Dulles Chiang Begin Talks Amid Bold Quemoy Shelling
Secretary of State Dulles and Chiang Kai-shek opened talks in Taipei as Communist shelling of Quemoy continued, with 362 shells by noon on Tuesday and 11 500 on Monday. A State Department spokesman said Dulles seeks no pressure and both allies assess the situation and propaganda. Chen Cheng warned any reduction of garrisons could spark a broader war.
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Taipei
Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
State Department
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Joseph Greene
Greene
United States
Chen Cheng
Chen
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Bolivian Revolt Suppressed After Four-Hour Battle
In La Paz a Falange Socialist revolt ended after a four hour street battle with government forces. Official reports confirm one death, while other accounts mention several fatalities. Rebels attacked homes of officials and National Revolutionary Movement leaders as deputies quit the Chamber of Deputies over a proposed order.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
National Revolutionary Movement
Humberto Villar
Aes Sn
Paz
Chamber of Deputies
Thomasville Woman Shot as Husband Held on Assault Charge
Queen Esther McClary of 9 King Row was undergoing emergency surgery after a morning shooting at her home. Her husband James McClary was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and held without bond as investigators questioned the case. After the incident he was captured on Lincoln Street. Details remained unavailable hours later. Heuss Visits Britain as West German President donates 5,000 pounds for Coventry Cathedral reconstruction during a four day trip.
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Thomasville
Queen Esther McClary
King Row
James McClary
Lincoln Street
Heuss
Britain
London
Theodor Heuss
West Germany
Coventry
Ike Says Democrats Split as Butler Clash Roils Party
The Associated Press reports Southern Democrats clash with party chairman Paul Butler over civil rights plank. Butler warns either support a strong civil rights plank or leave. Eisenhower portrays Democrats as split with radical wings while defending his administration in California.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Wheeling
W. Va
California
South
Lie test given to suspect in Marion widow slaying
Three brothers questioned after the murder of 69 year old widow Mrs J F Wilkinson in Marion. One brother took a lie detector test in Raleigh while the SBI tests fing erprints found at the victim home but results were not released. Police seek motive as details on a bloodstained shirt and other test results remain unavailable.
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Marion
N.C
Walter F. Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
Raleigh
J. F. Wilkinson
Anderson
D. W. Smith
SBI
Edgar
Eulas
Wilkinson
Marion First Methodist Church
Two Face Robbery Charges In Gastonia
Two men from Washington D C Daniel P Muttat 23 and Irvin Lennie Silverman 22 were charged with safe robbery after a car with D C plates was spotted in a downtown Gastonia lot. A girl Theresa Miskowitz 16 of Poughkeepsie N Y found in the car was held as an accessory. A safe at a children s shop had $150 stolen. The suspects were found during a rooftop search using a fire department ladder truck with Silverman hidden in a second floor janitor s closet.
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Gastonia
N.C
Washington
D.C
Daniel P. Muttat
Irvin Lennie Silverman
Theresa Miskowitz
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
District of Columbia
Muttat
Silverman
Space Pilots May Whirl Around Globe
Ex test pilots William Becker and Ralph Cokely in Dallas study Chance-Vought plans for a rocket powered capsule and escape system. They may fly a Boeing designed craft if the Air Force contract is won, looping around the earth in a few hours and returning to base for dinner.
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Dallas
William Becker
Ralph Cokely
Chance-Vought
Boeing Airplane Co
Air Force
Martin
Becker
Cokely
Boeing
Hate Mail Studied By Attorneys at Washington
Attorneys in Washington study how to handle hate mail that spurs crime or disorder. The issue follows a wave of bombings of Jewish centers and letters tied to arrests in Atlanta. The Post Office general counsel sought a Justice Department conference to clarify what mailed content becomes seditious or incites crime.
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Washington
Atlanta
Herbert B. Warburton
Pst
Justice Dep
Ment
Warburton
Twining Says Nuclear Weapons Could Be Used If Advantageous
Gen. Nathan F. Twining told an Assn. of the U.S. Army conven tion that U.S. policy calls for nuclear weapons in any case where such use would be advantageous. He urged focus on low yield weapons and fragmentation munitions for saturating limited areas while cautioning against overemphasis on a single service.
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Washington (Ap
Nathan F. Twining
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Assn
U.S. Army
Joint Chiefs
Thanarat Takes Over In Thailand
In Bangkok Marshal Sarit Thanarat again seized control of Thailand's government dissolving the constitution and the National Assembly after declaring martial law The civilian government installed Jan 1 by Sarit was ousted Premier Thanom Kittikachorn quit voluntarily Sarit's return followed illness and secret conferences amid questions about a new constitution modeled on France's charter and De Gaulle.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
Southeast Asia
Sarit
National Assembly
Thanom Kittikachorn
Washington
England
Marshal P. Pibulsonggram
France
de Gaulle
Mynah Bird Convicted as Major Nuisance in Kingston Court
In Esher near Kingston, a magistrate court heard neighbors complain about a talking mynah that mimicked brakes, sang songs and whistled at guns. The bird, among 22 in an aviary owned by John Latimer, was not brought to court, but testimony described its raucous calls and nuisance to residents.
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Kingston-on-Thames
Esher
London
John Latimer
John Puddy
Doreen Corderoy
Eliza Riley
Storm Strikes New Bern With Gulf Winds And High Tides
The Weather Bureau described a severe northeastern storm lashing central and coastal North Carolina with winds up to 70 mph in gusts and tides five to six feet above normal. New Bern saw uprooted trees, rising river waters, and townwide darkness though no deaths or injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
New Bern
Manteo-Nags Head
Nags Head
Wilmington
Cherry Point
Morehead City
Topsail Island
Neuse
Trent
Core Sound
Raleigh- Durham
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
Goods Output Rebounds Near Prewar Level in 1958
U S output of goods and services rose to a 1958 third quarter annual rate of 440 billion dollars, nearing the pre-recession peak. The preliminary estimate by the President's Council of Economic Advisers shows a recovery from the 425.8 billion dollar bottom earlier this year and sits below the 445.6 billion peak of the third quarter in 1957.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Jane Bay
France Rebuffs Geneva Talks Over Nuclear Test Pledge
At the United Nations France warned it would not be bound by any U S British Soviet accord on nuclear test suspensions. French disarmament official Jules Moch said Geneva accords would be drawn up without France and would not apply to her. France seeks its own atomic bomb to join the nuclear club and would call off its plan for nuclear weapon production.
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United Nations
N.Y
France
U.S
Geneva
Soviet Union
Jules Moch
U.N
Moch
Shovel In Snout Drives Bear From Chicken Yard
Lotus Cooksey, 65, fought a big black bear in his Jonesboro chicken yard for 15 minutes. He struck the bear on the nose and used an iron rod to poke the animal. The bear climbed a tree, remained two hours under police and game warden watch, then wandered off toward the Cache River bottoms.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Lotus ‘Cooksey
Truman Says Radical Label Belongs to GOP in Remark
New York AP report quotes President Truman laughing off the claim that radical is a Democratic term. He argues the label originated with Republicans led by Thaddeus Stevens during the Civil War era and emphasizes the party has not held that title. He also disputes Eisenhower on party schizophr nia.
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Isme
Thad Stevens
Thaddeus Steivens
Pennsylvania
Andrew Johneno
Eisenhower
Truman
Board Deliberates Sergeant's Fate
A General Court Martial board in Fort Jackson began deliberations on M Sgt George Lavie of Ogdensburg New York charged with abusing Army recruits. The eight man panel heard defense and government arguments as witnesses testified to Sovie’s competence and alleged maltreatment of trainees.
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FT. Jackson
S.C
George Lavie
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Sovie
Purp! Heart
Weve
William Townse J
Columbia
Lovie
Boston
Mass
Ernest W. Moore
Havana
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