Science and Math Aids Planned for High Schools
The administration will seek Congress approval of matching grants over 100 million dollars to states to boost science and math teaching in high schools. Funds would supplement salaries, hire teachers, purchase equipment, and strengthen state education departments, with broader efforts in scholarships, graduate expansions, and foreign language teaching.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Health Education and Welfare
National Science Foundation
Office of Education
Explosion Kills Gas Station Operator in Hancock Area
Daniel Smith, 51, of Hancock Pennsylvania, died after a station blast that blew him 50 feet into a stream. The 260 horsepower churning tin building operated by Southern Pipeline Co. near Hancock released high octane gasoline at 3 05 a.m. The cause remains under investigation and a nearby storage tank did not explode. Smith died about 64 hours later at Berkeley Springs West Virginia hospital.
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Hancock. Md
Daniel Smith
Hancock
Pennsylvania
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Southern Pipeline Co
Lancaster
Smith
Elmer Flowers
Indonesian Leader Slams Anti Dutch Campaign
Former Vice President Mohammed Hatta charged that anti Dutch measures hurt Indonesia more than the Dutch. He criticized disorganized shipping and distribution, warned of an impending economic calamity, and urged peace to win West Irian back. Subandrio announced new overseas arms talks and a shift toward Western suppliers. Tokyo hosts a shipping MoU for 26 vessels to replace Dutch KPM ships.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Mohammed Hatta
Netherlands
West Irian
West New Guinea
Hatta
West Irian Action Committee
U. N
Sukarno
Surkarno
West Trian
Subandrio
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
United States
Washington
Tokyo
KPM_ line
Line
Eisenhower Plans Work On Address At Gettysburg
President Eisenhower will work on his State of the Union message at the Gettysburg farm. White House secretary Hagerty said the plan is to outline the coming year to Congress on January 9. The trip included Eisenhower's Weimaraner Heidi in the motorcade and the president will host conferences with government officials before returning to Washington.
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Eisenhower Farm
White House
James C Hagerty
Congress
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Heidi
Washington
Judge Denies Bribe Allegations In Hourlong TV Speech
Chattanooga Judge Roulston Schoolfield refuted bribery claims in a televised address delivered first in Chattanooga and then in Nashville. He claimed the accusations stem from a “contemptible plot,” denied taking a bribe related to 13 Teamsters Union members, and criticized the Senate Rackets Committee as a federal tyranny-driven probe. Senators dismissed his characterizations, saying there is no pilot to destroy him and noting no personal stake in the inquiry.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Criminal Court
Roulston Schoolfield
Nashville
Schoolfield
Senate Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Assi. Dist. Atty
Harold Brown
Brown
Bondsman
Sam Jones
Curls R-Neb
Jonadel apple combines Jonathan taste with Delicious looks
Ames Iowa A new apple variety named Jonadel combines the eating qualities of Jonathan with the appearance of Delicious. Iowa State College horticulturist H L Lantz reports trees bearing Jonadel will be sold by Iowa nurseries soon after the new year. The Jonadel was developed and tested at the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station during a multi year program and has been propagated by nurseries since 1953.
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Ames
Iowa
H. L. Lantz
Iowa State College
Lowa
Lantz
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Mild-Mannered Youth Admits Double Slaying
A 17 year old youth admitted in writing that he killed two men who gave him rides in hitchhiking. Fred Sommer Jr. of Cameron Mills confessed to shooting Cecil Stratton and Leo Brown with a single pistol for their cars. Stratton's body was found near Catlin and Brown's near Corning, both employed at Corning Glass Works. Sommer was charged with first degree murder.
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Bath
N. Y
Fred Sommer Jr
Cameron Mills
New York
Cecil Stratton
Leo W. Brown
Stratton
Sommer
Horseheads
Area firms show two percent gain since 1955
The Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book for November lists 571 manufacturers wholesalers and retailers in the area up from 568 in 1955. The tally excludes some services and professions, so actual numbers are higher. Barber shops will be closed January 1 and 2.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Wed. & Thurs
African Asian Conference backs anti West disarmament line
Delegates from 42 nations at the African Asian Conference draft a resolution condemning nuclear tests and foreign bases. Kaoru Yasui of Japan says the appeal will emphasize ending bomb tests and may urge no nuclear weapons exports. Soviet aid and calls for nationalizing Western interests frame the discussions amid pro Communist sentiment.
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Cairo
Japan
Kaoru Yasui
Yasui
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Pacific
Japan Council Against
NATO
Europe
Russia
U. S
East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Apushavan A. Agafonovich
Indonesia
Wesern
Kremlin
Africa
Asia
No Race Apparent For Councilmanic Primary in April
With filing deadline near there is no council race shaping up for 1958. Only Mrs. L. M. Allen and H. W. Butler Jr have clearly said they will run again. Two to three seats appear open with potential candidates Eugene Dearing Sr and Eugene Babb already planning to file, while Ralph Cain and Winston McKay ponder. General election set for June 10.
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L. M. Allen
H. W. Butler, Jr
A. Lee Cobl
J M. Steck, Jr
F. L. Largent, Jr
Stewart Bell, Jr
Fugene Babb
National Ave
Eugene F Dearing
Whitlock Ave
Teady
Friends
Levin Nock Davis
State Board of Elections
Ralph Cain
Acadey Lane
Winston L. McKay
Liberty Ave
Hoye Riley
J. Ben Cather
W. F. Schneck
Mrs. Allen
Butler
McKay
Charles Zuckerman
William Argenbright
Orville Wine
Bell
Steck
Cable
Wrong Address For Bad Check In Laramie
A young couple was arrested after attempting to cash a bad check at an account they listed at a residence in Laramie. Janice Louise Deen 22 from Tucson Arizona and Karl Franklyn Enlow 20 from Los Angeles were taken into custody. No charges announced yet. New Year's fireworks advertised at Stotler's Texaco on Valley Pike opposite Duff's.
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Laramie
Janice Louise Deen
Tucson
Ariz
Karl Franklyn Enlow
Los Angeles
Ray George
Stotler
Duff
Missing Girl Sought Near Charles Town
In West Virginia near Charles Town a 4 year-old girl, Shirley Ann Ramsburg, is missing since yesterday afternoon. State police, volunteers, and relatives search the Blue Ridge mountains in freezing 22 degree weather, hoping to find the frail child who was last seen playing in her yard about 15 miles east of town. The disappearance was reported around dinner time.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shirley Ann Ramsburg
Robert Ramsburg
Ramsburg
George Armstrong
A. J. Wade
Rescue Workers Retrieve 11 Miners as 14 Escape Unharmed
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of 11 miners trapped by a gas explosion in a border Virginia West Virginia coal mine. Fourteen miners were brought out alive, unharmed, from the colliery after the blast yesterday.
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Amonate
Virginia-West Virginia
Explosion Victims Identified in Pocahontas Mine Blast
Eleven miners were identified as dead in a Pocahontas Fuel Co mine explosion at Mine No. 31 near Amonate Virginia. The list includes Archie Reece Alicia and 14 uninjured survivors were listed. Officials will conduct a joint federal state company and union inquiry.
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Amonate
Pocahontas Fue Co
Archie Reece Alicia
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Brakeman
Dora C. Alicia
Wiliam KR Amos
Warrior
W. Va
Fireboss
Melvina Amos
James Chiles
Walls Creek
Myrtle Chiles
Howard Fields
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Border
Bishop
West Virginia Department
Teacher seeks court name change to easier pronunciation
A 26 year old Spanish and French teacher named Theana Koutroulelis of Reading Pa requests Berks County Court approval to change her name to Krotels claiming students struggle with pronunciations. She cites the need for clearer classroom communication.
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Theana Koutroulelis
Berks County Court
Krotels
Kidnap-Slayers Traced Into South Carolina
FBI traced two gunmen linked to multiple kidnappings and murders to South Carolina where a third victim was released unharmed. The fugitives shot two men dead at a Washington restaurant over a $20 tab. a pianist remains in critical condition.
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Washington
Anothe
South Carolina
George P. Kaldes
Kenneth Fisher
Bernard Mainer
FBI
Henry Caly Overton
Wayne Carpenter
Overton
Doris Mattingly
Army
Larry Lee Monteith
Monteith
Mond
Rich- Montieth
Alberta
Asonia G. Allman
Richmond
Miss Allman
Cheraw
S.C
A Russian Looks at Winchester Impressions Reported
A Russian-born writer who visited Winchester records his impressions of the town and its people. Excerpts from his report appear on page 4.
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Winchester
Our Town
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Carteret
N. J
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Irene Harrison
Gilmer Eugene Monk
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John Edmond Nunlay
Roof Doiler
Alease Nunlay
Harman Boyd Perry
Frankie Perry
James Robert Rutherford
Warriormine
Ruby Rutherford
Lloyd E. West
Freeman
Sadie West
Arnold W. Young
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Woodrow Evans
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