Macmillan Wins Big Majority in UK Election Return
London reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Conservative Party gains a large House of Commons majority as 87 percent of districts counted. Conservatives lead Labor as Liberals double share. Five-year mandate follows landslide victory. Macmillan promises summit talks and upholds British American alliance.
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Harold Macmillan
House of Commons
Labor Party
Macmillan
Britain
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Labor
United States
Hugh Gaitskell
Asmillan
Moscow
Mobile City Fathers Propose Ban on Ladies Heel Height
Mobile officials pursue a city ordinance banning women from wearing high spike heels over one inch in height and one inch in diameter. Enforcement would be lax with a five dollar fine, aimed at reducing sidewalk injuries from slippery or snagging footwear.
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Mobile
Ala
Grand Jury Told Tic Tac Lie Coaching Rigging
Former Tic Tac producer Felsher testified he advised about 30 contestants to lie to the New York grand jury probing rigging of quiz shows. He said 75 percent of performances on the night version of Tic Tac Dough were rigged, and he was fired by NBC for refusing to sign an affidavit denying any contestant received assistance.
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Washington
New York
Grand Jury
Ard
Rockefeller urges caution on Red trade hints
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller urged non Communist nations to be cautious before expanding trade with the Soviet bloc. In a New York dinner speech he called for all nations to insist the USSR observe free world rules to normalize relations, and suggested placing conditions on any summit with Moscow.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York Board
Soviet Union
Community of Nations
Free World
Rockefeller
Story of John Brown Rain Chronicle by Stern
Dr. Philip Van Doren Stern presents a freshly written account of Harpers Ferry from the centennial series. The piece narrates how John Brown’s extremist actions planted seeds of civil strife and follows the ensuing aftermath with period illustrations by contemporary artists.
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John Brown
Philip van Doren Stern
Stern
NEA Service, Inc
Eisenhower Holds Steel Strike Talk With Four Cabinet Aides
President Eisenhower met for an hour with four Cabinet officers to discuss the steel strike. Labor Secretary Mitchell reported on his New York talk with President McDonald and leaders of the 500,000 striking workers. White House would not confirm if a Taft Hartley back to work injunction was imminent or when a decision might come.
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Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
James P. Mitchell
New York
David 5. McDonald
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
William P. Rogers
Frederick Mueller
Hagerty
Truck Crash Kills Ten as Bus Fire Rages Near Rutgers
A two-bus return trip from New York ended in tragedy when a tanker truck hit a bus in rain and fog. The rear fuel-fume explosion killed ten, including several students, while rescuers freed passengers from flames. Bus driver Carmen Nini survived with burns. driver Roscoe Poe of Brooklyn was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Roscoe Poe
Brooklyn, N.Y
Poe
Nini
Trenton State
New York
Archibald MacLeish
J.B
Trenton
Paint & Oil Delivery Co
Long Island City
N.Y
Philadelphia
Neeley
Brooklyn
Trenton State College
North Brunswick
N.J
Lodge Urges Global Freedom Campaign Against Communism
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge said in Washington that the undeveloped lands pose a bigger challenge to the free world than communism. He urged a sweeping campaign by American citizens to tirelessly promote freedom and decency as the United Nations chief warned the Middle East may not accept Western freedom as superior to communism. He warned the Soviet Union cannot overtake if the free world does its part.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
United Nations
Middle East
Soviet Union
Durham fights to keep rail passenger service
Durham residents press the State Utilities Commission to block Southern Railway from discontinuing Trains 13 and 16 between Greensboro and Goldsboro. Witnesses including George Watts Hill and Carl Harris testify the loss of service would leave Durham without passenger rail, while the railroad cites an annual loss of 141000 dollars.
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Durham
State Utilities Commission
Southern Railway
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Carl Harris
Durham Chamber of Commerce
Harris
Rail
George Watts Hill
Railroad
Col. W. T
Southern
Hill
Dock Workers Return to Work After Court Order
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports resumed activity after an eight day strike by 40000 longshoremen ended under a federal court order. Judge Kaufman issued a 10 day restraining to return to work, with a hearing set for Oct 15 on a possible 70 day injunction. Eisenhower cited national welfare concerns and previously invoked Taft-Hartley Act in 1953 and 1956.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Eisenhower
Gulf Coasts
Irving R. Kaufman
Kaufman
U.S
ILA
Nixon hints at national bid amid Texas welcome
In Fort Worth Nixon declines to confirm a presidential run while Texans praise his leadership. He predicts Texas will again favor Republicans, citing Eisenhower era support as a sign. The Nixon couple spent two hours greeting a long reception line at the Hotel Texas Crystal Ballroom.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Eisenhower
Mo Naon
Nixon
Texas
Azaleas Flower as Springlike Weather Returns in October
New York reports show azaleas hawthorns kerrias mock oranges and for sythias flowering unusually due to an extended warm spell. Magnolias bloom for a third time across the East as experts note oddities from late summer heat and a longer growing period.
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Lovelyna
New York Weather Bureau
T. H. Everett
New York Botanical Garden
Everett
Khrushchev Plan Expanded by Soviet Aides at UN
At the United Nations Khrushchev’s disarmament plan was outlined with a call for international control as part of any agreement. Vasily Kuznetsov rejected demands for an ironclad precondition and urged a staged approach over four years, with broad controls ahead of full disarmament, while Arkady Sobolev and Geneva talks were noted as forthcoming steps.
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N.Y
Soviet Union
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General Assembly
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Geneva
Arkady Sobolev
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