Court declines review of eight union conviction case
The Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of eight persons convicted of conspiracy to damage properties during a strike at Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills in Henderson North Carolina. The court issued only a brief order with Justice Douglas voting to hear and Justice Black not participating.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harriett-Henderson
Henderson
N.C
Douglas
Black
North Carolina
T. W. Bruton
Hugo L. Black Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Justice Black
Charlotte
Glen Ledford
Vance County
Supreme Court hears Scales membership case again
The Supreme Court debates whether mere Communist party membership is a crime in the Scales case. Junius Irving Scales appeals a six year NC sentence as former state party chairman amid this ongoing fight over the Smith Act and government powers under the Subversive Activities Control Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
Junius Scales
Carolinas
Clark
House Appropriations Committee
Activities Control Board
Junius Irving Scales
North Carolina
Nixon Opens Montana Tour With Early Morning Speech
Vice President Richard Nixon begins a four week push to win the close election. He plans speeches in Billings Denver and Salt Lake City while Mrs. Nixon joins him for the Denver stop. Nixon drafts a 750 word statement and aides say the race remains undecided.
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Billings
Mont
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Denver
Salt Lake City
Mormon Tabernacle
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
Herbert G. Klein
Job Situation Indicates Mixed September Change
Washington AP reports both employment and unemployment fell in September due to seasonal effects such as students returning to school. Employment dropped 515,000 to 67,767,000 while unemployment fell 400,000 to 3,388,000, with the jobless rate at 5.7 percent, unchanged from a year ago outside the steel strike period.
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Washington
Seymour Wolfbein
Lumumba Bid Halted as Mobutu Seals Lumumba Residence
In Leopoldville Congo Col Joseph Mobutu ordered the Lumumba residence ringed by 200 soldiers after Lumumba's return rally. A scuffle erupted as pro Lumumba demonstrators were driven back. ten were detained and one shot was fired into the air. Lumumba proclaimed he remained master and free of confinement.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Mobutu
Lumumba
Khrushchev awaits next UN appearance after war pledge
United Nations leaders expect Premier Khrushchev to speak again tonight as he travels the Assembly’s final days. He reiterated a pledge that the USSR will never start a war and pressed proposals on disarmament, U.N. reform, and admitting Red China.
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United Nations
N.Y
Khrushchev
General Assembly
New York
Assembly
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Europe
North Carolina towns discuss pop up shopping districts
At the North Carolina League of Municipalities 51st annual convention delegates split into seven groups to tackle downtown shopping district revivals. Mayors from cities over 5,000 discussed parking, street widening and parking lot purchases funded by meter revenue, with Fayetteville and Durham cited as examples. The league advanced proposals to extend slum clearance to businesses and aims to present them to the February General Assembly. Johnson and Sanford are scheduled to address the convention.
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Charlotte
North Carolina League of Municipalities
George Herndon
Fayetteville
E. J. Evans
Durham
Kitty
Richmond
League
General Assembly
Lyndon B. Johnson
Khrushchev Portraits Peaceful Grandfather Image on TV
Premier Khrushchev portrayed himself as a peace loving grandfather while soft pedaling threats during a two hour Open End interview. He urged friendship with the United States and said the U2 controversy would ease with time guiding future talks. The TV radio session, seen on 250 stations, drew protest calls and questions about Western policy in Berlin and disarmament.
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Khrushchev
Paris
New York
Nehru
India
London
Assaud
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Moscow
U.N
United States
U. N
RBA
John Scali
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
Berlin
David Susskind
Wnta-Tv
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Canadian Broadcasting Co
British Broadcasting Corp
Kennedy Praises Roosevelt in Deep South Swing
In Warm Springs Georgia Senator John F Kennedy praised Franklin D Roosevelt for opening new doors to the Negro during a campaign swing into the Deep South at the Little White House. He linked Roosevelt to a reform banner inviting all Americans regardless of race or creed and contrasted him with Harding Coolidge and Hoover.
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Warm Springs
John F. Kennedy
Deep South
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Little White House
Roosevelt
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Inmates Shaken Down After Foiled Central Prison Break
Prisons Director George Randall and SBI agents conducted a wide shake down at Central Prison Raleigh after a well planned escape was foiled Sunday night. Five to eight hardened convicts were tied to the plan but authorities had advance knowledge and thwarted it before 8 p.m. A pistol was smuggled inside and two suspects were moved to Ivy Bluff. Randall withheld names pending further on site and outside investigations.
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Raleigh
SBI
Central Prison
George Randall
Randall
Ivy Bluff
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Board of Elections
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