Welfare conclave selects officers at Charlotte meeting
Social workers from all sections of North Carolina elected officers as the 39th Carolina Conference for Social Service met in Charlotte. An address by U S Rep C B Deane of Rockingham was delivered during the session. William Weaver Neal Sr., 78, former NC Park Commission chairman, died yesterday in Sarasota Florida. his body arrives home for funeral services.
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Charlotte
Carolina Conference For Social Service
U. S
Neal
William Weaver Neal Sr
North Carolina Park Commission
Serasota
Fla
Fire damages plant outskirts warehouse and garages
Firefighters battled a blaze at a Wilmington plant site for four hours destroying several truck chassis and several gasoline tanker tires after a fire started in the warehouse and garages on the outskirts.
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Wilmington
Check flasher and confidence man linked to parolee Fowler
Charlotte detectives say Louis G. Fowler, a San Quentin parolee, acted as a check flasher and con artist. He allegedly tried to negotiate purchases of two local firms and gave large down payment checks, but the owners soon realized he was not serious.
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Charlotte
San Quentin
E. T. Haney
C. R. Moyle
Louis G. Fowler
Young Charlotte attorney shot in office during elevator dispute
A Charlotte attorney wounded by a volley of bullets in a downtown office is reported recovering after doctors removed a .32 caliber slug from his chest. The incident also struck his partner Emmett H. Bellamy amid a property dispute.
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Charlotte
Emmett H. Bellamy
Police hold Black man on rape charge in Elizabethtown
Police detained 27 year old Alva Hill after witnesses saw him enter a white homeowner’s residence at dawn. The woman said she was asleep when he grabbed her by the throat and threatened harm if she cried out.
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Elizabethtown
Alva Hill
Hill
Nell Jones Wins Eighth District Governor Post
Mrs. Nell Jones of Virginia was elected Eighth District governor at La Sertoma meeting in the area. La Sertoma is the women's arm of Sertoma International.
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LA Sertoma
Wiston-Salem
Nell Jones
Sertoma Interna
Tornado Strikes Green Level Area Near Apex
Rural residents in Western Wake County cleaned debris after a Saturday tornado that cut a six mile path northwest of Apex through the Green Level community. No injuries were reported and damages are expected to run into thousands of dollars.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Green Level
Apex
Seven Killed In Weekend Violence
Violence claimed at least seven lives in North Carolina over the weekend. A light plane crashed on a farm near Enfield killing Army Pvt. Thomas Carroll Howell Jr. 21 of Joppa Maryland. A car crash near Chadbourn killed 16 year old Opal Faye Tyree and injured a 17 year old driver charged with license and bail details. A farm house fire near Garner killed two girls and a boy, the Smith children. A Marion bus incident left 2 1 2 year old Karen Lois Harris dead and driver held for manslaughter. A fallen tree near Waynesville killed Alden Theodore Ferguson 79.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Enfield
Army
Thomas Carroll Howell Jr
Joppa
Howell
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Chadbourn
Opal Faye Tyree
Whiteville
James M. Johnston
Joseph Jacobs
Nakina
Jacobs
Garner
Frank Smith
Marion
Bill Wood
Karen Lois Harris
East Marion
Oscar Lowery
Alden Theodore Ferguson
Waynesville
J. Frank Pate
Haywood County
Stevenson Write-In Push in Illinois Primary
Chicago reporters say Adlai Stevenson backers expect a sizeable write-in vote in Illinois while Eisenhower supporters hope for a strong write-in showing against Taft Stassen. Stevenson appears as an unopposed gubernatorial candidate on the ballot.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Illinois
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Stevenson
Russell Says Only He Can Swing Solid South
Backers of Sen. Richard B. Russell believe he is the only Democratic candidate who can carry the South against a Republican like Eisenhower. Barkley supporters push him as the unifier of Northern and Southern wings, while Sen. Douglas declines a draft. Illinois and Kansas contests draw attention as Kefauver, Stevenson, Taft, and Stassen compete for delegates and write-ins.
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Russell
Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Gen
D. Eisenhower
Alben W. Barkley
Pa H. Douglas
D-Ill
Barkley Eapporters
Democratic Party
Douglas
Sen
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Barkley
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
President'’ Club
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Chicago
Ervin Hohensee
MacArthur For President National Headquarters
Pennsylvania A
MacArthur
Arthur
John Chapple
Taft
Illinois
Kansas
Robert A. Taft
Harold Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Eisenhower
Nor’s Post
Stevenson
Ennor
Ilinois
Ike
Stassen
Gov. Johns
Connecticut
Truman
Communists broadcast call to POWs amid Korea talks
U N Command said rival Red broadcasts from Pyongyang and Peiping promise a peaceful welcome home for POWs and urge repatriation while negotiations on prisoner exchange stall. Officials note broadcasts may probe U N plans on supervising a truce and on allowing airfield rebuilding in North Korea during a potential armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command Ag
U. N
Armiry
Russia
North Korea
Red
Korean People’s Armed Forces
Coenen
Western Electric Operators Go Out in Nationwide Strike
More than 50 000 telephone workers walked off jobs across 43 states in a strike that halted or limited service in several areas. The walkout, tied to a concurrent Western Union strike, featured hit and run picketing that could spread to remaining regions unless talks resume. The dispute centers on proposed wage increases and union tactics amid complex negotiations with Bell Telephone affiliates.
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New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Michigan
California
Western Electric
District 10
Ernest Weaver
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Maine
Montana
Joseph Beirne
CWA
Ashington
Beirne
Dynamiting Probe Targets Thomasville Chair Plant Attacks
Sheriff W G Fritts and SBI agents continue to investigate two dynamite attacks on non union workers in Thomasville. A half stick was found at W F Sechrest residence and a full stick blasted W T Marsh home, damaging windows doors and furniture. Suspects traced through dynamite suppliers as deputies interview neighbors.
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Forrest Cates
Thomasville
State Bureau of Investigation
Thomasville Chair Company
Keiffer Morris
Arnold Craven
Chair Company
W. F. Sechrest
Fisher Ferry Street
Marsh
June Stout
W. T. Marsh
Green Street
Big Six Plan To Quit Work As Steel Strike Looms
Federal officials held separate talks with industry and unions amid mounting wage dispute tensions. A joint session was possible if advisable. Labor leaders warned a 650000 steel workers walkout could not be averted. Banksed furnaces threatened 95 percent of U.S. steel output as bargaining continued over a 26 cent wage rise plus fringe benefits.
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New York
Nathan P
Beeeren
Wage Stabilization Board
Feinsinger
Ben Pate F
Ot Ls
United Sechweriats Union
CSO
Comnest
State Phones Not Affected By Nationwide Strike
Lavie L Bolick CIO Communications Workers of America spokesman says North Carolina state phones face no service disruption amid a nationwide strike of telephone installation workers. He cites 8650 CWA workers in the state including 3700 Bell System employees and 150 AT&T workers, with other unions honoring picket lines.
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Ocean Company
Esmen
North Carolina
CIO Communications Workers
Ameri Ica
Lavie L. Bolick
Lane
A.T. Mada
A.T. Ux
Stewart
Western Electric
Bolick
Bell System
Greaemaanera Electric
Winston-Salem
Burlington
American Telephone and Telegraph
Weather Report With Temperatures Shifts
Weather bulletin shows lows and highs across days with a low last night of 34 and today high 58. Tomorrow’s high expected near 64 with low around 86 for the night, indicating unusual temperature swing.
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William P. Nuckols
Communications Workers of America
CIO
New England
Jennings
High Point
William Hilton
North State Telephone Company
Hilton
Western Elect
North State
Randleman
A.m
Southern Bell
Newersey
Bell Telephone
W. G. Fritts
Davidson County
Fritts
SBI
Sechrest
Morris
Joyce
Bobby
Thomas
Lacy
Big Six
Murray
Eee
Americcan
WSB
Istalin
Arieteel Gemaniote
Ema
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
AL New Orléane
Ceseeeenes
San Antonio
San Francisco
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