U N Chief Dag Hammarskjold to Visit Middle East
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold plans a week long tour starting in Amman and possibly visiting Damascus Cairo and Jerusalem to ease border tensions address Palestine refugees and Turkey Syria tensions amid renewed gunfire on Israel Jordan and Syria fronts.
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Dulles Talks With Mohammed on North Africa Visit
Secretary of State Dulles stood in for ill President Eisenhower to discuss North African issues with King Mohammed V. Vice President Nixon praised the Moroccan ruler as a statesman guiding a bridge between Arab nations and Europe. The King said the talks would strengthen ties and support long-term U.S. leases on bases with France.
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Doolittle Says Reds Ahead In Missiles
Lt. Gen. James Doolittle testified that Russia leads in land fired missiles while the United States tops in air to air types. He blamed lack of a coordinated program before 1953 and warned the nation must speed up missile development and raise overall technology to catch up and stay ahead. Scientists Teller Bush and Chipman urged faster missile production and better training. Senator Johnson stressed the need for coordinated defense department effort over a separate agency.
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Angier Bank Robbed Again in $33 000 Vault Theft
Angier North Carolina sees a second bank robbery this year at the Angier Branch of the First Citizens Bank. A gunman, about 26, demanded cash after discussing a loan with cashier Haywood Hall and compelled five employees to lie down. The escape vehicle was a two tone green 1956 model car. Authorities pursued road blocks but found no trace of the bandit.
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Khrushchev Defends Red Party Control of Military Power
In a speech Khrushchev argues the Communist Party remains leader and educator of the Soviet armed forces. He cites Zhukov’s removal for opposing party control and asserts Russia maintains modern weapons, including atomic and rocket systems, amid a tense international scene.
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Satellite To Go Up Dec 4 In U S Vanguard Test
Washington reports Navy scientists plan a December 4 launch from Cape Canaveral to send a six ounce to six pound test satellite into orbit with dawn liftoff if weather suits. If not, a later attempt is planned with a larger fully instrumented satellite for March. Moscow notes Sputnik I remains aloft but will likely decay by early December.
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Eisenhower Illness Spurs Further Doctor Evaluation
The White House said President Eisenhower is progressing satisfactorily but doctors will do a further evaluation of his illness. A chill after greeting King Mohammed V of Morocco prompted the update, with no details on seriousness or who authored the statement. Secretary Dulles stood in for him as Cleveland speech and tonight dinner were canceled.
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Asian Flu Declines In State
North Carolina reports a sharp drop in influenza like illness last week with 32 373 cases down from 80 447 the prior week and 149 499 the week ending Nov 8. Dr Fred Foard says schools are seeing the jump and a second rise remains possible.
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Sputnik satellite final stage may plunge to Earth Sunday
Cambridge Massachusetts The final stage rocket that launched Sputnik I may burn up in the atmosphere next Sunday Dr Fred L Whipple director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said the decay date moved up by more than a week based on new moonwatch sightings from over 65 stations in the United States The rocket is about as large as Sputnik II and weighs more than half a ton with an orbit period around 96 2 minutes and a speed gain to about 18000 mph as it sinks to denser air near 35 to 40 miles altitude.
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British French Talks End Without Clear Success
British Prime Minister Macmillan and French Premier Gaillard finished two days of talks in Paris with no clear breakthrough on key issues. They aimed to curb British arms supplies to Tunisia amid Algerian rebel fears, and acknowledged France’s North African leadership while seeking a precise NATO interdependence definition. Gaillard to report to the National Assembly.
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Goldsboro Field To Get SAC Unit
The Air Force announced that Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro North Carolina will host a Strategic Air Command bombardment unit in late 1959. Plans confirmed follow from widened runways to accommodate the largest jet bombers and extendments to the east end.
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