Russians Confident On Canal In UN Debate
The Soviet Union enters the Suez crisis debate at the United Nations Security Council with cautious confidence. Moscow seeks a rapid settlement to avoid a wider Arab western war and aims to secure American support for an ironclad canal guarantee. Egypt would nationalize the canal as a sovereign right, and the USSR plans to back that stance if the U.S. endorses it.
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N.Y
U.N. Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Egypt
Suez
Britain
France
Nasser
U.S.S.R
Dulles
Briain
Tito Returns From Visit To Soviet Union
Belgrade Yugoslavia President Tito came back from an eight day trip to the Soviet Union. Sources say Tito and Khrushchev did not settle policy differences between their governments and Communist parties. Tito was described as vacationing in the Soviet Crimea.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet
Crimea
Khrushchev
Cruthere
Moscow
Stalin
Ike Claims First Troop Integration
President Eisenhower stated he believes he was the first American combat commander to integrate Negro troops into white Army units during World War II. He recalled 1944-45 as the winter when Allied forces in Europe included mixed racial squads and about 2,500 Black volunteers in frontline service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Europe
West Seeks Agreement on Suez in U N Session
Western foreign ministers from the United States Britain and France hustled to present a united front at the U N Security Council as Dulles and French and British counterparts met prior to the council session. U S officials avoided pledges while Paris criticized the U S stance amid Egypt opposition to international control of the Suez Canal.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dulles
New York
Iwyn
Christian Pineau
Security Council
U.S
United States
U.N
London
Egypt
Paris
French National Assembly
Andre le Troquer
U.S. Suez
Salesman Plunges To His Death In Charlotte
Herman C. Garris a 55 year old shoe salesman at a Charlotte department store died after plunging from the fifth floor of the East Trade Street building following a brief elevator ride. A death note reportedly left by Garris indicated fears of illness.
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Herman C. Garris
Miutes
East Trade Street
Newnes
J Searbor
Ralph Howser
Garris
Robert Parker Brown
Governor Hodges Allocates 1.674 Million From Highway Surplus
Gov. Hodges announced allocations totaling 1,674,008 from highway surplus funds. The package includes 816,000 for coastal county road improvements and 615,000 for the first phase of the Silas Creek Wake Forest College road in Winston-Salem to link the campus with the interstate. Additional funds cover right of way near the State Highway Building in Raleigh and other state planning moves.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
Conpebase
Brunswick
Duplin
Onslow
Pender
Sampson
Silas Creek
Winston - Salem
Winston- Salem
YDC Opens Convention Today in North Carolina
The Young Democratic Clubs of America opened their 21st annual North Carolina convention in Winston-Salem with David A. Bunn of Denver as keynote. Sen. John F. Kennedy was due to arrive and speak after a Friday reception, while races for state YDC offices showed close contests among Tom Davis and Steve Nimocks for president and William Z. Wood, William Smith for national committeeman.
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Denver
Colo
Young Democratic Clubs of America
North Carolina
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John F.kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennnedy
Kennedy
Tom Davis
Selma
Steve Nimocks
Fayetteville
William Z. Wood
Winston- Salem
William Smith
Charlotte
Raleigh
Stevenson Takes In World Series Between Campaign Speeches
Adlai Stevenson mixed campaigning with a Brooklyn Dodger Yankee World Series game as he toured New York and New Haven. He briefed Harlem audiences on civil rights while criticizing President Eisenhower for political credit seeking and silent leadership on school desegregation.
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Adlai Stevenson
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New Haven
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Walter O'Malley
Stevenson
West Virginia
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Lower East Side
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Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Six Nations Named To Run Suez Canal Users' Assn
Six nations United States Britain France Italy Norway and Iran were named to run the new Suez Canal Users' Assn and guide the Suez crisis policy. A seventh member will join the executive committee when full SCUA membership, 15 countries, is reached, with Pakistan Japan and Ethiopia as observers.
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London
Cee
Eisenhower questions third term ban and campaign views
President Eisenhower said the constitutional ban on a third presidential term is not entirely wise and that the people should choose any candidate. He defended his long-range trust in the American electorate and urged focus on truth and facts rather than political labels. He also defended his civil rights stance and criticized Democratic attacks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gallen
Grocery Store Robbed of $60,000 in Jacksonville
A Setzer grocery store in a Jacksonville outlying district was robbed of $60,000 as an armored car delivery arrived for check cashing. Two gunmen entered at 5:15 AM, forced the manager Archie Purdy and three employees to the rear, tore out a telephone, and escorted them out with the cash. Clerk Herbert Isaac, 17, attempted to pursue the getaway car.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Setzer
8Th Street
Archie Purdy
N E. Chancey
Martha Walker
Herbert Isaac
Jap Textile Policies Outlined
Tani announced Japan’s new export guidelines at the Far East America Council of Commerce and Industry conference. Policies stress self restraint to steady trade, diversification to avoid market disruption, and gradual implementation starting from a 1955 level for cotton textile exports to the United States.
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Tani
Far East America Council of Commerce and Industry
Japan
United States
Free Asia
Nobody Will Fight John Lewis Anymore
Cincinnati report notes labor leader John L. Lewis remains vigorous as he signs a new one year wage contract for soft coal miners. The deal provides a two stage raise totaling 2.40 per day plus holiday benefits, extending to October 1, 1957. Lewis hints at long tenure but keeps control of the union welfare fund.
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