De Gaulle signals delay on Algerian political solution
After a five day Algeria tour, French Premier Charles de Gaulle urged liberty happiness and dignity for Algeria's nine million Muslims before any political settlement. He hinted at pursuing a five year social and economic program first, while Sahara oil and gas reserves were highlighted as securing fuel for France for decades.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Sahara
de Gaulle
Paris
Gabon
Equatorial Africa
Mystery Of 3 Truckers Deaths Probed
Three truck drivers die in a Lancaster Missouri bunkhouse after long hauls from Arkansas. Coroner Norman cites a heart attack in Louis Warden of Little Rock and autopsies pending for two others. State police will test tissue. heater fumes are being investigated for possible asphyxiation or poisoning.
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Lancaster
Arkansas
Missouri
Bryce Norman
Louis Lee Warden
Little Rock
Malvern
Ark
Warden
Ed Judd
US Highway 63
D. W. Hoskins
John Parker
William Briner
Norman
Communists Sustain Odd-Day Shelling Pattern Near Islands
In Taipei AP reports the Chinese Communists continue their tactic of shelling offshore islands only on odd-numbered days. Artillery was silent on the 19th consecutive even-numbered day, highlighting the irregular bombardment cycle.
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Taipei
General Telephone kicks off $275000 Portsmouth service center
General Telephone Co begins construction of a new service center for the Portsmouth District and Southern Division between New Robinson Ave and 17th Street west of Waller Street. Wm. A. Newman Co holds the contract. About 60 workers will operate from the facility, including offices, storage, and vehicle shelter as part of a modernization plan.
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General Telephone Service
Robinson Ave
Waller St
Dewey St
Robinston Ave
17Th St
General Telephone Co
Portsmouth
New Robinson Ave
Wm. A. Newman Co
General
A. C. Purpura
Office
Seventh St
Masonic Temple
Pursued Car Wrecked in Wild Jewelry Laden Chase
In Marietta Ohio a police pursuit ended when a stolen 1955 car crashed into a bridge abutment on U S 50 killing two occupants. Gardner 18 and Dotson 17 of Parkersburg WV died. Harris 17 of Parkersburg survived. Jewelry valued at 210 dollars was found along the highway.
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Marietta
Lauren K. Gardner
Cyrus J. Dotson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Locke
Roy D. Harris
Belpre
Ohio 7
U.S. 50
Neglect Charged Prisoner Faces Death In Ohio Pen
John N. Ross a 33 year old man sentenced for second degree murder lay near death in Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital from pneumonia and malnutrition officials blamed jail neglect. Ross weight dropped from 155 to about 115 pounds since conviction on October 28. His wife Jean said medical neglect delayed care at the county jail while jail physician Dr Clayton C Matowitz said Ross refused food and deteriorated after stating he would not go to the penitentiary.
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Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
John N. Ross
Cleveland Metropolitan Hospital
Clayton C. Matowitz
Ross
Alexander Harmon
Joseph M. Sweeney
Lima State Hospital
Marowitz
Prize Winners Gather as Pasternak Absent in Nobel Ceremony
The 1958 Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm with Boris Pasternak staying home despite the literary prize. Soviet physicists Cherenkov Frank and Tamm received the physics prize of 41420 dollars. British chemist Frederick Sanger and Joshua Lederberg shared the medicine and physiology prize with a U.S. co-recipient.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Boris Pasternak
Pasternak
Dr. Zhivago
Moscow
P. A. Cherenkov
I. M. Frank
Igor
Probe Mission Faces Repairs After Mixed Space Shots
Army scientists report the second Pioneer space shot will proceed after the first failed to reach orbit around the moon. Pioneer III underperformed due to launch trajectory and early fuel cutoff, while Pioneer IIIf lasted until atmospheric burn in Africa, giving mixed results in the sun and radiation data.
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Washington
North Africa
Army
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ili
John P. M Sta
Army Missile Command
Medaris
Talks at Geneva Reach Dead End in Surprising Attack Talks
The United States and Soviet Union reported deadlock in the 10 nation discussions on preventing surprise attacks after four weeks. Western delegates pressed for technical studies on detection while the Soviet side urged focus on disarmament and political issues, proposing neutralized zones and force reductions.
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Geneva
United States
Russia
U.S
William C. Foster
Vassili Kuznetsov
Europe
Middle East
Kettle Days Total $1,232.28 in Salvation Army Drive
The 1958 Kettle Days raised 1232.28, surpassing last year’s 945.68 as local service clubs and civic groups collected for the Salvation Army. Portsmouth totaled 1036.85 with 145.43 from New Boston, Soroptimist Club leading at 236.20 and Rotary second at 161.79. Other collections included Firemen 133.67, Sheriff 104.01, Kiwanis 96.32, Exchange 81.25, and Jaycees 76.
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Salvation Army
Laurence Garell
Portsmouth
New
Boston
Dulles Hospitalized for Intestinal Inflammation
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 70, is hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center with an inflammatory condition of the lower colon. Doctors find no evidence of cancer, and he is expected to stay several days before possibly traveling to Paris for a North Atlantic Treaty Council meeting.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Department
Walter Reed
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Pacifist Attack on Rocket Base Rejected in England
About 50 pacifists attempted a takeover of a secretThor missile base near Swaffham on Saturday and again Sunday but military police repelled both attempts. Demonstrators tried to halt work on launching pads for Thor missiles supplied by the United States to the Royal Air Force.
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Swaffham
England
United States
Royal Air Force
Inquiry Opens Into Southern Negro Voting
The Civil Rights Commission opens a fact finding hearing in Montgomery Alabama on Negro voting complaints. Chairman Hannah and Vice Chairman Storey say the inquiry aims to establish facts and will not judge sides in segregation. Officials may face subpoenas over registration records in six counties with potential refusals delaying progress.
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Montgomery
Ala
Civil Rights Commission
Congress
John A. Hannah
Robert G. Storey
Hannah
Storey
Barbour
Bullock
Dem Program May Receive Little Attention
The Democratic Advisory Council issued a 24 point program for the 86th Congress calling for Social Security expansion and civil rights strengthening. It noted no space or other bold recommendations and cited likely time and sponsorship limits as shaping the final measure under Johnson and Rayburn.
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Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
House
Senate
Skips Space
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Johnson
Council
Paul M. Butler
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Brandt And Socialists Triumph In West Berlin Polls
West Berlin voters rejected Communist aims to remove Western Allies. Socialists led by Willy Brandt won 78 of 133 seats, with the Christian Democrats 55. Communists secured 1.9 percent. Turnout exceeded 1.6 million of about 2.2 million eligible. Brandt hinted at possible coalition decisions ahead.
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Khrushchev
Brandt Trumphs
Brandt
Christian Democrats
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Redf
Soviet Union
West Germany
East Germany
Adenauer
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Woman Faces Kidnap Charge In Maryland Baby Case
The FBI charged Dolly Zirk twenty with kidnapping after she left a first baby sitter job with Victoria DeLosh, age ten months, taking the child to a second employer in Mount Rainier Maryland. The baby was found unharmed and Zirk, a former mental patient, is the mother of another child.
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