High Point Leader W A J Idol Dies in Winston Salem
Virgil A J Idol a longtime High Point business and religious figure died at his Winston Salem home at 82 after a career as vice president and trust officer at Commercial National Bank until 1933 and later with the Federal Housing Administration in Atlanta Winston Salem and Raleigh.
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Virgil A. J. Idol
High Point
Winston- Salem
Old Commercial National Bank
Federal Housing Administration
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Khrushchev Says Bomb Exceeded 50 Megatons in Russia
Premier Khrushchev stated at the Kremlin closing session that the new bomb exceeded 50 megatons though scientists miscalculated. He praised the scientists despite the error and urged hard work. Ekaterina Furtseva was dropped from the Presidium earlier in the session.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Kremlin
Russia
Hurricane Hattie Hits British Honduras Belize City At Risk
Giant Hurricane Hattie slammed into British Honduras with Belize City at sea level facing a 15 foot storm tide and violent winds. Forecasters warned floods could spread into Guatemala as inland power failures and evacuations began and communications were cut.
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Fla
Hattie
British Honduras
Belize
Guatemala
Weather Bureau
H. Clark
Yucatan Peninsula
Mountion Ranges
Clark
Sawdust Pile Fire To Burn Itself Out In Goldston
A 2 to 3 acre sawdust pile 75 to 100 feet high near Goldston threatens homes and oil tanks. Officials say drowning with water is the cure but Goldston lacks a city water supply. the blaze may burn 2 to 3 months as the National Guard monitors the situation until it subsides.
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Goldston
N. C
Chatham County
H. G. Phillips
Phillips
Raleigh
National Guard
Adj
Claude T. Bowers
N. E. Cannady
Can
Britain Will Back U S Tests To Maintain World Balance
London AP Dispatch reports Prime Minister Macmillan said Britain would back United States atmospheric nuclear tests if needed to preserve balance of power and world freedom. He noted Britain has no plans for its own tests and would not test merely to retaliate for Soviet 50 megatons.
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Britain
United States
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Women Dropped From Presidium At 22nd Soviet Congress
Ekaterina Furtseva, the only woman in the Presidium, was removed from the ruling group of the Communist party in a public vote. Nuritdin Mukhitdinov was also dropped. Khrushchev was reelected first secretary and Gennadi Voronov was added as a new member. The congress adjourned after naming officers.
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Ekaterina Furtseva
Moscow
Communist Party
Nuritdin Mukhitdinov
U.S.S.R
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Frol A. Kozlov
A. N. Kosygin
O. V. Kuusinen
Anastas I. Mikoyan
N. V. Podgorny
Ukrainian Communist Party
D. S. Polyansky
Russian Republic
Mikhail A. Suslov
N. M. Shvernik
Gennadi Ivanovich Voronov
Soviet Communist Party
Kremlin
Soviet-Chinese bloc denied at United Nations
Soviet spokesman M. V. Lavrichenko told the United Nations in New York that there is no such thing as a Soviet Chinese bloc. British delegate M. W. Errock admitted the reference may have been a mistake and perhaps out of date.
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M. V. Lavrichenko
U. N. Assembly
Van Fleet Says Berlin Laos Lost and Castro Invasion Flawed
Gen. James A. Van Fleet from Florida argues Berlin and Laos are lost and Vietnam could fall to communism. He also says Adlai Stevenson should have been fired for opposing armed action against Castro during the Cuban invasion and notes Kennedy’s Berlin stance while warning West Germany and France won’t fight with the U S.
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Laos
Berlin
Tampa
Fla
The
Tampa Tribune
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Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
South Viet Nam
the Tribune
8Th Army
Korea
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Tribune
Kennedy
West Germany
Viet Nam
Stevenson
Fidel) Castro
Russians Say U S Spied On Rocket Shots
Moscow reports in Red Star that U S planes and ships spied intensely on Soviet rocket tests into the Pacific. The Soviet observation fleet commander says U S forces hovered near the target area daily and interfered with operations as rockets landed accurately after 7 500 miles from the Soviet launch point.
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U. S
Moscow
Defense Ministry
Pacific
Red Star
U.S
Soviet Union
World reacts to Soviet mega blast with protests and fear
Across Britain Italy and other nations anger and condemnation spread after the Soviet Union detonated a massive 50 megaton device. Leaders denounced it as a crime against humanity while demonstrations erupted in Rome London and other cities.
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Soviet Union
Britain
Italy
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Russia
Moscow
Novaya Zemblya
Arctic
Sweden
Kew Observatory
England
Uppsala Observatory
Nehru
Rome
Chrysler Holds Back Answer On New UAW Contract
Chrysler Corp delayed its formal response to the United Auto Workers contract proposal as top-level talks were postponed beyond 9 a m. The UAW said the union’s new plan reflects Chrysler’s economics after a $20 5 million loss in the first nine months. The International Executive Board meets at 8 p m as the union fears a 48 hour notice if no contract is in hand.
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Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
International
U S Military Assistance Cars On Autobahn Report Halted
An informed source says U S military assistance cars have not run the 110 mile Berlin to West Germany route for over 30 hours after an early Monday turnback by Soviet forces. U S authorities declined to comment while discussions with Soviet officials continue.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
U. S
West Germany
West Berlin
U.S
East Germany
Red Army
Giggling Firebug Sets Nine Hotels Ablaze in San Francisco
A giggling six foot arsonist started fires in nine downtown San Francisco hotels including the Stewart Fielding St Francis Clift Bellevue Marlow and Sir Francis Drake before moving to the YMCA Hotel and later starting trash pile blazes south of Market Street. One blaze caused about ten thousand dollars in damage. Police and fire officials hunted the same unidentified suspect described as pimply faced and tall.
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William Murray
Fielding
St. Francis, Clift, Bellevue, Marlow
Sir Francis Drake
Theater District
Market Street
Radioactive Cloud From Soviet Bomb Moves Over Siberia
U S Weather Bureau tracks a radioactive debris cloud moving southeast over central Siberia toward Kamchatka and Alaska. AEC estimates the Novaya Zemlya blast was about 50 megatons at 12,000 feet, with fallout arriving mainly next spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Siberia
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Atomic Energy Commission
The
Novaya Zemblya
Soviet Arctic
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Hemisphere
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Weather Bureau
Finland
Moscow
Near Riot Develops At Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
A dance at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh sparked a near riot on Monday night. Spectator James Fellers, 22, was shot in the foot. Officer W G Arnold was injured as he was beaten by a crowd of Negro attendees. Police Chief Tom Davis and Capt Herbert Hayes suffered bites on their hands. Hayes said a bag with a fifth of whisky on the floor touched off the melee.
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Memorial Auditorium
W. G. Arnold
James Fellers
Rt. 3
Tom Davis
Herbert Hayes
Hayes
Truman Has No Advice For Kennedy
Former President Harry S. Truman said he had no advice for President Kennedy, praising Kennedy’s decisiveness and noting he might campaign if he can help. He commented on Eisenhower’s recent partisan stance, on campaign plans in New York and New Jersey, and on the Soviet 50 megaton test as an effort to match U.S. capability. He also cited U.S. efforts to secure a nuclear weapons control plan with the Soviet Union.
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Harry S. Truman
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Truman
Eisenhower
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New Jersey
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Soviet Union
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