Utilities Commission approves sale of Kure Beach water and Banner Elk phone systems
The Utilities Commission approved the sale of the Kure Beach water system and the Banner Elk telephone system. The Banner Elk system transfers from the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association to the Cherokee Telephone Membership Corp for $8,000. Kure Beach town will operate the waterworks.
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Raleigh
the Utilities Commission
Kure Beach
Banner
Banner Elk Telephone System
Edgar Tufts Memorial Association, Inc
Cherokee Telephone Membership Corp
Inquest Postponed in Hot Springs Shooting Death
An inquest into the fatal shooting of 37 year old Alonzo Norton in Hot Springs is postponed until Monday. Coroner Fred McDevitt also delayed a preliminary hearing for Police Chief Paul Cathey of Hot Springs on murder charges in Norton's death, due Monday.
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Marshall
Hot Springs
Fred McDevitt
Alonzo Norton
Lamar Gudger
Paul Catshall
Norton
New Hanover Offers Wessell Sanatorium for State TB Use
New Hanover County commissioners offered the John C. Wessell sanatorium to the state for a tuberculosis facility in Southeastern North Carolina. Chairman Ralph Horton said the bid followed difficulties in approving a similar bill for Hoke County in the General Assembly.
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Wilmington
John C. Wessell
North Carolina
New Hanover
Strike at S.Sack Co Triggers Taft-Hartley Charge
About 200 workers walked out at the S Sack Company in Winston-Salem amid a labor dispute. The firm filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers violated Taft-Hartley by not giving 60 days notice before striking.
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Winston-Salem
ssick-Sack Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Mountain View High School Burns In N Wilkesboro Fire
Fire destroyed Mountain View High School near here yesterday. Superintendent C B Eller said replacement costs would run about 100000 dollars and the building was insured for roughly 40000 dollars.
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Burns N. Wilkesboro
Mountain View High School
C. B. Eller
New Phase of Textile Battle Brews in South and North
ATLANTA. A fresh spat erupts over federal contracts for textiles as the Defense Department plans to award 9.5 million dollars to New England mills. Senator Saltonstall claims the action favors the North while Georgia executives condemn subsidized competition and warn of harm to Southern mills and workers. The debate echoes a long-running regional clash over modernization and wages. The piece notes prior legal fights over a one-dollar minimum wage for contracted mills and ongoing industrial tension between regions.
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Atlanta
New England
Leverett
Forbes
South
New Engand
New England Council
Lawrence
Mass
Saltonstall
Dover
Georgia Textile Mills
Secretary of Labor
Bill to Repeal the Secrecy Law Introduced in House
Rep Oscar Barker of Durham introduced a bill to repeal the secrecy law passed last week. Speaker Sasa Bost Jr referred it to the House Appropriations Committee and Rep J K Doughton promised a public hearing soon. The news report notes a press association urging repeal and a call for hearings.
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Raleigh
House
Oscar Barker
Durham
Sasa Bost Jr
Appropriations Committee
J. K. Doughton
Alleghany
Appropriations
Vitecwors VF Wie
Wworal Varouia Press Association
Bost
Barker
W. C. Lassiter
Press Association
General Assembly
Pilgrims Greet Easter Dawn Across Nation
The Easter dawn observances unfold from Cotton Bowl in Dallas to Moravian Cemetery at Old Salem and Grand Canyon amphitheatre. Thousands gather on mountains and in city parks as choirs and clergy lead sunrise services in venues nationwide.
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Mark
Dallas
Tex
James Melton
Pensacola Naval Air Training Station
Old Salem
N. C
Moravian Church
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Red Rocks
Denver
Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Central Park
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. J
Radio City Music Hall
Broad Street
City Hall Plaza
Arlington National Cemetery
Tough Fight Regiment Repels 200 Chinese Attack Near Chorwon
American 15th Can Do Regiment repelled a 200-man Chinese assault near Jackson Heights on the central front in a two hour fight. Rebels fired thousands of artillery rounds and attacked trenches. 6,790 Reds were killed or captured across March, marking the year’s largest toll. The Los Angeles Navy cruiser was lightly wounded by a shore gun near Wonsan.
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Reenoree
15Th “Can Do
Jackson Heights
Chorwon
8Th Army
5Th Air Force
Ice Valley
Navy
U S
Los Angeles
Wonsan
Old Baldy
Vegas Hills
Open Door Stance by Haywood Officials in Open Meeting
Haywood County officials and the Waynesville school board held a joint meeting with an open door policy inviting press. Chair C C Francis stated local boards have long welcomed coverage and rejected sealing public business, addressing a General Assembly move toward secret hearings for an Appropriations subcommittee.
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Waynesville
Haywood County
General Assembly
C. C. Francis
Commission
Francis
W. Curtis Russ
The
Waynesville Mountaineer
North Carolina Press Association
Raleigh
Appropriations
Britt resigns as election board head to run for Asheville council
Asheville. Charles M. Britt resigns as chairman of the State Board of Elections and announces a bid for one of seven Asheville City Council seats in the April 21 Democratic primary and May 12 general election. Others entering the race include J. Walter McCrary Dan W. Foster and two Black candidates Dr Robert Hendrick and W S McDowell plus two Democratic women.
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Asheville
Charles M. Britt
State Board of Elections
Umstead
William B. Umstead
General Assembly
Britt
Elections Board
Asheville Council
J. Walter McCrary
City Civil Service Commission
Dan W. Foster
Robert Hendrick
W. S. McDowell
Hendrick
McDowell
Health note warns on excess dancing and prolonged sitting
A health advisory cautions that too much dancing can strain the heart while excessive sitting also harms heart health. The guidance urges balanced activity and regular movement to maintain cardiovascular well being.
Garnishee Bills Thrown Out by Senate Committee
North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee rejected measures to amend the constitution to allow garnishment of up to 10 percent of debtors earnings. The House Health Committee killed an egg marketing bill and supported a stricter dope peddler penalty. The defeated substitute would have let debtors waive a $500 homestead exemption for necessities debt.
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Raleigh
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Health Committee
North Carolina Merchants Association
The
Launderers and Dry Cleaners Association
J. H. Crawford
Graham
Crawford
Stassen Endorses McCarthy Quieting Foreign Policy Fallout
Foreign aid chief Harold E. Stassen said McCarthy has not undermined U S foreign policy over the Greek shipowners dispute. He joined President Eisenhower in calling the senator's voluntary agreements with Greeks constructive, noting an favorable outcome from the clash and clarifying executive powers concerns.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Stassen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Iron Curtain
Senate
John Foster Dulles
Congress
House Finance Committee Discusses School Bonds and Tax Increases
Raleigh lawmakers heard that higher taxes may be needed if Gov. Umstead’s bond plan passes. The panel debated funding mental hospitals at 22 million and school bonds at 50 million with a public vote, amid possible constitutional changes on segregation and a proposed special session.
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Raleigh
House Finance Committee
Umstead
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
William B. Rodman
Beaufort
Clifton Blue
Moore
E. I. Satterfield
Person
A. C. Edwards
Greene
E. M. O’herron
Mecklen
Peace Signs Continue To Come From Soviets
Negotiators seek agreement as two strikes idle about 85,000 rubber and steel workers nationwide. U S Rubber Co plants spread from New England to California with 3,000 CIO rubber workers joining 32,000 others idle. In Pittsburgh, mediators try to end a 1,500 member Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen strike that has halted nearly 50,000 U S Steel workers and crippled steel production.
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U. S. Rubber Co
CIO
New England
California
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
United Auto Workers
AFL
General Electric Co
Evendale
New Jersey
Southern California Gas Co
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Clinton
Topeka
McPherson
Lindsborg
Kans
Syracuse
N. Y
Afternoon Herald-Journal
Morning Post-Standard
Samuel I. Newhouse
New York City
U. S
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Newark
Big Steel
Francis O'Neill
National Mediation Board
Soviet Officials Toast Eisenhower and Press Delegation
Soviet officials toast the Eisenhower visit as U S radio and newspaper executives travel by train from Moscow toward Berlin. Eugene A. Simon reports plans include routes through White Russia, Minsk, Brest, and Warsaw, with tours of the Red October candy factory and Moscow State University during a seven day stay.
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Berlin
Eugene A. Simon
U. S
Soviet Union
Simon
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Helsinki
Stockholm - Don
Russia
Poland
Germany
Soviet Republic
White Russia
Minsk
Brest
Warsaw
Moscow State University
Stalin
Tschaikovsky
Kremlin
Swan Lake Ballet
Bolshoi Theater
Stalin Auto Works
Pravda
Eisenhower
Malenkov
UN Prepares For Return Of Wounded Prisoners
The United Nations Command rushed plans for a possible quick return of sick and wounded Allied prisoners from North Korea. Rear Admiral John C. Daniel heads the Allied liaison team and cautions optimism. Eighth Army will handle transport, care, and supply. convoys and helicopters prepare for evacuations from Panmunjom.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
John C. Daniel
U.N
Daniel
Tokyo
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Paul D. Adams
U. S. Marine Engineers
Seoul
Panmunjom Exchange
Fiveman
Paris
Adm
Chorwon
East Germany
East
West Germany
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Weimar
Eisleben
14 French Civilians Released Amid Cold War Conciliations
The Western world notes cautious optimism as Moscow frees 14 French civilians seized in Seoul at the war’s start. Paris views the gesture as part of a broader peace campaign while U.N. plans consider quick repatriation of Allied POWs.
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Moscow
Korea
Seoul
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun times
Tonight's low 48 degrees and tomorrow's high 64 degrees. Today's high reached 68 and last night's low was 40. Sunset is 6 42 p m and sunrise tomorrow is 6 03 a m.
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Weather Bureau
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High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Senscessercees
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Eee
Mt. Mitchell
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San Antonio
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Ereereere Oa
Washington
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