China’s Purge Expands From Bodies to Minds
New York dispatch reports Maoist China widens its purge from executions to remolding ideas. Officials say conservative elements are sent to farms to purge thoughts while the party claims it knows what is best for the people. A tour notes heavy Soviet influence and rapid move toward communism with extensive Russian technicians and ideology.
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Peiping
Mao Tsi-tung
Red
China
Mao
Communist Party
Russia
Four man Lebanese cabinet backed by civil war factions
Beirut saw a new four member cabinet representing major Beirut factions. Peace returned with a general shopkeepers strike ending and streets reopening. Armed groups dismantled barricades as Moslem Christian tensions cooled, though long term issues remain unresolved. Rashid Karami remained premier with Pierre Gemayel as deputy premier.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
Pierre Gemayel
pro-Chamoun Phalange Party
Church Report Supports Moderate Social Drinking
A church report to the general convention endorses moderate social drinking as compatible with scripture. It warns against binge or party drinking and notes some modern occasions devolve into aimless drinking. The commission led by Bishop J. Brooke Mosley cites biblical teaching and urges balanced conduct.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Church
America
Delaware
J. Brooke Mosley
Wilmington
UN proposes standby force for rapid UN military deployments
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urged the UN General Assembly to establish stand by arrangements to quickly mobilize military units from member states for specific conflict situations. He framed the plan against lessons learned from UNEF in Egypt and noted Soviet criticism over costs and authority.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Assembly
Soviet Union
UNEF
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dulles
Hammarskjold
U.N
Egypt
Lebanon
Jordan
United Nations
Fired Police Chief Jails Mayor Egan
Aurora Illinois Mayor Paul Egan, who fired the police chief and clashed with him, was jailed on disorderly conduct charges after resisting arrest. He stayed in his cell about five hours even after bond was posted, delaying his release until bond for four students was provided.
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Aurora, Ill
Paul Egan
Egan
Donald Curran
America
Russia
Two Teens Rob Myrtle Mill Payroll In Gastonia Area
Two youths aged about 18 or 19 robbed the Myrtle Mill payroll near Gastonia, escaping in a black 1952 or 1953 Ford with South Carolina plates. They seized about $6,839 plus $100 from the office after forcing clerk Hazel Dellinger to lie down. A worker, Gaynell Starr, cried out as they fled. police were alerted state wide.
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Gastonia
N.C
Myrtle
South Carolina
Here
Bessemer City Highway
Hazel Dellinger
Gaynell Starr
Carolinas
Dellinger
Textiles, Inc
Chinese May Pull Troops Off Quemoy
Reports from Taipei say Nationalist leaders may pull back a large share of the 100000 to 120000 troops off Quemoy while keeping Formosa garrisons intact. The move aims to reduce invasion threat and aid talks with the Communists, potentially carving a cease fire in the Formosa Strait.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
U.S. Preland
Formosa Strait
Little Rock High Schools Case Delayed in Ruling
In St Louis the Eighth Circuit heard a bid to permanently block private leasing of Little Rock High School buildings. Judge Woodrough ordered extension of the temporary restraining order. Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP urged the court to enforce the federal order integrating the schools.
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Little Rock
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Marshall
NAACP
Eisenhower condemns bombings as hoodlums like Capone figures
President Eisenhower denounced bombings of Jewish temples in Atlanta and Peoria as the work of hoodlums akin to Al Capone and Babyface Nelson. He warned against identifying with the Confederacy and urged keeping foreign policy out of partisan politics in the current campaign. He defended Quemoy policy while welcoming constructive criticism of defense strategy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
al Capone
Nelson
Atlanta
Peoria
Confederacy
al Capones
Nelsons
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Quemoy
Army Missile Chiefs Seek Direct Appeal Over NASA Transfer Plan
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris headed to Washington to press President Eisenhower to block NASA from taking about 2100 Army missile scientists and engineers in Huntsville Alabama. Secretary Brucker declined comment while Pentagon officials confirmed the transfer request.
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Army Missile Chiefs Plan
Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Civilian
Space Agency
John B. Medaris
Ordnance Missile Command
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Medaris
The
Wilber M. Brucker
White House
Brucker
Pentagon
Keith Glennan
NASA
Huntsville
Ala
Outer Space Rocket Ship to Be Shown in LA
In Los Angeles the X15 experimental spaceplane will debut publicly with Vice President Nixon and other officials attending. The craft is shown as capable of flights up to 4500 mph and altitudes near 400 miles, with maiden flight planned for January.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Earth
Fisure
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Yugoslavia
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