Cold Weather Fires Kill 38 in Past Two Days
A spate of deadly fires across the nation has killed 38 people since Sunday night. Losses included seven in an Omaha hotel fire, three firefighters in St. Louis, and three children in Brinkley Arkansas. The dead spanned multiple states as authorities battled blazes and searched for missing victims.
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Blizzards Struck Midwest With Heavy Snow and Cold
Fresh snowstorms battered the plains states with blizzard conditions in parts of Nebraska Kansas and the Oklahoma Texas Panhandle. Winds of 30 to 40 mph whipped snow, driving hazards and 3 to 6 inch totals reported. Warnings for 4 to 8 inch accumulations extended across Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri. Cold air spread from Wyoming to New Mexico as Minnesota and the Southeast saw varied conditions.
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Court Voids Little Rock Tax Laws Targeting NAACP
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down two Arkansas ordinances requiring NAACP membership disclosure in Little Rock and North Little Rock. Justices ruled the laws violated freedom of association and could invite harassment or harm. The ruling nullified two NAACP official convictions for noncompliance. The term also reviewed a restaurant segregation case involving Bruce Boynton in Virginia.
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Danny McDevitt Signs 1960 Dodgers Contract
Dodgers pitcher Danny McDevitt signs a new 1960 contract in Los Angeles with a pay boost estimated at 13 000 while Pasadena’s Bobby Lillis and Fred Kipp remain unsigned as spring training opens in Vero Beach Florida. The item notes other pages with a judge studying a new execution date for Daryl Chessman.
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Winston-Salem Jails 25 for Trespass
Twenty five whites and Negroes were arrested on trespass charges as about 75 Negro college students converged on a Winston-Salem dime store lunch counter. White youths identifying as Wake Forest college students joined the demonstration, which followed a protest of segregated eating facilities.
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Actors Guild to Call Strike Vote in Hollywood
The Screen Actors Guild plans a strike vote today in Hollywood. The action is set for Monday at 12 01 am affecting the motion picture industry.
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Dismissals Rejected in Finch Carole Trial Close
The prosecution rested in the Finch murder case as Judge Evans refused to dismiss charges against Carole Tregoff. The jury will decide between first or second degree murder or justifiable homicide. Prosecution summary highlighted Mrs. Finch’s warnings and a key witness testimony about threats and a motive amid alleged illicit romance.
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106 Men Trapped After German Mine Explosion
East German news agency ADN reported 106 miners still trapped at the Karl Marx coal mine in Zwickau after an explosion that killed at least 17 and caused a raging fire. Rescue teams have pulled 51 miners to safety.
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Joint Chief Warns Against Further Allied Aid Cuts
Gen. Nathan F. Twining warned that continued reductions in U S military aid to allies would hand communism a major victory. He said the $2 billion program supports an allied force of more than 7 million and the chiefs would not add a dollar to defense if taken from foreign aid. Dirksen accused Democratic critics of aiding communist propaganda and questioned the administration’s defense planning.
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House approves $23 million boost for NASA program
The House unanimously approved President Eisenhower's request for an extra 23 million dollars for NASA. The bulk funds the man in space program and raises NASA's current fiscal year appropriation to 523,575,000 dollars.
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Twining Delays Testimony After Emergency Hospitalization
General Twining was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy after being scheduled to testify. In a statement submitted on his behalf he argued that military aid strengthens U.S. security and global alliances, warning that without force, international agreements become scraps of paper and weaken America’s position and that of its allies. Gates addressed the committee following this development.
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Twining in satisfactory condition after appendectomy
Gen Nathan F. Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is in generally satisfactory condition after surgery for acute appendicitis with a perforated appendix. Doctors at Walter Reed also removed a cancerous growth from his left lung last May.
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Ike and Brazil Pledge Joint Plan in Brasilia
Presidents Eisenhower and Kubitschek issue the Declaration of Brasilia calling for hemispheric economic development and the fight against racial discrimination. They tie development to peace and democratic rights as Ike begins a 10 day South American tour.
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Eisenhower Vetoes 900 Million Water Pollution Bill
President Eisenhower vetoed a 900 million dollar water pollution control bill citing local control over pollution and warning that federal funding would delay local abatement. House leaders plan to seek an override Thursday though prospects appear slim. The measure would extend the 1956 act, raising potential federal spending to 900 million over ten years.
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CAB Says Blast Caused Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced conclusive evidence that a dynamite explosion caused the crash of a National airliner near Bolivia North Carolina on January 6. Thirty four people died in the incident.
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California Governor Brown Defends Death Penalty Stance
Governor Brown called capital punishment barbaric and predicted abolition someday. He granted 60 day clemency for Caryl Chessman and set a special session to address the death penalty, smog, and state college reorganization as the budget session resumes February 29. Brown cited world opinion and polls as influencing his stance.
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