Bonds Get Tar Heel Approval
North Carolina voters approve a $34.4 million state bond program aiding education and institutions amid very low turnout. Armory and historical site projects face jeopardy as results show strong support for the main educational bonds while smaller measures like Southport improvements and historical site funding loom uncertain after partial canvass.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
Edwin Gill
Southport
Attendance boom at Southern fall furniture market
Enterprise reports booming attendance and heavy ordering at the Southern fall furniture market amid calls for overtime production and a shorter Christmas holiday to meet orders. Buyers show strong traffic in High Point Thomasville Lexington Hickory Drexel and Lenoir showrooms, despite steel strike uncertainty. Kaiser Steel United Steelworkers pact cited as improving outlook for early 1960.
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Robert Marks
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Drexel
Lenoir
New Drug Griseofulvin Cures Fungal Diseases Quickly
Dr J L Pipkin announces griseofulvin as a powerful new fungal cure described by 200 U S and 11 foreign physicians at a University of Miami symposium. Researchers report quick cures for scalp ringworm athlete’s foot and nail infections in humans and animals, with mass production planned by Johnson and Johnson McNeil.
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Miami
Fla
J. L. Pipkin
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson & Johnson-McNeil Laboratories
Norman Wrong
University of Toronto
Wrong
William Kaplan
U.S. Public Health Service At
Atlanta
Mikoyan Returns to Moscow After Finland Visit
First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan returned to Moscow from a week in Finland where he witnessed a Soviet Finnish trade agreement signing and opened a trade exhibit in Helsinki.
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Moscow
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Finland
Helsinki
Appeal Filed Urges Quick Court Action in Steel Strike
The Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to lift or extend the injunction on the steel strike based on whether United Steelworkers Union files an appeal by noon Thursday. Attorney General Rogers seeks a quick ruling to end emergency disruptions and allows a potential hearing on Monday. The union has not commented as talks continue over the stoppage's impact.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
United Steelworkers Union
P. Rogers
Atty. Gen
Herbert Sorg
Pitts
Rogers
High Court
Court of Appeals
Diplomats Agree On Framework For East West Disarmament Talks
U N diplomats expect early next year’s talks to begin harmoniously after the United States and the Soviet Union accept a nonbinding resolution guiding a new 10 nation committee. The plan endorses no specific disarmament proposal, a concession favoring the United States amid Khrushchev’s four year disarmament push. The arrangement mirrors a 1957 framework that stalled in negotiations, but parity on the new committee will balance East and West power as the resolution advances to the Assembly Political Committee.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
Geneva
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Assembly
Return To Work Is Urged
President Eisenhower urged a general labor management agreement to restore full steel production after the Kaiser Steel settlement. He noted the deal shows progress, estimating a 2 percent production increase and Kaiser’s substantial share of aluminum output. Eisenhower defended timing of actions and emphasized avoiding government pressure while conciliation continued.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kaiser Co
Kaiser Steel Co
Kaiser
Eisenhower says Western leaders open to mid December talks
President Eisenhower said he and French President de Gaulle British Prime Minister Macmillan and West German Chancellor Adenauer are willing for a Western summit around mid December but no site or time has been set. He noted De Gaulle will attend and that Paris could host in December if arranged.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ence
Charles I de Gaulle
Britain
Harold Macmillan
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
de Gaulle
Paris
Nikita S
Girls With Same Names Create Confusion Between Families
In Pomona California two families named Stevens live across the street. Their daughters Linda Marie Stevens, both 11, share the same name, attend Kingsley School, and belong to the Bluebird group. The mixups occur at school when names are swapped in records and teacher workloads rise.
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Pomona
Calif
Kinton B. Stevens
Frank Stevens
Linda Marie Stevens
Kingsley School
Bluebird
Kinton Stevens
Pamela
Dodger Pitcher Becomes TV Western Star at 23
Hollywood AP reports Dodgers ace Don Drysdale will debut as a TV cowboy star in The Hard Case, a Warner production. The 23 year old right hander, chosen for his Western look, will ride horses and play a likable hero, not the heavy, in a plum role.
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Hollywood
Don Drysdale
Los Angeles Dodgers
Drysdale
Warner
John Wayne
Jules Schermer
Schermer
William T. Orr
Ner TV
Hugh Benson
John Russell
Peter Brown
Indian Defense Demanded After Ladakh Clash
In New Delhi an outcry mounts over a Chinese intrusion incident in Ladakh Kashmir where 9 or 10 Indian policemen were killed. Prime Minister Nehru and military chiefs have been reviewing the situation as governors meet to assess border tensions and national security concerns.
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New Delhi
India
Ladakh
Kashmir
Nehru
Rajeindra Prasad
China
Relations With Cuba Worsen
Havana reports worsening Cuban American ties as Fidel Castro rejects a U.S. protest over rising anti American sentiment.Osvaldo Corticos with Castro Cabinet vows to reestablish military tribunals amid opposition, fueling fears of firing squad executions. Public anger targets Chicago Tribune correspondent Jules Dubois. Fulbright criticizes Castro for using the U.S. as a whipping boy. President Eisenhower due to comment.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
Jules Dubois
Chicago Tribune
Dubois
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Fulbright
Eisenhower
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