Hurricane Death Toll Reaches 19
Hurricane Edna ravaged from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia killing 19 people three in New England and four in Maine. Flooded roads and bridges trapped autos as eight inches of rain fell. Maine Governor Cross sought a major disaster declaration from President Eisenhower as Nova Scotia counted seven million in losses.
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Maine
Edna
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
New England
Burton M. Cross
Carol
Cross
Eisenhower
New York State
New
Unity
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Ruth Brokeway
Florence
Mexican
Biographer of Presidents Dies at 88 in Washington
Helen Nicolay 88 biographer and daughter of Abraham Lincoln's secretary died in her Washington apartment. She authored 21 books including five presidential biographies and worked with John Hay on Lincoln's Life.
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Washington
Helen Nicolay
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Nicolay
John G. Nicolay
Nicolay
Lincoln
John Hay
Abraham Linger Ants Mmtens, Omer
Brownell Calls on Communists to Return For Immunity
Massachusetts Attorney General Brownell urged Communist informants to come forward under the new immunity law. He cited FBI Director Hoover and said some have already approached the FBI to testify about former associates. Brownell spoke at a Mayflower Society event amid discussions of new statutes and immunity protections.
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Plymouth
Mass
Brownell
Manny
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
America
Eisenhower
Denver
Society of Mayflower Ants
Typhoon Rips Kyushu Then Aims Toward Honshu
A violent typhoon cut a 300 mile path across southern Japan leaving at least nine dead eight missing and 5906 homeless. Winds reached 110 mph as Miyakonojō Mikako and Nobeoka faced tidal floods and evacuations. The U S Air Force reports the storm moving northeast across Honshu toward the Sea of Japan.
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Tokyo
Kyodo News Service
Kyushu
Miki
Lyakonoje
Nobeoka
Yomiuri
Miyakonojo
U. S. Air Force
Honshu
Sea of Japan
Adenauer and Eden Reach Full Agreement on European Unity
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer issued a joint communique after two days of talks in Bonn declaring full agreement on a drive to European unity. They emphasized German sovereignty and rearmament based on lasting Franco German understanding and hoped for an early conference to advance diplomatic conversations.
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Bonn
Germany
Anthony Eden
Konrad Adenauer
United Kingdom
Free World
Enon Ie
Eden
Paris
Senator to Speak at Greensboro Young Democrats Meet
Senator Henry M. from North Carolina will headline a three day Young Democrats event starting Thursday in Charlotte, with a focus on party leadership and statewide issues.
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Greensboro
Henry M
North Carolina
Charlotte
Eisenhower Council backs defense of U S interests
President Eisenhower said the National Security Council reaffirmed U S policy to defend vital interests wherever they arise. The session discussed global strategy against the Red threat and whether the U S should defend Quemoy as part of Formosa. Public remarks stressed military input guiding possible Quemoy action while the council kept its exact recommendation secret.
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Denver
Eisenhower
National Security Council
U. S
Security Council
White House
Dulles
Formosa
United States
Quemoy
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Brownell
Ada
Communist Party
Quemoy Defense Debated by U S Officials in 1954
President Eisenhower reportedly advised that Quemoy could be defended with U S sea and air power if political will exists. Dulles, back from the Far East, said the defense of Quemoy ties to Formosa and rests with military chiefs to decide if protection requires U S action. Pentagon planners would lean on carrier air power and close ground engagement if defense is chosen.
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Eisenhower
Quemoy Island
U.S
National Security Council
Quemoy
Asiatic
Dulles
Far East
Denver
Formosa
Pentagon
United States
Korea
Red China
Bell Phone Workers Vote To Strike In The South
Atlanta reports about 40 000 Southern Bell Telephone Co employees across nine states voted to strike if needed. Union officials said negotiations continue daily to reach a new contract by January 28, with a general wage increase among the demands.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Tele- Co
Bone B
Deasel
Negotia Commit
CIO Communications Workers of America
Old Belt Opens With Average Prices Ranging From 51 to 53
The Associated Press reports belt flue cured tobacco markets opened the season with average prices from 51 to 53 per hundred pounds. Demand was strong, with most sale lots in the 50s and a practical top around 68. Volume was heavy, leaf quality improving, and 6 to 10 percent of early sales went to stabilizing purchases under price support.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Chase City
Clarksville
Danville
Kenbridge
Lawrenceville
Martinsville
Petersburg
Rocky Mount
South Boston
South Hill
North Carolina
Burlington
Greensboro
Madison
Mebane
Mount Airy
Reidsville
Roxboro
Stoneville
Winston-Salem
Carolinas
Stabilization Corp
Corporation
Zwicker Defense Captures Senate Testimony Drama
Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker swore he told the truth under oath as the Senate censure inquiry into Senator McCarthy pressed forward. Zwicker defended his prior testimony about Maj. Irving Peress and said he acted under higher orders while answering questions at the February hearing.
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Ralph W. Zwicker
Ees Weesit
Senate
McCarthy
Carthy
Zwicker
Maj
Irving Peress
Peress
Baerga
William J. Harding
New York City
Zwi
Kirke B. Lawton
Ft. Monmouth
Lawton
Wisconsin
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Camp Kilmer
N.J
J.oey
Guy G. de Furia
Secre- Colin Se
Coup Looms In South Viet Nam
In Saigon Indochina Gen Nguyen Van Hinh, army chief of staff, defies a Diem exile order asking for six months leave in France. He says he remains loyal but cannot leave quickly, warning troops are restless as a power struggle unfolds.
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Indochina
Viet Nam
Nguyen van Hinh
Ngo Dinh Diem
France
Army
Cpssor
Air France
Hind
Genoa
Caine Pat
Honeymooning Blanch Bride Diana Stallings Weds Hobby
Ensign William Pettus Hobby Jr son of Oveta Culp Hobby married Diana Stallings at Forest Home near here. The bride is daughter of Laurence Stallings and Gordon Preston Marshall. Hobby Sr former Texas governor heads the Houston Post. The couple will live in Washington where Hobby is stationed.
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Blanch
William Pettus Hobby Jr
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Diana Poteat Stallings
Forest Home
Here
Girt Laurence Stallings
Gordon Preston Marshall
WAC
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
William P. Hobby Sr
Texas
The
Houston Post
Washington
Hobby
Adenauer Backed Party Faces Challenge in Schleswig-Holstein
In Schleswig-Holstein the Socialists lead the CDU by about 12 000 votes as the LSD border state votes for the state parliament. The result shakes Adenauer's pro American foreign policy amid a complex coalition scene with the Socialists poised to gain seats on a proportional basis. The CDU trails with a smaller vote share as Friedrich Wilhelm Laebke's administration defends its long running rule.
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Daniel DE Luce
Kiel
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
Schleswig-Holstein
Rng
Anthony Eden
Bonneee
West Germany
SHB
CDU
Friedrich Wilhelm Laebke
Violent Death Toll Rises Across North Carolina
The Associated Press reports at least 24 people died in North Carolina during the weekend. Victims include James Everett Boyd and James Calvin Spry in Salisbury area, D N Trammell at High Rock Lake, and multiple deaths from crashes near Lexington Cumberland Pitt Cabarrus Rockingham Mebane Townsville Rocky Mount and Rocky Mount cross. A Lane Manufacturing Co operator Frederick S Lane died when a train struck his car at a crossing.
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North Carolina
Druel W. Trammell
Point
High Rock
Lexington
James Everett Boyd
James Calvin Spry
Rt. 4
Salisbury
Cumberland County
Charlies Kilroy
Ft. Bragg
Allen T
Pope Air Force Base
Pitt County
Ragemond Campbell
Scotland
Isaiah Cameron
Rockingham
Tae Tally
Richmond County
N.C. T3
Cabarrus County
Billy Ray Litaker
Ret
Concord
Walter Levi Morrison
Walter Lee Gilcrest
Mebane
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Townsville
Renders
John Henry Taylor
John Durham
Townseville
Frederick S. Lane
Lane Manufacturing Co
Rocky Mount
Kinad Otto DeVonteno VI
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