Honor Guest Temperamental At His Own Birthday Party
Jane Jackson hosted a birthday party for Tsing Ling a three year old Siamese cat at her Chestnut Street home. The cat refused to enjoy the party fuss preferring supper and quiet while guests offered rubber mice cat food and gifts. One guest James Swacker called the party crazy describing the scene.
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Tsing Ling
Poe
Jane Jackson
Enterprise
Tsing
Chestnut Street
Jane
C. Jackson
Rym
James Swacker
Billy Graham Opens Home Town Crusade at Charlotte Coliseum
Billy Graham begins a four week home town crusade in Charlotte at the modern Coliseum with no segregated seating and telecasts to about 200 stations. He stresses love, tolerance, and race relations as vital for brotherhood. Graham, born in Charlotte in 1918, expresses humility and gratitude as ministers back him. The sponsoring committee budgets 168 775 for four weeks with a possible fifth week if attendance warrants.
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Charlotte
Billy Graham
Graham
Ovens Auditorium
United States
Canada
Coliseum
Graham Crusade Team Is Diverse
A look at Billy Graham's core team for the Charlotte revival outlines a diverse group of professionals and volunteers. Willis G. Haymaker leads the crusade from Lenoir with Grady Wilson and Leighton Ford in Charlotte, while Cliff Barrows, George Beverly Shea, and Charles Riggs bring broad backgrounds from Illinois to North Carolina.
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Graham
The
Carolinas
Crusade
Willis G. Haymaker
Lenoir
First Presbyteria Church
Grady Wilson
Leighton Ford
Evan
Charlotte
Ile
Cliff Barrowseae
S. C
George Beverly Shea
Western Springs
Ill
Charles Riggs
Nashmore
GM Offers Contract To Union As Strike Pressure Rises
General Motors offered the United Auto Workers a three year contract proposal aimed at averting a September 30 strike. The package includes wage gains of about 11 percent in total and mirrors the terms Ford recently agreed with the UAW. UAW leaders warned the proposal still leaves unresolved contract issues but could form the basis for talks.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Ford
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
John E. Gordon
Walter P. Reuther
Stabbed King Autographs Book in Harlem Store Attack
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a key civil rights figure, was stabbed in the chest by Izola Ware Curry in Blumstein's department store on West 125th Street while signing copies of Stride Toward Freedom. He was hospitalized in critical condition but later deemed stable. Curry, described as mentally deranged, was arrested. Governor Harriman, who visited King, recounted the minister’s remark that he would be all right.
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Izola Ware Curry
Martin Luthering Jr
Montgomery, Ala
Harlem
New York
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Averell Harriman
Montgomery
Ala
Blumstein
W. 125Th St
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Gov. Harriman
Curfew Tightens as Beirut Turmoil Persists
In Beirut outgoing Premier Sami Solh flees amid renewed tensions after assassination attempts. Tenpers called off his planned holiday as security worsens. Chehab succeeds Chamoun era upheaval with parliament’s July election, bringing instability to the republic.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sami Solh
Solh
Switzer
Sold
Chehab
China offers conditional Formosa restraint in Warsaw talks
Reports from Washington say Communist China offered to refrain from force against Formosa while negotiations on the island's future proceed. The State Department spoke little, as Dulles pursues possible understandings amid Khrushchev pressures and ongoing Warsaw discussions.
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Washington
China
Formosa
United States
Warsaw
Chiang Kai-shek
State Department
Flying Saucer Group Formed in North Carolina
A group of Tar Heels formed the states first Unidentified Flying Object Investigations and Research Group. President Bernard Haugen of Cary said the next meeting is set for Durham on October 25. The group will host authoritative speakers and gather information on sighted unidentified objects to assess credibility.
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Raleigh
Bernard Haugen
Cary
Durham
Radiation tests suggest anti missle tech may neutralize hydrogen warheads
Two tests aboard a Redstone missile launched from Johnston Island examined radiation effects in space. Results indicate instantaneous radiation could neutralize a nuclear charge, while heat travels farther in space with little atmospheric insulation, reducing blast impact.
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Washington
Johnston Island
mid-Pacific
Army
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman Says He Will Give ’Em Hell If Criticized
Chicago critics join Republicans in anger over Margaret Truman’s unfavorable reviews for Autumn Crocus. Sol Padlibsky quoted former President Truman replying he would “give ’em hell when I get there” after the Charleston Daily Mail piece.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Sol Padlibsky
Charleston Daily Mail
Margaret
Truman
Padlibsky
Margaret Truman
Final Test In School Crisis As Integrated Schools Demand Ruling
Federal authorities push a plan that resistant areas must accept racially integrated public schools or lose public schools. In Little Rock, 61 attorneys led by the son of Rep. Hays signed a statement opposing private segregation to reopen four closed high schools. Virginia faces closures after Gov Almond’s action, with parents pressuring to keep schools open. Washington cites no federal pressure, while local parents push for reopens amid Faubus resistance.
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Arkansas
Virginia
Little Rock
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Arkansas Democrat
Orval E. Faubus
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Washington
California Family Named Methodist Family of the Year
A California family of five was named Methodist Family of the Year. Mr and Mrs James J Detweiler and their five children of Burbank were selected. Children include Douglas 17 Jeanette 15 and Richard 11. They will attend the churchs third National Conference on Family Life in Chicago October 17 19 with about 3000 delegates expected.
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Chicago
California
Methodist
Methodist Church
James J. Detweiler
Uwee
Burbank
Douglas
University of Redlands
Calif
Jeanette
Richard
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Charlotte Coliseum
the Evangelist
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Red
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Carolina
S. Carolina
Wake Forest
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Furman
Iowa State
Drake
Cincinnati
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Stanford
Nebraska
Penn State
Martin King
Dulles
U.S
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Wang Ping-nan
Peiping
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Eisenhower
Parnes Strait
Soviet Union
Flying Saucer
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