Tar Heel Week Brings North Carolina Leaders to New York
Gov Hodges leads a 40 person delegation from North Carolina on an industry mission to New York meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel. The trip includes state officials and business leaders from Greensboro Raleigh and Winston-Salem with plans to promote multi state investments and university research links. On return the Hodges visit includes a Baltimore game and an invitation to a royal box with Queen Elizabeth I.
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North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Air National Guard
Raleigh- Durham
New York
Roosevelt Hotel
Edwin Gill
James Currie
E. L. Rankin Jr
John Harden
Greensboro
Burlington Industries
Brandon Hodges
Canton
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Earl Crawford
Charlotte
Ayer and Gillette Inc
C&d
Miles J. Smith
Salisbury
W. J. Damtoft
Charles S. Allen
Durham
S. J. Boling
Siler City
H. C. Buchan Jr
North Wilkesboro
Leo H. Harvey
Pakistan seeks new prime minister amid political crisis
In Karachi and Lahore on Oct 12 leaders rushed to President Mirza to form a coalition cabinet. No party holds a majority, and a national government option with ministers from all groups is discussed. Suhrawardy resigns after Pakistan’s largest party withdraws support.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Iskander Mirza
National Assembly
United States
Suhrawardy
Mirza
Republican Party
Lahore
West Pakistan
Quint Recovering From Flu Attack
Yvonne Dionne one of the Quintuplets shows steady improvement after serious flu complications. The 23 year old was ill during a visit to Shawinigan Falls and admitted to Notre Dame de lEsperance Hospital where she works as a nurse. She missed her sister Annette's wedding to Germain Allard.
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Montreal
Que
Yvonne Dionne
Quintuplet Sisters
Yvonne
Shawiinigan Falls
Notre Dame de l'Esperance Hospital
Annette
Germain Allard
Cecile Dionne
Dionne
Notre Dame de la Salette
Cecile
Philippe
UN Force Cost Estimated at 50 Million for Two Years
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold outlined a two year cost of about 50.4 million dollars for the United Nations Emergency Force UNEF to oversee the Middle East cease fire. The General Assembly would authorize spending done under the regular UN peacekeeping budget with voluntary and proportional member contributions. The United States has contributed about 3.33 million of the paid amount and half of the voluntary share.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dag ‘Hammarskjold
U.N
General Assembly
Middle East
UNEF
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Hammarskjold
Israel
U. N
United States
Pinay Moves To Organize France's 24th Postwar Government
Paris Oct. 12 Rightist ex Premier Antoine Pinay edged ahead in efforts to form France's 24th postwar government. After talks with Maurice Bourges Maunouroury Felix Gaillard and Wilfrid Baumgartner he set Sunday meetings with agricultural and social security experts. Pinay offered a take it or leave it program and demanded 24 hour replies amid leftist irritation over his plan to slash the 80 billion franc social security subsidy.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
Maurice Bourges - Maunoury
Felix Gaillard
Wilfrid Baumgartner
Bank of France
Pindy
Pinay
Rene Coty
Guy Mollet
Rene Pleven
Church Meet Joins Prayers In Little Rock
The 1957 Assembly of Disciples of Christ in Cleveland urged church integration and prayed for guidance to resolve Arkansas racial tensions. Detroit pastor Rev. R L Jordan praised desegregation efforts and called for equality of accommodation and opportunity for all.
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Cleveland
Disciples of Christ
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
International Convention of Disciples of Christ (Christians Churches
Detroit
R. L. Jordan
Commonwealth
Wine Makers Protest List For Elizabeth Dinner
The Wine Institute protested the Waldorf Astoria selection of French wines for a Queen Elizabeth II dinner on Oct. 21. Don W. McColly complained American wines should be served, while Claudius Charles Philippe said the committee chose the menu and Waldorf had no role.
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New York
The
Wine Institute
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Claudius Charles Philippe
Don W. McColly
United States
Eisenhower
Nixon
Dulles
California
Washington
Waldorf
Pilgrims
Chateau Lascombes
Waldorf Savarin
Philippe
Scott Urges Support for Dam Project at Badin NC
Sen. W Kerr Scott urged the Federal Power Commission to approve a 37 million dollar expansion tied to the Tuckertown hydro dam on the lower Yadkin River. He warned delay could jeopardize jobs and growth at Carolina Aluminum Co in Badin and the region’s economy.
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Washington
W. Kerr Scott
D-Nc
Badin
N.C
Carolina Aluminum Co
Federal Power Commission
Yadkin River
FPC
Sen
Scott
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Commission
North Carolina
Carolina Aluminum
Yadkin
Tuckertown
Kuykendall
Circulation Managers Convene in Charlotte for 1958 Meeting
The Mid Atlantic Circulation Managers Assn brings 125 delegates from Virginia and the Carolinas to Charlotte for a three day session. Elected officers and the 1958 convention city will be chosen Tuesday afternoon. Co hosts include The Charlotte Observer and The Charlotte News with speakers Earl Roberts C A McKnight and Thomas L Robinson.
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Charlotte
Mid-Atlantic
Commercial Trip To Pole Opens Antarctic Flight
The Stratoclipper America left San Francisco at 10:30 a.m. on the first commercial Antarctic flight chartered by the U.S. Navy. The Pan American plane will land at Mc Murdo Sound on Oct 15 after stops at Honolulu Canton Island the Fiji Islands and Christchurch New Zealand. Aboard were 37 Seabees led by Lt Cmdr Theodore Slaby who will serve as communications officer and winter at McMurdo for about a year.
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San Francisco
America
Antarctic
Pan American
U.S. Navy
McMurdo Sound
South Pole
Honolulu
Canton Island
Fiji Islands
Christchurch
N.Z
Seabees
Quonset Point
R.1
Cmdr
Theodore Slaby
Warwick
Slaby
Little America
Honesty Market Draws Business in Sunset Beach
A roadside stand near Meadowlark Country Club known as Honesty Market serves locals with unstaffed service. Customers drop money in a box. prices are clearly marked on bags and boxes as cars line up to shop.
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Sunset Beach
Calif. m
Meadowlark Country Club
Long Beach
Scientists Note Satellite Entering Third Stage
Washington reports a rocket stage and nose cone linked to Sputnik appear to break up as the satellite orbits for a second week. Observers in Cambridge Bedford and Fort Monmouth sight three objects including a bright second body. Experts warn of a traveling junk pile while seeking initial orbit details to gauge Sputnik's reentry timing.
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Washington
Russia
Sputnik
London
J. Alan Hynek
The
Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian
Bedford
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Hungarian Premier warns against anniversary demonstrations
Vienna reports Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar warned in a Budapest speech that protests on October 23 and November 4 would be crushed. He cited a strong state, denounced Western incitement, and praised Polish Communist police for suppressing Warsaw student unrest.
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Vienna
Jans Kadar
Budapest
Kadar
MTI
Peiping
Moscow
United States
NATO
Warsaw
Po Prostu
Paper Urges Boycott of Sophia Loren
Rome editors of Nei Homini urge Roman Catholics to shun Sophia Loren and her films after her proxy marriage to Carlo Ponti. They condemn the couple as morally fallen and call for renunciation to regain sacraments.
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Rome
Catholic Action
Sophia Loren
Mexico
Carlo Ponti
Vatican
L'Osservator Della Domenica
Sophia
Ponti
Windstorms Scatter Rain Across Southwest and Plains
Storms swept the Southwest and Plains with cool fair weather overall. A twister struck Grand County damaging a hangar and eight private structures. Hail drenched Southwest locales while Socorro New Mexico recorded 1.24 inches of rain. Albuquerque and Santa Fe saw about an inch before noon. In the plains, an eastward storm hit St. Joseph Missouri with 1.72 inches in 12 hours and Lincoln Nebraska logged 1.32 inches. Kansas City had 0.75 inch in six hours.
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Mississippi River
Grand County Air- Petarday Silver Eia
N.M
Socorro
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Plains
St. Joseph
Lincoln
Neb
Kansas City
Scientists Probe Sputnik Orbit From Cambridge
Dr. Fred L. Whipple of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said American measurements from MIT computer data and global sighting reports yield a pretty accurate view of Sputniks orbit. He noted the Russians have kept data secret. Orbit time is about 96.02 minutes, shortening daily, with observed early-morning Boston sightings.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fred L. Whipple
Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Whipple
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth
Boston
MIT
Three Killed In Fights In Dallas Bottle Riot
A large crowd in downtown Dallas attacked revelers with knives and beer bottles after a Texas Oklahoma game event. Police estimated 12 000 to 14 000 revelers. at least three injured by knives and bottle blows. cafe owner stabbed. several beatings. officers stopped the riot around 3 30 a m.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas-Oklahoma
N. T. Fisher
Lee May
Charles R. Messer
Oklahoma
Prelaw
Messer
Clark E. Crow
Austin
Charles E. Caldwell
W. A. Eubanks
Texas
Eubanks
Byrd Jennings
Jennings
One Wife Plenty Egyptian Says
Egypt’s propaganda chief Col. A K Hatem said polygamy arose in early Islam due to wars and male scarcity. He argued polygamy was a practical solution then but the Koran requires equal care for all wives and does not approve of polygamy.
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London
Egypt
A. K. Hatem
Egyptian Information Department
Hatem
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DAG
Church Meet
Elizabeth
Pole
U.S. Weather Bureau
Depr. Ofee
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Northwest Pacific
New England
Ohio
Mississippi
Middle Atlantic
Washington State
Donald L. Menzel
Harvard Observatory
Observatory
Menzel
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Eggen
Francis J. Heyden
Georgetown University Observatory
Father Heyden
Onur Pharmacy
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