East German Premier Grotewohl Opens Moscow Talks
Premier Otto Grotewohl arrived in Moscow to begin negotiations with the Kremlin as East Germany seeks formal recognition and a say in Germany's future borders. The visit follows Adenauer’s talks and the Soviet rejection of Bonn’s frontier claims, signaling a coordinated East German diplomacy.
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Moscow
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Kremlin
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Grotewohl
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Otto Nuschke
Lothar Bolz
Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Pervukhin
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulgaria
Juho Paasakivi
Urho Kekkonen
Porkkala
Helsinski
Russia
Bonn
Germany
Tass
Oder-Neisse Line
Poland
Oder-Neisse
Baltic Sea
Swinemunde
Oder
Neisse
East Prussia
Pravda
Wilhelm Pieck
Klementi Voroshilov
Two U S Civilians Freed in Red China Release
Hong Kong announces the release of two American civilians from Communist custody as the first batch of 22 promised by Beijing. Walter A. Rickett of Seattle, Fulbright scholar jailed since July 1951 for espionage, admits his spying. Rev. Harold W. Rigney of Chicago, dean of Fu Jen University, also freed on spying charges.
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Hong Kong
Red China Today
United States
Walter A. Rickett
Seattle
Harold W. Rigney
Chicago
Fu Jen University
Peiping
Rickett
U.S
Adele
Reds
Walter W. Rigney
Walter Rickett
Wash
Wife Reacts Warmly to Husband Release from Red China
Adele Austin Rickett of Yonkers says she is very happy her husband Walter Rickett has arrived in British Hong Kong after three years in Red China. She may travel to meet him depending on his plans and will not contact him until he reaches out.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Adele Austin Rickett
Walter
Red China
Hong Kong
Rickett
Chinese Reds
Harold Austin
China
Rickett's Mother Elated at Son's Release
Mrs. A. J. Rickett in Seattle expressed joy at Walter A. Rickett's release by Chinese Reds after four years in prison on spy charges. She had restrained herself earlier, saying they would only celebrate after confirming the news by phone and would not plan a meeting until then.
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Seattle
A. J. Rickett
Walter A. Rickett
Mrs Rigney Expresses Joy Over Son’s Release From Red China
CHICAGO Mrs Addie Rigney 77 year old widow mother of Rev Harold W Rigney expressed joy when told her son crossed the Hong Kong border from Red China today. He was among the first of 22 U S civilians Red China had promised to release. She went to the Church of the Annunciata with her daughter Rev Philip Philbin and photographers. The release brought her much excitement and she likely will not sleep tonight.
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Chicago
Addie Rigney
Harold W. Rigney
Hong Kong
Red China
U.S
Runaway elephant near Charlotte airport spurs hunt
Vicki the 2300 pound elephant roamed from woods to near Douglas Airport six miles west of downtown Charlotte after escaping an amusement park. Police and 250 volunteers joined professional handlers in a daylong chase that ended with plans to enlist John Ringling North if needed. officials warned destruction if capture failed.
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Charlotte
N.C
Vicki
Douglas Airport
Jack Partlow
John Ringling North
Smoky Strickland
Board of Commissioners
Craig Lawing
Army Reports Pressure on Peron as New Uprising Flares
Unnamed army officials reportedly pressed President Peron to resign amid new revolts across Argentina. Federal police evacuated near Congress, plans flown over Cordoba, and 100 civilians arrested in a declared terrorist plot. Martial law extended nationwide as Peron address neared.
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Buenos Aires
Peron
Federal
Congress Building
Army Ministry
Ag 16
Tovy
Dalmiro Felix Videla Balaguer
Rio Cuarto
Entre Rios
Seige
House of Deputies
Rosario
Argentina
Santa Fe
Parana
Cordoba
Government House
Plaza de Mayo
Fayetteville Soldier Admits Assault After Break-In
Raymond Morris, 19, of Camden New Jersey and member of the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, signed a statement admitting breaking into a Fayetteville home and injuring a 24 year old white woman. He was bound over for the grand jury after a preliminary hearing.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Raymond
Morris
Camden
N.J
505Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Ft. Bragg
Robert Butler
Governor Declines Blindfolded Turnpike Tour Offer
Gov. Frank Lausche declined an opening day tour of the Ohio Turnpike with a blindfolded driver who planned to start near Cleveland on Oct. 1 and traverse the 241 mile toll road in both directions in about seven hours. He sent regrets and notified state patrol "just in case" the writer was serious.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Yeterday
Ohio Turnpike
Cleveland
Lausche
Transfer of Reverend Murray amid council criticism
The Rev. John V. Murray Jr of Springfield Neeses Salley and Rocky Swamp churches is transferred after co authoring a resolution criticizing economic pressure by South Carolina Citizens Councils. His duties are saboved effective Sept 21 and he moves to Gilbert in Lexington County. Rev. R. M. Tucker will succeed him. The Orangeburg District superintendent cites local demand for removal due to Murray’s authoring a resolution passed at the South Carolina Methodist Conference in Florence.
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Springfield
S.C
John V. Murray Jr
Neeses
Three Negro freshmen enroll at UNC Chapel Hill
At Chapel Hill North Carolina three Negro youths Leroy Frasier Ralph Frasier and John L Brandon enrolled as freshmen and faced routine aptitude tests and first classes. The federal court ordered the university to process applications regardless of race while the state prepared an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The Frasiers plan to commute from Durham and study general college courses with business administration as a long term aim.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Roy Armstrong
Federal Court
William B. Rodman
U.S. Supreme Court
Rodman
Leroy Frasier
Ralph
John L. Brandon
Durham
Hillside High School
R. J. Frasier
Frasiers
Univer
Sity
North Carolina
Erasier
N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Agency
Frasier
Camden
D.C
South Carolina State College
Spartanburg
S&.c
Ee Tenn
Winston-Saem
Hurricane Tone Threatens Atlantic Coast From Florida to N C
The Weather Bureau issued a weekend hurricane alert for the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Florida as Hurricane Tone strengthened to 90 mph. Forecasters expect Tone to move west-northwest at about 12 mph for 12 hours, then turn more northwesterly. The storm center was 480 miles east of Nassau and 650 miles east of Miami, with gales extending up to 200 miles. Small craft were advised to avoid extended Atlantic trips.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
North Carolina
Florida
Tone
Ione
U. S
Nassau
Stassen Sees Good Results On Disarmament Plan
Harold E. Stassen told President Eisenhower he believes the odds are they will accept the Geneva plan for exchanging military blueprints and mutual aerial inspection. He spoke after a 30 minute meeting in Washington and during U.N. Disarmament talks in New York.
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Denver
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Stassen
New York
United Nations
Geneva
U.N
U.S
Murray Snyder
White House
Frank Jeter Dies in Raleigh At 64
Dr. Frank Jeter longtime director of agricultural information at North Carolina State College died in a Raleigh hospital after being stricken about 3 a.m. He had served the college since 1914 and earned national renown in agricultural journalism. Survivors include his wife Irene and three children. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Raleigh
Frank Jeter
North Carolina State College
Aea
Jeter
Santuck
Union County
S.C
Clemson College
Clemson
Irene Annie Albert
William Black
Atlanta
Frank H. Jeter Jr
Forest City
Vernon Jeter
Plymouth
National Assn. of Agricultural Editors
College
Southern Fertilizer Assn
Carey Bostian
State College
North Carolina
United States
Prospectors Trapped In Ancient Colorado Mine Shaft
In Clear Creek County near Georgetown Colorado two Kansas uranium prospectors Glenn Dew 33 and Melvin LeBlow 45 remained trapped after entering an old mine shaft 3000 feet deep While two companions Kenneth Hickok 50 and Ernest Stubblefield 32 escaped to summon help Bureau of Mines experts joined over 100 volunteers in a rescue effort with oxygen tanks and masks available officials feared the men could not have survived beyond four hours after their air supply ran out
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Georgetown
Colo
P—U. 8
Bureau of Mines
Kansas
Glenn Dew
Melvin LeBlow
Ulysses
Kan
LeBlon
Hickok
Lt Kirchofer Buried With Honors At Arlington
First Lt. Roger B. Kirchofer of Raleigh North Carolina was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. He died in a North Korean prison camp October 15 1951 after refusing brain washing and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star. He led remnants of his battalion and helped wounded before surrendering. He graduated from Duke University in 1951 and is survived by his parents and sister.
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Washington
Roger B. Kirchofer
Raleigh
N. C
Arlington National Cemetery
Kirchofer
Duke University
R. C. Kirchofer
Rales
William Howard
Greensboro
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Addie 4Ney
Father Rigney
Mrs. Rigney
Army
Tion
High Court
Louisiana State University
A.P. Tureaud Jr
Tureaud
Louisiana
Lone
Lt. Kirchofer
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