City
Louisville
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New York
Los Angeles
Allies Disagree On Berlin Crisis Policy
Western powers remain divided over a united action plan toward Berlin as Khrushchev signals possible Soviet exit from the four power regime. The West German stance opposes Western talks with East Germans while Britain hints at a plan to negotiate under Soviet oversight, leaving the United States and France doubtful amid an unclear path forward.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Germany
West Berlin
Dead or Alive Justice: A Call for Compassion
By R L Dieffenbacher for NEA Service urges mercy over vengeance for dangerous criminals. The author argues society should refrain from endorsing killing and instead offer forgiveness and humanity, stressing divine mercy for all sinners and urging readers to respond with love toward others.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
Jan
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