Funeral Sunday for J. E. Millis Industrialist and Civic Leader
J. E. Millis 77 longtime High Point industrialist and civic leader died last night at High Point Memorial Hospital after heart seizures. He headed Adams-Millis Corporation and helped found several local enterprises including Highland Cotton Mills and the High Point Memorial Hospital. Funeral plans set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Wesley Memorial church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. memorials requested to church building fund or hospital.
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J. E. Millis
High Point Memorial Hospital
Adams-Millis Corporation
Wesley Memorial Church
Millis
C. C. Herbert Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
Wesley Memorial Church Building Fund
McClellan Warns of Lethal Power in Union Pacts
Sen. John L. McClellan warns that alliances linking allegedly Communist dominated unions and Hoffa led Teamsters could wield lethal monopolistic power. He urges new laws. Hoffa defends mutual aid pacts with Bridges and Mine Mill. Hearings mention prior CIO expulsions and Communist ties.
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McClellan
Alliance of Unions
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
Harry Bridges
West Coast Longshoremen’s Union
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Bridges
CIO
Senate Internal Security
Teamsters Union
Labor Solidarity
Dutch Envoy Books Plane Seat Home
Moscow reports Dutch Ambassador Henri Helb booked passage home after Russia expelled the Dutch ambassador in retaliation. The exchange centers on a clash at Amsterdam airport involving Soviet Ambassador Panteleimon K. Ponomarenko and Dutch police over the passport of Soviet scientist Alexei Golub’s wife.
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Moscow
Henri Helb
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Panteleimon K. Ponomarenko
Ponomarenko
Holland
Alexei Golub
Urundi Premier Assassinated During Dinner by Gunman
Prince Louis Rwaga sore premier of Urundi was killed Monday night while dining with cabinet members. Police reported a gunman fled in a car. The murder comes amid ongoing Watutsi Bahutu tensions and recent political shifts toward a republic.
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Usumbura
Ruanda-Urundi
Louis Rwagasore
Urundi
United Nations Trust
Ruanda - Urundi
Watutsi
Mwambutsa
Ruanda
Mwami
Vigeri V
Bahutu
Kigali
U.S. Sells Saber Jets to Yugoslavia Amid Criticism
U.S. agrees to transfer 135 Saber Jet fighters and training to Yugoslavia for cash, drawing swift backlash from Senators Passman Tower and Jackson. Officials say sale funds Yugoslavia’s air force while preserving independence from the Soviet bloc. delivery completed as Kennedy era policy is debated.
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Washington
U.S
Yugoslavia
Congress
Otto Passman
D-La
Perrin Air Force Base
Texas
State Department
Belgrade
Tito
Department
Monroe
Passman
John Tower
R-Tex
Louisville
Saber
Lincoln White
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
White
United States
America
Slavs May Be Training Cuban Pilots
Sen. John Tower reports he has heard from Cuban friends that Yugoslav pilots are being used to train Cuban air force pilots. He cannot name his source but plans to substantiate the charge after further study.
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Washington
John Tower
Rtex
Tower
Louisville
North Carolina Battleship Open for Public Inspection
The SS North Carolina now is open to public inspection from 8 a.m. to sunset daily. Although far from refurnished after rescue from the scrap heap by North Carolinians, the memorial commission says it needs early admission funds to continue conditioning.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
North Carolina Battleship Memorial Commission
Mock Sky Shield II exercise simulates large scale air war
Hundreds of jet interceptors take off across the United States and Canada while civilian air traffic remains grounded. General Laurence S. Kuter directs Sky Shield II from Colorado Springs as SAC bombers and radar networks participate, though results stay classified to prevent revealing military methods.
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Washington
North American
United States
Canada
Polar
Laurence S. Kuter
North American Air Defense Command
U.S
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kuter
Strategic Air Command
Colorado
Two Feared Dead In Hotel Fire In New Orleans
Firemen battled a blaze in the Silver Dollar Hotel in the French Quarter, with two feared dead and five firefighters hurt. The flames also damaged a Whitney National Bank branch and damaged property across surrounding shops, with damage estimated around a quarter of a million dollars.
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New Orleans
Silver Dollar
Canal Street
Whitney National Bank
Howard Dey
Municipal Auditorium
Dey
Discoverer Satellite Circles Earth Over Pacific Landing Effort Ahead
Discoverer No 32 orbits Earth every 91 minutes. A 300 pound gold plated capsule will be ejected within four days and recovered by sky hooked planes near Hawaii as it parachutes toward the Pacific. Agena second stage launched Friday by a Thor rocket. Orbit ranges 158 to 266 miles. Recovering satellite data is the aim of the program.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Earth
Pacific
Hawaii
Thor
Air Force
Yugoslavia Not Invited To Moscow Communist Congress
Belgrade says Yugoslavia will not attend the 22nd congress of the Soviet Communist party in Moscow next Tuesday. A government spokesman Drago Kune notes Yugoslavia is labeled revisionist in the congress program, a grave charge under communist doctrine.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Drago Kune
Communist Party
Nations urge UN to speed up fallout danger studies
Fourteen nations urged the United Nations to accelerate expert studies on dangers from radioactive fallout after the Soviet Union resumed nuclear weapons tests. They warned the radioactive debris poses a growing threat to this and future generations in a resolution filed with the UN Assembly special Political Committee.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Assembly
Eisenhower Quietly Reaches 71st Birthday at Gettysburg Farm
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower marks his 71st birthday with a low key celebration at his Gettysburg farm. A family gathering at Col. John Eisenhower's home featured a private play by David Eisenhower and a dinner by Barbara Eisenhower.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Col
John Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Inlaw
Barbara
David Eisenhower
John Eisenhowers
Barbara Ann
Susan Elaine
Mary Jean
Arrested Man Brags About Two Victims
FBI tracked down and arrested Hugh Bion Morse a 31 year old on the ten most wanted list four blocks from a Spokane murder scene. Morse confessed to killing at least two women and damaging details tied to other cases across California and Washington. He was arraigned and held without bail as investigators pursue questions in multiple sex crime cases.
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St, Paul
William Eckley
Los Angeles
Morse
William H. Williams
FBI
Minneapolis
Carol Rowan
Candy Rogers
Spokane
Reseda
Calif
11-Year-Old Faces Horrible Choice in Fatal Shot
In Rotterdam, New York, 11-year-old Paul Berrian shot and killed his father after he pointed a loaded shotgun at his wife and children. The boy said he picked up the other gun to stop him and fired, striking Harold Berrian in the back. No charges were filed against the boy.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Paul Berrian
Paul
Berrian
Rotterdam
Harold Berrian
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High Point
Helen Brooks
James H. Millis
Harriss Covington
J. H. Millis
Cornelia Walker Millis
Jule Weatherly
Bingham Military Academy
Lor
J. W. Harrelson
Mine Worker's Union
Bernard W. Stern
Stern
Irving Dichter
Harold Sanderson
Albert C. Skinner
Western
Tet Att Rtm Syndicate
Tio
Hugh Bion Morse
St. Paul
Minn
Wash
Discoverer
Linda
John
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