Funeral homes to cut off ambulance services area wide
About 50 funeral directors from four counties agreed to stop providing ambulance services in High Point Thomasville and Lexington at midnight New Year’s Eve. They cited operating at a loss and plan to draft a legal contract while exploring alternatives for emergency transport and care.
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High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Ramséur
Davidson
Guilford
Greensboro
Asheboro
Randolph
Chatham
Mecklenburg
Union
Stanly
Cabarrus
Lee
Cumberland
Rowan County
Ramseur
Davidson-Guilford
Davidson County
Hoover Funeral Home
Denton
Raleigh
Charlotte
Funeral Home
Ike Warns Against Loss Of Faith At Dirksen Dinner
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned at a Chicago fundraiser that losing faith and courage would be fatal for America. He addressed about 2,000 guests at a $100-a-plate testimonial dinner honoring Senator Everett M. Dirksen at McCormick Place on the Lake Michigan shore.
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Ike
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Illinois
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Mc McCormick Place
New Exposition Center
Lake Michigan Shore
Katanga Troops Mutiny Cease Fire Set In Congo
Katanga forces under Moise Tshombe mutinied at Jadotville and agreed to a cease fire with Irish U.N. troops. About 150 Irish soldiers had held out for six days as heavy fighting raged near Elisabethville and Kamina base. The U.N. reported a ground halt, a joint patrol plan, and fresh food deliveries as the cease fire took hold.
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United Nations, N.Y
Moise Tshombe
Jadotville
Katanga
U.N
United Nations
Jcdotville
Congo
U.N. Toops
Elisabethville- Jadotville
Linner
Sweden
Elisabethville
Kamina
United States
State Department
Washington
Dag Hammarskjold
Leopoldville
UAW Sets Date to End GM Strike with GM Conference
The United Auto Workers executive board scheduled next Wednesday for a GM Conference to speed settlement of local issues at strike bound GM plants. President Walter Reuther said the union and GM will work with local leadership while continuing national negotiations under government pressure. The board met for hours with 36 key locals to finalize plans.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Executive Board
General Motors Corp
Termine
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
International Union
GM Department
General Motors
Mystery surrounds time of events in Cutter murder trial
George King Cutter in cross examination shows confusion about weekend events as he insists on his innocence in the murder of Celette Henderson Nycum. Prosecutor Bailey presses timelines while Cutter confirms involvement of Ricky Nycum and a staged death to avoid scandal.
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Charlotte
George King Cutter
Celette Henderson Nycum
Cutter
Allen A. Bailey
Bailey
W. Jack Hooks
Germans Set to Vote in West German Elections
Bonn voters will decide on Sunday whether Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democrats retain power or Willy Brandt leads the Social Democrats. Turnout is expected to be high with about 37 million eligible. Berlin crisis colors a campaign shaping coalition prospects and foreign policy.
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Bonn
West Germany
Berlin
Bundestage
Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Free Democratic Party
Ber
Lin
Strik
Western Alliance
NATO
Ludwig Erhard
Filibuster Battle Looms In Senate Clash On Rules
Vice President Lyndon Johnson rejects propaganda ruling as Mansfield leads a push to curb filibuster by changing cloture from two thirds to a simple majority. Dirksen and 19 backers sign the petition to test a Tuesday vote, while Keating argues majority rule is constitutional. Nixon’s advisory opinion is cited on timing.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kenneth B. Keating
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Mansfield Says Record a Very Satisfactory One
In Washington the Senate says the current session has a very satisfactory record though Dirksen notes some serious defeats for Kennedy. Major Kennedy proposals remain including medical care for the aged and tax reform while bipartisan support on foreign policy is praised.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs
U.S
Mansfield
West Seeks Negotiations Over Berlin Crisis
Western Big Four foreign ministers authorized Secretary of State Rusk to explore a basis for negotiating with the Soviet Union on the Berlin crisis. Rusk will meet Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko during the next U N General Assembly in New York to test the waters. The group urged a peaceful solution and discussed potential Western countermeasures to Soviet pressure on West Berlin while noting ongoing disagreements on negotiating with the Reds.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Berlin
Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
U. N. General Assembly
New York
Germany
Chairman of Space Group Dies in Maryland
Rep. Overton Brooks of Louisiana, 63, longtime chair of the House Space Committee, died of a heart attack Saturday at Naval Hospital in Maryland after pneumonia treatment. Elected in 1936, he led the space panel since its creation two years ago. his death leaves 436 House members with Brooks’s successor as ranking Democrat.
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Washington
Overton Brooks
D-La
House Space Committee
Naval Hospital
Maryland
Brooks
Congress
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
House
W. F .Norrell
D-Ark
Walter M. Mumma
R-Pa
B. Carroll Reece
Rtenn
George P. Miller
D-Calif
The
Space Committee
East Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Shreveport
Strength of Esther Increases Strength of Esther Increases
Hurricane Esther strengthened to 145 mph and shifted toward a northerly direction. Miami forecasters warned the turn could be temporary and the storm might resume a west-northwest path. Navy planes continued hurricane seeding tests to reduce heat energy and cyclone strength.
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Miami
Fla
Esther
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Gilbert Clark
Navy Laboratory
Airliner Makes Forced Landing at Idlewild injures one
A jet airliner with 124 aboard to Bermuda returned to Idlewild Airport for a forced landing after its landing gear collapsed. One passenger was injured as an engine burned briefly during the incident.
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New York
Bermuda
Idlewild
Central Japan hit by raging storm typhoon Nancy
Typhoon Nancy plowed central Japan causing at least 114 dead 57 missing and 1949 injured. Winds up to 109 mph battered Kyoto Osaka Kobe and surrounding regions as disaster relief centers opened in Tokyo.
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Nancy
Japan
Japan Sea
Pacific
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Central Meteorological Agency
Wakkanai
Sakhalin
Shikoku
Osaka- Kobe
Kyoto
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