Eisenhower in Pakistan Seeks Peace and Strong Alliance
President Eisenhower steps from the plane in Pakistan to a 21 gun salute and a handshake with Ayub Khan. The two leaders review an honor guard as band plays both nations’ anthems. They vow cooperation among like minded nations for peace and mutual security. Hagerty reports the President was resting well after the flight.
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Eisenhower
Ayub Khan
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
America
Pakistan
Hagerty
Ankara
Ike to Witness War Dance at Khan's Dinner
President Eisenhower and his party attend Ayub Khan’s dinner in Karachi and will see a Khattak war dance by Pathan warriors. The program includes tent pegging by Ayub’s mounted guards, a historic sport dating to the era of King Mohammed Ghuari.
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Ike
Khan
Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
Eisenhower
Ayub Khan
Khyber Pass
Ayub
Mohammed Ghuari
Kefauver probes drug price policies amid $120 million sales estimate
The Kefauver subcommittee expects to hear from Merck Schering and Upjohn officials as the inquiry into administered prices continues. Doctors critical of pricing and promotional practices will also testify. The panel aims to show how firms set long standing price structures that charge consumers about 50 cents per antibiotic pill and 30 cents per hormone pill.
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Kefauver
Merck, Schering
Upjohn
Turks Load Ike With Gifts During 17 Hours in Turkey
President Eisenhower's 17 hour stay in Ankara featured a stream of gifts from citizens and officials. Major items included a solid gold key to the city, brass braziers, antique carpets, embroidered scarfs, and a large prayer cabinet for President Bayar. Ike presented a Steuben glass vase and a Polaroid camera to Bayar, with similar gifts to Premier Menderes. Mrs. Eisenhower gifted Mrs. Bayar a leather cosmetic case.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Eisenhower
Cesal Bayar
Bayar
Adnan Menderes
John Eisenhower
Grand Jury to Probe Hoffa Aides
The Justice Department opened a broad federal grand jury investigation into James R. Hoffa and other Teamsters high command. A district court filing sought authority for four criminal lawyers to begin presenting evidence. The letter cites violations by certain high officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
James R.hoffa
Teamsters Union High Command
Dets
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
F L Jacobs Company Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
New York reports the F L Jacobs Co once led by Alexander L Guterma pleaded guilty to conspiring with Guterma to defraud the U S government in a UPI story.
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F. L. Jacobs Co
New York
UPI
Alexander L. Guterma
Guterma
U.S
Ex-Western Actor Swart Named South Africa Governor General
Johannesburg AP reports Charles Robert Swart the former Western film sheriff will become governor general of South Africa this week succeeding Dr E G Jansen who died November 25 Swart is 65 and has served as justice minister since 1948.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Charles Robert Swart
Swart
E. G. Jansen
Russians Fly 69000 Children Books to England
London dispatch reports 69 000 copies of children books flown into Britain to boost Christmas sales. The titles offer wholesome animal stories with a passing nod to the Bolshevik October Revolution.
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England
London
UPI
The
Sunday Dispatch
Britain
Storms lash ships and towns as blizzard hits south Sweden
Storms smashed portholes in first class cabins forty feet above water, flooding five cabins. No passengers injured. Ashore, floods swamped roads and damaged houses in exposed coastal towns. The entire south Sweden and southern Baltic region faced one of the worst blizzards in memory.
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Sweden
Baltic
Storms Cripple East and South
A major winter storm system swept the Northeast and South causing school closures in parts of Pennsylvania and snowbound highways in northern Georgia. Snow depths reached 6 to 15 inches in several areas from southwestern Virginia to the North Carolina Tennessee line, with gusty winds, heavy rain, and mid 20s temperatures across the affected regions.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Dixie
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina-Tennessee Line
Great Smoky Mountains
New England
Buzzards Bay
Massachusetts
New York State
Boston
New York City
Worcester
Mass
Macon
Storm Wrecks Roads Trains Grounded Planes In B C
A fierce storm hit northern British Columbia cutting off three communities from the outside world. Winds reached 55 mph and the deluge dropped over 4 inches of rain in 48 hours, derailing trains washing out highways and grounding airlines.
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Vancouver
B.C
UPI
British Columbia
Three Burn to Death In Maine Farm House Fire
LIBERTY Maine three women died in a farm home fire identified as Mrs Nettie Sass 60 and her two granddaughters The grandfather suffered burns and was hospitalized initial reports say the fire swept the residence as crews fought to control the blaze.
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Liberty
Maine
UPI
Shre
Nettie Sass
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Amat
Elgin Starlite
Pho-Tak
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