Battleship North Carolina Nears Southport Ahead of Schedule
The USS North Carolina nears Southport North Carolina ahead of schedule as tugboats tow the battleship toward Wilmington. Captain Axel Jorgensen reports steady progress and a hoped for early Sunday arrival to begin the final leg home via Frying Pan Light and Cape Fear.
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Wilmington
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Axel Jorgensen
Diana L. Moran
Diana
Margaret Moran
North Carolina
Cape Fear Bar
Southport Harbor
Cape Fear River
GOP Feud Clouds West Campaign Prospects
California Republicans at the regional conference rally behind Nixon in the governor race while fearing intraparty feuding could dampen GOP gains in the West. Rep. Wilson cites a 50 seat House pickup potential, California trials Democrat leadership, Eisenhower may campaign post June primary, and Goldwater moves to halt a stop Kuchel effort.
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Morrie Landsberg
Sun Valley
Idaho
California
West
Richard M. Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
Nixon
GOP
Bob Wilson
Calif
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Increased Newscasts Favored by FCC Chief
Newton Minow, chairman of the FCC, urged more radio and TV newscasts and full-time news directors. He criticized a virtual news blackout during prime time and urged a prime time news broadcast, stressing the public service value of timely factual reporting.
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Washington
Newton Minow
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Radio Television News Directors Association
Minow
Williams Asylum Request Shocks North Carolina Family
A North Carolina NAACP leader Robert F. Williams sought political asylum in Cuba after a kidnapping case tied to racial unrest. Cuban news said he fled due to threats and persecution, praising the Cuban revolution while a Havana radio report claimed asylum was granted. Williams faces a kidnapping indictment over the Stegall incident in Union County.
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Prensa
Robert F. Williams
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Williams
Asia
America
Key West
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Union County
N.C
Monroe
G. Bruce Stegall
Stegalls
Stegall
Fidel Castro
Six Die In Head-On Crash Near Elizabethtown N C
Six persons died and two were badly hurt after a head on collision on North Carolina Highway 87 nine miles southeast of Elizabethtown. Kirby Kemp 56 of Clarkton died en route to Chapel Hill hospital. his wife Mildred Kemp also died. The other car yielded four fatalities Cary Gene Ruttedge 23 Robert Granville Bentley 20 Robert Major Bass 26 and Robert J Holder 29 all of Greensboro Guilford College area. The Kemp vehicle driver identified as Kemp. the other driver not yet determined.
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N. C
Here
State Highway Patrol
Kirby Kemp
Rt. 1
Clarkton
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Bladen County
Mildred Kemp
Alfreida
Orrie Lee
Gordon Kinlaw
Cary Gene Ruttedge
Robert Granville Bentley
Robert Major Bass
Greensboro
Robert J. Holder
Guilford College
Kinlaw
Kemp
West Talks Show Western Pact on Berlin Troop Status
Western powers told the Soviet Union they will not negotiate over Allied troop rights in West Berlin. Rusk and Gromyko explored a basis for negotiations while Khrushchev pushes for either a withdrawal or a new settlement allowing Soviet forces in the Western sector.
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New York
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
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Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Andrei A. Gromyko
Khrushchev
Rusk
Berlin
Home
Gromyko
U.N
Red Plot May Aid Nationalists in Un Seat Fight
United Nations sources say a Soviet promise to veto Mauritania's U N membership could help Nationalist China retain its seat. The Brazzaville group of 12 French speaking African nations backs Mauritania and could tip the General Assembly vote on seating Peiping.
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Soviet Union
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Mauritania
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Brazzaville
Peiping
Mongolia
West Coast Shipping Ties Up Amid Labor Dispute
The Masters Mates and Pilots Union blocked West Coast ports to press for a new contract with the Pacific Maritime Association. Pickets ringed key facilities after a government urged meeting failed to produce an agreement. Union leaders say talks must cover automation benefits and unemployment relief. PMA may meet owners over the weekend to reassess their stance.
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Masters, Mates and Pilots
Pacific Maritime Association
PMA
W. Willard Wirtz
Robert Durkin
Durkin
Never Kiss Customs Man Costs Tourist Big Fine
Belgrade report recounts Basil, a businessman, fined about 4.6 million dinars after kissing a customs officer in Jesenice. The officer, inspecting Basil after the kiss, found confiscated valuables including gold buckles, gold bars, lighters, and other goods totaling 60,000 buckles and three pounds of gold.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Politika
Basil
Germany
Jesenice
Nixon Knight feud escalates over secret deal claim
Nixon denies seeking a secret deal to push Knight from California governor race in 1962. Knight vows to reveal emissary and proof at a public press conference while charging Nixon sought control of the state GOP. Democratic leaders call for investigation as intraparty feud widens.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Nixon
Knowland
William A. Munnell
Newsmen
Includ
Robert Finch
Edmund G. Brown
Recognition of New Syrian Regime Faces Slow Developments
Washington observers say U S recognition of the Damascus regime is premature as the Syrian leadership seeks autonomy from the United Arab Republic and maintains a hands off policy while awaiting clearer signs of its nature. Jordan and Turkey quickly recognized the new government, with Israel anticipated to view the split favorably. Dr Mamoun Kuzbari leads a cautious civilian government while officers keep tight control and a strongman figure could emerge.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Middle East
Damascus
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
United States
Cairo
Syria
Aganst
U.A.R
Joseph W. Reap
State Department
Reap
Nasser
Jordan
Turkey
Israel
Mamoun Kuzbari
Syrian Army Dissolves Military Group as New Regime Rises
Syria's civilian government raises the flag over official buildings and orders Egyptians in Syria to report for shipment home. Premier Kuzbari dissolves the military group that aided his rise and pledges democracy and constitutional rule. Turkey Jordan Iran and Iraq weigh recognition as Damascus seeks international backing.
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Webb McKinley
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Cairo
Radio
Damascus
Mamoun Kuzbari
Kuzbari
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Lisan al Haj
Turkey
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Middle East
Baghdad
Bourguiba
Little Red School House to Meet Its End Next Week
The Little Red School House behind Ray Street School faces demolition after a May fire at Ray Street School. A contractor plans the work as The Enterprise reports the approaching end in tomorrow's edition.
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Little Red
Ray Street School
Ray Street
Enterprise
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